Alexander Donovan Kenny

Background

Kenny, Alexander Donovan was born on March 4, 1925 in London. Son of Alexander and Alice Astley (Barton) Kenny. came to the United States, 1947.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. London, 1945; Doctor of Science, U. London, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, Athenaeum of Ohio, 1950.

Career

Senior chemist, University College Hospital, London, 1950-1951; chief chemistry laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1952; research assistant dental science, instructor, School Dental Medicine Harvard University, Boston, 1952-1955; associate pharmacology, School Medicine Harvard University, Boston, 1955-1959; associate professor pharmacology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, 1959-1965; professor pharmacology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, 1965-1967; professor pharmacology, U. Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, 1967-1971; professor biochemistry, U. Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, 1971-1974; professor pharmacology, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1974-1975; department chairman pharmacology, Texas Technology U. Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 1976-1993; professor pharmacology, 1976-1994. Acting director Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute, 1976-1978, director, 1978-1986,interim research director, 1986-1987. Senior investigator U. Missouri Dalton Research Center, 1967-1974.

Consultant National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, 1975-1987.

Achievements

• Alexander Donovan Kenny has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Diocesan School Board, Amarillo, Texas, 1980-1984, president, 1982-1984. President Thomas More Catholic School Board, Lubbock, 1981-1983. Member American Chemical Society (division biological chemistry), American Institute Nutrition, American Society Bone and Mineral Research, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bio-chemical Society (British), British Pharmacol.

Society, Endocrine Society, Osteoporosis Foundation, Society Endocrinology (British), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Lubbock Club.

Connections

Married Dorothy Marie LeTang, August 19, 1950. Children: Alexander Leo, Mary Alice Kenny Sinton, Virginia Ann Kenny Drawe, Peter Donovan.

Father:

Alexander Kenny

Mother:

Alice Astley (Barton) Kenny

Spouse:

Dorothy Marie LeTang

child:

Virginia Ann Kenny Drawe Kenny

child:

Alexander Leo Kenny

child:

Mary Alice Kenny Sinton Kenny

child:

Peter Donovan Kenny