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McKeen (surname)
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McKeen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Allyn McKeen, American football player and coach * Angus McKeen, Irish rugby union player * Bob McKeen (1933–1999), American basketball player *Charles McKeen, Canadian politician * H. Boyd McKeen, Union Army officer *Jock McKeen, Canadian physician *John Elmer McKeen, American chief executive *Joseph McKeen, American educator * Nery McKeen, Cuban middle distance runner *Robert McKeen, New Zealand politician * Stan McKeen, Canadian rugby union player * Stanley McKeen, Canadian politician * William McKeen, American academic * William R. McKeen Jr., inventor of the track motorcar and businessman See also *McKean (surname) *McKeon McKeon and MacKeon are Irish surnames originating both from the Gaelic Mac Eoghain ("Son of Eoghan") and Mac Eoin ("Son of John"), which are pronounced identically. Other variants in English include MacEoin and McKeown. Notable people with the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allyn McKeen
Allyn McKeen (January 26, 1905 – September 13, 1978) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at West Tennessee State Normal School, now the University of Memphis, from 1937 to 1938 and at Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University, from 1939 to 1948, compiling a career college football record of 78–25–3. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1991. Playing career McKeen played football as a guard and end at the University of Tennessee from 1925 to 1927, where he earned all-state honors. He was also the captain of the men's basketball and track teams. He helped preserve the tie with Vanderbilt by covering Bill Spears's receivers. Coaching career From 1937 to 1938, McKeen coached at West Tennessee State Teachers College, now known as the University of Memphis, where he compiled a 13–6 record. His 1938 team went undefeated at 10–0. From 1939 to 1948, he coached at Mississippi State, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus McKeen
Angus McKeen (born 13 February 1969) is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He won one cap for Ireland at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, as well as playing for Lansdowne Football Club and Leinster. His position was tight-head prop-forward. He is a past-pupil of The King's Hospital school in Dublin. McKeen fulfilled his rugby ambition when he won an international cap for Ireland against Romania in the 1999 World Cup. McKeen was the first Lansdowne player to reach the 100 AIL match milestone. In total he represented Lansdowne 130 times in the AIL. He is in second place overall in Lansdowne AIL history. His international debut was against Romania on October 15, 1999 at Lansdowne Road Stadium. References External links Angus McKeen(archived 2017-04-23 at the Wayback Machine The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, California. Created in 1996 and launched to the public in 2001, it allo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McKeen
Robert Van Sickle McKeen (November 30, 1933 – December 31, 1999) was an American basketball player, best known for his All-American college career at the University of California, Berkeley. McKeen, a 6'7 center out of Piedmont High School in Piedmont, California, played for the Cal Golden Bears under coaches Nibs Price and Pete Newell. He was a four-year starter for the Bears, earning all-Pacific Coast Conference accolades in each of his four seasons. He was also named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press and a second-team All-American pick by the International News Service. McKeen left Cal as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,632 points, record since eclipsed) and rebounder (1,019). Years later, McKeen would be inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame and the Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor. Following his college career, McKeen was drafted by the Rochester Royals in the fourth round of the 1955 NBA draft. After considerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McKeen
Charles Milton McKeen (May 10, 1885 – November 7, 1972) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. Political career McKeen ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the Lac Ste. Anne electoral district as a United Farmers of Alberta candidate in the 1921 Alberta general election. He defeated two other candidates with a landslide majority (62 percent of the vote), to pick up the seat for his party on the First Count. The Alternative Voting system was in use to ensure majority representation. McKeen ran for a second term in the 1926 Alberta general election. He faced two other candidates including former MLA George Barker. McKeen held his seat with another landslide majority, winning the seat again on the First Count. The Alternative Voting system was in use to ensure majority representation. In the 1930 Alberta general election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock McKeen
John Herbert Ross McKeen (born October 19, 1946), is a Canadian physician, acupuncturist, author and lecturer who co-founded the Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) with Bennet Wong. He has written on East-West medicine, alternative medicine, holistic health, Asian studies and personal growth. Education and honours McKeen received his M.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1970, and did his medical internship at the Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C., Canada, 1970-71. He received a Lic.Ac.(UK), from the College of Chinese Acupuncture, Oxford, England, in 1974. He was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honour Medical Society in 1968. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Vancouver Island University for his work with Bennet Wong in establishing the Haven Institute. Career Individual career McKeen was a regular panelist for many years on the weekly television quiz show Take Your Choice. In 1969, he was part of a medical field clinic in Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elmer McKeen
