Andrew Steven Kende

Background

Kende, Andrew Steven was born on July 17, 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of George and Elizabeth Kende. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1951.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1951; Master of Science, Harvard, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1957.

Career

Senior research scientist, Lederle laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York, 1957-1963; consultant, Lederle laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, 1968-1994; research associate, Lederle laboratories, 1963-1966; research fellow, Lederle laboratories, 1966-1968; visiting professor, State University New York, Buffalo, 1967; visiting professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1968; professor of chemistry, U. Rochester, New York, since 1968; chairman, U. Rochester, 1979-1983; Charles Frederick Houghton professor of chemistry, U. Rochester, since 1981; professor oncology, U. Rochester, since 1982; associate chairman, U. Rochester, 1989-1990. Visiting professor U. Genéve, 1974, U. Amsterdam, 1989. Visiting scholar Stanford University, 1975.

Consultant study section National Institutes of Health, 1972-1976, chairman, 1974-1976. Consultant chemical pathology study section, 1979-1982. Consultant Dow Chemical Company, since 1975, Bausch and Lomb Company, 1985-1990, Eastman Kodak Company, 1987-1994, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, since 1988, DowElanco, since 1994.

President Organic Syntheses Inc., since 1992.

Achievements

• Andrew Steven Kende has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Japan Society Promotion of Science. Member American Chemical Society (Executive Board Rochester section 1970-1972, chairman organic chemical division 1978-1979).

Connections

Married Frances Boothe, September 4, 1954. 1 son, Mark.

Father:

George Kende

Mother:

Elizabeth Kende

Spouse:

Frances Boothe