Background
Kennedy, Joseph William was born on May 30, 1916 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph William and Mattie Baxter (Wade) Kennedy.
Kennedy, Joseph William was born on May 30, 1916 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph William and Mattie Baxter (Wade) Kennedy.
Bachelor of Arts, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College, 1935. Master of Arts, University of Kansas, 1937. Doctor of Philisophy, University of California, 1939.
Instructor chemistry University of California, 1939-1943. Chemistry and metallurgy division leader Los Alamos Laboratory, 1943-1945. Professor of chemistry, department chairman Washington University, Saint Louis, 46-—.
Priestley Lecturer Pennsylvania State College, 1952.
Company-discoverer element 94 (plutonium), 1940.
Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Adrienne Rushton Clark, August 9, 1942. Children: Joseph Wade, Burton Mack, Jill.