Joseph C. Keating Jr. (1950–2007) was trained as a clinical psychologist who spent the majority of his life teaching and researching the chiropractic profession.
The family resided on Enloe Street in the Lake Peekskill area near the Putnam / Westchester County, New York border.
He performed a post-doctoral clinical residency at a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty hospital in Schenectady.
He also practiced with a urologist during 1984-86, specializing in the conservative care of lower urinary tract dysfunctions.
Keating was a former president (1994–95) of the Association for the History of Chiropractic (AHC) and served on the board of directors.