Background
Kennedy, Linda Mann was born on July 29, 1939 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Alfred William Mann and Etta May (Maglue) Stenquist.
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Linda Mann Kennedy
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Linda Mann Kennedy, American Neuroscience educator, researcher. Registered Nurse, Massachusetts. Recipient Graduate fellowship for women Danforth Foundation, 1975-1979, Research Svc. award National Institutes of Health, 1980-1983, multiple Research grants National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, since 1978.
Education
Diploma in nursing, New England Deaconess Hospital, 1959; AB, Simmons College, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1980.
Career
Staff nurse, Lahey Clinic, Boston, 1959-1961;
staff nurse, various hospitals, Massachusetts, Georgia, 1962-1972;
teaching assistant, Simmons College, Boston, 1972-1975;
visiting research fellow, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1978-1981;
research associate, Worcester (Massachusetts) Foundation Experimental Biology, 1980-1983;
research assistant professor, Clark University, Worcester, 1983-1984;
assistant professor, Clark University, Worcester, 1984-1991;
associate professor, Clark University, Worcester, since 1991;
associate professor, U. Massachusetts Medical School, since 1995. Visiting scientist Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1991-1992. Co-founder, co-director, director interdisciplinary neuroscience program Clark University, Worcester, 1984-1991, 94-98.
Member of advisory panel sensory system program and ILI program National Science Foundation, Washington, 1993-1994. Member area grant study sections National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Neurological and Comm. Disorders and Stroke, National Institute for Deafness and Other Comm.
Disorders, Washington, 1988-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member conservation committee Town of Framingham, Massachusetts, 1973-1974. Member New England Psychological Association (honorary), Association Chemoreception Sciences (Executive Board councilor 1986-1988), Society for Neurosci., Society for Values in Higher Education, European Chemoreception Organisation, International Brain Research Organisation, Association for Women in Science, Association University professors.
Interests
Connections
Married Richard Dearman Kennedy, April 15, 1961. Children: Pamela Lee, Ruth Alexander.
Awards
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Recipient Graduate fellowship for women Danforth Foundation, 1975-1979, Research Svc. award National Institutes of Health, 1980-1983, multiple Research grants National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, since 1978.Recipient Graduate fellowship for women Danforth Foundation, 1975-1979, Research Svc. award National Institutes of Health, 1980-1983, multiple Research grants National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, since 1978.