Kennedy-Keel, Franmarie T.: Files, 1988

Policy Development, Office of

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director

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The Reagan Library did not have an identified Kennedy-Keel collection from the White House Office of Records Management. The Library created a small collection for Kennedy-Keel which is currently available in whole for research use.

In 2025 and 2026, the Library added files that had been assigned to the Gary Bauer collection, but mostly postdated Bauer’s time in OPD and consisted of Kennedy-Keel material. A small amount of additional Kennedy-Keel material that was interfiled with Bauer’s records was left in his collection. The Library may identify more material for Kennedy-Keel in the future, as the OPD arrangement and description project is ongoing.

Biography

Franmarie Theresa Kennedy-Keel is a former government official and non-profit organization executive.

Kennedy-Keel was born on February 6, 1948. She attended the University of Maryland, earning an Associate degree in 1969. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Johnson and Wales College (now University) in 1972. Kennedy-Keel continued her education with a Master’s degree from Central Michigan University in 1976, and a Ph.D. degree from American University School of Business in 1983.

During much of the Reagan Administration, Kennedy-Keel served in various posts at the Department of Education.

Franmarie Kennedy-Keel was married to a fellow Reagan Administration staff member, Alton Gold Keel, Jr. Keel served at the Department of Defense, as the Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and for a brief time as Deputy Director at the National Security Council. In 1987, Keel was appointed as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels. Kennedy-Keel joined her husband in Brussels where she did some consulting work regarding education policies.

When Gary L. Bauer left the Office of Policy Development (OPD) in late 1988, Kennedy-Keel was appointed for the remainder of the Reagan Administration as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Policy Development. Like Bauer, she also held the dual post as the Director of the Office of Policy Development.

Kennedy-Keel has since worked mostly with non-profit groups and fund-raising. She and Alton Keel divorced. Kennedy-Keel lives in the Washington, DC area.

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2026-09-02

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