John D. Keenan

American politician
John D. Keenan
Portrait of John D. Keenan
14th President of Salem State University
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 6, 2017
Preceded byPatricia Maguire Meservey
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 7th Essex district
In office
2005 – August 23, 2014
Preceded byJ. Michael Ruane
Succeeded byPaul Tucker
Personal details
Born (1965-04-04) April 4, 1965 (age 59)
Salem, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Salem, Massachusetts
Alma materHarvard College
Suffolk University Law School

John D. Keenan (born April 4, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the president of Salem State University since 2017. He was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 7th Essex district, which consists of his hometown of Salem, from 2005 to 2014. He is a Democrat. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he was assistant district attorney of Essex County and city solicitor of Salem.

Representative Keenan was from 2011 to 2014 the House Chair of Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.[1][2][3] He resigned from the legislature August 23, 2014, and took his post at Salem State on August 25.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Representative John D. Keenan".
  2. ^ "John D. Keenan." Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2007–2008). p. 151. Massachusetts General Court.
  3. ^ "Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy".
  4. ^ "Reference at www.bizjournals.com".
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Presidents of Salem State University
  • Richard Edwards (1854–1857)
  • Alpheus Crosby (1857–1865)
  • Daniel Barnard Hagar (1865–1896)
  • Walter Parker Beckwith (1896–1905)
  • Joseph Asbury Pitman (1906–1937)
  • Edward A. Sullivan (1937–1953)
  • Frederick Augustus Meier (1954–1970)
  • Francis L. Keegan (1970–1974)
  • Vincent Mara # (1974–1975)
  • Edward Penson (1975–1978)
  • Walter James # (1978–1979)
  • James T. Amsler (1979–1987)
  • William E. Mahaney # (1987–1988)
  • Rolando Bonachea (1988–1989)
  • Kenneth McIlraith # (1989–1990)
  • Nancy D. Harrington (1990–2007)
  • Patricia Maguire Meservey (2007–2017)
  • John D. Keenan (2017–present)
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