Edward Leggett Keen

Background

Keen, Edward Leggett was born on January 19, 1870 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Samuel Ashton and Mary (Palmer) Keen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1891, Master of Arts, 1916.

Career

Began as reporter, Cincinnati Post, 1891. Telegraph editor and managing editor same until 1898. Staff correspondent Scripps-McRae League, in Philippines, 1898-1900.

Manager Washington Bureau United Press Association, 1900-1910, New York manager, 1910-1911, and European manager since 1911.

Vice president United Press Association since 1910.

Achievements

• Edward Leggett Keen has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper manitoba by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: National Press (Washington.

Connections

Married Carrie Colvin, June 22, 1896.

Father:

Review Samuel Ashton Keen

Mother:

Mary (Palmer) Keen

Spouse:

Carrie Colvin