Robert McGee

Robert W. McGee (born 1947){{Cite web |last=McGee |first=Robert W. |date=2019-03-07 |title=My life story: 23 academic degrees and 239 gold medals |url=https://blog.ut.ee/my-life-story-23-academic-degrees-and-239-gold-medals/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=UT Blog |language=en}} is an American perpetual student, author and professor at Fayetteville State University.{{cite web | url=https://www.uncfsu.edu/academics/colleges-schools-and-departments/broadwell-college-of-business-and-economics/faculty-and-staff | title=Faculty & Staff }}

Early life and education

McGee is originally from Erie, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |last=Mullen |first=Rodger |date=February 23, 2019 |title=At 71, FSU professor is a martial arts champ |url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2019/02/24/meet-robert-mcgee-at-71-fsu-professor-is-martial-arts-champ/5849677007/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=The Fayetteville Observer}} He was raised Catholic.{{Cite web |last=McGee |first=Robert W. |date=2019-03-07 |title=My life story: 23 academic degrees and 239 gold medals |url=https://blog.ut.ee/my-life-story-23-academic-degrees-and-239-gold-medals/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=UT Blog |language=en}}

He started his education by graduating with a bachelor's degree from Gannon University in 1969.{{Cite web |date=August 2014 |title=Robert W. McGee, Ph.D., Esq. '69 |url=https://www.gannon.edu/alumnispotlight.aspx?profile=81#:~:text=Social%20Science-,Robert%20W.,%2C%20economics%2C%20accounting%20and%20finance. |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=Gannon University Alumni Association |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203011114/https://www.gannon.edu/alumnispotlight.aspx?profile=81#:~:text=Social%20Science-,Robert%20W.,%2C%20economics%2C%20accounting%20and%20finance. |url-status=dead }} Wanting to land a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, McGee began earning a large number of college degrees.{{Cite web |last=Burress |first=Jordan |title=Tenacious McGee |url=https://www.clevelandstatemagazine.com/tenacious-mcgee-2/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=Cleveland State Magazine}} His first doctorate-level degree was a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland State University College of Law.{{cite web | url=https://www.clevelandstatemagazine.com/tenacious-mcgee-2/ | title=Tenacious McGee | Cleveland State Magazine }} McGee has earned 23 academic degrees, 13 of which are at the doctorate level.{{Cite web |title=ROBERT MCGEE |url=https://www.csualumni.com/stay-connected/fascinating-alumni/robert-mcgee/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=Cleveland State University Alumni Association}}

McGee has earned the following academic degrees:

BA, Social Science, Gannon University (1969){{Cite web |title=Robert McGee '69 won 6 gold and 1 silver medal at the Taekwondo World Championship - Gannon University Alumni & Friends |url=https://www.gannon.edu/classnotes.aspx?id=9918&blogid=1668 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323005405/https://www.gannon.edu/classnotes.aspx?id=9918&blogid=1668 |archive-date=2024-03-23 |access-date=2024-03-29}}
BS, Economics, Excelsior University (1976){{cite web |date=21 June 2021 |title=Robert W. McGee, BS, 1976; AS, 1979; AA, 1980; BS, 1983 |url=https://www.excelsior.edu/article/robert-w-mcgee-bs-1976-as-1979-aa-1980-bs-1983/}}
MST, Taxation, DePaul University (1976)https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1262&context=depaul-magazine
JD, Law, Cleveland State University (1980)https://www.csualumni.com/stay-connected/fascinating-alumni/robert-mcgee/
AS, Liberal Arts, Excelsior University (1979){{Cite web |last=Abram |first=Caitlin |date=2021-06-21 |title=Robert W. McGee, BS, 1976; AS, 1979; AA, 1980; BS, 1983 |url=https://www.excelsior.edu/article/robert-w-mcgee-bs-1976-as-1979-aa-1980-bs-1983/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Excelsior University |language=en}}
AA, Liberal Arts, Excelsior University (1980){{Cite web |last=Abram |first=Caitlin |date=2021-06-21 |title=Robert W. McGee, BS, 1976; AS, 1979; AA, 1980; BS, 1983 |url=https://www.excelsior.edu/article/robert-w-mcgee-bs-1976-as-1979-aa-1980-bs-1983/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Excelsior University |language=en}}

