John Joseph McDermott (January 5, 1932 – September 30, 2018)[1] was an American philosopher and a professor at Texas A&M University.
He was a distinguished professor at Texas A&M since 1981 and held the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in the Humanities.
That meeting resulted in the formation of the school's faculty senate and McDermott was the group's first speaker.
[1] In 2012, McDermott was named the founding director of the school's Community of Faculty Retirees.
He compiled and introduced volumes of writing by William James, Josiah Royce and John Dewey.