Monroe G. McKay

Monroe G. McKay (born 1928) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Huntsville, Utah, McKay was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His cousin, David O. McKay, became the president and prophet of the LDS Church in 1951. Around that time, Monroe was serving as a young LDS missionary in South Africa, returning home in 1953.^[1] McKay's brother K. Gunn McKay was the U.S. congressman from Utah's 1st district from 1971 to 1981.^[2]

McKay was in the United States Marine Corps from 1946 to 1948. He received a B.S. from Brigham Young University in 1957 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1960. was a law clerk to the Hon. Jesse A. Udall, Supreme Court of Arizona from 1960 to 1961. He was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona from 1961 to 1966. He was the director of the Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa from 1966 to 1968, thereafter resuming his private practice in Phoenix until 1974. He was an associate professor at Brigham Young University Law School from 1974 to 1976, and a full professor from 1976 to 1977.

On November 2, 1977, McKay was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated by David Thomas Lewis. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 29, 1977, and received his commission on December 1, 1977. He served as chief judge from 1991 to 1993, assuming senior status on December 31, 1993.

Notes

1. ^ Prince, Gregory A.; William Robert Wright (2005). David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. University of Utah Press. p. 77. http://books.google.com/books?id=3UBXLIkLEQwC&lpg=PA448&ots=w0tiYn_kOm&pg=PA77. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
2. ^ "K. Gunn McKay". NNDB. http://www.nndb.com/people/914/000141491/. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 

Sources

• Monroe G. McKay at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Monroe G. McKay's entry at the Notable Names Database (NNDB)

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Name	Mckay, Monroe G
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Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1928
Place of birth	Huntsville, Utah
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