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Drew J. T. O'Keefe was a U.S. attorney for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Phila ...
. He originated from
South Philadelphia South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south and the Schuylkill River to the west.St. Joseph's College, he received his law degree from
Temple University School of Law The Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law is the law school of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and enrolls about 530 students. Student body Admission for fall 2019 entering class was highly comp ...
. Prior to becoming an assistant U.S. attorney in 1947, he worked for the
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for almost three years.
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He served in
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and held the rank lieutenant. He worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, then became U.S. attorney in 1961, a position which he took until 1969. He had residences in
Berwyn, Pennsylvania Berwyn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,775 at the 2020 census. The area is part of the Philadelphia Main Line suburbs. History At times, the village has been called Cocheltown, Reesevill ...
and
Naples, Florida Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the historical city (i.e. in the immediate vicinity of downtown Naples) was 19,115. Naples is a principal city of the Naples-Marco Island, Flori ...
. He died at his Berwyn house on June 17, 1989 at age 73.


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