John Mullan Keil

Background

Keil, John Mullan was born on December 30, 1922 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Alvin Richard and Elizabeth (Mullan) Keil.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Rochester, 1946.

Career

Copywriter advertising department, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1946-1948; copywriter advertising department, Wendell P. Colton Advertising, New York City, 1948-1951; copywriter advertising department, Needham & Grohmann, Inc., New York City, 1951-1955; vice president, account executive, Needham & Grohmann, Inc., 1955-1960; vice president, creative director, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., New York City, 1960-1964; copy group head, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., 1964-1967; vice president, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., 1967-1970; senior vice president, creative director, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., 1970-1975; director, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., 1971-1987; executive vice president, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., 1975-1987; chairman creative planning consultant, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc., 1973; executive creative director, Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, 1983-1986; director creative development, Dancer Fitzgerald Sample-Dorland Worldwide, 1986-1987; creative consultant, Saatchi & Saatchi Advisory Worldwide, since 1987. Lecturer Amos Tuck School Dartmouth College, Association National Advertisers. Phillips Memorial lecturer U. Florida, 1987.

Painter acrylic on wood Frank J. MieleGallery, New York City, Toadhall Gallery, New York City, Reed Gallery, Chester, Vermont, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont.

Achievements

• John Mullan Keil has been listed as a noteworthy Advertising agency executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • How to Zig in a Zagging World: Unleashing Your Creativity

    (Creativity expert John Keil shows listeners how to turn t...)

  • The Creative Mystique: How to Manage It, Nurture It and Make It Pay (Wiley Series on Marketing Management)

    (A guide for people who must, at one time or another, mana...)

Membership

Vice chairman Zoning Board Appeals, Grandview-on-Hudson, New York, 1961-1971. President, trustee Rockland Country Day School, 1970-1975. Member trustees council University Rochester, 1979-1985, trustee, 1986-1991 (life trustee, since 1991), University Rochester Sports Hall of Fame, 2000, New York State Council Governing Boards, 1989-1994, National Crime Prevention Council, since 1987.

Trustee Tappan Zee Preservation Coalition, 1995-2006. Member corporation Nyack Hospital, 2001-2006, trustee Main St. Arts, Saxtons River Vt, since 2007, Windham County Foreign Affiars, Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member of Southern Vermont Art Center, Alpha Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Barbara Louise Miller, September 16, 1950. Children— Peter Mullan, Nicholas John, Elizabeth Jane.

Father:

Alvin Richard Keil

Mother:

Elizabeth (Mullan) Keil

Spouse:

Barbara Louise Miller

child:

Elizabeth Jane Keil

child:

Peter Mullan Keil

child:

Nicholas John Keil