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Walter Stanley Keane (October 7, 1915 – December 27, 2000) was an American plagiarist who became famous in the 1950s for claiming he had painted a series of widely-reproduced paintings depicting vulnerable waifs with enormous eyes.

Background
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Walter Keane was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in October 7, 1915, one of 10 children from his father's second marriage. His mother, Alma, was from Denmark; and his father, William R. Keane, was of Irish descent.

Barbara Keane later became head of her own department in dress design at the University of California in Berkeley. Walter Keane subsequently closed his Berkeley, California real estate firm and the toy company, in order to devote full-time to his painting. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1952. At a fairgrounds in 1953, Walter met an artist doing charcoal sketches; her name was Margaret (Doris Hawkins) Ulbrich. She was married to Frank Ulbrich and had one daughter, Jane Ulbrich. Margaret and Frank later divorced, and Margaret married Walter Keane in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1955. A federal appeals court upheld the verdict of defamation in 1990 but overturned the $4 million damage award.

Keane was 85 when he died on December 27, 2000 in Encinitas, California.

John J.
Keane is currently the Co-Managing Director at Nordson Holdings SARL & Co. KG and the President at Nordson Xaloy, Inc. Previously, he held the position of Co-Managing Director at WAFO Schnecken und Zylinder GmbH and Xaloy Europe GmbH.
From 1992 to 2011, he served as the Senior Vice President at Nordson Corp.
Mr. Keane completed his undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. John B.
Keane, Jr., is Secretary, Director, EVP & General Counsel at American Electric Power Service Corp.
He is on the Board of Directors at American Electric Power Service Corp., AEP Texas Central Co., AEP Generating Co., and AEP Texas North Co. Mr. Keane was previously employed as a Director & Vice President by Appalachian Power Co., a Director & Vice President by Southwestern Electric Power Co., Secretary, Director & Vice President by Ohio Power Co., President by Bainbridge Crossing Advisors, Vice President-Administration by Northeast Utilities, and Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer by American Electric Power Co., Inc. He also served on the board at Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Columbus Southern Power Co., Kentucky Power Co., and Meridian Energy USA, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and a graduate degree from Harvard University.

Margaret A. McKenzie founded Range Royalty Management Ltd. Ms. McKenzie is Chairman at Inter Pipeline Ltd. She is also Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and on the board of 6 other companies. In the past Ms. McKenzie occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Range Royalty Management Ltd., Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Profico Energy Management Ltd., Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Finance at Range Royalty LP, Director at Spur Resources Ltd. and Manager-Treasury & Administration at Renaissance Energy Ltd. Margaret A. McKenzie received an undergraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan.

Currently, Margaret Keegan occupies the position of Chief Operating Officer & Executive VP at PRA Health Sciences, Inc. In the past she was President-Clinical Operations at IQVIA Holdings, Inc. and President-Data Sciences, Safety & Regulatory at Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a subsidiary of IQVIA Holdings, Inc.). Ms. Keegan received an undergraduate degree from the University of Strathclyde.

Margaret Mayer is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Zions Bancorporation, NA since 2023.
Prior to this, she held the position of Chief Technology Officer & Vice President at Discover Financial Services.
Dr. Mayer holds a doctorate degree from Lehigh University and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.

Presently, Margaret E. McCandless holds the position of Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer at Royal Gold, Inc. She previously was Secretary, Vice President & General Counsel of Intrepid Potash, Inc., Associate General Counsel at CenturyLink, Inc. and Associate General Counsel at Qwest Communications International, Inc. (a subsidiary of CenturyLink, Inc.), Associate at Hogan Lovells US LLP and Associate of Cooley LLP.

Margaret Christine Browne is on the board of Vistry Group Plc, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and easyJet Airline Co. Ltd. In the past Ms. Browne occupied the position of Chief Operating Officer for easyJet Plc, Managing Director at Thomson Airways Ltd., Managing Director at First Choice Airways Ltd., Chief Operating Officer of TUI Aviation GmbH and Chief Operating Officer-Aviation at TUI Travel Ltd.

Margaret Tooth is Co-President & Chief Revenue Officer at Trupanion, Inc. In her past career Ms. Tooth held the position of Brand Manager at Allianz Insurance Plc.

