Background
McKay, Donald Arthur was born on June 10, 1931 in Providence. Son of Benjamin Arthur and Florence (Heeney) McKay.
McKay, Donald Arthur was born on June 10, 1931 in Providence. Son of Benjamin Arthur and Florence (Heeney) McKay.
Children by previous marriage: Susan Deeb, Barbara Albury, Laura Lower, Douglas. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1952.
Registered profile engineer, Massachusetts Sales engineer C.P. Blouin, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1960. Contract manager to vice president Limbach Company, Boston, 1960-1968. Executive vice president Tougher Heating & Plumbing Company, Albany, New York, 1968-1974.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Tougher Industries, Albany, 1986, president, 1974.
Vice president Spunduct Incorporated. President Fifty Group (Albany) 1991-1992.
Member corporation gifts committee Albany Medical Center, 1978-1984. Chairman 25th reunion fund raising committee of upstate New York, Harvard Class "52.
Member curriculum advisory board Hudson Valley Community College.
Trustee College Saint Rose. Board directors Center for Economics Growth, Albany Memorial Hospital (chairman 1988-1991), Samaritan Hospital Northeast Health. With United States Navy, 1951-1954.
Active Albany Airport Citizens Advisory Board, U. Albany Foundation.
President Fifty Group (Albany), 1991-1992. Member corporation gifts committee Albany Medical Center, 1978-1984. Chairman 25th reunion fund raising committee of upstate New York, Harvard Class '52.
Member curriculum advisory board Hudson Valley Community College. Trustee College St. Rose, secretary. Board directors Samaritan Hospital Northeast Health, treasurer.
Board directors Albany Memorial Hospital, chairman, 1988-1991. With United States Navy, 1951-1954. Member American Society of Heating, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society Sanitary Engineers, American Society Plumbing Engineers, Mechanical Contractors Association American (president capital district 1981-1982, president-elect 1988, president 1989-1990), Mechanical Contractors Association, New York State (vice president 1981-1982, president 1981-1982), Subcontractors Association New York (board directors), New York State Subcontractors Association (board directors), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Chamber (board directors, member executive committee, James Michael's Envoy salute 1993, chairman 1998), Clan McKay Society North America, Heating Ventilating Contractors Association of United Kingdom (honorary past president 1995), Harvard Club (president Northeast New York chapter 1987-1988), Masons (Dorchester, Massachusetts), Wolferts Roost Country Club, American Su bcontractors Association (New York chapter).
Married Janette Capellaro, December 30, 1978. Children by previous marriage: Susan Deeb, Barbara Albury, Laura Lower, Douglas.