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{{Short description|Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990}}
{{About||his son|Thomas Kean Jr.|other persons with similar names|Tom Kean (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Thomas Kean
| image               = Thomas Kean.jpg
| caption             = Kean in 2018
| office              = President of the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]]
| term_label          = Acting
| term_start          = April 15, 2021
| term_end            = January 2023<br />{{small|Served with [[Janet L. Robinson]]}}
| predecessor         = [[Vartan Gregorian]]
| successor           = [[Louise Richardson]]
| office1             = Chair of the [[9/11 Commission]]
| president1          = [[George W. Bush]]
| deputy1             = [[Lee H. Hamilton|Lee Hamilton]]
| term_start1         = December 15, 2002
| term_end1           = August 21, 2004
| predecessor1        = [[Henry Kissinger]]
| successor1          = ''Position abolished''
| office2             = 10th President of [[Drew University]]
| term_start2         = 1990
| term_end2           = 2005
| predecessor2        = [[Paul Hardin III]]
| successor2          = [[Robert Weisbuch]]
| office3             = 48th [[Governor of New Jersey]]
| term_start3         = January 19, 1982
| term_end3           = January 16, 1990
| predecessor3        = [[Brendan Byrne]]
| successor3          = [[James Florio]]
| office4             = Speaker of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]
| term_start4         = 1972
| term_end4           = 1973
| predecessor4        = [[Barry T. Parker]]
| successor4          = [[S. Howard Woodson]]
| office5             = Member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]
| term_start5         = 1968
| term_end5           = 1978<br />{{small|Served with [[Philip D. Kaltenbacher|Philip Kaltenbacher]] (1967–1974)<br />[[Jane Burgio]] (1974–1977)}}
| predecessor5        = ''Proportional representation''
| successor5          = [[Frederic Remington (politician)|Frederic Remington]]
| constituency5       = [[New Jersey's 11th legislative district|11-F]] {{small|(1968–1972)}}<br />[[New Jersey's 11th legislative district|11-E]] {{small|(1972–1974)}}<br />[[New Jersey's 25th legislative district|25th]] {{small|(1974–1978)}}
| birth_name          = Thomas Howard Kean
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1935|04|21}}
| birth_place         = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}}
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|end=died|[[Deborah Kean|Deborah Bye]]|1967|2020}}
| children            = 3, including [[Thomas Kean Jr.|Tom Jr.]]
| education           = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Thomas Howard Kean''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|n}} {{Respell|KAYN}};<ref>Felzenberg, p. 5.</ref> born April 21, 1935) is an American politician, statesman, and academic administrator from the state of [[New Jersey]]. A Republican, Kean served as the 48th [[governor of New Jersey]] from 1982 to 1990.
Kean is a member of the Kean political family. His father, [[Robert Kean]], was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and his grandfather, Hamilton Fish Kean, was a U.S. senator. After graduating from Princeton University, Kean worked as a history teacher and obtained a master's degree from Teachers College at Columbia University. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1978 and held the role of speaker of the Assembly from 1972 to 1973. In 1981, Kean was elected governor of New Jersey; he was re-elected in 1985. A moderate Republican, Kean is regarded as a popular governor who promoted New Jersey tourism.
Following his two terms as governor, Kean served as president of [[Drew University]] from 1990 until 2005. After the [[September 11 attacks]], Kean was appointed by President [[George W. Bush]] as chairman of the [[9/11 Commission|National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]], widely known as the 9/11 Commission. On July 22, 2004, Kean and the commission released their findings in the ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]''.
Kean is the father of U.S. Representative [[Thomas Kean Jr.]]
==Early life and education==
Kean was born in New York City to a long line of [[Dutch Americans]] and [[New Jersey]] politicians. His mother was Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu" /> and his father, [[Robert Kean]], was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from 1939 until 1959.<ref name=dad>{{cite web|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|title=KEAN, Robert Winthrop (1893 – 1980)|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000029 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}</ref> Kean's grandfather [[Hamilton Fish Kean]] and great-uncle [[John Kean (New Jersey politician)|John Kean]] both served as [[United States Senate|U.S. senators]] from New Jersey. His second great-uncle was [[Hamilton Fish]], a U.S. senator, [[governor of New York]], and [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. secretary of state]]. Kean is also descended from [[William Livingston]], who was a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]], was the first [[governor of New Jersey]], and is considered a founding father of New Jersey.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu">{{cite web |title=Thomas H. Kean Archive - Biography |url=http://governors.rutgers.edu/THK-bioindex.htm |website=governors.rutgers.edu |access-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606172119/http://governors.rutgers.edu/THK-bioindex.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/founding-fathers-new-jersey?_ga=2.24632634.1402403986.1646555412-194849912.1646555412|title=Founding Fathers of New Jersey|website=archives.gov|date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|access-date=March 6, 2022}}</ref>
Kean first attended [[Potomac School (McLean, Virginia)|The Potomac School]] in [[McLean, Virginia]]. When he reached fourth grade, he entered [[St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)|St. Albans School]], a college preparatory boarding school in Washington, D.C. In 1946, at the age of eleven, Kean was enrolled at [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School]], an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]] private school in [[Southborough, Massachusetts]] that was the alma mater of his father and his two older brothers.<ref>Felzenberg, pp. 17, 26.</ref>
After graduating from St. Mark's, Kean attended [[Princeton University]]. At Princeton, he completed a senior thesis on [[Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz]], a key architect of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]'s constitution, entitled ''Niemcewicz (The Biography of a Polish Patriot, 1756-1842, Including His Impressions of America, 1797-1807)''.<ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Kean|first=Thomas Howard|editor-last=Princeton University. Department of History|title=Niemcewicz (The Biography of a Polish Patriot, 1756-1842, Including His Impressions of America, 1797-1807)|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01h128nf892|language=en}}</ref> While at Princeton, Kean participated in the [[American Whig–Cliosophic Society]], a political, literary, and debating society with a [[List of American Whig–Cliosophic Society people|lengthy list of distinguished members]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 9-11 Commission |last=Felzenberg |first=Alvin S. |year=2006 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-3799-3  |url=https://archive.org/details/governortomkeanf00felz |url-access=registration }}</ref> He graduated from Princeton with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in history in 1957.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu" /> After working on his father's unsuccessful [[1958 United States Senate election in New Jersey|U.S. senatorial campaign in 1958]] and returning to St. Mark's School as a history teacher for three years, Kean attended [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers College]] at [[Columbia University]] in New York City, where he earned his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in history.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu"/>