Margaret Ann Loesch is a businessperson who founded The Hatchery LLC and who has been at the head of 8 different companies. Ms. Loesch is on the board of Genius Brands International, Inc. and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. In the past Ms. Loesch was Chief Executive Officer of Marvel Productions Ltd., President & Chief Executive Officer-Hub at Discovery, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer of Hub Television Networks LLC and President & Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Family Channel (both are subsidiaries of Discovery, Inc.), Director at The Hatchery LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer of Fox Kids World Wide, President & Chief Executive Officer for Crown Media United States LLC, Chief Executive Officer at Hallmark Channel, President & Chief Executive Officer of ABC Family Worldwide, Inc., Director-Children's Programs at National Broadcasting Co., Inc. and Executive Vice President of Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Margaret C. Montana is on the board of Gibson Energy, Inc. and 4 other companies. She previously held the position of Director at Shell Midstream Partners GP LLC and EVP-United States Pipelines & Special Projects at Shell Downstream, Inc. Ms. Montana received an undergraduate degree from Missouri University of Science & Technology.

Margaret M. McCarthy is on the board of American Electric Power Co., Inc. and 5 other companies. She previously occupied the position of Senior Vice President-Information Technology at Cigna Corp. and Senior Vice President-Information Technology at CIGNA HealthCare, Inc. (a subsidiary of Cigna Corp.), Executive Vice President-Technology Integration at CVS Health Corp. and Executive Vice President-Operations & Technology at Aetna, Inc. (a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp.), Consulting Partner at Ernst & Young LLP, Senior Manager at Accenture LLC, Chief Information Officer of CommonSpirit Health (Illinois) and Chief Information Officer for Franciscan Health System. Margaret M. McCarthy received a graduate degree from Yale University and an undergraduate degree from Providence College.

Margaret Cushing Whitman is a businessperson who has been at the head of 9 different companies and is Chief Executive Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Quibi Holdings LLC. Ms. Whitman is also Chief Executive Officer at NewTV (Massachusetts) and on the board of 5 other companies. Ms. Whitman previously was Chairman of HP, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Co. (a subsidiary of HP, Inc.), President & Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Inc., Director at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., General Manager-Preschool Division at Hasbro, Inc., Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, Vice President for Bain & Co., Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer for FTD, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer for GUE Liquidation Delivery, Inc. and Senior Vice President-Marketing for Disney Consumer Products, Inc. Margaret Cushing Whitman received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Margaret A.
Evashenk was the founder of Sierra Logic, Inc. founded in 2001, where she held the title of Vice President-Engineering from 2001 to 2006.
Currently, she is the Director at Open-Silicon, Inc. since 2015 and the President of Evashenk Technology Management Consulting, Inc. She has previously worked as the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Kazan Networks Corp., Director-Research & Development at Agilent Technologies, Inc., Independent Director at Lantronix, Inc. from 2019 to 2022, and Chief Development Officer & Senior Vice President at Emulex Corp.
from 2013 to 2014.
She has also worked as a Principal at HP, Inc. Ms. Evashenk completed her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis.

Margaret Nienaber is currently the Group Chief Operating Officer at Standard Bank Group Ltd.
since 2010.
She is also currently the Chief Operating Officer at The Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd.
since 2022.
Ms. Nienaber completed her undergraduate degree at the University of the Free State.

Margaret J.
Mulligan is an Independent Director and Non-Executive Director at Canadian Western Bank, New Gold, Inc., and CWB Financial Group.
She is also an Independent Director at Ladies Professional Golf Association and Director at Energent, Inc. In the past, she has worked as a Director at Ontario Power Generation, Inc., Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund, Capital Power Corp., Flint Corp., Mirati Therapeutics, Inc., Cybermation, Inc., Capital Power LP, Biovail Corp., The Bank of Nova Scotia, and Linamar Corp.
She has also served as the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Biovail Corp.
and Bausch Health Cos., Inc. Additionally, she has been an Executive Vice President-Systems & Operations at The Bank of Nova Scotia and an Audit Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Canada).
She has also been a Governor at Appleby College, The University of Waterloo, and Ontario Science Centre.
She holds an undergraduate degree from The University of Waterloo.
Ms. Mulligan's current jobs are Independent Director and Non-Executive Director at Canadian Western Bank, New Gold, Inc., and CWB Financial Group, Independent Director at Ladies Professional Golf Association, and Director at Energent, Inc.

Ms. Antonia Margaret Axelson Johnson is a Chairman at Axel & Margaret Axson Johnson Foundation and a Chairman at Axel Johnson Holding AB. She is on the Board of Directors at AxFast AB, Axel Johnson AB, Antonia Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Sustainable Development, Axel & Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Service, Axel Johnson, Inc., Axess Publishing AB, Nordstjernan Holding AB, Nordstjernan Kultur och Media AB, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Servera R&S AB and World Childhood Foundation. Ms. Axelson Johnson was previously employed as an Independent Director by Mekonomen AB, an Independent Director by Axfood AB, an Independent Director by NCC AB, and a Deputy Chairman by Nordstjernan AB. She also served on the board at Åhléns AB and Xerox Corp. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Stockholm.

