Sean O’Keefe

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sean O'Keefe
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 27, 1956(1956-01-27)
Age	68
Birthplace	Monterey
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Capricorn

Sean O'Keefe Biography

Sean O'Keefe is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 27, 1956 in Monterey, California, United States. Sean Charles O’Keefe (born January 27th 1956) is a professor at the university at the Syracuse University Maxwell School, the former chair of Airbus Group, Inc. He was also the secretary of the Navy and administrator of NASA and the chancellor at one time at Louisiana State University (LSU). He was a former director on the Board of Directors at DuPont.

O’Keefe was appointed NASA administrator on the 21st of December 2001 following that the United States Senate confirmed his nomination. He was appointed to NASA without formal education in engineering or science (as did James E. Webb who was NASA director from 1961 until 1968). O’Keefe’s career at NASA is divided into roughly three equal times each one marked by a singular issue or event that was of paramount significance. From between December 2001 and January 2003, O’Keefe slashed an overrun of $5 billion during the building of the International Space Station. He also was able to address an accident involving the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and the aftereffects. Between January 2004 and Feb. 2005, O’Keefe reconfigured NASA to begin working on President George Bush. Bush’s new Vision for Space Exploration to take humans into space, including the Moon as well as Mars.

O’Keefe announced his resignation from NASA on December 13, 2004.

In the buildup to the 2004 presidential election, a dispute in the press occurred between O’Keefe and NASA climatologist James Hansen. In 2003, it was claimed, O’Keefe warned Hansen not to discuss humanity’s role in global warming. “The administrator [Mr. O’Keefe] interrupted me,” Dr. Hansen said in the New York Times, “he told me that I should not talk about dangerous anthropogenic interference, because we do not know enough or have enough evidence for what would constitute dangerous anthropogenic interference.” O’Keefe’s spokesperson said O’Keefe had not meant to admonish Hansen or suggest that research efforts should be cut. The New York Times reported that “Dr. Franco Einaudi, director of the NASA Earth Sciences Directorate at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Dr. Hansen’s supervisor, said he was at the meeting between Dr. Hansen and Mr. O’Keefe. Dr. Einaudi confirmed that Mr. O’Keefe had interrupted the presentation to say that these were “delicate issues” and there was a lot of uncertainty about them. But, he added: “Whether it is obvious to take that as an order or not is a question of judgment. Personally, I did not take it as an order.”

On July 7, 1992, The President George H. W. Bush appointed him acting Secretary of the Navy. He later became the an official Secretary in the Navy and held the position until Bush quit his post on January 20th the 20th of January, 1993. While his tenure was only seven years, it proved a turbulent. The initial purpose of his appointment was to in the clean-up of scandals like the “Tailhook” sexual harassment scandal He also addressed the reduction of Navyas well as Marine Corps forces in the aftermath of Cold War, and he introduced a brand new strategy statement for the sea service named “Foundation “…From to the Sea”.

Sean O'Keefe Net Worth

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

In 1973 He was a graduate of Wheeler High School in North Stonington, Connecticut. He went on to Loyola University in New Orleans where he graduated with a Master in Arts with a major in the year 1977. He then earned the Master in Public Administration in 1978 at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

When he was in 1989, O’Keefe was appointed the Comptroller for the Department of Defense. Some called him “the Grim Reaper,” he was instrumental in cutting defense programs that the Pentagon’s top leaders considered to be unneeded or inefficient. He was praised for his handling of finances of the Gulf War, managing to receive large sums of money of U.S. allies, which helped to helped to offset the costs of war.

From January to December 2001, O’Keefe served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget in the George W. Bush administration, a job that strengthened his reputation as a “bean counter”.

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O’Keefe and his wife, Laura, have three children. O’Keefe’s great-grandfather was Arthur J. O’Keefe, Sr., who from 1926 to 1929 was the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandfather, Arthur O’Keefe, Jr., was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from New Orleans from 1948 to 1950. His uncle is the former State Senate President, Michael H. O’Keefe. On August 9, 2010, O’Keefe survived the 2010 Alaska DHC-3 Otter crash which killed Alaska senator Ted Stevens

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Sean Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sean O'Keefe celebrates birthday on January 27 of every year.

In November 2014 the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) announced that O’Keefe had joined CSIS as a Distinguished Senior Adviser. Simultaneously Syracuse University announced that O’Keefe had been appointed as a University Professor. O’Keefe has long been affiliated with Syracuse University since his graduation. From 1996-2001, O’Keefe was the Maxwell School’s Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy. He received Syracuse University Chancellor’s Award for Public Service for faculties in 1999 and the distinguished alumni Arents Award for Excellence in Public Service in 2011.