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James Keogh (other)
James Keogh may refer to: * James Keogh (Australian politician), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * James Keogh (speechwriter) James Keogh (October 28, 1916 – May 10, 2006) was an American magazine editor and political advisor who worked as the executive editor of ''Time'' magazine and the head of the White House speechwriting staff under Richard Nixon. Early life ..., executive editor of ''Time'' magazine and White House speechwriter under Richard M. Nixon * James Keogh (Wisconsin politician), member of the Wisconsin general assembly * Vance Joy (James Gabriel Keogh), Australian singer and songwriter * Jim Keogh (banker), British banker * Jim Keogh (footballer), Australian rules footballer * Jim Keogh (technology writer), American technology writer {{hndis, Keogh, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Keogh (Australian Politician)
James Patrick Keogh (1888 – 31 August 1940) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Keogh was born in Thurles, Tipperary, the son of William Keogh and his wife Mary (née Maher). He arrived in Queensland around 1902 and worked as a miner in north Queensland before serving in the 1st AIF assigned as a gunner to the 3rd Battery Australian Field Artillery Regiment in World War I. Here he was one of the original Anzacs who fought at Gallipoli. Later in the war he was gassed, wounded and reported dead while serving in Belgium and finally invalided back to Australia. In the 1930s he was once again reported dead from the pulpit of his local church but when friends went to his home to offer their condolences they found him mowing his lawn. On 20 December 1918 he married Clara Ethel Clifford (died 1978) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Keogh (speechwriter)
James Keogh (October 28, 1916 – May 10, 2006) was an American magazine editor and political advisor who worked as the executive editor of ''Time'' magazine and the head of the White House speechwriting staff under Richard Nixon. Early life and education Keogh was born in Platte County, Nebraska and graduated from Creighton University in Omaha in 1938. Career He worked for the ''Omaha World-Herald'' in Omaha before working at ''Time'' magazine. He worked as an affairs reporter at ''Time'' in 1951, and was the assistant managing editor from 1961 to 1968. Keogh worked as a special assistant to President Nixon in 1969, and became his head speechwriter in 1970. He was the director of the United States Information Agency from 1973 to 1977. Keogh also wrote two books, ''This Is Nixon'' in 1956, and ''President Nixon and the Press'' in 1972. Death Keogh died on May 10, 2006, in Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Keogh (Wisconsin Politician)
James Keogh Jr. (April 26, 1850 – January 23, 1896) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He held varied local offices, including mayor of Sturgeon Bay, and served one two-year term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for Door County in the 41st Wisconsin Legislature (1891–1893). Background Keogh was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 26, 1850, son of James and Mary Keogh, and came with his parents to Canada in 1852, from there to Wisconsin in 1855, where the family settled in Forestville. He attended the common schools and the Oshkosh State Normal School, and became a lawyer and businessman. He moved to Sturgeon Bay in 1874. Business activity As of 1893, he was president of the Frankfort Land Company and of the W. O. Brown Manufacturing Company, secretary of the Sturgeon Bay Dock Company, a director of the Ahnapee and Western Railroad, and cashier of the Bank of Sturgeon Bay. Public office Keogh served as Door C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Keogh (banker)
Patrick James Keogh, Military Cross, MC (born 1917) was principal of the Bank of England's Discount Office from 1967 to 1974 during the British secondary banking crisis of the early 1970s. In 1974 he took early retirement after being blamed for failing to foresee the crisis. Early life Patrick James Keogh was born in Dublin in 1917. He joined the Bank of England in 1937. Second World War Keogh's career at the bank was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War, during which he served in The Gordon Highlanders (Aberdeen). In 1943 he was awarded the Military Cross for his leadership under fire on the Catania plain, Sicily, when he rallied his men and achieved his objective after his unit came under heavy shelling despite being severely injured himself. The wound he received continued to trouble him throughout his life. Career Keogh was the United Kingdom's alternate executive director for the International Monetary Fund in 1955–56. From 1959 to 1964 he was deputy chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Keogh (footballer)
James Joseph Keogh (10 September 1897 – 1 June 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Thomas William Keogh (1860–1928) and Flora Jane Keogh (1872–1955), née Titus, James Joseph Keogh was born at Mitcham, Victoria on 10 September 1897. Education He was educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat , motto_translation = To Do and To Teach , city = Ballarat , state = Victoria , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Independent second .... Military service Aged 18, Keogh enlisted in the First AIF in May 1916, and served overseas, returning to Australia in June 1919. Football Collingwood (VFL) Jim Keogh played four games for Collingwood in 1921, but struggled to gain a regular place in the Collingwood team. Brunswick (VFA) Keogh transferred to Brunswick in 1922 where he play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
