George K. McKinney, who was the first African American to be appointed U.S. marshal for the District of Maryland, and whose career in federal service spanned more than four decades, died June 17 of leukemia at his home in Baltimore, his family said. He was 77.
Early in his career, Mr. Kinney was a deputy U.S. marshal for the District of Maryland and a special agent and polygraph examiner with the National Security Agency at Fort Meade. In 1973, he was appointed U.S. marshal for the District of Columbia — the third African American marshal to serve the district — by President Richard M. Nixon.
