Background
Keene, Clifford Henry was born on January 28, 1910 in Buffalo. Son of George Samuel and Henrietta Hedwig (Yeager) Keene.
Keene, Clifford Henry was born on January 28, 1910 in Buffalo. Son of George Samuel and Henrietta Hedwig (Yeager) Keene.
Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1931. Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, 1934. Master of Science in Surgery, University Michigan, 1938.
Doctor of Science, Hahnemann Medical College, 1973. Doctor of Laws, Golden Gate University, 1974.
Resident surgeon, instructor surgery, University of Michigan, 1934-1939;
consultant surgery of cancer, Michigan Medical Society and Michigan Department Health, 1939-1940;
private practice surgery, Wyandotte, Michigan, 1940-1941;
medical director, Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, 1946-1953;
instructor surgery, University of Michigan, 1946-1954;
medical administrative positions with, Kaiser Industries and Kaiser Foundation, 1954-1975;
vice president, Kaiser Industries and Kaiser Foundation, 1960-1975;
vice president, general manager, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, 1960-1967;
medical director, Kaiser Foundation School Nursing, 1954-1967;
director, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, 1958-1975;
president, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Health Plan, School Nursing, 1968-1975;
director, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Health Plan, School Nursing, 1960-1980. Chairman editorial board Kaiser Foundation Medical Bulletin, 1954-1965. Lecturer medical economics University of California-Berkeley, 1956-1975.
Member visiting committee Medical School, Stanford University, 1966-1972, Harvard University, 1967-1971, 79-85, University of Michigan, 1973-1978. Member Presidential Panel Foreign Medical Graduates (National Manpower Commission), 1966-1969.
Board visitors Harvard Business Advisory Council, 1972, Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, 1972-1979. Trustee Amman Civil Hospital, Jordan, 1973, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, 1983-1992. Lieutenant colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946.
Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Association Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, Institute.Medicine of NAS, California Academy Medicine, Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, California Medical Association, Alpha Omega Alpha (editorial board, contributor to Pharos magazine 1977-1997).
S, George Samuel and Henrietta Hedwig (Yeager) K. Married Mildred Jean Kramer (deceased), March 3, 1934. Children: Patricia Ann (Mistress William S. Kneedler), Martha Jane (Mistress William R. Srpoule), Diane Eve (Mistress Gordon D. Simonds).
Married Mary Oliver Dixon, December 16, 1995.