Karen R. Keesling

Karen Ruth Keesling (July 9, 1946 – July 4, 2012 ) was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) from 1988 to 1989.

Professional experience

Keesling was Assistant Dean of Women at the University of Kansas for 1971–72. From 1972 to 1975, Keesling worked in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as executive secretary of the Secretary's Advisory Commission on Rights and Responsibilities of Women. From 1975 to 1977, she was Director of the White House Office of Women. She was then a women's rights analyst in the Library of Congress's Civil Rights Division.

Reagan administration On September 7, 1988, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Keesling to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs).

Personal life Karen R. Keesling was born in Wichita, Kansas, on July 9, 1946. She was educated at Arizona State University, receiving a B.A. in 1968 and an M.A. in 1970. She moved to Sun City, Arizona, in 2000 and practiced law there until her retirement in 2009. She died July 4, 2012, in Sun City.