- Keck
Keck may refer to:
People
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Charles Keck (1875-1951), U.S. sculptor.
*Stan Keck (1897-1951), U.S. football player.
*William Myron Keck (1880-1964), U.S. founder ofSuperior Oil Company , best known for creating theW. M. Keck Foundation .
*David D. Keck (1903-1995), U.S. botanist.
*Howard B. Keck (1913-1996), son and successor of W. M. Keck.
*Kevin Keck (born 1973), U.S. essayist and poet.
*Tinker Keck (born 1976), U.S. sportsman.Institutions
There are several projects associated with the
W. M. Keck Foundation bearing the name Keck:
*TheW. M. Keck Observatory at the Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
*TheKeck School of Medicine of USC at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
*TheKeck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in Claremont, California.
*TheKeck Joint Science Department operated jointly by Claremont McKenna College, Scripps College, and Pitzer College, also in Claremont.Other
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5811 Keck , an asteroid.
* In the science fiction universe of the TV showStargate SG-1 , inGoa'uld language Keck is a word meaning both weakness and death.
* "Kecks" are a slang term for trousers (or underpants etc)
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