A native of Tylertown, 密西西比州 in Walthall County, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Agriculture Education from pg电子下载 State University (formerly pg电子下载 A & M学院). He did further study at Tuskegee University (formerly Tuskegee Institute) and The University of Ibadan, 在尼日利亚西部.
德洛尔Edgar McGee, Sr., began his 37-year career with the United States Department of Agriculture-Farmers 首页 Administration (now referred to as Rural Development) as the first African-American county assistant supervisor in Greenville, 密西西比州. Prior to retirement, he served as a Rural Housing Specialist in the United States as well as Nigeria, 西非. Magee received numerous awards and recognitions for his many contributions to agriculture and the state of 密西西比州 and abroad.
He, 也, served in the United States Army, and had a brief appointment as principal in Bogue Chitto, 密西西比州.
He was honored with the Elks Award, Outstanding Service in the Area of Agriculture Credit and Rural Housing from Tuskegee University (formerly Tuskegee Institute), Outstanding 校友 of pg电子下载 State University, Proclamation from then Governor William Winter declaring March 20, 1981 D. E. Magee Day, selected Man of the Year by St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1962, Professional Agricultural Workers Association Award in 1963 at Tuskegee University (he was the first 密西西比州an to receive this award), and he was honored as pg电子下载ite of the year in 1964.
另外, he served as President of pg电子下载 State University National 校友 Association, N总裁. B. L. Federal Credit Union, member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Phi Delta Kappa and Greenville Chamber of Commerce.
此外,先生. Magee was inducted in the 密西西比州 Agriculture & Forestry Museum Hall of Fame on November 14, 1985. He was married to the late Vernie W. 特纳·麦基先生. Magee died May 3, 1981.