Background
Kennedy, Kieran Anthony was born on July 14, 1935 in Newbridge, Ireland. Son of Patrick and Margaret (Callaghan) Kennedy.
Kennedy, Kieran Anthony was born on July 14, 1935 in Newbridge, Ireland. Son of Patrick and Margaret (Callaghan) Kennedy.
BCom, University College Dublin, 1958. Master Economic Science, University College Dublin, 1960. Bachelor of Philosophy in Economics, Oxford University, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Harvard University, 1968.
Executive officer, Civil Svc., Dublin, Ireland, l954-58; administrator officer department finance, Civil Svc., Dublin, Ireland, l958-6l; assistant principal officer, Civil Svc., Dublin, Ireland, l965-68; senior research officer, Economics and Social Research Institute, Dublin, l968-70; director, Economics and Social Research Institute, Dublin, l97l-.
Member Royal Irish Academy (national committee for economics and social science 1984-1991), Statistical and Social Inquiry Society Ireland (president since 1989), American Economic Association, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Institute for Policy Studies (chairman council 1987), Swiss Irish Business Association (chairman 1988-1991, council member since 1991).
Married Finola Flanagan, June 2l, l966. Children: Kieran Francis, Ruth Margaret, Michael Brendan, Susan Edel, Lucy Mary Eva, Francis John Bernard.