Background
Kenney, Howard Washington was born on October 4, 1917 in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, United States. Son of John A. and Frieda (Armstrong) Kenney.
Kenney, Howard Washington was born on October 4, 1917 in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, United States. Son of John A. and Frieda (Armstrong) Kenney.
Bachelor of Science, Bates College, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1944.
Intern, Syndenham Hospital, New York City, 1944;
resident internal medicine, Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, 1945-1946;
fellow internal medicine, Howard U. Medical School, 1946-1947;
research fellow cardiovascular disease, Howard U. Medical School, 1947-1948;
staff physician, Veterans Administration Hospital., Tuskegee, 1948-1949;
private practice, Newark, 1949-1951;
private practice, Tuskegee, 1953-1955, 65-69, 86-;
member of staff, Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital., 1955-1962;
hospital director, Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital., 1959-1962;
director, Veterans Administration Hospital., East Orange, New Jersey, 1962-1965;
medical director, Tuskegee Institute, 1965-1969;
regional medical director, VA, 1969-1973;
associate deputy chief medical director for policy and planning, VA, 1973-1974;
associate deputy chief medical director for operations, VA, 1974-1975;
private practice general internal medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1975-1983;
private practice general internal medicine, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1986-1992;
assistant clinical professor medicine, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, 1978-1983;
staff physician, Central Alabama Comprehensive Health Inc., Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1984-1985;
staff physician Internal Medicine, Central Alabama Comprehensive Health Inc., Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, since 1992. Consultant internal medicine Community Hospital, Newark, 1949-1951, John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital, Tuskegee Institute, 1953-1955. Member review committee, division regional medical programs for heart disease, cancer, stroke and related diseases National Institutes of Health, 1967-1970.
Member of advisory committee for sickle cell disease Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1971-1975. Chairman medical advising committee Macon County chapter National Foundation, 1953-1955.
Member Board Police Commissioners, East Orange, 1963-1965. Member of the board of review Maryland. Department Health and Mental Hygiene, 1981-1983.
Board directors Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, 1970-1974. Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1944, 51-53. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member American Medical Association, National Medical Association, Medical Association State Alabama, JohnA. Andrew Clinical Society (president 1958, secretary 1965-1969), Medical Society District of Columbia, Montgomery County (Maryland.) Medical Society (affiliate), American Society Internal Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi, Kappa Pi, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Married Gwendolyn Persley, July 31, 1943. Children– Diane Elizabeth, Linda Harper, Phyllis Armstrong, Howard Washington Junior.