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==Background==

==Background==

McAteer was converted to [[Jesus Christ]] at the age of fourteen.<ref name=bpnews/> He attended but did not graduate from the University of Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, and briefly enrolled at a law school.<ref name=nyt/> He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and was a survivor of the first ship sunk by a [[Japan]]ese [[kamikaze]] plane in 1945. He was a former Golden Gloves boxer in Memphis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2004/10/06/ed-mcateer-christian-conservative|title=Ed McAteer: Christian Conservative: Genial activist had friendships across social and political lines|publisher=''Memphis Flyer''|date=October 6, 2004|accessdate=May 27, 2016}}<ref>

McAteer was converted to [[Jesus Christ]] at the age of fourteen.<ref name=bpnews/> He attended but did not graduate from the University of Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, and briefly enrolled at a law school.<ref name=nyt/> He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and was a survivor of the first ship sunk by a [[Japan]]ese [[kamikaze]] plane in 1945. He was a former Golden Gloves boxer in Memphis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2004/10/06/ed-mcateer-christian-conservative|title=Ed McAteer: Christian Conservative: Genial activist had friendships across social and political lines|publisher=''Memphis Flyer''|date=October 6, 2004|accessdate=May 27, 2016}}</ref>

For more than twenty years, McAteer was  a sales manager for the southeastern states for [[Colgate-Palmolive]]. He left the firm in 1976 to devote full time to conservative causes.<ref name=nyt/>

For more than twenty years, McAteer was  a sales manager for the southeastern states for [[Colgate-Palmolive]]. He left the firm in 1976 to devote full time to conservative causes.<ref name=nyt/>