Nomination of Francis Anthony Keating II To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

The President today announced his intention to nominate Francis Anthony Keating II to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Enforcement and Operations). He would succeed John Walker, Jr.

Mr. Keating is a partner in the law firm of Pray, Walker, Jackman, Williamson, and Marler in Tulsa, OK. Previously he was a partner in the law firm of Leonard, Snider and Keating and a trustee of the Heller Co. He was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma and Chairman of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee for United States Attorneys in 1981-1983 and partner in the law firm of Blackstock, Joyce, Pollard, Blackstock, and Montgomery in 1972-1981. In 1972-1981 he served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and later a member of the Oklahoma State Senate.

Mr. Keating graduated from Georgetown University (B.A., 1966) and the University of Oklahoma (I.D., 1969). He is married, has three children, and resides in Tulsa, OK. He was born February 10, 1944, in St. Louis, MO.