Michael keck biography

Michael Keck was a football star who played for Missouri before transferring to Missouri State.
Michael Keck is a German badminton player.
Michael Keck (born 8 February 1969) is a German badminton player.

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Michael Keck

Michael Duane Keck of Russel's Point, Ohio passed away on August 1st, 2024 following a two-year battle against prostate cancer and has been reunited with his loving wife Claudia in Heaven.

Mike was born in Lima, OH to his parents Donald and Nancy Keck on May 14th, 1954. He attended high school in both Arlington, Ohio and Fresno, California where he was an accomplished athlete, graduating from Herbert Hoover Highschool. Mike proudly served the City of Dublin Police Department for 33 years as a patrol officer prior to retiring and moving to Russel's Point where he and Claudia were welcomed by a loving community.

Mike was a proud father to his children Matt and Melissa and their spouses, Kelley (Matt) and Derek (Melissa) as well as a dedicated Grandfather to his granddaughters Harper, Sophie and Claire.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 at Tidd Family Funeral Home, 5265 Norwich St. in Hilliard, OH from 11am-2pm with a celebration of life later that evening, time and location to be determined.

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Partnering Michael Helber, German badminton player Michael Keck reached the last 16 in the men’s doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but lost to the Russians Andrey Antropov and Nikolay Zuyev. Partnering Karen Stechmann, Keck lost in the first round of the mixed event. Four years later Keck partnered Nicol Pitro, again in the mixed event, but they were eliminated in the second round.

Keck played with SV Fortuna Regensburg, and SSV Heiligenwald domestically. He helped Regensburg win the German Team Championships in 1990 and Heiligenwald in 1996. He also won the national men’s doubles titles in 1993 with the non-Olympian Uwe Ossenbrink, and again in 1995 and 1996 with Helber. With Stechman, he also won the German mixed doubles title between 1993-95, and with the non-Olympian Anne-Katrin Seid, in 1991.

Keck, whose brother Michael died in 1996 from cancer at the age of only 29 years, also won several international tournaments, mostly in the mixed events, but he did win the men’s singles title at the 1990 Swiss Open. In 1996, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships with

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Dr. Michael Keck

Chair of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Professor of Chemistry

(315) 279-5267
[email protected]

Academic Credentials

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D.

University of California at Berkeley
B.S.

Biography

Dr. Keck joined the faculty at Keuka College in 2008 after 13 years teaching at Emporia State University (Kansas). He teaches chemistry and biochemistry, and has also taught analytical chemistry and inorganic chemistry. His primary area of expertise is nucleic acids biochemistry. He loves teaching, and he is also eager to work with students on research projects. He and his students are presently collaborating with colleagues at RIT to design and evaluate compounds that have potential as photodynamic therapy agents.