Two Legs to Stand On
All his life JOHN D. MCKEE has struggled against the handicap of cerebral palsy. He had five operations between the ages of six and seventeen; meantime, he was attending the public schools in Concordia, Kansas, and preparing for entrance to Kansas Wesleyan University, from which he graduated with honors in English. Following his graduation, his family moved to New Mexico; and there young McKee went to work as a sports editor, reporter, and columnist on the local papers. In June, 1952, he received his Master’s Degree at the University of New Mexico — evidence indeed that he had become his own legman despite his handicap. His paper received honorable mention in the Atlantic College Contest of 1951-52.