AA, Thomas Edison State College (1980){{Cite web |title=50 in 50 |url=https://www.tesu.edu/alumni/50in50 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.tesu.edu |language=en}}
AS, Accounting, Thomas Edison State College (1983){{Cite web |title=50 in 50 |url=https://www.tesu.edu/alumni/50in50 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.tesu.edu |language=en}}
BA, Social Science, Thomas Edison State College (1982){{cite web |title=50 in 50 |url=https://www.tesu.edu/alumni/50in50}}
BSBA, Accounting, Thomas Edison State College (1983){{Cite web |title=50 in 50 |url=https://www.tesu.edu/alumni/50in50 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.tesu.edu |language=en}}
BS, Business, Excelsior University (1983){{Cite web |last=Abram |first=Caitlin |date=2021-06-21 |title=Robert W. McGee, BS, 1976; AS, 1979; AA, 1980; BS, 1983 |url=https://www.excelsior.edu/article/robert-w-mcgee-bs-1976-as-1979-aa-1980-bs-1983/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Excelsior University |language=en}}
PhD, Accounting, University of Warwick (1986){{cite web | url=https://warwick.ac.uk/alumni/news-events/news/robert-mcgee/ | title=Professor Robert McGee }}
PhD, Economics, Law & Political Philosophy, Union Institute & University (1986)
PhD, Accounting, Taxation & Economic History, Union Institute & University (1993)
PhD, Philosophy, University of Bradford (2000){{cite web |title=Notable alumni - Alumni |url=https://www.bradford.ac.uk/alumni/notable-alumni/}}
PhD, Politics, University of Sunderland (2003){{Cite web |title=Where Are You Now: Professor Robert W. McGee PhD Politics 2003 |url=https://alumni.sunderland.ac.uk/Keep-Informed/WAYN/2000-2009/Robert-McGee |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=University of Sunderland Alumni Association}}
PhD, Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University (2011)https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/alumni/our-alumni/alumni-stories/2011-robert-mcgee/
DPhil, Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England
PhD, Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
PhD, International Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
DSc (Econ), Public Finance & Economic Development, Tartu University{{cite web | url=https://blog.ut.ee/my-life-story-23-academic-degrees-and-239-gold-medals/ | title=My life story: 23 academic degrees and 239 gold medals | date=7 March 2019 }}
Dr.oec, Accounting, University of Latvia
DUniv, Public Finance, Kossuth Lajos University (now University of Debrecen)

Career

= Academics=

McGee currently teaches at the Broadwell College of Business and Economics at Fayetteville State University.{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2019 |title=ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – AT 72, ROBERT W. MCGEE IS JUST GETTING STARTED |url=https://myunion.edu/alumni-spotlight-at-72-robert-w-mcgee-is-just-getting-started/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=Union Institute & University}} He has written more than 60 nonfiction books, 5 novels, and over 1000 scholarly papers.

= Martial arts=

McGee practiced martial arts as a teenager.{{Cite web |title=ROBERT MCGEE - PHD APPLIED GLOBAL ETHICS, 2011 |url=https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/alumni/our-alumni/alumni-stories/2011-robert-mcgee/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=Leeds Beckett University}} He worked as a boxing sparring partner However, as an adult, McGee began practicing Taekwondo again.{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Monica |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Fayetteville's Robert McGee, 74, is world champion martial artist ... and novelist, doctoral degree holder, international consultant |url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/2021/08/23/fayettevilles-dr-robert-mcgee-wins-taekwondo-world-championships/8200363002/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=The Fayetteville Observer}} He also began practicing Karate and Tai Chi. He is now a martial arts instructor.