Background
Kennedy, Kenneth Adrian Raine was born on June 26, 1930 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Walter Burkhart and Margaret Miriam (Madge) Kennedy.
biological and forensic anthropologist
Kennedy, Kenneth Adrian Raine was born on June 26, 1930 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Walter Burkhart and Margaret Miriam (Madge) Kennedy.
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1953, Master of Arts, 1954, Doctor of Philosophy, 1962. Diplomate American Board Forensic Anthropologists, licensed lay reader.
Instructor University California, 1962-1963. Assistant professor anthropology Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1964-1968, associate professor, 1968—1981, professor ecology, evolutionary biology, anthropology and Asian studies, 1981—2005, professor emeritus, since 2005. Secretary American Board Forensic Anthropology, 1999—2002.
Consultant forensic anthropology New York State, since 1964. Field research in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, since 1963.
Guest White House state dinner reception for President Sri Lanka, 1984. Sergeant United States Army, 1954-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member electorate nominating committee in anthropology 2004^), American Academy Forensic Sciences (secretary-treasurer forensic anthropology section 1993-1994, chairman 1994-1995, chairman physical anthropology section 1994-1995, T. Dale Stewart award in forensic anthropology 1987).
Member American Anthropological Association (chairman biological anthropology section 1986-1988, member long-range planning committee 2002-2004, William W. Howells Book award 2002), American Association Physical Anthropologists (executive board 1990-1996, vice president 1994-1996), Cornell Research Club (president 1978-1980, 89-90), Sigma Xi (president 1984-1985), American Anthropology Association (San Franscisco) (symposion 2008).
Married Mary Caroline Marino, August 5, 1961 (divorced). Married Margaret Carrick Fairlie, August 10, 1969.