From 1956 to 1958 Richard McGinnis and his wife Shirley lived in Flavet 3 which was married student housing for military veterans at the University of Florida. During the time they lived there two children were born, Douglas in 1955 and Cynthia in 1958 just before McGinnis was graduated. While a student McGinnis worked for the UF sports publicity department. After his graduation he worked in the advertising field. He had twenty-one years of employment with Turner Advertising and Turner Communications in Atlanta. He retired in 1983 and then ran a small advertising agency for five years before retiring.
From the description of Richard McGinnis Collection, 1955-1958. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 640122942
