Malcolm A. MacIntyre (January 28, 1908 – May 6, 1992), born in Boston, Massachusetts, was an American

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and hall of fame

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensi ...

player. He attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and

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before returning to

Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by '' U.S. News & Worl ...

to receive his

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After receiving his law degree he became a practicing attorney in

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where he specialized in corporate law and performed legal services for

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. During

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he served in the

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where he became acquainted with

James H. Douglas, Jr. James Henderson Douglas Jr. (March 11, 1899 – February 24, 1988) was a lawyer and senior-level official in the United States Government. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, serving under both President Herbert Hoover and President Frank ...

In 1957 Douglas, who was

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, invited MacIntyre to serve as

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. MacIntyre held the Under Secretary position for two years.Federal Records Division, National Archives and Records Administration. ''United States Government Organization Manual, 1957–1958''. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office. 1957 -1958. p. 126 In 1959 he resigned to become president of

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. In 1964 he became executive vice president of

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Corporation where he worked until he retired in 1973. MacIntyre played four years of lacrosse while at Yale and was a first-team All-American his senior year. He continued to play at Oxford where he won three letters. In 1931, he toured the United States with an Oxford-Cambridge team which defeated both

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and

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. While in England, he was selected three times to the All-Star English team. He coached Yale's lacrosse team when he returned for law school. In 1966, he was inducted into the

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. He was the father of Clare MacIntyre, the woman who was the inspiration for

Harry Chapin Harold Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Gramm ...

's 1972 song

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. Chapin's relationship with MacIntyre and his daughter also inspired the 1976 song

The Mayor of Candor Lied "The Mayor of Candor Lied" is a song written and sung by Harry Chapin. It was released on his 1976 album ''On the Road to Kingdom Come.'' The song tells the story of a poor farm boy anxious to marry the daughter of the town's mayor, even if he mus ...

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