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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 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 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 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 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.

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 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. 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 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 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.

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.

Colleen Keane currently works as a Vice President at MC Financial Services, Inc.

Ms. Ann R.
Keane is a Managing Director at BlackRock Advisors LLC.
She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Ms. Maureen Keane is Senior Vice President & Director-Operations at Ariel Investments LLC.
Ms. Keane oversees a variety of administrative and operational functions such as account administration, reconciliation, account performance and composite reporting, proxy voting, corporate actions and auditing.
Her additional responsibilities include strategic planning, process improvement and systems conversions.
Prior to joining Ariel, she worked at EnvestNetPMC, Inc. as operations manager, where her responsibilities included managing the account administration staff as well as developing additional custodial relationships.
Additionally, she served as administration supervisor at EVEREN/First Union.
Ms. Keane is a graduate of Northern Illinois University where she earned a BS in business.

Jeffrey B.
Keane currently works at Noble Biomaterials, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer from 2005.
Mr. Keane also formerly worked at General Mills, Inc., as Principal, Playtex Products LLC, as President, Minami International Corp, as Principal from 1999 to 2009, National Foods, Inc., as Vice President & General Manager, Nice-Pak Products, Inc., as President, and Schieffelin & Somerset Co., as Executive Vice President-Marketing.
Mr. Keane received his Masters Business Admin degree in 1981 from Emory University and undergraduate degree in 1979 from Clark University.

Peter Keane worked as a Director of Business Process Improvement at Stefanini, Inc..
Mr. Keane attended the University of Greenwich where he earned an undergraduate degree.

Steve Keane has worked as a Director at Penfield Children's Center, Inc. and as a Manager-eBay Sales & Soft Goods at 3balls.com, Inc.

Tom Keane is the founder of NitroSell Ltd., a company founded in 2005.
He holds the title of Vice President-Enterprise User Growth at NitroSell Ltd.
Mr. Keane also has former job experience as a Software Engineer at Compaq Computer Corp., Motorola, Inc., Accenture LLP, and Ericsson, Inc. In terms of education, Mr. Keane has an undergraduate degree from Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork.

Joseph W.
Keane has been Chief Financial Officer of Reebok International Ltd.
since June 2006.
Prior to his current at Reebok International, he was Chief Operating Officer of Reebok USA Ltd.
and Adidas America, Inc. Previously, Mr. Keane was Chief Operating Officer of Onfield Apparel Group LLC which he joined in January 2001.
He was General Manager of Reebok Italy from 1998 to 2000.
Before joined Reebok in 1992, Mr. Keane worked at KPMG LLP.
He has general management and operating experience in the USA and international marketplace.
Mr. Keane received a degree from Boston University in 1989.
He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Rupert Keane worked at Ascential Group Ltd.
from 1996 to 2011.
In 2011, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer-Insight.

Brian Keane served as a Non-Executive Director at NIB Holdings Ltd.
from 2007 to 2010.

Mr. Blaise Keane, CPA, is an Executive Vice President at Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC.
He is also a Senior Portfolio Manager of the firm.
He has overall responsibility for the HART fund, including strategy development and implementation, investments, financings, dispositions, asset management, and client service and marketing.
Before joining the Portfolio & Asset Management team, he was active in identifying, structuring, and executing equity investment opportunities for Heitman's institutional pension fund clients across North America.
Prior to joining Heitman via its merger with JMB Institutional Realty Corporation, he was with JMB Realty Corporation.
His responsibilities with JMB included asset management, loan restructuring, property financing, and property disposition activities.
He began his career with Ernst & Young, an international public accounting firm.
While with Ernst & Young, he served many of the firm's real estate and financial services clients.
He received a BA from St. Mary's University of Minnesota and a Masters of Management from the J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
He is a CPA.
He is also a member of several industry organizations, including The International Council of Shopping Centers, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Sean Keane is the founder of Triple T Consulting Ltd.
He worked as a Non-Executive Director at First NZ Capital Ltd.
and as a Managing Director-Interest Rate Trading at Credit Suisse (Australia) Ltd.
He also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Eroad Ltd.
from 2013 to 2017.

Dana Keane currently works at First Step of Sarasota, Inc., as Chairman.

Jim Keane was the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Winning Pitch Ltd.

Deacon Michael Keane currently works as a Director at Northern Illinois Food Bank.

Jeremy Keane is the founder of Injury Treatment Pty Ltd, where he holds the title of Managing Director since 2005.
He is currently working as a Non-Executive Director at Xerion Ltd.

Tony Keane is currently the Chief Executive Officer at EarthX since 2018.
Prior to this, he worked as a Director at NACE International.

Kevin J.
Keane currently works as a Director at Goodwill Industries of Mid-Michigan, Inc.

Nigel Keane is currently a Director at Co-operative Specialist Businesses Ltd.
He was previously a Director at Co-operative Group Ltd.

Aidan Keane has worked as a Director at BWG Foods Ltd.
since 2001.

James Mark Keane has held director positions in Tulloch Homes Group Ltd., Kiltane Properties Ltd., and Kiltane Retail Ltd.
since 2015, 1999, and 1997 respectively.
He currently holds a director position in Thistle SPV2 Ltd.
starting from 2021.

Samantha Keane currently works as a Director at Grounds for Health.

Amy Keane currently works as a Director at Grand Rapids Symphony.

Bridget J.
Keane currently works at Boston Athenæum, as Chief Development Officer from 2018.
Ms. Keane received her graduate degree from Holy Cross College (Indiana).

Tony Keane is currently the Chairman at Oncore Group Holdings Pty Ltd.
and Director at Queensland Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd.
He previously worked as a Non-Executive Director at EMvision Medical Devices Ltd.
He completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Adelaide in 1979.

Sian Keane currently works as an Associate Member at the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.
They have also worked as the Chief People Officer at Farfetch Ltd.
since 2012.

Cormac Keane worked as an Analyst at Joh.
Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (United Kingdom) from 2019 to 2022.
He completed his undergraduate degree at Trinity College Dublin in 2017 and his graduate degree at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business in 2018.

Martin A.
Keane is currently a Vice President at Genetic Programming, Inc. He previously worked as a Director at Everi Games Holding, Inc. from 2000 to 2004 and as a Director at Four Corners, Inc. from 2006 to 2008.

Thomas Keane currently works at Thalita Trading Ltd., as Director and GEM Capital Holdings (CY) Ltd., as Director.

Robert S.
Keane is the founder of VistaPrint Ltd.
(1996), Vistaprint BV (1995), Vistaprint Canada Corp.
(1995), Cimpress USA, Inc. (1995), Cimpress NV (1994), and Cimpress Plc (1995).
He is currently an Independent Director at Astronics Corp.
since 2019.
He was previously the General Manager at Flex Key Corp.
from 1988 to 1994.
Mr. Keane received an MBA from INSEAD in 1994 and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1985.
Mr. Keane is also the founder of Vistaprint North American Services Corp.