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06. His Legacy
Mr. McIntire left a legacy of generosity and citizenship. He received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in June 1928 for his service to mankind.67 In 1929, he was conferred with the French Legion of Honor for his generous gifts to a hospital in France that served either people suffering from tuberculosis or the orphans of World War I.68
Following the death of Anna McIntire in 1933, Mr. McIntire returned to New York.69 In 1934, he married Hilda Berkel Hall.70
The city of Charlottesville celebrated Paul Goodloe McIntire Day in May of 1942.71 In addition, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Chamber of Commerce created the annual Paul G. McIntire Citizenship Award in his honor.72
Although Mr. McIntire died in New York on July 1, 1952, he elected to be buried with his family in Charlottesville’s Maplewood Cemetery.73
Today, the spirit of Mr. McIntire’s legacy continues to thrive. In 2009, BusinessWeek magazine ranked the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia as the number one undergraduate business program in the country.74
Mr. McIntire’s parks, libraries and statues still decorate the physical landscape and enrich the cultural atmosphere of Charlottesville, a city chosen as the best place to live in all of America and Canada in 2004.75
Hopefully, the legacy of Mr. McIntire will remind the Charlottesville and Albemarle communities of the importance of generosity and citizenship for years to come.
End notes:
67. “Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Recipients,” University of Virginia, http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/custom?q=cache:1y_w8t0Btg4J:www.virginia.edu/vpsa/organization/Sullivan%2520Award%2520Historical%2520Listing.doc+algernon&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=google-coop-np (accessed May 17, 2010).
68. William G. Shenkir and William R. Wilkerson, Paul G. McIntire: Businessman and Philanthropist (University of Virginia: McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, 1988), 8-9.
69. Ibid, vii.
70. Ibid, vii.
71. Ruth Burnley Anthony, “Paul Goodloe McIntire Day” (speech, McIntire High School, Albemarle, VA 20 May 1942).
72. William G. Shenkir and William R. Wilkerson, Paul G. McIntire: Businessman and Philanthropist (University of Virginia: McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, 1988), 23.
73. Stowe Keller, “Paul Goodloe McIntire, Biography,” Charlottesville Parks and Grounds, http://www.stowekeller.com/Portfolio/CityParks/Biography/PaulMcIntire.html (accessed April 15, 2010).
74. “BusinessWeek Ranks U.Va.‘s McIntire School No. 1 Among Nation’s Undergraduate Business Programs,” UVa Today, February 26, 2009, http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=7870 (accessed April 15, 2010).
75. About Charlottesville, “Charlottesville: Awards and Recognitions,” City of Charlottesville, http://www.charlottesville.org/index.aspx?page=158
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