William J. Keating

A Representative from Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 30, 1927. Graduated from St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1945. B. B. A. , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1950. J. D. , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1950. United States Navy, Second World War, seaman, second class, 1945-1946. United States Air Force Reserve, (JAG). Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1950. Lawyer, private practice. Assistant attorney general, State of Ohio, 1957-1958. Judge of Cincinnati, Ohio, municipal court, 1958-1964, serving as presiding judge, 1962-1963. Elected judge, Hamilton County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas, 1964-1967. Cincinnati, Ohio, city council, 1967-1970. Delegate to Republican National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the succeeding Congress and served until his resignation on January 3, 1974 (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1974). Newspaper executive, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1974-1979, 1984-1985. President, Gannett Central Newspapers Group, 1979-1984. Chairman, Cincinnati Enquirer and executive vice president and general counsel, Gannett Co. , Inc. , 1985-1986. Chief executive officer, Detroit Newspaper Agency, 1986-1990. Chairman, Associated Press, 1987-1992. Died on May 20, 2020, in Cincinnati, Ohio.