Robert M.
Keane is currently the Chairman at Allstream Business, Inc., Director at Zayo Group LLC, Director at Medical University of South Carolina Foundation, and Director at Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. He previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Spirit Communications, Inc. (South Carolina) and President & Chief Operating Officer at Cavalier Telephone LLC.
Keane received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Kevin Keane is currently a Senior Vice President-Alliances at Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. He previously worked as a Vice President-Business Development at Gresham Technologies Plc from 1999 to 2000, as a Vice President at Spacetec IMC Corp from 1988 to 1992, and as a Vice President-Business Development at Unica Corp.
from 2000 to 2011.
He obtained his undergraduate degree from Colgate University.

Rodney Michael Keane is currently working as an Executive Director-Manufacturing at General Motors Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd.
Previously, he worked as a Principal at General Motors Corp.
Keane has a graduate degree from Harvard University and a graduate degree from Kettering University.
He also has an undergraduate degree from the University of Melbourne.

W.
Keane worked as a Vice President & Controller at GFA Brands, Inc.

Keane O’Neal currently works at The Regional Health Systems of Acadiana LLC, as Head-Medicine Department.

Georgina Keane has been Company Secretary of PGA European Tour Courses Ltd.
since 2003.
She is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Venue Financial Reporting.
Ms. Keane joined Island Capital Ltd.
in December 2000 as Investment Manager.
She has 12 years of experience in the banking and corporate finance sectors.

Keane James McCarthy worked as an Analyst at Balyasny Asset Management LP from 2016 to 2021.
Prior to that, he worked as an Associate at William Blair & Co. LLC.
McCarthy received his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.

Michael J.
Keane worked as an Executive Vice President at Creative Contractors, Inc.

Martin Keane is currently a Director at Glanbia Co-operative Society Ltd., Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd., and ICS Europaks Ltd.
He previously worked as a Director at Glanbia Plc from 2006 to 2021, and as a Director at Ornua Co-Operative Ltd.
and Co-Operative Animal Health Ltd.
Additionally, he served as Vice President at Irish Co-operative Organisation Society from 2012 to 2015.

Mr. Timothy J.
Keane is a Director at Golden Angels Investors LLC, a Chief Executive Officer at Target Marketing Systems, Inc., a Managing Director at KD Venture Capital, a President at Keane Consultants and a Principal at Marquette University.
He is on the Board of Directors at First Business Bank (Madison, Wisconsin), Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Taliesin Preservation, Inc., The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Transportant, Inc. Mr. Keane was previously employed as an Independent Director by First Business Financial Services, Inc., an Advisor by UClass, Inc., a Board Member by PerBlue, Inc., a Board Member by Studentreasures Acquisition LLC, a CEO-Retail Target Marketing Systems by Fidelity Information Services, Inc., a Principal by GE Medical Systems Ceská Republika sro, and a Chairman by Local Initiatives Support Corp.
He also served on the board at First Business Bank - Milwaukee.
He received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University and an undergraduate degree from Seattle University.

Andy Keane currently works at Code Ocean, Inc., as Chief Operating Officer from 2022.

Mr. Thomas Keane is a Director at GEM Capital.
Mr. Keane was previously employed as a Senior Partner by Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC and a Partner by Keane Vgenopoulou & Associates LLC.

Christopher Keane currently works as a Director at Technology Alliance.

Michael R.
Keane currently holds positions at The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. and currently serves as the SVP & President-Core Commercial.

James Keane currently works at Thaumas NV, as Director from 2019.

Honora Keane is currently employed at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP since 2004.
Prior to this, she worked at McCarter & English LLP as an Associate from 1984 to 1992.
She then worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as an Associate from 1992 to 2006.
From 2007 to 2012, she worked at Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. as General Counsel.
Ms. Keane received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1978 and her graduate degree from Seton Hall University.

Maurice A.
Keane is currently the Chairman of AXIS Specialty Holdings Ireland Ltd., Director of AXIS Specialty Europe SE, and Director of AXIS Re SE.
Previously, he served as the Group Chief Executive Officer of The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland from 1998 to 2002.
He was also an Independent Director of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd.
from 2002 to 2020.
Additionally, he served as a Non-Executive Director of Anglo Irish Bank Corp.
Ltd.
from 2009 to 2011, and of Irish Bank Resolution Corp.
Ltd.
from 2009 to 2013.
He was an Independent Non-Executive Director of DCC Plc from 2002 to 2011, and a Member of the National Pensions Reserve Fund from 2011 to 2014.

