CLYDE D. MCKEE JR. ’52

CLYDE D. MCKEE JR., a professor of political science at Trinity College for 44 years, died May 24, 2011. He was 81. A member of Beta Theta Pi, and a stepson of William E. Bray of the class of 1919, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He received an MAT from Wesleyan, and a master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. An authority on local government in America, he published numerous articles and contributed to various publications. For more than 30 years he served on the faculty of the New England Municipal Clerks Institute and Academy. He was also involved in various civic and political activities in Old Saybrook, Conn. Among those who survive are his wife, Mary Gwudz McKee, six children, 11 grandchildren, two siblings, and a niece, Kathryn Flynn ’77.