A Senator from Wyoming. Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr. , March 17, 1915. Attended public schools. Graduated from Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne in 1936, University of Colorado at Boulder in 1939. Earned a graduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1947. Professor of American history at Crofton (Nebr. ) High School 1936-1937, Kearney (Nebr. ) High School 1937-1940, Nebraska Wesleyan University 1940-1943, Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts 1943-1944, University of Notre Dame 1944-1945, University of Chicago 1945-1946, and University of Wyoming 1946-1958. Legislative assistant to Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming in 1955 and 1956. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958. Reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976. Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (Ninety-first through Ninety-fourth Congresses). Specialized in problems of appropriations and foreign relations and served on subcommittees in these areas. Representative to the Organization of American States. President and founder of Gale W. McGee Associates, Washington, D. C. Senior consultant, Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 1987-1989. Was a resident of Bethesda, Md. , until his death on April 9, 1992. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
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