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The Boyd E. McCracken, M.D. Collection is comprised of 1 volume of material compiled by Dr.
McCracken in scrapbook form, and includes materials from his various campaigns for office within
the AAFP; newspaper and magazine articles and correspondence relating to Dr. McCracken’s career;
a photograph of Dr. McCracken (c. 1977) with Drs. Robert Young and Jack Stelmach; and Dr.
McCracken’s curriculum vitae, dated 2001.
McGinnis, Robert D., M.D. (1924-1997)
1982-1986, 2001
1 slim document case – See also: Photograph Collection
Robert David McGinnis, M.D. was born in 1924 in Ohio. He graduated from the University of
Illinois Medical School in 1948 and interned at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara,
California. From 1956 to 1995, he was a solo family practitioner in Santa Barbara and from 1988 to
1997 was Associate Medical Director of the Monarch Plan. In 1966, he founded the Goleta Valley
Community Hospital, which was the first general practice-oriented hospital in Santa Barbara, serving
as its chief of staff from 1967 to 1969 and as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1967 to 1997.
Dr. McGinnis was also an active member of both the California AFP and the AAFP, serving as
President of the California AFP in 1974, as a member of the AAFP Board of Directors from 1982 to
1985, and as Chairman of the AAFP Board from 1984 to 1985. In 2001, the Goleta Valley Cottage
Hospital honored Dr. McGinnis by naming its Medical/Surgical unit in his honor.
The Robert D. McGinnis, M.D. Collection contains correspondence, minutes and reports primarily
centering around his term as a member of the AAFP Board of Directors from 1982 to 1984. In
addition, the collection also contains a program from the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital’s 2001
Founders’ Celebration which honored Dr. McGinnis.
McKay, Haden Edwards, M.D. (1908-1996)
1975-2001
1 slim document case- See also: Museum Collection and Photograph Collection
The son and grandson of physicians, Haden Edwards McKay, Jr., M.D. was born in Bardstown,
Kentucky in 1908 and moved to Humble, Texas, in 1919 with his family. After earning a bachelor’s
degree from Mississippi State University and his medical degree from Chicago Medical School, Dr.
McKay returned to Humble and went into general practice with his father in 1938. Following service
in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II, he returned to Humble. An active member of
the local community, Dr. McKay served for 13 years as a Humble City Councilman before being
elected Mayor of Humble in 1971, in which office he served for 24 years before retiring in 1995. He
also served in top executive posts in county, state and national medical associations throughout his
career. He was a past president of the Texas Academy of Family Practice, and in 1979 was named
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