Background
McKee, Keith Earl was born on September 9, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Richard and Maude Alice (Hamlin) McKee.
manufacturing technology executive
McKee, Keith Earl was born on September 9, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Richard and Maude Alice (Hamlin) McKee.
Bachelor of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1950. Master of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1962.
Engineer, Swift & Company, Chicago, 1953-1954;
research engineer, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1954-1962;
director design and product assurance, Andrew Corporation, Orland Park, Illinois, 1962-1967;
director engineering Research Center, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1967-1980;
director manufacturing production center, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, since 1977. Professor Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, since 1979. Coordinator National Conference on Fluid Power, Chicago, 1983-1988.
Member commission on materials and processing Department Defense, Washington, since 1986.
Captain United States Marine Corps, 1950-1954. Fellow World Academy Productivity Sciences. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Defense Preparedness Association (president Chicago chapter since 1972), American Association Engineering Society (Washington) (coordination commission on productivity 1978-1988), Institute of Industrial Engineers, Society Manufacturing Engineers (Gold medal 1991), American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Industry Association (board director 1978-1981), Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Society for Computer Simulation.
Married Lorraine Marie Celichowski, October 26, 1951. Children: Pamela Ann Houser, Paul Earl.