COVINGTON — The Metropolitan Award Dinner has been raising money for the U.S. Olympic Committee for years, but Tuesday was the first time the award winner and the keynote speaker were related.

        William J. Keating and his great-nephew Gary Hall Jr., a gold medal swimmer in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, were in the spotlighted at Tuesday evening's award ceremony.

        It was Mr. Keating, this time, taking the medal. The Metropolitan Award for 2002 went to the accomplished attorney, who is a former congressman, judge and media executive.

        Mr. Hall gave the keynote address before the presentation.

        Mr. Keating is the retired chairman, CEO and president of The Cincinnati Enquirer and former chairman of the Associated Press. He served as president of the Gannett Co.'s newspaper division and as general counsel.

        A founding partner of the Keating, Muething & Klekamp law firm, he served in Congress, as a Cincinnati city councilman and as a Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas judge. He has also been inducted into the University of Cincinnati's Hall of Fame.

        The award, given since 1995, is presented annually to a local citizen who has made significant contributions to the unification of the community in the business and civic worlds. The Metropolitan Award dinner and fund-raiser hasdonated more than $640,000 to the U.S. Olympic Committee.

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