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Cathy Keating

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, The United States

Cathy Keating is a fourth-generation Oklahoman who has focused much of her life on community service, most prominently while First Lady of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003. Prior to becoming First Lady of Oklahoma, she was active in the non-profit community of Tulsa where she was born and lived.

While First Lady, she planned and organized the International Prayer Service, then authored In Their Name, both on the heels of the Oklahoma City bombing. She has also authored Our Governors Mansions and Ooh La La: Cuisine Presented in a Stately Manner. Additionally, Keating founded Friends of the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion, Septemberfest, and the Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony as well as started the tradition of an Oklahoma Christmas tree ornam Cathy Keating is a fourth-generation Oklahoman who has focused much of her life on community service, most prominently while First Lady of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003. Prior to becoming First Lady of Oklahoma, she was active in the non-profit community of Tulsa where she was born and lived.

While First Lady, she planned and organized the International Prayer Service, then authored In Their Name, both on the heels of the Oklahoma City bombing. She has also authored Our Governors Mansions and Ooh La La: Cuisine Presented in a Stately Manner. Additionally, Keating founded Friends of the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion, Septemberfest, and the Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony as well as started the tradition of an Oklahoma Christmas tree ornament. She also raised private funds to build the Phillip’s Pavilion on the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion. Moreover, Keating conceived and implemented a grounds management program in partnership with Career Tech for female inmates to teach them a marketable job skill upon their release.

Her previous board commitments range from Habitat for Humanity International Women’s Build to the National Trust. She also co-chaired the Washington, D.C., American Red Cross and the Oklahoma City Salvation Army capital campaigns.

Keating currently served on the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Board, where she co-founded and Chairs the Annie Oakley Society. In that capacity she led the campaign to raise funds and build Liichokoshkomo, a new educational outdoor experience on the museum grounds. In addition, she serves on the boards of the Palomar Family Justice Center, Cristo Rey, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and on the National Advisory Boards of the OKC National Memorial and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. She is the American Mother’s National Advisory Chair and continues serving as an Advisory Board member of Friends of the Mansion. A former board member of Express Employment Professionals International, she presently serves as chair of philanthropy.

Keating is the recipient of several awards, including the Salvation Army’s “William Booth” Award, Tom Brokaw’s “People of the Week” honor, and the David and Sybil Yurman Foundation’s “Thoroughbred” Award. She has been inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and the Tulsa Hall of Fame and has been named an “Outstanding Southerner” in Southern Living magazine. ...more

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	Our Governors' Mansions 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women's War Memoirs by Rosemary Eckroat Bachle, Cathy Keating really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love won: the Oklahoma standard by Cathy Keating, Frank Keating 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Oklahoma City, Get Well Soon: America's Children Reach Out to the People of Oklahoma by James William Ross (Editor), Paul Myers (Editor), Cathy Keating (Introduction) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A visit to the Oklahoma Capitol, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Cathy Keating, Mike Brake, Linda Boudreaux Montgomery (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ooh La La: Cuisine Presented in a Stately Manner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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