==New Jersey General Assembly==
[[File:Ford B2542 NLGRF photo contact sheet (1976-12-17)(Gerald Ford Library) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kean with President [[Gerald Ford]] in December 1976]]
[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C2417 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kean with President [[Ronald Reagan]] in June 1981]]
[[File:Bush Contact Sheet P00397 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kean with President [[George H. W. Bush]] in February 1989]]
In 1967, running as a moderate Republican, Kean was elected to the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]. He ran with [[Philip D. Kaltenbacher]], a [[Short Hills, New Jersey|Short Hills]] Republican who had served as an aide to Assemblyman [[Irwin I. Kimmelman]] from 1964 to 1966; Kimmelman later served as [[New Jersey Attorney General|Attorney General]] in Kean's administration as New Jersey governor.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} In the Republican primary, Kean and Kaltenbacher defeated Donald Fitz Maurice, Vivian Tompkins Lange, the sister of former U.S. Attorney [[William F. Tompkins (New Jersey politician)|William F. Tompkins]], and Joseph Shanahan to win seats in the New Jersey Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|title=1967 Primary Election Results|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1967-primary-election.pdf|publisher=New Jersey Division of Elections|access-date=December 24, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110551/http://nj.gov/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1967-primary-election.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
At the start of the Assembly session in 1972, the New Jersey Assembly's then [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] leadership sought to name [[S. Howard Woodson]] of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] as Speaker until Assemblyman [[David Friedland]] made a deal as one of four Democrats who voted to give the minority Republicans control of the General Assembly, and Kean was elected as Assembly Speaker. Woodson would have been the Assembly's first African American Speaker, and charges of racism were leveled against Friedland by fellow Democrats.<ref>Sullivan, Ronald. [https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/12/archives/4-democrats-give-gop-jersey-assembly-control.html "4 Democrats Give G.O.P. Jersey Assembly Control"], ''The New York Times'', January 12, 1972. Accessed May 20, 2009.</ref> In the following Assembly in 1974, Democrats united behind Woodson for Speaker, and Kean became the Assembly's minority leader. In 1973, Kean served briefly as acting New Jersey governor.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} In [[1974 United States House of Representatives elections#New Jersey|1974]], Kean ran for [[United States Congress|Congress]] in [[New Jersey's 5th congressional district]] but lost the Republican primary to [[Millicent Fenwick]] by 0.32%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40179|title=Our Campaigns - NJ District 5 - R Primary Race - Jun 04, 1974|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>
During the [[1976 United States presidential election|1976 presidential campaign]], Kean served as [[Gerald Ford]]'s campaign manager for the state of New Jersey.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu"/>
==Governor of New Jersey==
===1977 election===
{{Main|1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election}}
In [[1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1977]], Kean ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey. Although he spent most of his career as a political moderate, in this race Kean ran to the right of [[New Jersey]] Senate Minority Leader [[Raymond Bateman]]. Kean was unable to obtain the endorsement of many county Republican chairmen, or from then U.S. President Ford despite having served as Ford's campaign director for the state of New Jersey the previous year.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu"/> Bateman defeated Kean and won the nomination, though Bateman went on to lose the general election to [[Brendan Byrne]].
After the election, Governor Byrne appointed Kean as a commissioner on the board of the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority|New Jersey Highway Authority]]. Kean also worked as a political commentator on [[New Jersey Network|New Jersey public television]].<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu" />
===1981 election===
{{Main|1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election}}
Four years later, in [[1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1981]], Kean again ran for governor. In his campaign, Kean pledged to foster job creation, clean up [[toxic waste]] sites, reduce crime, and preserve [[Home rule in the United States|home rule]]. In his 1981 campaign, Kean secured the endorsement of former U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]], who had not endorsed him in his 1977 gubernatorial campaign.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In the 1981 general election, Kean defeated Democratic Representative [[Jim Florio]] in the closest election in New Jersey gubernatorial election history, winning by 1,797 votes.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu" /> The election was controversial due to the involvement of the [[Republican National Committee]], who appointed a [[Ballot Security Task Force]] that was alleged to have intimidated voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6D91638F932A25752C1A965958260|title=Florio's Defeat Revives Memories of G.O.P. Activities in 1981|date=November 13, 1993|access-date=October 7, 2008|last=Sullivan|first=Joseph F.|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TPEJNAIP4EC|title=The Politics of Deceit: Saving Freedom and Democracy from Extinction|last=Smith|first=Glenn W.|year=2004|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|access-date=October 7, 2008|isbn=0-471-66763-3|page=124}}</ref><ref name="max">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zwTAAAAIAAJ|title=Maximizing Voter Choice|author=United States Congress|author-link=United States Congress|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|page=65|date=October 5, 2004|isbn=9780160741685|access-date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> One of Kean's strategists in his 1981 campaign was [[Roger Stone]], a self-proclaimed "GOP hitman."<ref>Toobin, Jeffrey (June 2, 2008). [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-dirty-trickster "The Dirty Trickster"] ''The New Yorker''. Edsall, Thomas B. (April 7, 1985). "Partners in Political PR Firm Typify Republican New Breed." ''Washington Post.''</ref>
===1985 re-election===
{{Main|1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election}}
In striking contrast to his slim 1981 victory, Kean won re-election in [[1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1985]] with the largest margin of victory ever recorded in New Jersey gubernatorial history, defeating [[Peter Shapiro (politician)|Peter Shapiro]], then [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] [[County executive|County Executive]], 70%–29%.<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F50711FC3B590C7A8CDDA80994DE484D81 "Shapiro Criticizes Party for Defeat"], ''The New York Times'', November 9, 1986. Accessed October 10, 2007.</ref> Kean won every municipality in the state except [[Audubon Park, New Jersey|Audubon Park]] and [[Chesilhurst, New Jersey|Chesilhurst]] in [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden County]] and [[Roosevelt, New Jersey|Roosevelt]] in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]].<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E7D7123DF936A25752C1A96F958260 "Reality Catches Up to a Utopian Legacy"], ''The New York Times'', November 15, 1999. Accessed June 14, 2008.</ref>
