LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2015
Kean, former president of Utility Propane Co. in Elizabeth, N.J., was instrumental in the 1987 creation of the World LP Gas Forum, an organization that became the World LPG Association.
Kean led a movement to form the organization along with Irish retailer Denis Shelly of Calor Gas. The two envisioned bringing the worldwide industry together each year to share best practices and discuss ways to grow globally.
Kean served as the first president of the World LP Gas Forum. He was a leader on the national front, as well, serving as National LP-Gas Association (NLPGA) president during its 1981-82 term. Kean began his career in the gas industry with the Brooklyn Union Gas Co.
He joined the Elizabethtown Gas Co. in 1960 and was named president of Utility Propane when National Utilities & Industries Corp., the parent company of Elizabethtown Gas, entered the propane industry in 1969.
Kean died in 2002 at the age of 68.