Peter MacDonald, Sr.

Background

Sr., Peter MacDonald, was born on December 16, 1928 in TeecNosPos, Arizona, United States. Son of Dyahthini and Lucy (Ute) Begay.

Education

Associate of Arts, Bacone College, 1952. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Oklahoma, 1957. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles.

Career

Project engineer, member technical staff Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California, 1957-1963. Director management and procedures Navajo Tribe, Window Rock, Arizona, 1963-1965. Executive director Office of Navajo Economic Opportunity, Fort Defiance, 1965-1970.

Chairman Navajo Tribal Council, 1970-1982, from 1986.

Achievements

• Peter MacDonald, Senior has been listed as a noteworthy tribal official, electrical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New Mexico Governor's Economic Development Advisory Group, 1963-1967, New Mexico State Planning Committee, 1963-1967. Member national task force for management and career development Office of Economic Opportunity, 1968-1969. Member, vice president Leadership Institute for Community Development, 1968.

Member Four Corners Regional New Mexico technical action panels, 1968. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1972. Served as corporal United States Marine Corps, 1944-1946, PTO.

Connections

Married Wanda L. LeClere, June 1973. Children: Hope Marie, Faith Ann, Charity Lynn. Children by previous marriage: Linda, Peter.

Father:

Dyahthini Begay

Mother:

Lucy (Ute) Begay

Spouse:

Wanda L. LeClere

child:

Hope Marie Sr.

child:

Faith Ann Sr.

child:

Charity Lynn Sr.