===Tenure (1982-1990)===
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As governor, Kean served on the President's Education Policy Advisory Committee and chaired the [[Education Commission of the States]] and the [[National Governors Association]]'s Task Force on Teaching.<ref name="bipartisanpolicy.org">{{cite web |url=http://bipartisanpolicy.org/about/staff/thomas-h-kean |title=Thomas H. Kean &#124; Bipartisan Policy Center |publisher=Bipartisanpolicy.org |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808125606/http://bipartisanpolicy.org/about/staff/thomas-h-kean |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Kean began receiving national recognition following the launch of a multi-million dollar promotional campaign for New Jersey tourism, in television commercials promoting New Jersey as a tourist destination, that aired nationally during throughout his eight years as governor. In the ads, in which Kean was sometimes joined by various celebrities with [[New Jersey]] roots, including [[Brooke Shields]] and [[Bill Cosby]], he recited the state's tourism motto: "New Jersey and You: Perfect Together".<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-20-mn-11617-story.html "Governor buys vacation home off Long Island: Kean Pushes N.J. but Is Keen on N.Y."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', June 20, 1986</ref> In 1998, the campaign was revived by then New Jersey Governor [[Christine Todd Whitman]], capping a long-term, multibillion-dollar effort to promote the state and especially its [[Jersey Shore]] beach resorts as attractive vacation destinations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://njhalloffame.org/hall-of-famers/2013-inductees/governor-tom-kean/ |title=Governor Tom Kean |publisher=New Jersey Hall of Fame |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-christine-todd-whitman-administration/governor-christine-todd-whitman-gubernatorial-timeline |title=Governor Christine Todd Whitman Gubernatorial Timeline; Center on the American Governor |publisher=Governors.rutgers.edu |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619220452/http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-christine-todd-whitman-administration/governor-christine-todd-whitman-gubernatorial-timeline |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1988, Kean delivered the keynote speech at the [[1988 Republican National Convention]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/happy-birthday-governor-tom-kean-2/|title=Happy Birthday, Governor Tom Kean|first=David|last=Wildstein|date=April 21, 2023|website=New Jersey Globe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/16/Text-of-New-Jersey-Gov-Tom-Keans-keynote-address/6693587707200/|title=Text of New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean's keynote address... |website=UPI.com |date=August 16, 1988|access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref> Also in 1988, Kean authored a book entitled ''The Politics of Inclusion''.<ref name="governors.rutgers.edu" />
As governor, Kean played a central role in founding and funding the [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]] in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], one of the nation's largest performing arts centers, that received roughly $200 million in state funding.<ref>[http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/njpac-achieves-180-million-fundraising-goal-for-nations-sixth-largest-performing-arts-center NJPAC achieves 180 million fundraising goal for nation's sixth largest performing arts center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174130/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/njpac-achieves-180-million-fundraising-goal-for-nations-sixth-largest-performing-arts-center |date=July 14, 2011 }} Newjerseynewsroom.com (retrieved November 18, 2009)</ref> Kean believed that the cultural center had the power to revitalize Newark and strengthen the state as a whole.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/08/nyregion/kean-proposes-concert-hall-for-newark.html |title=Kean Proposes Concert Hall For Newark |location=Newark (Nj) |work=The New York Times |date=February 8, 1989 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref> Kean remained involved in advocacy for the arts years after his time as governor, criticizing arts funding cuts in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artpridenj.com/2007/05/new-jersey-must-rekindle-its-love-of-the-arts/ |title=New Jersey Must Rekindle Its Love of the Arts |publisher=ArtPridenj.com |date=May 30, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618161604/http://www.artpridenj.com/2007/05/new-jersey-must-rekindle-its-love-of-the-arts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Kean practiced bipartisanship and outreach beyond traditional political constituencies. He worked extensively with traditional Democratic constituencies, especially on [[urban planning|urban policies]]. He also divested New Jersey's public retirement funds from South Africa during [[apartheid]], embraced the implementation of the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day|statewide holiday]] in honor of civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], and supported legislation establishing New Jersey's Educational Opportunity Fund.<ref>{{cite web|first=Peggy |last=McGlone |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/former_gov_tom_kean_gives_drew.html |title=Former Gov. Tom Kean gives Drew University a glimpse of N.J. history with his personal papers |publisher=NJ.com |date=April 19, 2012 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-thomas-h-keans-administration/governor-thomas-h-kean-biography |title=Governor Thomas H. Kean Biography &#124; Center on the American Governor |publisher=Governors.rutgers.edu |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=June 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620000733/http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-thomas-h-keans-administration/governor-thomas-h-kean-biography |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://njlegallib.rutgers.edu/eo/docs/kean/order083-/index.pdf |title=Executive Orders |publisher=Njlegalib.rutgers.edu |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222534/http://njlegallib.rutgers.edu/eo/docs/kean/order083-/index.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In January 1990, Kean was succeeded as governor by [[James Florio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2022/09/26/jim-florio-nj-governors-politicians-rememeber/69518727007/|title='A fighter who never backed down': NJ officials mourn death of former Gov. Florio|website=North Jersey Media Group |last=Quinn |first=Liam|date=September 26, 2022}}</ref> A governor of New Jersey may not serve more than two consecutive terms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/11/03/how-long-nj-governor-term-election-results-phil-murphy/6275658001/|title=Murphy wins re-election: How many terms can a governor serve in NJ?|first=Joe|last=Jacquez|website=North Jersey Media Group |date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
===Cabinet and administration===
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| above = The Kean Cabinet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://governors.rutgers.edu/governor-thomas-h-kean-cabinet-and-staff/|title=Governor Thomas H. Kean Cabinet and Staff |website=Governors.Rutgers.edu}}</ref>
| border_color1 = #000
| office1 = [[Governor of New Jersey|Governor]]
| name1a  = Thomas Kean
| term1a  = January 19, 1982 – January 16, 1990
| border_color2 = #000
| office2  = [[New Jersey Department of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]
| name2a   = Arthur R. Brown Jr.
