Background
McGill, Dan Mays was born on September 27, 1919 in Greenback, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Burton and Jane (Mays) McGill.
McGill, Dan Mays was born on September 27, 1919 in Greenback, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Burton and Jane (Mays) McGill.
Bachelor, Maryville College, 1940; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Maryville College, 1982; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1947.
Associate professor finance University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1947-1948. Julian Price associate professor insurance University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1948-1951. Associate professor insurance University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1952-1956, Frederick H. Ecker professor life insurance, 1959-1990, chairman insurance chapter, 1965—1989.
Trustee Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, 1978-1990. Board directors NRG Life Reassurance Corporation, Philadelphia, 1984-1994, Philadelphia Reins. Corporation, since 1990, Independence Blue Cross, since 1990.
Executive director S.S. Huebner Foundation, 1954-1975, 78-86, chairman, 1965-1994. Director research Pension Research Council, 1952-1990. Chairman, member governing board Leonard Davis Institute Health Economics, 1967-1990.
1st chairman advisory commission Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1975-1978, member 1978-1981. Major United States Air Force, 1942-1946, Major United States Air Force, 1951-1952.
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Trustee Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1987—1996. Chairman Boettner Institute of Finance Gerontology, 1993—2002. Member retirement board Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1980—1996.
Chairman board pensions Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1977—1988. Trustee Presbyterian Foundation for Philadelphia, 1996—2001. Member of American Risk and Insurance Association (president 1959, Elizur Wright award 1955, 1981), Merion Cricket Club, Union League.
Married Elaine Kem, June 22, 1952. Children: Douglas Russell, Melanie Mays.