Roger Louis Joseph Kennedy

Background

Kennedy, Roger Louis Joseph was born on February 8, 1897 in Saint Paul. Son of Thomas James and Regina (Moisan) Kennedy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1918, Bachelor of Medicine, 1920, Doctor of Medicine 1922, Master of Science, Mayo Foundn. Graduate School, 1929.

Career

Interne, City and County Hospital, Saint Paul, 1921-1922. Practiced general medicine, Belle Plaine, 1920-1921, Pediatrics, Saint Paul, 1922-1923. Fellow in pediatrics Mayo Foundation, 1923, first assistant, 1924-1926, consultant physician Mayo Clinic, 1926, associate professor pediatrics Mayo Foundation, 1933-1947, professor pediatrics since 1947.

Certified as specialist in pediatrics American Board Pediatrics, 1934.

Achievements

• Roger Louis Joseph Kennedy has been listed as a noteworthy physician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Minnesota, (president 1952), Southern Minnesota medical associations, Society Pediatric Research, Olmsted-Houston-Fillmore-Dodge County Medical Society, American Academy Pediatrics (president 1954), Northwestern, American pediatric societies Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ellen McGinn, July 30, 1925. Children: Margaret Regina, Roger Thomas, James Arthur, Michael.

Father:

Thomas James Kennedy

Mother:

Regina (Moisan) Kennedy

Spouse:

Ellen McGinn

child:

Michael Kennedy

child:

Roger Thomas Kennedy

child:

Margaret Regina Kennedy

child:

James Arthur Kennedy