Background
Kenney, John Andrew was born on June 11, 1874 in Albermarle County, Virginia, United States. Son of John Andrew and Caroline (Howard) Kenney.
Kenney, John Andrew was born on June 11, 1874 in Albermarle County, Virginia, United States. Son of John Andrew and Caroline (Howard) Kenney.
Graduate Hampton Institute, 1897. Doctor of Medicine Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1901, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1938. Honorary Doctor of Science Lincoln University, Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1935.
Interne Freedmen’s Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, 1901-1902. Resident physician Tuskegee Institute (Alabama), medical director, surgeon-in-chief John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital and Nurses Training School, Tuskegee Institute, 1902-1924, and 1939-1944.
Physician Newark, New Jersey, 1927-1935.
Founded Kenney Memorial Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, 1927, medical director and chief surgeon, 1927-1935, deeded hospital as gift to Booker T. Washington Commission Hospital Association representative colored people of New Jersey, Christmas 1934. Personal physician to Booker T. Washington, 1902-1915, and to George Washinton Carver, 1902-1924.
Every person was created for a purpose, and God has a plan and will for every individual.
Member American Society Hygiene Association (interracial committee, Montclair, New Jersey), National Medical Association (secretary 1904-1912, president 1912), American Medical Association, Medical Society of New Jersey, Essex County Medical Society, Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey, North Jersey Medical Society, John A. Andrew Clinical Society (one of founders in 1918), Association American Medical. Clubs: Tuskegee and Hampton Alumni. Mason (Shriner).
Married Alice Talbot, December 28, 1902 (died August 1912). Married second, Frieda Frances Armstrong, October 29, 1913. Children: John Andrew, Oscar Armstrong, Howard Washington, Harriet Elizabeth (Mistress James Wallace Quisenberry).