Background
Douglas T. Kenny was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1923.
Douglas T. Kenny was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1923.
He attended Victoria College.
He received a Bachelor of Arts and an Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Washington. In 1950, he became a lecturer at University of British Columbia, then full professor in 1964 and Chair of the Department of Psychology in 1970, then Dean of Arts in 1970. He served as the seventh President from 1975 to 1983.
From 1983 to 1988, he taught Psychology again at University of British Columbia. He died in June 1996.
The Psychology building at University of British Columbia has been named after him.
He served as member of the Governing Board of the Canada Council from 1975 to 1978, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada from 1978 to 1983.