BARNABY C. KEENEY IS DEAD AT 65; EX-BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

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• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: June 20, 1980
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ARTICLE A AP NEW YORK TIMES
ARTICLE
ON PACE:Se 2 20 JUNE 1980
Barnaby C. Keeney Is Dead at 65,-
Ex-Brown University, President
By JOAN COOK
Dr. Barnaby C. Keeney, the 12th presi-
dent of Brown University and the first
chairman" of the National Endowment
and Council on the Humanities, died of a
stroke Wednesday at Rhode Island Hospi-
tal in Providence. He was 65 years old. ; -
As president of Brown from. 1955 to
,1966, Dr. Keeney was the architect of the
university's - greatest period of educa-
tional and physical growth. During his
tenure Brown's operating budget more
than tripled, its endowment doubled and
11 major building- projects that cost a
total Of $22 million were completed.
"Brown University owes, an incalcu-
able debt of gratitude to- Barnaby Kee-
ney," Howard R. Swearer; the current
president of the university, said yester.
day. "During his 20 years here, he left his
imprint on, every aspect of university
Dr. Keeney; a blunt, outspoken scholar
who specialized in medieval history, had.
little patience with intellectual pom-
posity and' rhetoric. "I never hurt any-
one's feelings on purpose," he once said
drily, "unless, of course, I'm trying to."
Finding 'the Best People,
Dr. 'Keeney was concerned about stu-
dents and what happened to them after
their graduation. "At. college age, you
can tell who is best at taking tests and
going to school,". he said, "but you can't
tell who the best people are..That worries
the hell out of me."
He was born in Halfway, Ore., on Oct.
17, 1914, and received a bachelor of arts
degree at the University of North Caro.
lina in 1936. He earned his master's at
Harvard University in 1937 and his doc-
torate at Harvard in 1939.
Dr. Keeney became a history instruct
for at Harvard after completing graduate
work. In 1942 he joined the Army and
served in Europe as an infantry captain.
He was awarded the, Silver Star, ? the
Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He went to Brown as an assistant pro.
fessor of history in 1946, became a profes.
sor in 1951 and rose rapidly. through the
university's administrative hierarchy.
When he left Brown-in 1966, Dr. Keeney
was chosen by President Johnson to head
the National Endowment and Council on
the Humanities, an organization designed
to attract some of the attention and funds
then lavished on the sciences
Zbe Pleasure in G
"It's easy to raise money if you have a
good case,", he said in% an interview
shortly after taking over the endowment
post. "One of the nice things about it is
the pleasure you give people."
Dismissed by President Nixon in 1970;
Dr. Keeney served for a year as chief ex-
ecutive officer of the Washington Consor-
tium of Graduate Schools. He then be-
came president of the Claremont. Gradu-
&AN
lees
Dr. BarnabyC. Keeney
ate School in Claremont, Calif, a post he
held until his retirement in 1976.
In 1988 the now defunct New Times
m_ agazine1ubhan_rtkTe ing that the Central Intelligence had secretly appointed r Keeney as
chairman of the "Human Ecolo
which the article described as one
o mom' n duumm co rations t if Eii1-
e ions,_o oars into mires can-
trot research, includiaQI.SD 09 n p
human subjects."
woik3e for the C.I.A. but refused to dis-
close e nature o e work.
'Doing What I Should'
"I Suppose it is improper to attempt to
serve , fur country~Dr eeney sal
"but Ifelt I wasing__.at s ould. I am
a cttizer_of this country I feltTsl~ouIddo
whatever I was asked."
A Stars ie _ Turner,_Director of
CentralIntell Bence, said later thai t i
was no indication-that Dr: Keeney or any-
ae at own_wa$ iyoftowithtthe
ecology fund..
Dr. Keeney, who lived in Little Comp=
ton, R.I., is survived by his wife, the for-
mer Mary Elizabeth Critchfield; a son,
Thomas Keeney of Washington; two
daughters, Barbara Clark of Santa Cruz,
Calif., and Elizabeth Barnaby Keeney, a
student at the University of Wisconsin,
and three grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at noon
Monday at the Central. Congregational
Church, 296. Angell Street, Providence.
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