Asbury Park -Physician and Surgeon.

Born in Roxbury, N. Y., June 26, 1854; son of Abram J. and Ruth (Frisbee) Keator.

Married at Asbury Park, on October 23, 1895 to Harriet Scudder, daughter of the Rev. Ezekiel Scudder, a noted Missionary in India, and Ruth (Tracy) Scudder.

Children: Dr and Mrs. Keator have one daughter, Ruth Scudder Frisbee Keator, born December 15th, 1896.

Bruce S. Keator has qualified by examination or otherwise, and has been certified, to practice medicine and surgery in the States of New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon and California.

He graduated at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., in 1875, where he took the first and second prizes in oratory, and was a member of Delphi Society.

He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Yale University In the class of 1879.

He was captain of his class crew, rowed in the Yale-Harvard Varsity crew in 1878 and was elected to Phi Upsilon Fraternity, and to the Scroll and Key Senior Society.

He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y, in 1881, and graduated the same year as valedictorian of his class at the New York Homeopathic Medical College.

He located in Asbury Park, and began the practice of medicine and surgery.

He served various terms as member of Common Council of Asbury Park, Councilman-at-large, and President of the Public Grounds Commission, President of the Common Council and as Mayor of the City.

He was elected and for eight consecutive years served as President of the Board of Trade of Asbury Park.

He was appointed by Gov. Murphy in 1903 Commissioner of the New Jersey State Reformatory and was reappointed at the expiration of the term. He later resigned this position in May, 1908, to accept appointment by Gov. Fort, as Executive Secretary and head of the State Board of Health.

On July 13, 1912, he was appointed by Gov. Wilson as a member of the New Jersey Convict Labor Commission. Gov. Wilson also appointed Dr. Keator as a delegate to the meeting of the American Prison Association held in Baltimore, Md" November 9-14, 1912.

Dr. Keator is a member of the New Jersey State Sanitary Association, of the American Public Health Association, of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and of the National Association of Medical Milk Commission, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, etc.

Source: Scannells New Jersey First Citizens
Transcribed by: Frances Cooley