JOSEPH B. KEENAN

• Born: January 11, 1888
• Died: December 8, 1954
• Nationality: American
• Profession: Attorney, US Political Figure

Keenan was born on January 11, 1888, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. earned his law degree from Harvard Law School, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1913. In 1919, Keenan became a Special Assistant to the Ohio Attorney General, with a focus on combating organized crime. He was recruited by U.S. Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings to serve as a Special Assistant at the U.S. Department of Justice in 1933. In January 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Keenan to serve as Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division. In November 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed Keenan as Chief Prosecutor for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo Tribunal.