Al Keller

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on January 8, 2009 - 10:51am.
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Correction Secretary Statewide Appointee
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Democrat 2009
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Cabinet  
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Alvin Keller is secretary of the N.C. Department of Correction and a member of Gov. Beverly Perdue's Cabinet. He served eight years as chief circuit military judge for the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary, retiring in 2005 with the rank of colonel. He then joined Attorney General Roy Cooper's office, serving as assistant attorney general in the criminal division.  In 2009, Perdue appointed him Correction secretary.

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Ella
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Daughter, Yolanda; son, Alvin

Alvin Keller is secretary of the N.C. Department of Correction and a member of Gov. Beverly Perdue's Cabinet.

Early Life and Education

Alvin W. Keller Jr. has a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

He earned a law degree from Southern University School of Law in Baton Rouge, La.

He has a master's degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. 

Military Experience

From 1985 to 1996, Keller served as staff judge advocate and officer-in-charge in the U.S. Marine Corps, responsible for investigating and prosecuting criminal charges. 

He served eight years as chief circuit military judge for the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary.

In that role, he presided over more than 800 trials, including that of a Marine pilot whose plane accidentally severed a gondola cable in Italy in 1998, killing 20. 

In April of 2002, he was inducted into the Military Hall of Fame for the National Bar Association. 

He retired from the Marines in 2005 with the rank of colonel.

Political Career

In 2005, Keller joined Attorney General Roy Cooper's office, serving as assistant attorney general in the criminal division. 

Perdue Administration

On Jan. 2, 2009, Perdue named Keller secretary of Correction. 

Research and reporting by Ryan Teague Beckwith and Mark Johnson.

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