Kenneth Keating

Kenneth Barnard Keating (May 18, 1900 – May 5, 1975), was a United States Representative and a U.S. Senator from New York and later an appellate judge and a diplomat representing the United States as ambassador to India and later to Israel.

Life and career

Keating was born in Lima, New York, the son of Louise (Barnard), a schoolteacher, and Thomas Mosgrove Keating, a businessman. He attended public school and was graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in 1915. When the United States entered World War I, he joined the United States Army and served as a sergeant. He attended the University of Rochester, graduating in 1919, and while there he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He then attended Harvard University and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1923. He was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Rochester. During World War II, he again joined the US Army, served overseas as an officer, and was promoted to brigadier general in 1948. On returning to the United States, he resumed his law practice.