Kevin Thomas "Mickey" Boyd
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2007
Kevin Thomas Mickey Boyd, 80, a retired member of the D.C. Police Department and a computer specialist for the National
Institutes of Health, died Feb. 18 at Montgomery General Hospital of complications following a stroke.
Mr. Boyd was born in the District and attended McKinley Tech High School. He dropped out to enlist in the Navy during World
War II and joined the police department after his discharge. Recalled to active duty during the Korean War, he went back to the
police department afterward, where he worked as a patrol officer. In 1960, he was assigned to the household of John F.
Kennedy between his election as president and the inauguration.
Mr. Boyd retired from the police force in 1963 and joined the National Institutes of Health as a computer specialist. He retired
again in 1989.
He was a baseball player and a bowler his whole life. He played sandlot baseball into adulthood and bowled with the Glenmont
Senior Citizen's Bowling League until two years ago. He also coached his granddaughter's softball team in the 1990s and was
a volunteer at Captain James Daly Elementary School in Germantown. He used cards and games to help youngsters learn their
numbers.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Mary Boyd of Rockville; four children, Patrick Boyd of Farquay-Varina, N.C., Michael Boyd of
Annapolis, Tracy Walton of Gaithersburg and Rita Dirk of Fredericksburg; five grandchildren; and one great grandson.