James Keogh

(1916- ) born near Humphrey, Platte County, lived in Omaha. Journalist, author, government official, political aide, after serving as an editor for Time from 1951 to 1968, he was head of U.S. President Nixon's speechwriting team for two years, then was director of the U.S. Information Agency from 1973 to 1977, an era that included the end of the Vietnam War, government payments abroad, a President's resignation, and revelations about the Central Intelligence Agency; author of five books. Consult Sunday /Omaha/World Herald, October 12, 1969, p. A-9 and August 19, 1973, pp. 1, 3 and November 28, 1976, p. A-4 and Political Profiles: The Nixon/Ford Years (Facts On File, 1979) 344-345 and Who's Who in America, Vol 1 (2003) 2786.

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