Jean Kathleen Trainum McKay

Captain Jean Kathleen (Trainum Smith) McKay (born February 3, 1924 – November 7, 2016) served as the staff dietitian in the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General when she was selected to serve as the dietitian for the Mercury Project and was sent to Cape Canaveral in April 1961. McKay was responsible for planning specific menus, purchasing the food and supervising preparation and serving, and conducting nutritional analysis and reporting to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Career

• She served in the Office of the Surgeon General when Col Audrey Underkoffler was Chief, MSpC; and a TDY assignment to Cape Canaveral in 1961 for the first US crewed space flight.