Journalist Floyd McKay, Linfield College (1957) and McMinnville High (1953) grad, dies at age 86 on March 4, 2022, in Bellingham, Wash.

 Journalist Floyd McKay, Linfield College (1957) and McMinnville High (1953) grad, dies at age 86 on March 4, 2022, in Bellingham, Wash.

 

Link to Oregonian story:

https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2022/03/floyd-mckay-veteran-pacific-northwest-journalist-and-educator-has-died-at-age-86.html

 

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Here's some Floyd McKay/Linfield background ...

Floyd John McKay, born 1935 in North Dakota, was a 1953 graduate of McMinnville, Oregon. High School. He:

--graduated from Linfield in 1957 with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and political science.

--was a Linfield adjunct professor of communications, 1969-1974.

--served as a member of the Linfield Board of Trustees, 1972-1978.

--received Linfield "Distinguished Alumnus Award," 2016.

 

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 More links to other sources:

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2016/05/in-2016-floyd-mckay-was-looking-forward.html

https://www.linfield.edu/linfield-news/former-journalist-mckay-to-read-from-book-about-the-oregon-story/#more-5766

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2017/05/journalist-floyd-mckay-class-of-1957.html

http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2016/06/linfielder-floyd-mckay-at-oregon.html?m=1

http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/1999/02/literary-snapshot-linfield-19xx-grad.html?m=1