Kevin William Keohane CBE, KCSG, FInstP was a British physicist and education administrator.
18 Facts About Kevin Keohane
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Kevin Keohane was made the first Rector of the newly formed Roehampton Institute of Higher Education in 1976, a position he held until his retirement in 1988.
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In 1952 Kevin Keohane founded the British publication Journal for Education Policy.
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Kevin Keohane joined Chelsea College of Science and Technology as Professor of Physics.
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Kevin Keohane was elected to the role, becoming founder and first director of the new Chelsea Centre for Science Education.
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Kevin Keohane had by this time become co-ordinator for the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching project, replacing John Maddox, and the first editor for the Institute of Physics journal Physics Education.
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In 1976, Kevin Keohane left his position at Chelsea College of Science and Technology to become the first Rector of the newly created Roehampton Institute of Higher Education.
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Kevin Keohane had prior knowledge of one of the four colleges that had been brought together, Digby Stuart College, where he had been a governor.
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In 1978, Kevin Keohane was selected to set up a study group by the then Secretary of State for Education, to look into the proposals for a Certificate of Extended Education that had been proposed by the Schools Council.
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Kevin Keohane continued to teach as a visiting professor at King's College London.
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Kevin Keohane retired as Rector of Roehampton Institute of Higher Education in 1988, but was still engaged in educational work.
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Kevin Keohane worked for numerous institutions in advisor and governor roles up and to his death including Ursuline High School, Wimbledon and Wimbledon College.
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Kevin Keohane was awarded a CBE in 1976 for his contribution to education.
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In 1987 he was made an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Surrey, while in 1988 Kevin Keohane was made an Honorary Fellow of University of Roehampton.
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Kevin Keohane won the Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize in 1991 for his outstanding contribution to physics education.
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Kevin Keohane was awarded the Order of St Gregory the Great twice, firstly as a Knight, and then as a Knight Commander.
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Kevin Keohane was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire to William Patrick and Mabel Margaret Kevin Keohane on the 28 February 1923, one of three children.
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Kevin Keohane married Mary Margaret Patricia Ashford.