Background
Kennedy, James Arthur was born on October 26, 1896 in Williston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Arthur Merritt and Mary Agnes (Roberts) Kennedy.
Kennedy, James Arthur was born on October 26, 1896 in Williston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Arthur Merritt and Mary Agnes (Roberts) Kennedy.
Student Richmond College, 1913-1915, University of Virginia, 1915-1917. Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1920.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1920, general practice, Williston and Barnwell, 1920-1933. Senior attorney, hearing officer A.A.A., Washington, 1933-1934. Senior attorney, principal attorney, assistant general counsel F.C.C., Washington, 1934-1941.
Joined legal department American Cable & Radio Corporation, New York City, 1941, vice president since 1945, also became general attorney, 1945, general counsel since 1950.
Vice president, general counsel, director All American Cables & Radio, Incorporated. Vice president, general counsel Commercial Cable Company, Mackay Radio & Telegraph Company Industry adviser to the United States Government at communication conferences in London, England., Paris, France and Rome, Italy, 1945, 3d Inter-American Radio Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1945, Bermuda Telecommunications Conference, 1945, International Telecommunications Conference, Atlantic City, 1947, Inter-American Radio Conference, Washington, 1949, London Conference Revision of the Bermuda Agreement, London, 1949.
Served as private to Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Sigma Phi Epsilon. Club: Burning Tree (Bethesda, Maryland.).
Married Eleanor Metz, August 25, 1945. Children: (by former marriage) Kitty Rust (Mistress H. M. Woody), James Arthur, Harriett Hagood.