A.B. Dartmouth 1939; L.L.B. Harvard Law School 1942. Ken has engaged in a general practice since 1949, with a recent emphasis on employment law. He has appeared before the United States Supreme Court on labor and civil rights issues. He served as Chair of the Washington State Human Rights Commission from 1962 to 1968. He is a past President and board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and taught at the Seattle University School of Law for one term each year for nine years. He is an immediate past member of the National Board of Trustees, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio and a member of the Visiting Committee of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington.

A Scot in battle dress and briefcase, Ken MacDonald is celebrated on his birthday, October 30, 1983, with this drawing and a poem on the back of it: