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Alton G. Keel Jr.
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)
In office July 30, 1981 – 1982
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert J. Hermann
Succeeded by	Thomas E. Cooper
14thUnited States Permanent Representative to NATO
In office March 13, 1987 – June 17, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	David Manker Abshire
Succeeded by	William Howard Taft IV
Personal details
Born	Alton Gold Keel Jr. (1943-09-15)September 15, 1943 (age 82) Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Virginia (B.S., PhD)

Alton Gold Keel Jr. (born September 15, 1943) is an American engineer, government official, diplomat, and businessman.

Keel attended theUniversity of Virginia, where he earned a bachelor of science inaerospace engineering in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1970. He performed weapons research at theNaval Surface Weapons Center, and then joined the staff of theUnited States Senate, where he was a Congressional science fellow (1976–78) and a staff member of theSenate Armed Services Committee (1978–81). He then served asAssistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) (1981–82) and Associate Director of theOffice of Management and Budget (1982–86). In 1986, he was appointed Executive Director of theRogers Commission that investigated theSpace Shuttle Challenger Disaster.

In July 1986, PresidentRonald Reagan appointed Keel as the acting principal deputy to theNational Security Advisor. From 1987-89, Keel was theUnited States Permanent Representative to NATO.

Keel has held various positions in corporate governance, and as of 2007 was president and managing director of Atlantic Partners LLC, a private investment-banking group.

• White House announcement of Keel's appointment as deputy National Security Adviser, July 15, 1986Archived March 5, 2016, at theWayback Machine
• Josie Loyd, "Ambassador Alton G. Keel Jr. Speaks to the Newest Jeffersonian Engineers", U.Va. Engineer, spring 2007.
• U.S. NATO Mission website

• Richard P Feynman ‘What do you care what other people think’ 1988 Published by Penguin Books

ISBN 978-0-141-03088-3

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