Peter L.
Keane is currently the President of Keane Capital Management, Inc. He previously worked as a Director at Interstate and as an Assistant Portfolio Manager at T.
Rowe Price International, Inc. Keane received an undergraduate degree from Guilford College and an MBA from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Kevin T.
Keane served as Chairman at Astronics Corp.
from 1970 to 2019 and at MOD-PAC Corp.
from 2002 to 2019.
He also served as Chairman at DME Corp.
Mr. Keane received his undergraduate degree and MBA from Harvard University.

Michael Keane is currently a Partner at Rizk Ventures LLC and a Senior Vice President at Workspace Property Trust.
He obtained an undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy.

Michael E.
Keane is a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Financial Executives Institute, and the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society.
He previously worked as Director-Pensions & Insurance at Litton Industries, Inc. He was also an Independent Director at MRV Communications, Inc. from 2011 to 2012.
He served as Director at Zix Corp.
in 2006.
From 2006 to 2016, he was a Director at City of Hope National Cancer Institute.
He was the Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Computer Sciences Corp.
from 2008 to 2008.
He was the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Western Atlas, Inc. from 1996 to 2005.
He was also the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Intermec, Inc. from 1997 to 2005.
He was the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Genomatica, Inc. He was the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Clipper Windpower LLC from 2010 to 2011.
He holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from Illinois State University.
Currently, he is a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Financial Executives Institute, and the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society.

John F.
Keane is the founder of King Hill Capital LLC, which was founded in 2007.
He currently holds positions as a Director at PurposeEnergy LLC, Solar Sentry Corp., Belmont Day School, Inc., and as a Venture Partner at Clean Energy Venture Management LLC.
In the past, he served as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at ArcStream Solutions, Inc., Chairman at RavenBrick LLC, Director at NTT DATA, Inc., Director at Meridian Energy USA, Inc., Director at Sunflower Corp.
(United States), Member at CVP Management, Inc., Principal at Clean Energy Venture Group LLC, and President at NTT Ltd.
Japan Co., Ltd.
from 1988 to 2000.
Mr. Keane obtained his undergraduate degree and MBA from Harvard University.

John F.
Keane, Sr. has been Chairman of Keane, Inc. since March 1967.
He was Chief Executive Officer and President of Keane, Inc. from 1967 to November 1999.
He was a Director of American Power Conversion Corp.

Denise F.
Keane is currently serving as the Secretary & Director at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, as well as the Director at the Virginia Opera Association.
She is also a Member of the American Bar Association and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
In her former positions, Ms. Keane served as the Director at ArtsFund of Central Virginia and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Inc. She also held the position of Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Altria Group, Inc. From 1977 to 2008, she worked at Philip Morris USA, Inc. as the Senior Vice President & General Counsel.

John M.
Keane is the founder of G-Sky Capital LLC, which was founded in 2005.
He held the title of Senior Managing Director at G-Sky Capital LLC from 2005 to 2009.
Mr. Keane currently holds the position of Chairman at Knollwood Foundation, Chairman-Senior Executive Committee at Army Aviation Association of America, Chairman at The Institute For The Study of War, Director at Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, Director at Welcome Back Veterans, Independent Director at IronNet, Inc., Venture Partner at SCP Private Equity Partners, Trustee at Fordham University, Member at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., Member-Defense Policy Board at US Department of Defense (District of Columbia), and Trustee at George C.
Marshall Foundation.
Mr. Keane's former positions include Director at Light & Wonder, Inc., Independent Director at General Dynamics Corp., Director at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Director at M&F Worldwide Corp., Independent Director at MetLife, Inc., Director at Allied Security Holdings LLC, Director at MAFS Acquisition Corp., Director at The RAND Corp., Director at Cyalume Technologies, Inc., Director at Pentagon Memorial Fund, Inc., Director at Military Heritage Foundation, Inc., Director at Terry C.
Maude Foundation, Director at FedBid, Inc., and Senior Partner at SCP Partners LLC.
Mr. Keane's education history includes an undergraduate degree from Fordham University and a graduate degree from the University of Western Kentucky.

BJ Keane currently works as a Vice President-Operations at ARCO Construction Co., Inc.

Kevin J.
Keane is the founder of The Westchester Bank Holding Corp.
He currently holds the position of Executive Chairman at PKF O'Connor Davies LLP.
Additionally, he is an Independent Director at Orange County Bancorp, Inc., a Director at The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, Irish Arts Center, and Westchester Community College Foundation.
He is also a Director at Orange Bank & Trust Co. starting in 2022.
Mr. Keane completed his undergraduate degree at New York University and holds an MBA from Pace University.