D.V. McKay, Johns Hopkins Official, Dies From: The Washington Post | Date: October 4, 1988 | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Donald Vernon McKay, 75, a founder and retired head of the African studies department at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Study in Washington, died of respiratory failure Oct. 3 at Montgomery General Hospital. He lived in Silver Spring.

Dr. McKay taught history at Syracuse University, worked for the Foreign Policy Association in New York and for the State Department here before joining the school of international study in 1956. He was department chairman an...

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