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==Early life==

==Early life==

McDonald was born on April 1, 1935 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref name="Killing"/> His family was "a family of physicians", and he was a cousin of [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].<ref name="Killing"/> He graduated from Darlington High School, a nondenominational school, in 1951, and in 1953 he graduated from Davidson College with a degree in history.<ref name="Killing"/><ref name="BDUSC">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000413 McDONALD, Lawrence Patton, (1935 - 1983)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved September 4, 2016.</ref> After that, he attended Emory University School of Medicine, graduating in 1957, did training at Grady Memorial Hospital for urology in Atlanta.<ref name="Killing">[https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Other Violence against Members of Congress]</ref>

McDonald was born on April 1, 1935 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref name="Killing"/> His family was "a family of physicians", and he was a cousin of [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].<ref name="Killing"/> He graduated from Darlington High School, a nondenominational school, in 1951, and in 1953 he graduated from Davidson College with a degree in history.<ref name="Killing"/><ref name="BDUSC">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000413 McDONALD, Lawrence Patton, (1935 - 1983)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved September 4, 2016.</ref> After that, he attended Emory University School of Medicine, graduating in 1957, did training at Grady Memorial Hospital for urology in Atlanta.<ref name="Killing">Marion, Nancy, E. & Oliver, Willard M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 ''Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Other Violence against Members of Congress'']. Lexington Books, Lanham. 2014. ISBN 9780739183601.</ref>

From 1959 to 1961, McDonald served in the U.S. Navy as a flight surgeon, being stationed at Keflavik naval base in [[Iceland]].<ref name="Killing"/> He met and married his first wife, Anna Tryggvadottir, here, and they would have three children together.<ref name="Killing"/> It was also in Iceland that McDonald would learn about and grow to strongly oppose [[Communism]].<ref name="Killing"/> He worried that the policies of the U.S. were helping to further Communism and its goals.<ref name="Killing"/>

From 1959 to 1961, McDonald served in the U.S. Navy as a flight surgeon, being stationed at Keflavik naval base in [[Iceland]].<ref name="Killing"/> He met and married his first wife, Anna Tryggvadottir, here, and they would have three children together.<ref name="Killing"/> It was also in Iceland that McDonald would learn about and grow to strongly oppose [[Communism]].<ref name="Killing"/> He worried that the policies of the U.S. were helping to further Communism and its goals.<ref name="Killing"/>