Jewel Chester McKee

Background

McKee, Jewel Chester was born on November 4, 1923 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jewel Chester and Carolyn Reid (Ezell) McKee.

Education

Student, Miss State University, 1941-1943; student, Tulane University, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1944; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy (General Education Board fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1952.

Career

Instructor, Mississippi State University, 1946; assistant professor electrical engineering, Mississippi State University, 1949-1952; associate professor, Mississippi State University, 1952-1956; professor, Mississippi State University, 1956-1979; professor emeritus, Mississippi State University, since 1979; head department, Mississippi State University, 1957-1962; dean, Mississippi State University (Graduate School), 1962-1969; vice president research and graduate studies, Mississippi State University (Graduate School), 1969-1979; vice president emeritus, Mississippi State University (Graduate School), since 1979. President Conference Southern Graduate Schools, 1974. Executive Board Council Graduate Schools in the United States, 1973-1978, chairman, 1977.

Director associateships National Research Council, NAS, 1979-1983, director associateship and fellowship program, 1983-1989, National Research Council program consultant, 1989-1993. Executive director ORAU/National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Programs, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 1993-1995.

Membership

Executive director Mississippi Governor's Emergency Council for Camille disaster, 1969-1970. District chairman Boy Scouts American, 1976. Board directors Mississippi Heart Association, 1973-1976.

Served as engineering officer Naval Amphibious Force, 1944-1946. Member National, Mississippi, Virginia societies professional engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Engineering Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sigma Xi, Sigma Chi, Eta Kappa Nu, Omicron Delta Kappa, TauBeta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Rachel McIntosh Magruder, August 30, 1947 (deceased September 1968). Children: William M., GeorgeC., Catherine M., Jeanne Christopher McKee. Married Barbara Jo Sims, Nov.1, 1969.

1 daughter, Sarah Margaret.

Father:

Jewel Chester McKee

Mother:

Carolyn Reid (Ezell) McKee

Spouse:

Rachel McIntosh Magruder

Spouse:

Barbara Jo Sims

child:

Catherine M. McKee

child:

Jeanne Christopher McKee

child:

GeorgeC. McKee

child:

William M. McKee