Jack Keegan

Jack Keegan officially retired after 44 year at Miami but continues to contribute to Miami in many ways. In addition to his participation on the CCA Advisory Board, he is on the Performing Arts Series Advisory Board where he chairs the Annual Performing Arts Wine Tasting Gala and Benefit. Recently, he has hosted many virtual wine tastings for the Miami Alumni Association, which have been joined by hundreds of alums from across the country.

He was persuaded out of retirement to return to teach Botany 244, a.k.a. the Wines Class. Arguably the most popular class at Miami, he has taught literally thousands of Miamians through the decades.

Jack has earned the title of International Bordeaux Expert multiple times, and is involved in several other professional associations in his fields of enology and botany. A passionate supporter of the arts, Jack sang in the Miami Glee Club for many years, and has been a member of the Performing Arts Series Advisory Board for more than two decades. He recently sponsored the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s return to Hall Auditorium and rising star Damien Sneed’s performance of We Shall Overcome, a multigenre tribute to the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.