St. Clair McKelway
St. Clair McKelway (February 13, 1905 – January 10, 1980) was a writer and editor for The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1933.
St. Clair McKelway
February 13, 1905 
Charlotte
January 10, 1980 (aged 74)
New York City
Childhood[edit]
McKelway was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Alexander McKelway, a Presbyterian minister, journalist, and child labor reformer, and Lavinia Rutherford Smith. In 1909 the senior McKelway took a job with the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) and moved the family to Washington D.C. McKelway grew up in the Georgetown neighborhood and attended Western High School (now Duke Ellington School of the Arts).[1]
Personal life[edit]
McKelway was married five times, including to the writer Maeve Brennan.[7] His brother Benjamin Mosby McKelway was a reporter for The Washington Star. He was also involved with Eileen McKenney.[8]
St. Clair McKelway died at the DeWitt Nursing Home in Manhattan on January 10, 1980.[9]
He should not be confused with his great-uncle, also named St. Clair McKelway, the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle.[1][9]