| term2a   = July 1, 1982 – January 15, 2002
| office3  = [[Attorney General of New Jersey|Attorney General]]
| name3a   = [[Irwin I. Kimmelman]]
| term3a   = January 19, 1982 – January 21, 1986
| name3b   = [[W. Cary Edwards]]
| term3b   = January 21, 1986 – January 19, 1989
| name3c   = Donald R. Besole
| term3c   = January 19, 1989 – February 14, 1989 (acting)
| name3d   = [[Peter N. Perretti Jr.]]
| term3d   = February 14, 1989 – January 16, 1990
| office4  = [[New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance|Commissioner of Banking]]
| name4a   = Michael M. Horn
| term4a   = February 8, 1982 – March 20, 1984
| name4b   = Dominick A. Mazzagetti
| term4b   = March 20, 1984 – July 11, 1984 (acting)
| name4c   = [[Mary Little Cooper|Mary L. Parell]]
| term4c   = July 11, 1984 – January 16, 1990
| office5  = [[New Jersey Civil Service Commission|Chair/Chief Executive Officer of the <br />Civil Service Commission]]
| name5a   = Eugene J. McCaffrey
| term5a   = March 23, 1982 – September 25, 1986
| office6  = [[New Jersey Economic Development Authority|Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development]]
| name6a   = Borden R. Putman
| term6a   = April 1, 1982 – January 16, 1990
| office7  = [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs|Commissioner of Community Affairs]]
| name7a   = [[John Renna|John P. Renna]]
| term7a   = February 10, 1982 – November 29, 1985
| name7b   = Gerome R. White Jr.
| term7b   = November 30, 1985 – February 18, 1986 (acting)
| name7c   = [[Leonard S. Coleman Jr.]]
| term7c   = February 18, 1986 – July 6, 1988
| name7d   = [[Anthony M. Villane]] Jr.
| term7d   = July 7, 1988 – October 26, 1988 (acting)
| name7e   = [[Anthony M. Villane]] Jr.
| term7e   = October 26, 1988 – January 16, 1990
| office8  = [[New Jersey Department of Corrections|Commissioner of Corrections]]
| name8a   = William H. Fauver
| term8a   = June 15, 1978 – December 31, 1997
| office9  = [[New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs|Adjutant General]]
| name9a   = Major General Francis R. Gerard
| term9a   = February 10, 1982 – April 9, 1990
| office10 = [[New Jersey Department of Education|Commissioner of Education]]
| name10a  = Gustav H. Rue
| term10a  = April 1, 1982 – July 7, 1982 (acting)
| name10b  = Saul Cooperman
| term10b  = July 7, 1982 – June 30, 1990
| office11 = [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection|Commissioner of Environmental Protection]]
| name11a  = Robert E. Hughey
| term11a  = March 1, 1982 – January 30, 1986
| name11b  = Richard T. Dewling
| term11b  = February 4, 1986 – September 8, 1988
| name11c  = [[Chris Daggett|Christopher J. Daggett]]
| term11c  = September 8, 1988 – March 14, 1989 (acting)
| name11d  = [[Chris Daggett|Christopher J. Daggett]]
| term11d  = March 14, 1989 – December 31, 1989
| name11e  = Helen C. Fenske
| term11e  = January 1, 1990 – January 18, 1990 (acting)
| office12 = Commissioner of Energy
| name12a  = [[Leonard S. Coleman Jr.]]
| term12a  = February 10, 1982 – February 18, 1986
| name12b  = Charles A. Richman
| term12b  = February 18, 1986 – April 4, 1988 (acting)
| office13 = [[New Jersey Department of Health|Commissioner of Health]]
| name13a  = Shirley A. Mayor
| term13a  = March 5, 1982 – October 4, 1982
| name13b  = Alan N. Koplin
| term13b  = October 4, 1982 – February 24, 1983 (acting)
| name13c  = J. Richard Goldstein
| term13c  = February 24, 1983 – August 1, 1986
| name13d  = Molly Joel Coye
| term13d  = August 6, 1986 – December 15, 1989
| name13e  = David L. Knowlton
| term13e  = December 15, 1989 – January 16, 1990 (acting)
| office14 = Chancellor of Higher Education
| name14a  = T. Edward Hollinder
| term14a  = August 9, 1977 – June 30, 1990
| office15 = [[New Jersey Department of Human Services|Commissioner of Human Services]]
| name15a  = George J. Albanese
| term15a  = March 8, 1982 – June 30, 1985
| name15b  = G. Geofferys Perselay
| term15b  = July 1, 1985 – July 1, 1986 (acting)
| name15c  = Drew E. Altman
| term15c  = July 1, 1986 – August 18, 1989
| name15d  = Margaret Howard
| term15d  = August 19, 1989 – September 7, 1989 (acting)
| name15e  = William Waldman
| term15e  = September 8, 1989 – March 26, 1990 (acting)
| office16 = [[New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance|Commissioner of Insurance]]
| name16a  = John G. Foley
| term16a  = January 25, 1982 – February 10, 1982 (acting)
| name16b  = Joseph F. Murphy
| term16b  = February 10, 1982 – April 16, 1984
| name16c  = [[Kenneth Merin|Kenneth D. Merin]]
| term16c  = April 16, 1984 – October 9, 1984 (acting)
| name16d  = [[Kenneth Merin|Kenneth D. Merin]]
| term16d  = October 9, 1984 – January 10, 1985
| name16e  = Jasper J. Jackson
| term16e  = January 10, 1985 – March 11, 1985 (acting)
| name16f  = Hazel Frank Gluck
| term16f  = March 11, 1985 – May 10, 1986
| name16g  = [[Kenneth Merin|Kenneth D. Merin]]
| term16g  = May 10, 1986 – January 16, 1990
| office17 = [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development|Commissioner of Labor and Workforce <br />Development]]
| name17a  = Roger Bodman
| term17a  = January 25, 1982 – February 5, 1982 (acting)
| name17b  = Roger Bodman
| term17b  = February 5, 1982 – July 1, 1984
| name17c  = William G. Van Note, Jr.
