Catherine Heller Keating

Catherine Dunn Heller Keating is an American author, philanthropist, and politician who served as the First Lady of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.

Catherine Dunn Keating
First Lady of Oklahoma
In role
January 9, 1995  January 13, 2003
GovernorFrank Keating
Preceded byRhonda Smith Walters
Succeeded byKim Henry
Personal details
Born
Catherine Dunn Heller

Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseFrank Keating
EducationUniversity of Oklahoma

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Keating married Frank Keating and became the First Lady of Oklahoma when he was elected Governor of Oklahoma. During her tenure she organized official ceremonies after the Oklahoma City bombing and ran for the United States House of Representatives in a 2002 special election. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2023.

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