DR. MCKEAN IS AN UNDERGRADUATE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. HE DOUBLED MAJORED IN ZOOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. HE GRADUATED FROM IU SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY IN INDIANAPOLIS IN 1972. AFTER GRADUATION HE WORKED AT THE INDIANA STATE PRISON IN MICHIGAN CITY. DR. MCKEAN ENJOYS HIS PATIENTS AND FEELS ITS IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO THEM AS WELL AS TALK DENTISTRY. "I GET TO KNOW MY PATIENTS PRETTY WELL. A PATIENT HE ENCOUNTERED BY CHANCE DURING A FAMILY CRISIS AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL SAID DR. MCKEAN MANAGED TO PULL HER SEVERELY DISABLED HUSBAND THROUGH AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS. DR.MCKEAN SAID I THINK JUST BY LISTENING TO PEOPLE, IT GIVES THEM COURAGE AND HOPE. THIS PATIENT NOMINATED DR. MCKEAN FOR A HEALTH CARE AWARD. WHEN NOT DOING DENTISTRY DR. MCKEAN ENJOYS HIS TWO KIDS ,FISHING, HUNTING AND SCUBA DIVING.