Hal Leroy Kendig

Background

Kendig, Hal Leroy was born on May 22, 1948 in Glendale, California, United States. Son of Harold Leroy and Elizabeth Julia (Bunch) Kendig.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of California, Davis, 1970; MPl, University of Southern California, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1975.

Career

Consultant, California Commision on Aging., Sacramento, 1972-1974; research fellow, Australian National U., Canberra, 1975-1979; coordinator aging and the family project, Australian National U., Canberra, 1980-1986; senior fellow urban research unit, Australian National U., Canberra, 1987-1989; director Lincoln Gerontology Center, U. Melbourne, Victoria., Australia, since 1989. Brookdale visiting professor Columbia University, New York City, 1987. Consultant global programme for health of the elderly World Health Organization, 1986-1991, economics and social commission of Asia and the Pacific, 1986-1990, Australian Department Cmty.

Superior vena cava syndrome and Health, 1986-1993, National Population Council, Australia, 1985-1986.

Achievements

• Hal Leroy Kendig has been listed as a noteworthy Health educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Ageing Aging and Families: A Social Networks Perspective.

Membership

Member national advisory board National Center for Ageing and Sensory Loss, since 1989. Mem.Australian Health Ethics Committee, Canberra, 1994. Fellow Academy Social Sciences in Australia, Australian Epidemiological Association Foundation, International Association Gerontology (chair since 1992, president' research prize 1986), Australian Council on Aging (honorary life).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, reading, music, traveling.

Connections

Married Wendy Lou Willcox, May 15, 1967. Children: Jeanie, Caralee, Michael.

Father:

Harold Leroy Kendig

Mother:

Elizabeth Julia (Bunch) Kendig

Spouse:

Wendy Lou Willcox

child:

Jeanie Kendig

child:

Michael Kendig

child:

Caralee Kendig