Dr. Kennedy was born in Rockport, Indiana on June 25, 1879. He received the A. B. degree from Indiana University in 1902 and the M.A. degree in 1903. In 1914 he obtained an M. A. degree from Stanford University and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell in 1919.
In 1902 and 1903 he served as an assistant at Indiana University and then accepted a position on the scientific staff of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. In 1908 he toured Oregon and Texas as a collector for the herbarium of Mount Holyoke College. From 1913 to 1915 he was employed as a scientific artist. From 1915 to 1917 he was an instructor in biology and limnology at Cornell, and from 1918 to 1918 at North Carolina University. In 1919 he came to Ohio State University as Instructor in Entomology. He became an assistant Professor of the subject
in 1921 and associate in 1930 and Professor in 1933 which chair he occupied to his death. He was also in charge of entomology at the Franz Stone Laboratory from 1920 to 1938. He was summer instructor at Biological Stations in Indiana and Cornell.
In 1927 Dr. Kennedy married Miss June Findley. To this union two children were born, Bruce Hamilton Kennedy and Mary Janet Kennedy.
Dr. Kennedy was honored by his alma mater with a honorary Doctor of Science in 1950. He was a member of the A. A. A. S. He was President of the American Entomological Society in 1935 and managing Editor of its Annals.
He was a member of the Economic Entomologists, the Society of Naturalists, on the Editorial Board of the Amer. Ecological Society, Fellow of the Ohio Academy of Science and its Vice President for Zoology in 1926 and 1937. He was also a member of the Indiana Academy of Science a Fellow of the Entomologist Society of London and the Society Entomologique of France. He was a specialist on the Odonata of the United States. Dr. Kennedy suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage on June 6, 1952, just shy of his 73rd birthday and was subsequently cremated.
Dr. Kennedy was born in Rockport, Indiana on June 25, 1879. He received the A. B. degree from Indiana University in 1902 and the M.A. degree in 1903. In 1914 he obtained an M. A. degree from Stanford University and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell in 1919.
In 1902 and 1903 he served as an assistant at Indiana University and then accepted a position on the scientific staff of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. In 1908 he toured Oregon and Texas as a collector for the herbarium of Mount Holyoke College. From 1913 to 1915 he was employed as a scientific artist. From 1915 to 1917 he was an instructor in biology and limnology at Cornell, and from 1918 to 1918 at North Carolina University. In 1919 he came to Ohio State University as Instructor in Entomology. He became an assistant Professor of the subject
in 1921 and associate in 1930 and Professor in 1933 which chair he occupied to his death. He was also in charge of entomology at the Franz Stone Laboratory from 1920 to 1938. He was summer instructor at Biological Stations in Indiana and Cornell.
In 1927 Dr. Kennedy married Miss June Findley. To this union two children were born, Bruce Hamilton Kennedy and Mary Janet Kennedy.
Dr. Kennedy was honored by his alma mater with a honorary Doctor of Science in 1950. He was a member of the A. A. A. S. He was President of the American Entomological Society in 1935 and managing Editor of its Annals.
He was a member of the Economic Entomologists, the Society of Naturalists, on the Editorial Board of the Amer. Ecological Society, Fellow of the Ohio Academy of Science and its Vice President for Zoology in 1926 and 1937. He was also a member of the Indiana Academy of Science a Fellow of the Entomologist Society of London and the Society Entomologique of France. He was a specialist on the Odonata of the United States. Dr. Kennedy suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage on June 6, 1952, just shy of his 73rd birthday and was subsequently cremated.
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