John Gee received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971 from DePauw Univeristy on an Academic Scholarship.  He Majored in Political Science, ran Varsity Track and Cross-Country, hosted a radio show and was Vice President of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.  He went on to attend the University of Mississippis School of Law, financed completely on his own, and was awarded Juis Doctor in 1974. John was admitted into the Mississippi State Bar Association in 1974 and the Ohio State Bar Association in 1975.