| term17c  = July 2, 1984 – October 1, 1984
| name17d  = Charles Serraino
| term17d  = October 1, 1984 – January 16, 1990
| office18 = Personnel Commissioner
| name18a  = Eugene J. McCaffey
| term18a  = September 25, 1986 – June 9, 1989
| name18b  = Charles A. Nanry
| term18b  = June 12, 1989 – January 18, 1990 (acting)
| office19 = [[New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate|Public Advocate]]
| name19a  = [[Joseph H. Rodriguez]]
| term19a  = February 11, 1982 – May 21, 1985
| name19b  = Amy R. Piro
| term19b  = May 22, 1985 – July 31, 1985 (acting)
| name19c  = Alfred A. Slocum
| term19c  = August 1, 1985 – March 24, 1986 (acting)
| name19d  = Alfred A. Slocum
| term19d  = March 24, 1986 – January 16, 1990
| office20 = [[Secretary of State of New Jersey|Secretary of State]]
| name20a  = [[Jane Burgio]]
| term20a  = January 19, 1982 – January 16, 1990
| office21 = [[New Jersey Department of Transportation|Commissioner of Transportation]]
| name21a  = [[John Sheridan (New Jersey government official)|John P. Sheridan]]
| term21a  = May 19, 1982 – May 4, 1985
| name21b  = Roger A. Bodman
| term21b  = May 10, 1985 – May 26, 1986
| name21c  = Hazel Frank Gluck
| term21c  = May 27, 1986 – July 7, 1989
| name21d  = Robert A. Innocenzi
| term21d  = July 7, 1989 – March 26, 1990 (acting)
| office22 = [[New Jersey Department of the Treasury|State Treasurer]]
| name22a  = Kenneth R. Biederman
| term22a  = January 19, 1982 – February 25, 1982 (acting)
| name22b  = Kenneth R. Beiderman
| term22b  = February 25, 1982 – March 16, 1984
| name22c  = Michael M. Horn
| term22c  = March 20, 1984 – January 21, 1986
| name22d  = Feather O’ Conner
| term22d  = March 7, 1986 – January 8, 1990
}}
===Gubernatorial legacy===
[[File:New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean visiting Fort Dix, Nov 6, 1987.jpg|thumb|Kean visiting [[Fort Dix]] as [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey governor]] in November 1987]]
Kean left office in January 1990 as one of the most popular political figures in New Jersey political history. A number of leading New Jersey figures of the 1990s and 2000s began their political careers in Kean's administration, including [[Douglas Forrester]], [[Bob Franks]], and [[Chris Daggett]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In the aftermath of Kean's tenure as a two-term New Jersey governor, the [[Eagleton Institute of Politics]] at [[Rutgers University–New Brunswick]]'s Center on the American Governor in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], established the Thomas H. Kean Archive.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==President of Drew University==
In 1990, following the end of his second gubernatorial term, Kean was named President of [[Drew University]], a liberal arts university in [[Madison, New Jersey]]. During Kean's presidency, applications to Drew increased by more than 40 percent; the endowment nearly tripled; and more than $60 million was committed to construction of new buildings and renovation of older buildings. Kean would frequently eat lunch unannounced with students in the dining hall and was a regular spectator at Drew sporting events. Kean served as Drew's president until 2005, and also taught a highly selective [[political science]] seminar at the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newjerseyhills.com/much-perfect-in-kean-s-service/article_fcdd0ec1-0dc3-52c8-ae3a-0f91a8cc516e.html?mode=jqm |title=Much "perfect" in Kean's service - New Jersey Hills Media Group - Mobile Adv |publisher=Newjerseyhills.com |date=August 31, 2004 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>
==National policy leadership==
In 1990, Kean for the first time began expressing views on foreign policy and national security matters that generally mirrored those of the Republican Party.  In a December 15, 1991, speech to The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., Kean endorsed [[free trade]] initiatives then under way by the [[Presidency of George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush administration]]. Kean also advocated continued U.S. aid to anti-communist resistance forces in [[Afghanistan]], [[Angola]], and to those engaged in supporting democratic change in the former [[Soviet Union]].  "To those supporting the Afghan resistance," Kean told the Heritage Foundation audience in 1991, "I say, carry on."<ref>Kean, Thomas H. [http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL357.cfm "A View from Outside the Beltway: Winning Policy Themes for the 1990s"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315020000/http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL357.cfm |date=March 15, 2009 }}, [[The Heritage Foundation]], December 15, 1991. Accessed August 7, 2007</ref>
Kean was appointed to the boards of several important foreign policy bodies, including the U.S. government-funded [[National Endowment for Democracy]] (NED); a Presidential advisory commission on a post-[[Fidel Castro|Castro]] [[Cuba]], which was chaired by former U.S. Presidential Republican candidate [[Steve Forbes]]; and President Bill Clinton's [[One America Initiative]]. He also served as an advisory board member for the [[Partnership for a Secure America]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Kean served as co-chair of the National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) at the [[Bipartisan Policy Center]].<ref>[http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/homeland-study-group "National Security Preparedness Group" webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715023931/http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/homeland-study-group |date=July 15, 2011 }}; accessed June 19, 2015.</ref>{{when|date=March 2023}}
==Other work==
===Corporate board memberships===
[[File:4 23 2019 A New Approach to Preventing Extremism in Fragile States (47699407951).jpg|thumb|Kean speaking at the [[United States Institute of Peace]] in April 2019]]
Kean has served as chairman of [[The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]], the nation's largest health philanthropy; the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy; the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]]; Educate America; the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation; MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership; and the Newark Alliance. He has also served as a board member for several publicly traded companies, including [[Aramark]], [[UnitedHealth Group]], [[Hess Corporation]], [[The Pepsi Bottling Group]], [[CIT Group]], and [[Franklin Templeton Investments]].<ref name="carnegie.org">{{cite web |url=http://carnegie.org/about-us/board-of-directors/thomas-h-kean/ |title=Carnegie Corporation of New York: Thomas H. Kean |publisher=Carnegie.org |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503052700/http://carnegie.org/about-us/board-of-directors/thomas-h-kean/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="bipartisanpolicy.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/about/bio_kean.htm |title=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |publisher=Govinfo.library.unt.edu |date=August 21, 2004 |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Thomas H. |last=Kean |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=547753&privcapId=790603&previousCapId=45094299&previousTitle=Oriens |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140811222653/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=547753&privcapId=790603&previousCapId=45094299&previousTitle=Oriens |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 11, 2014 |title=Thomas H. Kean: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>
