Background
Intosh, John Alexander Mac was born on April 11, 1868 in Halifax, Nova Scoti. Son of James Campbell and Rebecca (Davies) M.
Intosh, John Alexander Mac was born on April 11, 1868 in Halifax, Nova Scoti. Son of James Campbell and Rebecca (Davies) M.
Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1892. Studied Columbia, 1893-1894. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1895.
Doctor of Divinity, Dubuque (Iowa) College and Seminary, 1914.
Doctor of Laws, Lake Forest University, 1925.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1895. Pastor John Knox Church, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1895-1897, 1st Church, Malone, New York, 1897-1912, 1st Church, Ithaca, 1912-1919. Professor philosophy of religion and ethics, McCormick Theological Seminary, since 1919.
Lecturer in philosophy and ethics, Columbia, summer 1921.
President Union Seminary Alumni Association, 1920-1921.
Mason.
Married Sara Elizabeth Archibald, June 29, 1897. Children: Archibald, Mildred, Marion, Ruth.