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Between 1889 and 1900, Keeny was the principal of various schools in [[Lake Charles]], [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and New Iberia, Louisiana. It is unclear what prompted his relocation from Illinois to Louisiana. As a principal, Keeny conducted in-service programs in an effort to improve the skills of teachers. Keeny and the Louisiana historian [[Henry E. Chambers]] of [[New Orleans]] were promoters of the traveling Chaut, headquartered in upstate [[New York]].<ref name=lahist/> Another Chautauqua booster in Louisiana was Thomas Duckett Boyd, the president of [[Louisiana State University]] from 1896 to 1926.<ref name=tdboyd>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z5YNz-kNZgsC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Thomas+Duckett+Boyd+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=_2B-h6CDqp&sig=6aJzAqSb4dDU81aq11sk-vxOAjI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_MVJVKrTCI2zyASLioGQBg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Duckett%20Boyd%20of%20Baton%20Rouge&f=false|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Educators, Vol. I: Thomas Duckett Boyd|author=John F. Ohles, ed.|publisher=Greenwood Publishers|location=Westport, [[Connecticut]]|year=1978|page=156|isbn=0-8371-9893-3|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref>​

Between 1889 and 1900, Keeny was the principal of various schools in [[Lake Charles]], [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and New Iberia, Louisiana. It is unclear what prompted his relocation from Illinois to Louisiana. As a principal, Keeny conducted in-service programs in an effort to improve the skills of teachers. Keeny and the Louisiana historian [[Henry E. Chambers]] of [[New Orleans]] were promoters of the traveling Chaut, headquartered in upstate [[New York]].<ref name=lahist/> Another Chautauqua booster in Louisiana was Thomas Duckett Boyd, the president of [[Louisiana State University]] from 1896 to 1926.<ref name=tdboyd>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z5YNz-kNZgsC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Thomas+Duckett+Boyd+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=_2B-h6CDqp&sig=6aJzAqSb4dDU81aq11sk-vxOAjI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_MVJVKrTCI2zyASLioGQBg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Duckett%20Boyd%20of%20Baton%20Rouge&f=false|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Educators, Vol. I: Thomas Duckett Boyd|author=John F. Ohles, ed.|publisher=Greenwood Publishers|location=Westport, [[Connecticut]]|year=1978|page=156|isbn=0-8371-9893-3|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref>​

In 1900, Keeny was appointed to the faculty of [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana;  his biographical sketch does not give his field of specialization. In 1904, he was appointed to a state position to promote the improvement of qualifications for Louisiana teachers.,<ref name=lahist/> an issue also important to Boyd, who was the NSU president from 1888 to 1896<ref name=tdboyd/> In 1908, he succeeded Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr. (1859-1926), the namesake of the first publich high school in [[Shreveport]], as the president of Louisiana Industrial Institute, which had been established in 1894 in Ruston. It was renamed in 1921 as Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and in 1970 as the current Louisiana Tech University. Keeny improved standards for the institution, which he served until 1926, when he became president of Baptist Hospital (later Rapides General Hospital) in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana. In his last years, he sustained business reverses. In 1938, he was named president emeritus of Louisiana Tech.<ref name=lahist/>​

In 1900, Keeny was appointed to the faculty of [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana;  his biographical sketch does not give his field of specialization. In 1904, he was appointed to a state position to promote the improvement of qualifications for Louisiana teachers.,<ref name=lahist/> an issue also important to Boyd, who was the NSU president from 1888 to 1896<ref name=tdboyd/> In 1908, he succeeded [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]], Sr.), the namesake of the first publich high school in [[Shreveport]], as the president of Louisiana Industrial Institute, which had been established in 1894 in Ruston. It was renamed in 1921 as Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and in 1970 as the current Louisiana Tech University. Keeny improved standards for the institution, which he served until 1926, when he became president of Baptist Hospital (later Rapides General Hospital) in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana. In his last years, he sustained business reverses. In 1938, he was named president emeritus of Louisiana Tech.<ref name=lahist/>​

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==