A passionate scholar, Robert McIntyre studied at Brown University, Marquette University, and Harvard University. He received his degree in industrial administration from Harvard Business School in 1943. After serving in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, he applied his schooling to a career as a trust officer at M & I Bank, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Upon his retirement to Hilton Head, South Carolina, McIntyre remained involved with his local church as well as with his tennis club. He died May 23, in OSF St. Anthony Medical Center.