Background
Kennedy, Joe David was born on March 28, 1956 in Dayton, Texas, United States. Son of Joe David Senior and Patricia Ann (Harper) Kennedy.
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Joe David Kennedy
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Bachelor, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1988.
Career
Reporter general assignments, Houma (Louisiana) Daily Courier, 1974-1976; director news, sports, Station KJIN-AM/KCIL-FM, Houma, 1976-1977; reporter general assignments, Cullman (Alabama) Times, 1977-1978; assistant sports editor, Anniston (Alabama) Star, 1978-1981; sports copy editor, Birmingham News, 1981-1983; assistant editor lifestyle, Birmingham News, 1983-1985; editor photography, Birmingham News, 1985-1986; Sunday editor, Birmingham News, 1986-1989; editor book reviews, Birmingham News, 1986-1995; editorial writer, columnist, Birmingham News, since 1989. Book reviewer Station WVTM-television, Birmingham, 1990-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member Houma-Terrebonne Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1976. Press secretary representative gubernatorial candidate Guy Hunt, Alabama, 1978. Tutor literacy Birmingham Public Schools Adult Learning Center, 1990-1991.
Judge J.C. Penney Golden Rule Awards for Volumes, 1992. Lecturer Lee College Springs Art Festival, Baytown, Texas, 1992. Member of advisory board School Journalism, U. Mississippi, since 1992.
Board directors Southern Museum Flight, 1992-1993. Member Leadership Birmingham Class, 1994-1995, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Care Team, since 1994. Board directors A Baby's Place, 1996-1997.
Member Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, since 1996. Board directors PATH Organisation for Homeless, since 1997. Deacon Southside Baptist Church.
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Married Veronica Elaine Pike, February 2, 1980.
