John Keeny
| John Ephraim Keeny | |
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| 6th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana | |
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In office 1908–1926 |
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| Preceded by | C.E. Byrd |
| Succeeded by | John R. Conniff |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 24, 1860 Carlisle Cumberland County Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | October 1, 1939 (aged 78) Pineville, Rapides Parish Louisiana |
| Spouse(s) | Prudence Keeny (married 1885) |
| Children |
Pearl Keeny ___ |
| Residence |
Partial listing: |
| Alma mater |
Shippensburg University |
| Occupation | College president; Educator |
Pearl Keeny ___
Partial listing:
Newton, Kansas
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ruston, Louisiana
Shippensburg University
Juniata College
John Ephraim Keeny, known as J. E. Keeny (December 24, 1860 – October 1, 1939), was a pioneer educator who served from 1908 to 1926 as the sixth president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.
Keeny was born in Carlisle in Cumberland County in south central Pennsylvania to J. G. Keeny and the former Lyndia Sollenbarger, He was reared and educated in his early years in Boiling Springs, also in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, then known as State Normal College, located in Shippensburg near the capital city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He also for a time attended the Brethren's Normal College for Teacher Training, since known as Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Keeny also attended Ohio Northern University, now a United Methodist institution in Ada, Ohio, where he studied music. His biographical sketch does not list the degrees earned or the dates, only the institutions attended.
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