Patrick Joseph McKeon Jr. ’54

Joe McKeon died peacefully May 26, 2013, at his home in Lake Mathews in Riverside County, Calif.

Born in Ashley, Pa., he attended Phillips Academy Andover. Joe left Princeton after his freshman year and entered the Korean War. He served in Guam and separated as a first lieutenant. He later attended Lehigh University and Cal State, Long Beach.

His career was in chemical engineering for Pearsall Chemical, N.Y., and Shell Chemical and McDonnell Douglas in California. Later he became the owner of Victoria’s Orange Restaurant in Riverside. He took on a career in computer technology in his late 60s and worked for Lockheed Corp.

Before his death he donated more than 2,000 books to the Riverside Main and Corona libraries in California.

The class extends condolences to Helene, Joe’s wife of more than 45 years; their children, Roxann, Theresa, Cheryl, Patricia, Patrick, John, and Michael; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The class is honored by his service to our country.