Dr. Gerald I. (Gary) McIntosh passed away peacefully Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Royal Plaza Retirement Center in Lewiston, surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary McIntosh was born Oct. 5, 1927, the second of three sons born to Ira and June McIntosh of Tammany. He attended the old Tammany school and graduated from Lewiston High School. He was involved in 4-H, served as president of the honor society, valedictorian and commencement speaker for the class of 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During high school, Gary started a herd of purebred Shorthorn cattle. Among the cattle he raised was a heifer called “Tammany Lady” that garnered national championship honors. Following his graduation from high school, Gary attended the University of Idaho, studying animal husbandry. Gary joined the University of Idaho chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity (the Fiji house). Through his contacts with the national Shorthorn cattle organization, he decided to transfer in the spring of 1947 to Purdue University, where he became a member of the Purdue Fiji chapter. Gary’s experience at Purdue led him to consider the need for a new or different academic challenge. It was then that he began to think about attending veterinary school. At that time Purdue had no veterinary school, and students wishing to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine had to be recommended to the Illinois vet school by the dean of the college at Purdue. It became clear that the dean would not recommend a student from Idaho for the Illinois Veterinary School, so he returned to the Palouse to continue his studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary moved back to Moscow, and again lived at the Fiji house while attending Washington State College (now WSU). The following semester, he moved into a dormitory in Pullman, but he found it to be a less-than-satisfying experience, so he founded the WSC chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. In order to establish a fraternity at WSC, Gary borrowed against his herd of Shorthorn cattle and set about establishing a Fiji house. Gary carried the petition to establish the Pi Mu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta to the national meeting in Atlantic City, N.J. Prior to this trip, he had arranged the support of all other PAC 10 chapters, the Idaho chapter and, through his connections at Purdue, the Big 10 chapters. Several staff and graduate students at WSC were members of Phi Gamma Delta and were also supportive of starting a local chapter. Among these was then-Cougar head football coach Forest Evashevskihe (a Fiji from Michigan). The petition was approved, and the Pi Mu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta was chartered in 1948 with Gary McIntosh as the number one charter member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary was admitted to the Washington State College Veterinary School in the fall of 1948. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in animal husbandry from the University of Idaho in 1951 and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from WSC in 1952. He remained a life-long Cougar fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1951, he married Margaret Ellen Williamson, who he had known since high school. After Gary received his DVM degree they moved to Lewiston, where he went to work for Dr. Kenneth White. Gary had always intended to open his own clinic. They broke ground on his building in the spring of 1953. With the help of his father and brothers who built the corrals and loading dock, the building was completed in June of ’53 – including the iconic tartan-backed “McIntosh Veterinary Clinic” sign. Gary’s connections with the WSU veterinary school provided him with a pipeline to good graduates who worked at the clinic. He also served as the sales yard veterinarian at Spencer’s sales yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary served as president of the Idaho State Veterinary Medical Association and as a delegate representing Idaho at the American Veterinary Medical Association. He was appointed by Gov. Cecil Andrus to an advisory board to the Idaho State Board of Education. This medical advisory board was made up of a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, hospital manager and veterinarian. Among this board’s accomplishments were the founding of the WAMI – Washington, Alaska, Montana Idaho, now WWAMI including Wyoming – program for medical education, and the Tri-State Veterinary Medicine program for training of veterinarians. Gary served his hometown of Lewiston for 15 years on the planning and zoning and parks and recreation commissions. He was also actively involved with 4-H and Little League with his three boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary retired from veterinary practice and sold the clinic in 1980. He still had the 1972 GMC pickup that was a part of that negotiation. After retiring, Gary kept busy doing volunteer work for the Clarkston Presbyterian Church. Among his efforts there were the founding of the OWLS senior ministry and the Grumpy Old Men (he was known as the “Head Grump”). Part of his volunteer work was doing hospital visitations at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. Sister Francis, who was the head chaplain at the hospital, called him in one day and told him that if he obtained the credentials to be a hospital chaplain, she would like to hire him. Gary said, “Sister Francis, you don’t want a Presbyterian chaplain.” Sister Francis responded by stomping her foot and telling him he was wrong. Following that exchange, Gary trained as a chaplain by attending a clinical pastoral education program through St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Tacoma. Upon completion of this program, he began working at St. Joseph’s in Lewiston as the hospital’s first Protestant chaplain. He did this for five years before retiring from his second career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A devout Christian, Gary always said that among his best memories were to have visited the Holy Land twice and followed the travels of the Apostle Paul twice. At the time of his death, he was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lewiston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary is survived by his beloved wife of almost 63 years, Margaret McIntosh; his brother, Dwain McIntosh of Lewiston; his three sons, Alex (Sharon) of Lynnwood, Wash., Chris (Janet) of Moscow, and Dan (Deborah) of Asotin; his seven grandchildren, Amy (Joe) Behler, Robert, Lindsay, Brandon (Amanda), Allison, Rose and Ira. According to Gary’s wishes, memorials may be sent to Family Hospice at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Lewiston; Trinity Lutheran Church, Lewiston; or First Presbyterian Church, Clarkston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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