Alan Keyes

During his stay in India, when he was posted to the Mumbai consulate, Alan met Jocelyn Marcel, who was of Indian origin, hailing from the city of Calcutta. They took the nuptial vows and have three children named Francis, Maya and Andrew.

Keyes was the fifth child born to his parents, Gerthina Keyes, a U.S army sergeant, and Allison, on August 7th, 1950. He went on to become a US diplomat and politician. Though Keyes was born in Long Island, New York, he grew up in the army bases around US and even overseas in Italy.

He went to ‘Cornell University’ to pursue his under-graduate studies in political philosophy. Keyes primed under the guidance of American sophist and academician Allan Bloom in the university. His father and brothers were commissioned in Vietnam during the war, and when the campus was ravaged by anti-Vietnam war supporters, Keyes faced dangers as he refused to be a part of the demonstrations.

Following the life-threats, Keyes abandoned the campus and enrolled in an overseas residential program of the ‘Cornell University’ in Paris, and completed his schooling under the mentorship of Allan Bloom.

For his graduate program in government affairs, Alan attended the ‘Harvard University’ where he made acquaintance with William Kristol, who would later manage Alan’s U.S. Senate campaign. This activist earned his ‘Bachelor of Arts’ degree in 1972.

As a part of his doctoral dissertation, Alan studied under Professor Harvey C. Mansfield, and he presented his discourse on constitutional theory and an eminent constitutionalist named Alexander Hamilton. He also underwent an apprenticeship in the United States Department of State under Jeane Kirkpatrick. The ‘Harvard University’ granted him a PhD in government affairs in 1979.

Continuing to work in the Department of State, after completion of his doctorate in 1979, this diplomat was part of the convoy posted to the Mumbai consulate, located in India, and the following year he was commissioned at the US embassy in Zimbabwe.

Keyes’ was then appointed to be a part of a number of diplomatic missions during the Reagan administration. In 1983, he was appointed the Ambassador for US in the ‘ECOSOC’.

In 1984, he was a part of the US convoy which was sent to Mexico City for the ‘World Population Conference’. As the Deputy Chairman, he debated the Mexico City Policy on curbing any form of grant made available to NGOs which promote abortion.

From 1985 to 1987, he held the post of ‘Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations’. His tenure at the UN was rife with controversy.

He was accepted by the ‘American Enterprise Institute’ for his post-doctoral research in 1987. As a part of the scholar-in-residence program, he conducted research on foreign affairs and self-government.

While working under the Reagan Administration, Alan’s political career took a head start. He was appointed as a diplomat to the ‘ECOSOC’, United Nations, where he advocated the Mexico City Policy. Though his tenure was conspiracy laden, it became the crux of his political ambitions.