In 2006, the [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] began investigating the conduct of United Health Group's management and directors, and the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|Southern District of New York]] subpoenaed documents from the company. The investigations came to light following publication of a series of probing articles in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' in May 2006, which reported on the apparent backdating of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of stock options by UnitedHealth Group's management. The backdating allegedly occurred with the knowledge and approval of the directors, including Kean, who sat on the company's compensation committee during three crucial years, according to ''The Wall Street Journal''. Major shareholders filed lawsuits, accusing Kean and the other directors of failing in their fiduciary duty.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060706153739/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992075.htm "A Board With Its Back To The Wall: UnitedHealth directors aren't ready to oust embattled CEO McGuire. Here's why"], businessweek.com, July 10, 2006.</ref><ref>Joe Conason, [http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/09/15/kean/ Jersey hustler: "Why did former Gov. Kean, once a respected statesman, mislead the public and the press about the accuracy of ABC's 'Path to 9/11'?"], Salon.com, September 15, 2006.</ref>
===Columnist===
From 1995 until 2018, Kean was a weekly columnist for ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'',  a [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]-based newspaper and the most widely circulated newspaper in the state. Co-authored with former New Jersey Governor [[Brendan Byrne]], Kean's immediate predecessor as New Jersey governor, the column, titled "Kean-Byrne Dialogue", addressed issues of the day and was published weekly by ''The Star-Ledger''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kean-Byrne Dialogues |url=https://governors.rutgers.edu/kean-byrne-dialogues/ |website=Eagleton Institute of American Politics |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>
===Alpha Phi Omega and Quad Partners===
Kean is also an advisor to, and has been inducted into, [[Alpha Phi Omega]], a national service fraternity, and is a partner in Quad Partners, a private equity firm that invests in the education industry.<ref>[http://www.quadventures.com/a2_team.php Quad Partners webpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515031503/http://www.quadventures.com/a2_team.php |date=May 15, 2013 }}, quadventures.com; accessed June 19, 2015.</ref>
==Chair of 9/11 Commission==
{{main|9/11 Commission}}
Following the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]] on the United States by [[al-Qaeda]], political pressure grew for an independent commission to independently investigate why the attacks were not prevented by U.S. national security organizations, including the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], [[National Security Agency]], and others, and to provide recommendations for preventing future terrorist attacks. The commission is widely considered the most important independent U.S. government commission since the [[Warren Commission]], which was charged with investigating the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] in 1963, and perhaps the most important U.S. government commission in American history given its mammoth responsibility for investigating the causes of the first foreign attack on the U.S. mainland since the [[War of 1812]], which represented the [[List of major terrorist incidents|largest terrorist attack in world history]], and recommending steps to defend the U.S. from future attacks. Kean's appointment to head the commission, and later the work and final report of the commission, drew substantial global attention.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
===Appointment and criticism===
[[File:George W. Bush, Lee Hamilton, and Thomas Kean.jpg|thumb|Kean with then U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and [[Lee H. Hamilton|Lee Hamilton]] in the [[White House Rose Garden]] in July 2004]]
Bush initially selected [[Richard Nixon]]'s former Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]] to head the [[9/11 Commission]]. But Kissinger faced opposition due to his potential conflicts of interest with his global business consultancy, and withdrew from consideration for the position on December 13, 2002. Noting Kean's post-gubernatorial foreign policy involvement and his reputation as a consensus-oriented political leader, Bush nominated Kean as Kissinger's replacement in leading the important and politically sensitive commission.<ref>*[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021216-2.html Statement by President George W. Bush on the appointment of Thomas Kean to Head 9/11 Commission], The [[White House]], December 16, 2002.</ref>
Just as some had criticized Kissinger's nomination, Kean's leadership of the commission also drew some criticism. Some alleged that Kean did not have the depth of foreign policy and national security expertise needed to manage an investigation so integral to the future of American national security. Supporters of Kean in the Bush administration and elsewhere, however, countered that Kean's work since 1990 as a board member of the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], the post-[[Fidel Castro|Castro]] Cuba Commission, and his foreign policy and national security commentary and analysis following his governorship established adequate national security and foreign policy credentials for him to assume such a critically important assignment.<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0212/S00118.htm Tom Kean Is Not A Household Name], Scoop Independent News, December 19, 2002</ref>
===Chairmanship and final report===
{{Main|9/11 Commission Report}}
{{Further|Criticism of the 9/11 Commission}}
[[Image:911report cover HIGHRES.png|thumb|The cover of the ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'', issued on July 22, 2004]]
