Background
Kennedy, Eugene Patrick was born on September 4, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Michael and Catherine (Frawley) Kennedy.
Kennedy, Eugene Patrick was born on September 4, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Michael and Catherine (Frawley) Kennedy.
Bachelor of Science, DePaul University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy (Nutrition Foundation fellow), University Chicago, 1949. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1977.
AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1960.
Research chemist chemical research department Armour & Company, 1941-1947. Postdoctoral fellow American Cancer Society, University California, Berkeley, 1949-1950. With Ben May Laboratory Cancer Research, department biochemistry University Chicago, 1950-1956, professor biochemistry, 1956-1960.
Senior postdoctoral fellow National Science Foundation, Oxford University, England, 1959-1960. Hamilton Kuhn professor biological chemistry Harvard Medical School, since 1960, head department, 1960-1965. Macy scholar Cambridge University, 1976.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (Paul Lewis award 1958), American Society Biological Chemists (president 1970-1971), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Married Adelaide Majewski, October 27, 1943. Children: Lisa Kennedy Helprin, Sheila Kennedy Violich, Katherine Kennedy Diller.