Edwin Roulette Keedy (January 19, 1880 November 25, 1958) was Dean of the

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from 1941 until 1945, as well as the law school's Algernon Sidney Biddle Professor of Law.

Biography

Keedy was born in

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, to Reuben Miller and Anne Elizabeth (Roulette) Keedy. His early education was in the public schools in

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. He received an A.B. from

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in 1899, and an LL.B. from

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in 1906. Keedy then taught at the Indiana University School of Law from 1906 until 1909. He taught at

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from 1909 to 1915. He was a

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during

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. Keedy was Dean of the

. In 1915, he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he ultimately became the law school's Algernon Sidney Biddle Professor of Law, and he remained there until his retirement in 1945. He served as Dean from 1941 until his retirement. During

, Keedy was a member of the Board of Review of the Judge Advocate General’s Department. During

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, he was Chairman of the

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Board of Appeals. Noted for his scholarship and writings in the fields of

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and

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, he coauthored the

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for the

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(1924–29). He was President of both the American Institute of Criminal Law (1924) and the

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(1929). Keedy died in Philadelphia, at the age of 78. The Keedy Cup, named after him, is the University of Pennsylvania Law School's internal

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competition.

References

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