{"id":739,"date":"2014-08-26T13:12:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=739"},"modified":"2014-08-26T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:12:50","slug":"james-macdonald-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2014\/08\/26\/james-macdonald-63\/","title":{"rendered":"James MacDonald &#8217;63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/files\/2014\/08\/MacDonald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-740\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/files\/2014\/08\/MacDonald.jpg\" alt=\"MacDonald\" width=\"155\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>\u201cCoach Mac\u201d James R \u201cMac\u201d MacDonald died Tuesday January 14, 2014\u00a0at his home in Earlysville. Mac was born in Willimantic, CT on October 20, 1944. After an indifferent scholastic career, he became an inspired, distinguished and passionate teacher, coach and administrator. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, NY; then fell into teaching because he spoke fluent Spanish which he\u2019d learned while working on the tobacco fields in Connecticut in the summers.<\/p>\n<p>His teaching &amp; coaching spanned 42 years at 3 schools: Eaglebrook in Deerfield, MA, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA and St. Anne\u2019s Belfield School in Charlottesville. During his career, he received many accolades; most notably the Malone Prize from St. Anne\u2019s for not only his classroom &amp; athletic contributions, but also his behind the scenes talents\u2014especially setting up sound systems. He loved St. Anne\u2019s; and he also loved coaching football and lacrosse.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->His calling to help people came full circle when he returned to EMS through Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad. Mac had been an EMT previously, serving in Washington, DC. He served at SVRS as an EMT-Enhanced level provider, and also in the roles of Chief and President. Mac ran countless hours and hundreds of 911 calls, always leading by example in his commitment to the agency and the best interest of the patient. Prior to the rescue squad, he taught motorcycle rider safety classes for Albemarle County. Among his other talents, he possessed a beautiful singing voice and he had been lead singer in a rock n roll band in college.<\/p>\n<p>Mac is survived by his wife of 45 years, Joyce MacDonald; his mother, Lorraine MacDonald and sister, Maria Donaldi, both of New York City. Over the years, he has been devoted to his cats and is survived by Jessie (kitty).<\/p>\n<p>Beloved teacher &amp; coach, dedicated EMT &amp; faithful cat owner, Mac will be missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCoach Mac\u201d James R \u201cMac\u201d MacDonald died Tuesday January 14, 2014\u00a0at his home in Earlysville. Mac was born in Willimantic, CT on October 20, 1944. After an indifferent scholastic career, he became an inspired, distinguished and passionate teacher, coach and administrator. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, NY; then fell into teaching because he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2014\/08\/26\/james-macdonald-63\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">James MacDonald &#8217;63<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[217,216,63],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","tag-class-of-1963","tag-james-macdonald","tag-williston-academy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}