100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Lee McKinley

OCCUPATION:Dentist, Farmer from Palmer

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:04/22/1906;
DeQueen, Arkansas

EDUCATION:High School: Fayetteville, Arkanas College/University: Kansas City Western Dental College, Doctor of Dental Surgery; Postgraduate: International School of Orthodontia, 1941

SPOUSE:Doris M. Blakely

CHILDREN:Ira Blakely, Lee Lawrence, Judith Lorraine, William David, Rodger Dean, Karen Lu, Steven Charles

EMPLOYMENT:Dentistry Practice, Detroit, Michigan; Owner/Operator, 80 Acre Farm, Matanuska Valley, Alaska; Owner/Practitioner, Dental Office, Anchorage, Alaska;

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Charter Member, Mt. McKinley Lions; Member, Masons; Member, Elks; President, Southcentral District/Member, Alaska Dental Society

OTHER:Received Outstanding Community Service Award from VFW, Department Alaska, 1959; Known as the "flying dentist" because he flew into bush areas to provide dental care for residents