| − | Keet was born in [[Springfield in Greene County in southwestern [[Missouri]].<ref>Information provided by Kaye Donham, Assistant Coordinator/Office Manager, Arkansas House of Representatives, 350 State Capitol Building, 500 Woodlane Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201.</ref> He graduated in 1971 from [[Southern Methodist University]] near [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He was student president for the college of business.<ref name=keet>{{cite web|url=http://jimkeet4governor.com/node/1|title=About Jim Keet|publisher=jimkeet4governor.com|accessdate=May 12, 2010}}</ref> | + | Keet was born in Springfield in Greene County in southwestern [[Missouri]].<ref>Information provided by Kaye Donham, Assistant Coordinator/Office Manager, Arkansas House of Representatives, 350 State Capitol Building, 500 Woodlane Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201.</ref> He graduated in 1971 from [[Southern Methodist University]] near [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He was student president for the college of business.<ref name=keet>{{cite web|url=http://jimkeet4governor.com/node/1|title=About Jim Keet|publisher=jimkeet4governor.com|accessdate=May 12, 2010}}</ref> |
| | Keet has been in the restaurant business for nearly five decades. In 1975, he joined Gerald Hamra to bring the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburger] to Arkansas. Thereafter, the company developed, owned, and operated twenty-seven Wendy's and Sisters' restaurants in Arkansas and Texas, with more than 1,. The company, though based in [[Birmingham]], [[Alabama]] has five locations in Little Rock and the former president and chief executive officer of Barnhill's Buffet. He and his wife, the former Margaret Osborn (born c. 1950), have four children and two grandchildren.<ref name=gop/> | | Keet has been in the restaurant business for nearly five decades. In 1975, he joined Gerald Hamra to bring the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburger] to Arkansas. Thereafter, the company developed, owned, and operated twenty-seven Wendy's and Sisters' restaurants in Arkansas and Texas, with more than 1,. The company, though based in [[Birmingham]], [[Alabama]] has five locations in Little Rock and the former president and chief executive officer of Barnhill's Buffet. He and his wife, the former Margaret Osborn (born c. 1950), have four children and two grandchildren.<ref name=gop/> |