John C. Keegan

Quick Facts

Full Name	John C. Keegan
Occupation	Judge
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1952(1952-02-21)
Age	72
Birthplace	Tempe
Country	United States
Birth City	Arizona
Horoscope	Aquarius

John C. Keegan Biography

John C. Keegan is one of the most popular and richest Judge who was born on February 21, 1952 in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Keegan’s family first moved to Arizona in their time in the American Civil War. Keegan’s grandfather William Keegan and his great-grandfather John J. Keegan were mayors in Globe, Arizona. Furthermore, John J. Keegan was a part of the Arizona constitutional convention in 1910.

To address the needs of rapid growth within Peoria, Keegan created the first public-private partnership that built a charter school that is public to expand classroom capacity. In under his guidance, Peoria instituted an ethics committee for elected officials, as well as appointed officers. A program to seize illegal weapons from campuses, that was initiated by Mayor Keegan has resulted in less incidents of violence and improved safety at local schools. In 1999, he received the Defender of Decency Award by Americans for Decency for his efforts to limit sexually-oriented businesses within the city. Particularly noteworthy was the development of the Peoria Center for the performing Arts as well as Peoria Mountain Park Preserve. Peoria Mountain Park Conservancy. Taxes on property were cut by four times. In 2005 and in the early part of 2006 Keegan was the key to raising over $400,000 in supplies, equipment, and cash to help the city of Long Beach, Mississippi recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

In 2002, he was a Republican candidate for the United States Congress from the second congressional district in Arizona. Senator John McCain was the chairman of Keegan’s congressional campaign committee. In 1996 John Keegan was elected to the Maricopa County Charter Government Commission. The commission was an unsuccessful attempt to modernize the 19th century governance model for the county.

In 2005, the Boy Scouts of America presented John Keegan with the Silver Beaver Award and in 2013 the Silver Antelope Award for “distinguished service to youth.” In 2008 he was elected president of the Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which serves approximately 80,000 youth and adult volunteers throughout Arizona. In this capacity, he has been instrumental in establishing the first Boy Scout troop inside a juvenile correctional facility in the United States. He received the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award in 2013 and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2016 and is one of only 16 Eagle Scouts in history to receive both. He is a life member of the National Eagle Scout Association, and a former churchwarden of the Episcopal Church and is a member of the Peoria Masonic lodge. His hobbies include firing his full scale American Civil War mountain howitzer.

Keegan has offered political commentaries to national and local TV and radio networks, including PBS and NPR and commercial networks. Keegan has also had his work released by U.S. Department of Defense as well as the U.S. Naval Institute magazine Proceedings, and The Artilleryman magazine. Since 1998, he’s frequently written articles on local and state issues for The Arizona Republic, the Arizona Republic, and numerous local newspapers.

John C. Keegan Net Worth

John C. Keegan is one of the richest Judge from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John C. Keegan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From 1991 to 1995 Keegan was a member of The Arizona House of Representatives. Keegan was chosen to fill a vacant seat caused due to the Azscam ethics scandal. The legislature was represented by Keegan presided over the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee as well as the Chair of its Vice-Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and was the first chairman of the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. He was a prominent participant in several local and state organizations dealing with juvenile crime . He also formed an association of police agencies, prosecutors and school officials to create legislation and other strategies to deal with the problem. As an official on the House government committee and a prominent campaigner for change. In 1994, a political adversary claimed he was guilty of campaign fraud. There was no charge ever filed and he later resigned from the race for non-related reasons. The officials responsible for conducting an investigation into these allegations Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General as well as Jane Dee Hull, Arizona Secretary of State, and Governor, later, later, later, supported Keegan during his campaign for the position of Mayor of Peoria.

John Charles Keegan is a retired judge from the Justice Court in Maricopa County, Arizona. He was the Mayor in Peoria, Arizona from June 1997 until January 2007. Keegan was an officer in commissioned positions with both U.S. Army and U.S. Navy and was elected to post in the three branches of government. When he was a judge as a judge, he was chairman of the Professional Standards Committee and was an active advocate for greater accountability for judges. In addition Judge Keegan was an adult hearing officer, and active in the fight against underage drinking, truancy and other juvenile violations.

Keegan led a successful regional effort of local governments and businesses to protect Luke Air Force Base from encroachment and potential closure through the Base Realignment and Closure or BRAC process by lobbying for state and federal legislation as well as local zoning protection for the base. His meetings with the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Air Force, Governor of Arizona, White House staff and congressional leaders ultimately were successful. The Maricopa Association of Governments recognized Keegan in 2001 with the Desert Peaks Award for Distinguished Service for his commitment to regional cooperation. Keegan was instrumental in having the Challenger Center in Peoria, an aerospace and science education organization, officially designated as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; one of only two such designations in the state of Arizona. In 2005 he led a statewide effort to expand access to the Pentagon Channel for service members in Arizona.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Judge. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John C. Keegan celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.