In December 2003, as the 9/11 Commission neared completion of its investigation, Kean said that the [[September 11 attacks]] could have been prevented, saying, "As you read the report, you're going to have a pretty clear idea what wasn't done and what should have been done. This was not something that had to happen."<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1218-02.htm "9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122044956/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1218-02.htm |date=January 22, 2014 }}, [[CBS News]], December 18, 2003.</ref> On April 4, 2004, in an interview with ''[[Meet the Press]]'', Kean again stated that the September 11 attacks could have been prevented, saying that the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] should have acted sooner to dismantle [[al-Qaeda]] and responded more quickly to the terrorist threat it represented. "When we actually saw [[Osama bin Laden|bin Laden]] on the ground, using the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator|Predator]] or other means, did we have...actionable intelligence? Should we have sent a cruise missile into a site where he was at that point? I think those early opportunities are clear. We had him. We saw him. I think maybe we could have done something about it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4663767|title=Transcript for April 4|date=April 4, 2004|website=NBC News}}</ref>
On July 22, 2004, the Commission issued its final report, the ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'', a 585-page report that concluded concluded that the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] ill-served President Bush and the American people in failing to predict or prevent the September 11 attacks, which the report concluded were preventable.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
===Later work relating to 9/11 attacks===
On August 15, 2006, Kean and Commission Vice Chair [[Lee H. Hamilton]] released a book, ''Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission'', published by [[Alfred A. Knopf]].<ref>*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307263770/ ''Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission''], by Thomas Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, [[Alfred A. Knopf]], published 2006</ref> In the book, Kean and Hamilton write that the 9/11 Commission was so frustrated with repeated misstatements by [[The Pentagon]] and [[Federal Aviation Administration]] that it considered an investigation into possible deception by these government bodies concerning their response to the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Book: Sept. 11 Panel Doubted Officials|first=Hope|last=Yen|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401026.html|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 4, 2006}}</ref>
Kean served as a paid consultant and spokesman for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] miniseries ''[[The Path to 9/11]]'', which aired nationally in primetime in two segments, on September 10 and 11, 2006. The second part of the miniseries also aired without commercial interruption with the exception of a 20-minute break at 9&nbsp;pm ET, when President Bush addressed the nation on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} While not technically considered a documentary by ABC, the series drew criticism prior to its airing for misrepresenting facts leading up the September 11 attacks. [[Bill Clinton]], [[Madeleine Albright]], many former high-ranking Clinton administration officials, and other scholars, publicly questioned the accuracy of the miniseries and asked that it not be aired. Albright called the miniseries' portrayal of her "false and defamatory."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/abc.movie/index.html "Clinton blasts 9/11 film, amid report of changes"], CNN.com, September 8, 2006</ref> Former U.S. ambassador to [[Yemen]] [[Barbara Bodine]] also strongly criticized her own portrayal, complaining in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' about the "mythmakers" who created it and calling the project "false."<ref>Barbara Bodine, [https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-bodine8sep08,1,3740515.story "9/11 Miniseries Is Bunk"], ''Los Angeles Times'', September 8, 2006.</ref>
On July 4, 2007, [[al-Qaeda]] publicly released a video of [[Ayman al-Zawahri]], its deputy chief, urging all [[Muslim]]s to unite in a [[jihad|holy war]] against the United States in [[Iraq]] and elsewhere. The 95-minute video also prominently featured video excerpts of Kean citing al-Qaeda as one of the most formidable security threats that the U.S. had ever confronted, presumably cited with the intention of bolstering the morale of al-Qaeda supporters. Comments by Kean cited on the video include a reference to the fact that al-Qaeda remained as strong in 2007 as it was before the September 11, 2001, attacks.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} The video also appeared to validate that al-Qaeda was closely monitoring U.S. political developments, especially including the work of the commission. It also suggested that al-Qaeda intended to focus not just on engaging the West in Iraq, but also in other countries.  "As for the second half of the long-term plan," al-Zawahri says on the video, "it consists of hurrying to the fields of Jihad like [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], and [[Somalia]] for Jihadi preparation and training".{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
The commission reassembled in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2014, for the tenth anniversary of the issuance of its report. It assessed how well the government was performing given in addressing terrorist threats and to meeting the commission's recommendations for preventing a future attack.<ref>[http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/2014/07/911-commission-report-ten-years-later Bipartisan Commission on September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727194940/http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/2014/07/911-commission-report-ten-years-later |date=July 27, 2014 }}, bipartisanpolicy.org, July 2014; accessed June 19, 2015.</ref>{{Update after|2018|2}}
==Awards and recognition==
{{See also|Governor Thomas H. Kean}}
Kean holds over 30 honorary degrees and numerous awards from environmental and educational organizations, including:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~review/bios/THK_Bio.pdf |title=The Honorable Thomas H. Kean |publisher=Pegasus.rutgers.edu |access-date=June 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814053118/http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~review/bios/THK_Bio.pdf |archive-date=August 14, 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interdependence.org/about/award-recipients/global-leadership-award/ |title=Frederick Heldring Global Leadership Award - GIC International Financial Leaders |publisher=Interdependence.org |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national/ |title=National |publisher=Jefferson Awards |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145641/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The Four Freedoms Award
* [[NAACP]]'s "Man of the Year" award
* The Senator John Heinz Award for Public Service
* The Global Interdependence Center's Frederick Heldring Global Leadership Award
* The Voice of September 11 Building Bridges Award
* The [[National Wildlife Federation]]'s "Conservation Achievement Award"
* The [[Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation]]'s "Visionary Leadership Award"
* The [[American Institute for Public Service]]'s Jefferson Award for Public Service
