Background
Keesee, Thomas Woodfin was born on February 11, 1915 in Helena, Arkansas, United States. Son of Thomas Woodfin and Sarah Gladys (Key) Keesee.
Keesee, Thomas Woodfin was born on February 11, 1915 in Helena, Arkansas, United States. Son of Thomas Woodfin and Sarah Gladys (Key) Keesee.
Bachelor, Duke U., 1935; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1938.
Associate firm, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, 1938-1942;
assistant to president, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc., Great Neck, New York, 1942-1946;
with, Bessemer Securities Corporation, Bessemer Trust Company. New York City, 1946-1980;
director, president, Chief Executive Officer, board directors, Bessemer Securities Corporation, New York City, 1970-1976;
board directors, president, Chief Executive Officer, Bessemer Trust Company. New York City, 1970-1976.
Board directors A&B Lumber Company, Inc., H.G. Wood Industries, Inc., Ossippee Mountain Land Company. Board directors emeritus Duke U. Management Corporation. Member of advisory board Nevis Capital Management Inc.
Trustee, chairman investment committee National Health and Welfare Retirement Association, 1966-1975. Chairman of the Board, president Phipps Houses, 1952-1970. Board of Governors Real Estate Board New York, Inc., 1964-1966.
Chairman endowment investment committee, trustee Duke U., 1976-1985, emeritus trustee, since 1985. Trustee Mianus River Gorge Preserve. Chairman National Audubon Society, 1979-1983, board directors, 1972-1983, 94-96.
President The Cisqua School, Bedford, New York, 1962-1967. Trustee Allen-Stevenson School, New York City, 1950-1957. Senior warden St. Matthews Protestant Episcopalian Church, 1968-1973.
Member of New York State Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association, Pilgrims Society, PhiBeta Kappa, Sigma Chi.
Married Patricia Peale, April 6, 1940 (divorced December 1951). Married Patricia Hartford, June 26, 1953. Children: Allen P.K., Thomas Woodfin, III, Anne H.K. Niemann.