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Home / Awards / Servitor Pacis Award / 1997 THE SERVITOR PACIS AWARD RECIPIENTS 1997 - William and Kathleen Magee Dr. William P. Magee is co-founder and chairman of OperationSmile. A New Jersey native and second of twelve children, he was educated at Fordham Preparatory School, Mount St. Mary's College, University of Maryland Dental School and George Washington University Medical School. He completed his residency in plastic surgery at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine and furthered his studies in Switzerland, France, Germany, and Scotland. Since 1978 he has practiced medicine and plastic surgery in Norfolk, Virginia, where he and his wife Kathy live. Kathleen Magee is the co-founder and president of OperationSmile. She received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from the College of Misericordia and her masters degrees from the University of Maryland and Norfolk State University in the fields of education and social work. She has also done graduate work at the University of Virginia and the Jung Institute in Switzerland. The Magees founded Operation Smile in 1982, as a private, international, not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization providing free reconstructive surgery and related health care to indigent children and young adults in developing countries and in the United States, giving particular attention to disfiguring conditions such as cleft palates, cleft lips and burn scars. The group relies on donated time and supplies. Additionally, OperationSmile provides education and training to physicians and other health care professionals to achieve long-term self-sufficiency. Through their efforts, the organization brings together health professionals with the public and private sectors to provide voluntary care to improve the quality of life for the children, families and communities that share in the OperationSmile experience. Their worldwide humanitarian endeavors have created international partnerships, building trust, bridging cultures and restoring dignity, particularly to the young who suffer not only from social humiliation and isolation as a result of their deformities, but also from a barrage of other medical complications, including malnutrition, infection and disease.
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