Background
McKee, William Finley was born on February 16, 1929 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States. Son of Paul Harper and Anne McKennan (Oliphant) McKee.
McKee, William Finley was born on February 16, 1929 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States. Son of Paul Harper and Anne McKennan (Oliphant) McKee.
Bachelor, College of Wooster, Ohio, 1952; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1961; postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary, 1956-1957.
Instructor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1956; instructor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1957-1959; from instructor to associate professor, Sacramento State College, 1959-1965; associate professor of history, Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio., 1965-1967; associate professor of history, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1967-1971; chairman College Letters, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1980-1982, 84-88; professor of history, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1971-1993; professor emeritus, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, since 1993. Adjunct associate professor Syracuse (New York) U., 1967-1968, U. South Florida, St. Petersburg, 1979-1980, 84-85.
Fellow Society for Values in Higher Education. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, Southern History Association, Presbyterian History Society.
Married Joan Hollister, December 28, 1957. Children: Elizabeth, Margaret, Robert, John.