Thomas Kean's Commission Chair

Thomas Kean

Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean served as Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, skillfully leading a bipartisan team to secure classified materials and navigate intense political scrutiny. His leadership ensured a unanimous final report that fundamentally altered U.S. security infrastructure.

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Year	Thomas Kean
1935	Birth of Thomas Kean (Period: April 21, 1935, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
1946	St. Mark’s School (Age: 10 years old, Period: Circa 1946–1953, Location: Southborough, Massachusetts, United States)
1950	Affiliation and Political Activities with the Republican Party (Age: 14 years old, Period: Political activities from the late 1950s to the present, Location: New Jersey, Washington, D.C., United States)
1953	Princeton University (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1953–1957, Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
1960	Teachers College, Columbia University (Age: 24 years old, Period: Early 1960s, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
1967	Marriage (Thomas Kean to Deborah Bye, Age: 32 years old, Period: June 3, 1967, Location: Odessa, Delaware, United States, and Old Drawyers Church)
1968	First election to the New Jersey General Assembly (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1967 election, January 1968 assumption of office, Location: New Jersey, United States)
1972	Assumption of office as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1972–1973, Location: Trenton, New Jersey, United States)
1976	Participation in President Gerald Ford's Presidential Campaign (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1976, Location: New Jersey, United States)
1977	Run for Governor of New Jersey in 1977 (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1977, Location: New Jersey, United States)
1981	Voter intimidation allegations in the 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1981, Location: New Jersey, United States) Victory in the 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election (Age: 46 years old, Period: November 1981, Location: New Jersey, United States)
1982	Assumption of office as Governor of New Jersey and re-election (Age: 46 years old, Period: January 1982 – January 1990, re-elected in 1985, Location: New Jersey, United States)
1985	Activities as the Republican Candidate for Governor of New Jersey (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1977, 1981, 1985, Location: New Jersey, United States)
1988	Keynote address at the 1988 Republican National Convention (Age: 53 years old, Period: August 1988, Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) Keynote Address at the Republican National Convention (Age: 53 years old, Period: August 1988, Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
1990	Assumption of office as President of Drew University (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1990–2005, Location: Madison, New Jersey, United States)
2001	War in Afghanistan (Age: 65 years old, Period: 2001–2021 (U.S. military intervention period), Location: Afghanistan) September 11 attacks (Age: 66 years old, Period: September 11, 2001, Location: New York City, New York; Arlington, Virginia; Shanksville, Pennsylvania)
2002	Appointment as Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Age: 67 years old, Period: December 15, 2002, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2003	Iraq War (Age: 67 years old, Period: March 2003 – December 2011 (U.S. military deployment period), Location: Iraq)
2004	Publication of the 9/11 Commission Report (Age: 69 years old, Period: July 22, 2004, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2006	United Health Group stock option backdating controversy (Age: 70 years old, Period: Issues surfaced in 2006, including past board tenure periods, Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (company headquarters)) Publication of "Without Precedent" (Age: 71 years old, Period: August 15, 2006, Location: United States)
2021	Assumption of office as Acting President of the Carnegie Corporation (Age: 85 years old, Period: April 2021 – January 2023, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
Unknown	St. Albans School (Period: 4th grade onwards, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) The Potomac School (Period: Childhood, Location: McLean, Virginia, United States)

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