Marblehead doctor honored for 40-year career in infectious diseases
Dr. Steven Keenholtz recognized for a career that spanned 40 years of infection diseases
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Soft-spoken and unassuming, Dana Brand said she knew her father would never blow his own horn so she decided to do it for him.
Monday, state Sen. Brendan Crighton drove to the Keenholtz resident and in the driveway, among family and a fierce wind, presented patriarch, a recently retired Steve Keenholtz with a resolution honoring his 40 years of working with infectious diseases.
“It is an honor,” Crighton said as he handed Keeholtz the framed resolution. “I don’t always get to meet someone like you who has done so much and you’re a constituent.”
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