Obituaries
ACP notes the passing of two former College leaders.
J. Harold "Jay" Morris, MD, MACP
J. Harold "Jay" Morris, MD, MACP, died February 28, 2024, at age 93.
Dr. Morris served as Governor for the Missouri Chapter from 1987 to 1991, as Regent from 1991 to 1997, and as Vice-chair of the Board of Regents in 1995. He received a Laureate Award from the Missouri Chapter in 1991.
Dr. Morris received his MD from the University of Kansas in 1956 and did a one-year internship at the Kansas University Medical Center. After serving two years as a medical officer in the U.S. Navy, he returned to Kansas to complete a three-year residency in internal medicine and a one-year fellowship in endocrinology.
Dr. Morris practiced internal medicine in Independence, Mo., for 36 years before retiring in 1999. He was a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he served as program director of the continuing medical education division from 1972 to 1986, and a clinical associate professor of medicine at Kansas University Medical Center.
A full obituary is online.
Thomas J. McIntosh, MD, MACP
Thomas J. McIntosh, MD, MACP, died Jan. 31, 2024, at age 86.
Dr. McIntosh served as Governor for the Iowa Chapter from 1995 to 1999 and received its Laureate Award in 2000. He received his MD from St. Louis University in 1963 and did his postdoctoral training in internal medicine at the University of Iowa from 1963 to 1966. From 1966 to 1968, he worked at the NIH's National Heart Institute, then returned to Iowa and got a master's degree in pharmacology as an NIH fellow. Dr. McIntosh practiced general internal medicine in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1970 to 2002.
A full obituary is online.
