Kinnaird Rowe McKee was an American United States Navy four star admiral who served as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion from 1982 to 1988. He also served as Superintendent, United States Naval Academy from 1975 to 1978. McKee was born in Louisville, Kentucky on August 14, 1929 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1951. He served in the Pacific fleet destroyer USS Marshall during the Korean War and in eight submarines of the Atlantic fleet since that time. After completion of submarine training in 1953, he served in three diesel-powered submarines: USS Picuda, USS Sea Cat, and USS Marlin. In 1956, Admiral McKee was ordered to command of USS X-1, a small experimental submarine. He graduated from nuclear power training in 1958 and joined the commissioning crew of USS Skipjack, the Navy?s first high performance nuclear-powered attack submarine. Assignment as Executive Officer of USS Nautilus followed in 1961, then of the USS Sam Houston in late 1962. After three deterrent patrols on the SAM HOUSTON, he served in the Naval Reactors Division of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1964 to 1966. 

August 14th, 1929 in Louisville  /  Died:   Dec 30th, 2013 - Age 84