Keith was born in Marion Ohio, the home town of Norman Thomas. He attended the College Of Wooster (alma mater of John Dean and Norman Morrison) from 1968 to 1970, either dropping out or being expelled depending on whose story you believe. Shortly after the invasion of Cambodia and the killings at Kent State and Jackson State, he hitchhiked to Philadelphia, hoping to become more involved in fighting against the war in Vietnam. For the next several years he actively participating in both the legal peace movement and in illegal nonviolent resistance, while earning a living as a cabdriver, stamping press operator, and electrician. In 1972 his main focus shifted from the anti-war movement to community and then union organizing. In 1980 he withdrew from active political work and began going to night school to study engineering, earning a bachelors degree in 1986 and a masters in 1992. When not working or daydreaming about grandchildren, Keith likes to hang out with his wife Susan and his boys, Adam and Micah, hike, and play paying gigs with the Jazz Lab band.
