McKeown, Tom: - Captain Thomas McKeown, USN (Ret), has a BS in mathematics from Seton Hall University and an MS in telecommunications engineering from the US Naval Postgraduate School. He has also done graduate work at the Harvard Business School in corporate strategic planning and advanced marketing management. He has had a distinguished career in the military as well as civilian life. He is a highly decorated naval officer, whose career has included two Meritorious Service medals for combat duty in Vietnam. His naval service included four US Navy bases as well as command of two surface warfare ships. His civilian career has included work for a number of well-known corporations as well as government and educational institutions. He has published Londonderry Farewell, a novel about his experiences as commanding officer of a Naval base in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was directed to close the base during the height of the religious "troubles." This mission was dangerous because of the raging conflicts between the IRA and the loyalists. He resides in Palm Desert, CA.