Charles Keating , of Lincoln Savings and Loan notoriety , was a collegiate gold medal swimmer and a Navy fighter pilot during World War II . After the war , Keating began his career in Cincinnati , Ohio as a lawyer . During his early career , people sized him up as aggressive , impatient , a risk ##ier and a stubborn competitor . All of these characteristics were to mark his later career and prominence in the U. S. savings and loan scandel ##s in 1985 . -- None of these early characteristics attributed to Keating included the words " dishonest " and " deceptive " and these were to mark his later career as well .
Charles Keating , of Lincoln Savings and Loan notoriety , was a collegiate gold medal swimmer and a Navy fighter pilot during World War II . After the war , Keating began his career in Cincinnati , Ohio as a lawyer . During his early career , people sized him up as aggressive , impatient , a risk ##ier and a stubborn competitor . All of these characteristics were to mark his later career and prominence in the U. S. savings and loan scandel ##s in 1985 . None of these early characteristics attributed to Keating included the words " dishonest " and " deceptive " and these were to mark his later career as well .