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Gwen & John McKee |
This fund provides income for the Community Foundation’s discretionary grantmaking program.
John McKee is a life-long resident of Aurora, Illinois and is a graduate of West Aurora High School.
In 1958, he graduated cum laude from Beloit College with a degree in economics.
He then was employed in the family owned business, McKee Door Company, until it was sold in 1986. He continued working with the successor company, Porvene-McKee, until 1994.
Mr. McKee has served as director and president of the Aurora Family YMCA, The Aurora Foundation (now the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley) and the Kiwanis Club of Aurora.
He also has been a director of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, Inc., and trustee of Aurora University and the Aurora YWCA.
In 1992, he received the Cosmopolitan Club’s Distinguished Service Award and, in 2005, he was named recipient of the Kiwanis Club’s Service to God and Fellowman Award.
Gwen McKee was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was a 1958 graduate of Beloit College and was employed for two years at IBM as a Systems Representative.
She is a talented and prolific quilter, producing quilts for family, friends and charitable causes.
The McKees are members of New England Congregational Church, where both have participated in the chancel choir.
Mr. McKee has served as moderator and member of the church’s major governing boards.
The couple has three children.
John & Gwen McKee Endowment Fund
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Our service area includes the Greater Aurora Area, the TriCities and Kendall County in the State of Illinois. |
