Sir Donal Arthur John Keegan, KCVO, OBE (born 1938) is a Northern Irish physician and public servant.
Born in 1938, Keegan studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast, graduating in 1961 with a BSc degree and three years later with an MB BCh BAO degrees. In 1970, he became a consultant physician on the Highland and Western Isles Health Board; five years later, he moved to Altnagelvin Hospital, where he worked until 2003.[1] In 1999, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire "for services to rehabilitation services".[2] He has also been a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland since 1973 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians since 1990.[1]
Keegan served on a number of organisations, including as chairman of the Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer from 1997 to 2005. Between 2002 and 2013, he was Lord Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry.[1] For this service, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c "Keegan, Sir Donal (Arthur John)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018).
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1998 (issue 55354), p. 11.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 June 2012 (issue 60173), p. 3