This information about the Keeling Health Services Center and Edward J. Keeling is provided in the dedication program:
Edward J. Keeling Health Services Center:
"Fulfilling an ever-increasing need for medical, dental and related health services as Clarion State College approaches a student body of 4,000 is the Edward J. Keeling Health Services Center, located at the corner of Wood Street and Wilson Avenue. A combination infirmary and out-patient clinic, it was built at a cost of $792,181 and contains 15,400 square feet of space. The 36-bed facility has masonry walls and partitions, with a brick exterior, aluminum windows, concrete floors, steel joists and a precast concrete roof. Incorporated in the facility will be doctor's offices, a dental clinic and rooms for emergency, minor surgery, physical therapy, waiting and testing facilities, nurses stations, light food service and space for expansion. Sidewalks, curbs, bituminous paving and a parking area complete the center. It is scheduled for completion in June, 1971."
Edward J. Keeling:
"Clarion State College names the Edward J. Keeling Health Center as a memorial recognizing the dedicated services rendered the college by the late Edward J. Keeling, M.D., who was college physican for nearly twenty years. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and also the University's School of Medicine, Dr. Keeling interned at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh and then began his practice in Clarion in 1931. He served with the Twenty-Seventh General Hospital Corps, which was the University of Pittsburgh Medical Unit, from 1942 to 1946, with his overseas service in the South Pacific theater. he has held the rank of major in the United States Army Medical Corps. On the staff of the Brookville Hospital, Dr. Keeling was also a member of the Pennsylvania and American Medical Associations and the Clarion County Medical Association, which he served as president. He was also a member of the Industrial Medical Association, an interest that grew out of his thirty-five years of Plant Physician for Owens Illinois. He contributed generously of his time as a member of the Board of Directors of the Clarion County Unit of the American Cancer Society, and as clinician in Clarion for the State Tuberculosis Clinic, and he was also a member of the Clarion Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Keeling became Clarion State College physician during the administration of President Riemer and continued under both Dr. Chandler and Dr. Gemmell, his long period of service terminated by his death in 1969. His gentle manner and shy smile, along with his professional skill, made him a favorite among students, and standby advice, "You'd better see Doc Keeling," was easy for everybody to accept. Dr. Keeling's widow, Mrs. Margaret Zapp Keeling, a member of the Health Service nursing sstaff, continues the family connection and interest at the college. It seems fitting that she will be working in the Edward J. Keeling Health Center."
