Maurice F. Keen ’31

Meek died June 11, 1999, at Rancocas Valley Hospital in Willingboro, N.J. Although somewhat of a world traveler in his early days (Maurice was born in Kinhwa, China), he finally ended up in Bordentown, N.J. Along the way, he lived in Nanking, Shanghai, and Philadelphia.

Meek prepared at Nanking American School and Shanghai American School in China. At Princeton, he earned a Faculty Scholarship, won his numerals on the soccer team, and was secretary of Gateway Club. After graduation he enrolled at Temple, where he earned a BA. Then and there he decided Temple was his niche and promptly went to work for that university, where he was quite successful, eventually becoming chairman of the biology department and assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Although born a Baptist, at some time after graduation he became a Presbyterian, and in Bordentown he was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, clerk of the session, Sunday school teacher and superintendent, church treasurer, preacher, and choir member. He was also a member of the Bordentown Historical Society, president of Temple U. 25 Year Club, and a city tax assessor.

Meek is survived by his daughter, Mary Ann Case, and a nephew, Rodney J. O'Neill. The class extends its sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1931