John Lyon Kennedy

Background

Kennedy, John Lyon was born on May 26, 1913 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of James Sheldon and Elizabeth (Lyon) Kennedy.

Education

Certified, Sacramento Junior College, 1932. AB, Stanford University, 1934. AM, Brown University, 1936.

Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1937.

Career

Research assistant Yerkes laboratories Primate Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1936-1937; Thomas Welton Stanford fellow psychical research, Stanford University, California, 1937-1939; assistant professor psychology, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1939-1942; associate professor, department chairman, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1945-1946; professor, department chairman, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1946-1951; also director Institute Applied Experimental Psychology, technical assistant to executive secretary commission on service personnel, National Research Council, 1942-1943; technical aide, Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1943-1945; psychologist, Research and Development Corporation, 1951-1957; Dorman T. Warren professor psychology, Princeton University, 1955-1967; department chairman psychology, Princeton University, 1958-1966; visiting professor, Princeton University, 1966-1967; vice president, Institute Ednl. Development, 1966-1969; visiting professor, University of Southern California Grad School Business Administration, 1969-1971; lecturer management School Business Administration and Economics, California State University, Northridge, 1971-1984; professor management, California State University, Northridge, 1972-1984. Consultant psychologist government agys., business firms.

Fulbright lecturer U. Vienna (Austria), 1975-1976.

Achievements

• John Lyon Kennedy has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Association of University Professors, Society Experimental Psychologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Nancy Elliott Kidd, August 27, 1938. Children: James Walden, Marianna Elliott, Katherine Annual.

Father:

James Sheldon Kennedy

Mother:

Elizabeth (Lyon) Kennedy

Spouse:

Nancy Elliott Kidd

child:

James Walden Kennedy

child:

Katherine Annual Kennedy

child:

Marianna Elliott Kennedy