Virginia T. Keeney

Background

Keeney, Virginia T. was born on March 23, 1920 in Albany, New York, United States. Daughter of Leon Lyle and Mabel Alice Tripp.

Education

Bachelor of Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1954.

Career

Director/creator ethics and humanities program University Louisville School Medicine, 1974—2004. Associate professor department community and family medicine University Louisville, 1974—2004, assistant professor department psychiatry, 1984—2004. Retired, 2004

Board directors Buckhorn Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency.

Achievements

• Virginia T. Keeney has been listed as a noteworthy child psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advisory board Salvation Army, Louisville. Program director Sabin Oral Polio Campaign, 1961—1963. Elder Presbyterian Church.

Chairman board Young Women’s Christian Association, Louisville, 1963—1965, Kentucky board medical licensed, 1992—2002. Trustee American Printing House for Blind, Louisville, since 1981. Life board director Louisville Orchestra, 2003.

Chairman board American Red Cross, 1994—1996, life board director, 1999. Board director Louisville Hospice, 2000—2006. Member of Jefferson County Medical Society Foundation (trustee since 2004), Kentucky Physicians Health Foundation since 1998, River Valley Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Reading, walking, swimming, gardening.

Connections

Married Arthur Hail Keeney, 1942 (deceased). Children: Steven Harris, Lee Douglas, Martha Heyburn. Married George Harrison Houston, 2003 (deceased).

Father:

Leon Lyle

Mother:

Mabel Alice Tripp

Spouse:

George Harrison Houston

Spouse:

Arthur Hail Keeney

child:

Steven Harris Keeney

child:

Martha Heyburn Keeney

child:

Lee Douglas Keeney