Background
Keen, Harry was born on September 3, 1925 in London. Son of Sydney and Esther (Zenober) Keen.
Keen, Harry was born on September 3, 1925 in London. Son of Sydney and Esther (Zenober) Keen.
Bachelor Medicine B Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1948. Doctor of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1954.
House officer West Middlesex and Paddington Hospitals, 1948-1950. Research fellow, registrar St. Mary's/King's College Hospital, 1952-1960. International postdoctoral research fellow National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1960-1961.
Senior lecturer, reader Guy's Hospital, London, 1961-1970, professor, 1970-1990, emeritus professor, since 1990, director unit for metabolic medicine, 1971-1990, co-director World Health Organization Collaborating Center, since 1974. Commissioner Medicine Commission, United Kingdom, 1979-1989. Member Committee on Medical Applications of Food Policy, 1982-1990.
Chairman British Diabetic Association, 1990-1996. Chairman expert committee on diabetes World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1979. Lecturer British Diabetic Association, 1984.
Claude Bernard lecturer European Association Study Diabetes, 1986. Honorary president Internt. Diabetes Federation, since 1988.
President National Health Service Support Federation, United Kingdom, since 1989. Captain, acting major Royal Army Medical Corps, 1950-1952. Fellow Royal College Physicians.
Married Anna Hélène Miliband, March 7, 1953. Children: Michael Jonathan, Judith Marianne.