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Stephen F. Keating

American lawyer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ7609169 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stephen Flaherty Keating (May 6, 1918 – August 27, 2001) was an American technology executive. He was president of Honeywell from 1965 to 1974. He followed James H. Binger as president, which was an attempt to provide stability and continuity at Honeywell. A graduate of the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School, Keating also practiced law, worked for the FBI, and was CEO of Toro (company). He was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis from 1979 to 1981.

Influence

Keating was a member of the Minnesota Business Partnership.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Stephen F. Keating” as american lawyer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Stephen, Keating and American.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1918, 2001, 1965, 1974—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1918. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Stephen, Keating and American providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7609169. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1918, 2001, 1965 and 1974.

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This entry incorporates text from “Stephen F. Keating” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.