Dr. Gerald Thomas Keegan
Beloved husband, father, and friend, Dr. Gerald Thomas Keegan, MD passed distant connected Monday, January 23, 2023, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 80 years old. “Gerry,” arsenic helium was affectionately known by many, was calved to Elfredia Marzell Keegan and Arthur Keegan successful Jersey City, N.J. connected April 3, 1942. Gerry spent his aboriginal years processing his acquisition for euphony and utilizing this endowment to lend to his community, and church, St. John the Baptist. An arsenic accomplished student, Gerry graduated from Xavier High School successful NYC, St. Peter’s College successful Jersey City, and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University.
After graduating from aesculapian school, Gerry completed an internship successful Internal Medicine astatine the University of California. During the Vietnam war, helium was called to service his state and entered the United States Navy. There, helium completed a residency successful Urology astatine Philadelphia Naval Hospital, and aboriginal became Chief of Urological Surgery astatine the Charleston Naval Regional Medical Center successful S.C. Following his clip successful the Navy, helium became module astatine Medical University of South Carolina arsenic Assistant Professor of Urology, and was instrumental successful processing their Pediatric Urology program. Midway done his career, Gerry was fixed the accidental to articulation Baylor Scott and White Hospital successful Temple, Texas, and soon thereafter became Chairman of the Department of Urology, wherever helium remained for 24 years. One of Gerry’s semipermanent interests was Medical Ethics, and helium was besides the Chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee. Never forgetting the value of grooming the adjacent generation, portion continuing his aesculapian practice, Gerry led the improvement of the archetypal program for the Urology information of Texas A&M Medical School and was appointed Full Professor. Gerry was the writer of implicit forty published aesculapian and ethical articles.
While Gerry was passionate astir and dedicated to medicine, his household was the cornerstone of his life. In 1968, helium joined Lynn Gates Keegan, a chap classmate astatine Cornell. The mates lived their lives unneurotic to the fullest arsenic they traveled the world, had 2 children, Catherine Michael and Genevieve Bedano, and 4 grandchildren, Alexandra and Elizabeth Michael and Anna and Paul Michael Bedano. Gerry regularly shared with his household his emotion of history, music, and the large outdoors of the Olympic Peninsula successful Washington State. He was caring, insightful, patient, humble, helpful, brilliant, and endlessly loving. He quietly, and ever politely, led and motivated by example.
Gerry’s Catholic religion guided each facet of his life. He was a subordinate of Queen of Angels Catholic Church successful Port Angeles, Washington. In summation to his wife, daughters, and grandchildren, Gerry is survived by his member Arthur (wife Sheila) Keegan, respective nieces and nephews, and his sons-in-law, Pablo Bedano and Jared Melendez. His ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church connected Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, astatine 10:30 a.m.
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