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'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 &mdash; September 1, 1983<ref>Generally accepted date of death. See below for theories on his survival.</ref>), was a  [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].

'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 &mdash; September 1, 1983<ref>Generally accepted date of death. See below for theories on his survival.</ref>), was a  [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].

==Early life==

==Early life and education==

He was born in Atlanta, his family were physicians. He attended Emory University School of Medicine.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Other Violence against Members of Congress]</ref>

McDonald was born on April 1, 1935 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref name="Killing"/> His family was "a family of physicians", and he was a cousin of [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].<ref name="Killing"/> He graduated from Darlington High School, a nondenominational school, in 1951, and in 1953 he graduated from Davidson College with a degree in history.<ref name="Killing"/><ref name="BDUSC">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000413 McDONALD, Lawrence Patton, (1935 - 1983)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved September 4, 2016.</ref> After that, he attended Emory University School of Medicine, graduating in 1957, did training at Grady Memorial Hospital for urology,<ref name="Killing">[https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Other Violence against Members of Congress]</ref> and did his postgraduate training in urology at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, graduating in 1966.<ref name="BDUSC"/>

 

He was a cousin of [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].

==McDonald aboard KAL 007==

==McDonald aboard KAL 007==