John Elmer McKeen was the former CEO of Pfizer. John Elmer McKeen graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering) in 1926 as a chemical engineer and immediately went to work for Pfizer. He was an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...http://webpath.follettsoftware.com/resource/viewurl?encodedUrl=ckNX_h27bCFPSuZnn2QXdBi-yFhmKx3qQBAOQf9IzbI&version=1&userGUID=A9C33B6C-D5EF-4884-B42C-3A2FDC4B94FB&gv=1&gc=1190565856&appsignature=Destiny&appversion=11.0.4.2+%28AU2%29 References {{DEFAULTSORT:McKeen, John Elmer Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph McKeen
Joseph McKeen (October 15, 1757 – July 15, 1807) was the first president of Bowdoin College of Brunswick, Maine, Brunswick, Maine. Life and career McKeen was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, a town that his father and grandfather, John and James, who had come from the north of Ireland in 1718 to escape religious and political oppression, had helped to settle. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774 when he was just seventeen years old. Except for a brief period when he fought under General John Sullivan (general), John Sullivan in the American Revolutionary War, American Revolution, he taught school in Londonderry until he became the Congregational minister of Beverly, Massachusetts in 1785. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1796. He remained in that position as minister until 1802, when he became president of Bowdoin. At the time, Massachusetts Hall was the only building available for officers and pupils on campus. In his inaugur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nery McKeen
Nery McKeen (born April 26, 1957) is a retired Cuban middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the .... Her personal best time was 2.00.23 minutes, achieved in June 1985 in Prague. International competitions References 1957 births Living people Cuban female middle-distance runners Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1978 Central Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McKeen
Robert McKeen (12 July 1884 – 5 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Early life He was born in 1884 in Edinburgh and received his education in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland. In Scotland, he was active in the labour movement, and worked as a grocer's assistant in a co-operative store. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1909, and worked in coal mines on the West Coast before moving to Wellington, and a grocery store. He was a union official. Political career In the , McKeen organised the campaign of the Labour Party in Wellington. He first stood for the House of Representatives in the and was successful. He was the Member of Parliament for Wellington South from 1922 to 1946, then Island Bay from 1946 to 1954, when he retired. McKeen was Labour's junior whip in 1935 and 1936, and its senior whip in 1937 and 1938. He was Chairman of Committees from 1939 to 1946. Subsequent to that, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan McKeen
Stan McKeen (born April 9, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rugby union player. Rugby career McKeen began his rugby career at St. George's School in Vancouver and eventually found himself playing for the UBC Old Boys rugby club. While still a youngster Stan achieved provincial representative honours and in 2001 played for his country in the U-19s World Cup tournament. McKeen has also played for the Pacific Pride, Canada's under-23 elite rugby academy, and featured in the side's successful tour of eastern Canada in 2006. After winning his first cap in 2004 versus the United States, McKeen became a regular in the Canadian national team for a number of seasons. He also excelled in the backrow for his professional club, the Cornish Pirates. McKeen joined the Pirates in 2007 and struggled with injury prior to leaving in 2008, when he took up a law degree at Oxford University. Towards the end of his playing career McKeen played for Oxford University rugby team. He f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley McKeen
Stanley Stewart McKeen (March 18, 1897 – December 1, 1966) was a British Columbia businessman and politician. McKeen was born in New Westminster, British Columbia. He founded the family's tugboat business, Straits Towing Limited, and was also chairman of Union Steamships. He also sat on the boards of directors of B.C. Forest Products Ltd, Burrard Dry Dock Ltd. and Decks-McBride Ltd."S.S. McKeen - Liberal senator raised money for war effort", ''Globe and Mail'', December 3, 1966 Political career McKeen was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly in the 1933 provincial election as a Liberal MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey but was defeated in the 1937 election. McKeen also helped found the Non-Partisan Association, a centre-right municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia which has largely dominated civic politics since the late 1930s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McKeen
William McKeen is an American author and educator. He is professor and former chairman of the Department of Journalism at Boston University. Biography McKeen was born in Indianapolis September 16, 1954, he was raised in England, Germany, Nebraska, Florida and Texas. His father was an Air Force flight surgeon who retired to private practice in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1968. McKeen has seven children: Sarah, Graham and Mary (from his first marriage),and Savannah, Jackson, Travis and Charley (from his second marriage). Published work McKeen has written and/or edited a dozen books, including ''Outlaw Journalist'' (W.W. Norton, 2008), his critically acclaimed biography of writer Hunter S. Thompson. McKeen's most book is ''Everybody Had An Ocean'' (Chicago Review Press, 2017), a non-fiction narrative about music and mayhem in Los Angeles in the Sixties. Other recent books include ''Too Old to Die Young'' (Dredger's Lane, 2015), a collection of essays and stories; ''Homegrown i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |