Career
After his father left home to work in the oil fields, he landed a job selling sandwiches on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to support his mother. In 1921, Keck founded the Superior Oil Company in Coalinga, California. In 1954, he founded the West. M. Keck Foundation.
The West. M. Keck Foundation is responsible for the construction of the giant Keck Telescopes through a $140 million grant.