Background
Keegan, John Jay was born on January 8, 1889 in Axtell, Kansas, United States. Son of John Andrew and Agnes Theresa (Graney) Keegan.
Keegan, John Jay was born on January 8, 1889 in Axtell, Kansas, United States. Son of John Andrew and Agnes Theresa (Graney) Keegan.
Student of University of Kansas, 1907-1908. Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska, 1911, Master of Arts, 1914, Doctor of Medicine 1915.
Instructor in anatomy, University of Nebraska College Medicine, 1915-1917. Pathological house officer Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917, surgical house officer, 1919-1920. Assistant professor pathology, University of Nebraska College Medicine, 1920-1923, professor clinical pathology, 1923-1929, dean, 1925-1929, secretary of faculty and director of clinics, 1923-1925.
Professor neurological surgery same university from 1929, department chairman of surgery, 1933-1948, specializing in neurological surgery.
Served as Lieutenant Medical Roman Catholic, United States Navy and director laboratory United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1917-1919. Member American Medical Association, American Society Neurological Surgeons (president 1942), Western Surgical Association, Harvey Cushing Society, Central Neuro-psychiatric Association Omaha Midwest Clinical Society (president 1945), Omaha Douglas County Medical Society (president 1936-1937), Sigma Xi, Phi Rho Sigma, Alpha Omega Alpha. Club: Omaha.
Married Grace Gillilland, January 8, 1918. Children: Nancy Jane, Norman Jay.