James Paul McKay, AE 94, of New Orleans, on Nov. 5. In an obituary printed in the New Orleans Advocate, he was described as “the kindest man on earth,” who “fly-fished streams in the Smoky Mountains, ate mussels in Paris, sunburned in Bora Bora, produced plays in Atlanta and second-lined every chance he got.” McKay loved the Gulf Coast and the New Orleans bayou, and was employed as an oceanographer at the Naval Research Laboratory, where he researched and predicted water dynamics. “In lieu of flowers,” his obituary requested, “please take a child fishing, buy a stranger’s meal, or pay it forward in a way that would make Paul smile.”
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