Oliver George McGee III an American analyst,  strategist, professor of engineering, and author in the United States. He has written about his switch from being a Democrat to a Republican and about being a Republican in the "age of Obama" in his book Jumping the Aisle. He has provided public advocacy on capital, technology, and U.S. competitiveness strategies for several political campaigns including Hillary for President 2008, McCain-Palin 2008, Romney-Ryan 2012, and Trump-Pence 2016 campaigns. Education McGee graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1981. He was a drum major for The Ohio State University Marching Band. At the University of Arizona he received a Master of Science in civil engineering in 1983 and a Doctorate in engineering mechanics (with a minor in aerospace engineering) in 1988. In 2004, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Career Oliver McGee is Professor and former Department Chair (2016–17) of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. He has taught at Ohio State University, Georgia Tech, and was a visiting professor at MIT. He is formerly professor of mechanical engineering and former Vice President for Research and Compliance at Howard University, serving as the chief research officer.
Career Oliver McGee is Professor and former Department Chair (2016–17) of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University.