* The [[Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication|Arthur W. Page Center]]'s "Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bellisario.psu.edu/page-center/page-center/article/foreman-hardage-kean-named-2020-page-center-award-honorees|title=Foreman, Hardage, Kean named 2020 Page Center Award honorees|website=www.bellisario.psu.edu}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2023}}
In 2009, [[New York Waterways]] named the ferry ''[[Governor Thomas Kean]]'' in Kean's honor.<ref name=PanynjKean/><ref name=iCommandant2009-02-26/> On January 15, 2009, the ferry saved two dozen individuals when [[US Airways Flight 1549]] made an emergency landing on the [[Hudson River]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
In 2013, Kean was inducted into the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://njhalloffame.org/hall-of-famers/2013-inductees/governor-tom-kean/ |title=Governor Tom Kean 2013 Inductee - Public Service|website=njhalloffame.org}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Kean met his future wife, [[Deborah Kean|Deborah Bye]], at a party in [[Manhattan]].<ref name=njc>{{cite news |first=Sophie |last=Nieto-Munoz |title=Former N.J. First Lady Debby Kean dies at 76 |url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/04/former-nj-first-lady-debbie-kean-dies-at-76.html |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=January 3, 2021 |access-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206233027/https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/04/former-nj-first-lady-debbie-kean-dies-at-76.html |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They began dating in October 1966.<ref name=njc/><ref name=njg>{{cite news |first=David |last=Wildstein |title=Debby Kean, former First Lady, dies at 76 |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/debbie-kean-former-first-lady-dies-at-76/ |work=[[New Jersey Globe]] |date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806110030/https://newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/debbie-kean-former-first-lady-dies-at-76/ |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bye and Kean married at the [[Old Drawyers Church]] in [[Odessa, Delaware]] on June 3, 1967.<ref name=bcn>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Deak |title=Deborah Kean, wife of former NJ Gov. Thomas Kean, dies |url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/people/2020/04/24/deborah-kean-wife-former-nj-gov-thomas-kean-dies/3022597001/ |work=[[Courier News|Bridgewater Courier News]] |publisher=MyCentralJersey.com |date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425011745/https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/people/2020/04/24/deborah-kean-wife-former-nj-gov-thomas-kean-dies/3022597001/ |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=njc/><ref name=njg/><ref name=nytimes1967>{{cite news |title=Delaware Nuptials For Deborah E. Bye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/04/archives/delaware-nuptials-for-deborah-e-bye.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 4, 1967 |access-date=February 28, 2021 }}</ref> The couple had three children: daughter, Alexandra, and twin sons, [[Thomas Kean Jr.|Tom Jr.]] and Reed.<ref name=njc/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/style/weddings-dorian-drees-reed-kean.html|title = Weddings – Dorian Drees, Reed Kean|newspaper = The New York Times|date = December 10, 2000}}</ref>
Kean moved to [[Livingston, New Jersey]] in 1967 during his first campaign for office.<ref name=bcn/><ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan |first=Joseph F. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/29/nyregion/politics-kean-set-to-get-diploma-tuesday.html |title=Kean Set to Get 'Diploma' Tuesday |work=The New York Times |date=November 29, 1981 |access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> As of 2015, Kean lived in [[Bedminster, New Jersey]].<ref>Friedman, Matt. [https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/at_80_tom_kean_remains_relevant_as_ever.html "At 80, former N.J. Gov. Tom Kean is still a force to reckon with"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 19, 2015. Accessed October 6, 2018. "Asked why he's still popular, Kean — who lives in Bedminster with his wife, Deborah — said it could be that he appointed competent people in the administration, had a good economy through most of his eight years in office and left with accomplishments."</ref>
Deborah Kean died on April 24, 2020 at the age of 76. The Keans had been married for 53 years.<ref name=njc/><ref name=bcn />
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|title        = Friend of the Port – NY Waterway Rescue
|work         = [[Port of New York and New Jersey]]
|first        = Beth
|last         = Hughes
|date         = Spring 2009
|access-date  = June 7, 2019
|quote        = Captain Manny Liba and his crew on the Moira Smith rescued 14 people. Captain Brittany Catanzaro on the Gov. Thomas Kean and her crew saved 24 people.
|archive-date = May 27, 2010
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100527140924/http://www.panynj.gov/port/portviews/portviews-vol8-no1/friend-of-the-port.html
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| title       = A Great Day to be Commandant! -- Part Two -- Updated with Photos
| work        = [[iCommandant]]
| first      = Thad
| last      = Allen
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| quote       = <!-- One interesting side story discovered in this case is that of MK3 Brittany Catanzaro (USCGR). --> At just 20 years old, Petty Officer Catanzaro has already attained her 100-ton license and is a New York Ferry Captain. She was serving in this capacity on the afternoon of the FLT 1549 crash and was one of the first vessels on scene, ultimately rescuing 26 people. <!-- Today she was recognized in her civilian capacity with a Meritorious Public Service Award. PO Catanzaro
drills at Station Barnegat Light. It was great to be able to recognize PO Catanzaro on this day, the 68th Anniversary of
our critical Coast Guard Reserve. -->
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* [http://www.9-11commission.gov/about/bio_kean.htm Thomas H. Kean biography] at [[9/11 Commission]] official website
* [https://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf ''The 9/11 Commission Report''], ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'', July 22, 2004
* [https://governors.rutgers.edu/governor-thomas-h-kean-archive/ "Thomas Kean archive"] at [[Rutgers University]]
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* [https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/view-outside-the-beltway-winning-policy-themes-the-1990s "A View from Outside the Beltway: Winning Policy Themes for the 1990s"], by Thomas Kean, Heritage Lecture No. 357, [[The Heritage Foundation]], December 15, 1991
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101300_pf.html "9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', August 2, 2006
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02kean.html "Stonewalled by the C.I.A."], op-ed by Kean and [[Lee H. Hamilton]], ''The New York Times'', January 2, 2008
* [https://njhalloffame.org/hall-of-famers/2013-inductees/governor-tom-kean/ "Governor Tom Kean"] at [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]]
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