awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, including two during World War II. He also received the Silver Star for heroism in the Korean War. In addition, Kean received multiple awards of the Legion of Merit, and was a recipient of the Bronze Star. Subsequent career In October 1954, Kean was appointed Executive Director of the Chicago Housing Authority. He remained in this position until 1957. At the C.H.A., Kean was the subject of controversy for his emphasis on reducing vacancy rates over racial integration of the authority's housing projects. After resigning from the housing authority, he moved to Florida, where he was employed as Public Relations Director for the Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. Retirement and death After retiring Kean lived in Belleair and Winter Park, Florida. He died in Winter Park on March 10, 1981. Sources Normandy to Victory: the War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army, by William C. Sylvan and Francis C. Smith, edited by John T. Greenwood, 2008, page 400 Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944, by Joseph Balkoski, 2006, page 142 "63 Officers Move Up In Rank", The New York Times, p. 11, May 5, 1943 Official U.S. Army Register, published by U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office, 1946, Volume 1, page War in Peacetime: the History and Lessons of Korea, Joseph Lawton Collins, 1969, page 90 Letters from a Soldier: 1941-1945, by Jim Larson, 2002, page 286 The Korean War, by Matthew B. Ridgway, 1967, page 192 Lightning Forward: a History of the 25th Infantry Division, Melvin C. Walthall, 1978 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 1951 Military Times, Hall of Valor, Index of Recipients of U.S. Major Military Awards "Gen. Kean Retires", The New York Times, p. 12, October 1, 1954 Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940–1960, by Arnold Richard Hirsch, 1983, page 235 References External links Arlington National Cemetery Generals of World War II |- 1897 births 1981 deaths United States Army Infantry Branch personnel United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army personnel of the Korean War Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Military Academy alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Military personnel from Buffalo, New York People from Chicago People from Belleair, Florida People from Winter Park, Florida United States