Background
O'Keefe, Joseph Kirk was born on September 30, 1933 in Paxton, Illinois, United States.
O'Keefe, Joseph Kirk was born on September 30, 1933 in Paxton, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1955. Master of Science in Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1963.
Aerodynamist, North America Aviation, Inglewood, California, 1955; aerodynamist, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, 1957-1959; systems analyst, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 1959-1961; program manager, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 1963-1990; test engineer, Alloy Valves and Control Research & Advanced Development, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1961-1962; director tactical systems, ARGOSystems, Sunnyvale, California, 1990-1993; director, ARGOSystems Texas, Corinth, 1993-1995; consultant system engineering and management, Nacogdoches, Texas, since 1995. Lecturer applied mathematics U. Santa Clara, California, 1963-1965.
Captain United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Member Foundation for North America Wild Sheep, Safari Club International.
Married Mary Helen Waters, October 4, 1958. Children: Richard Kirk, Catherine Elizabeth.