Dr. Alan J. Kenyon, D.V.M., Ph.D., formerly of Eau Claire, died on March 22, 2007 at Brighton Gardens, Stamford, Conn. from complications due to Parkinson's and Lewy Body Disease. He was 77.
The son of Vern and Alice Kenyon, "Skip" was born on Sept. 10, 1929 and specialized in cancer research, becoming a national authority on the care of laboratory animals and the containment and isolation of infectious agents. A native of Whitehall, he received his B.S. degree with distinction in biochemistry and physics, his D.V.M. degree and a Ph.D. in bacteriology and biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.
As a recipient of a career development award, he studied immunochemistry and immunopathology at the University of Iowa, Ames and the University of Minnesota at St. Paul.
He began a teaching career at the University of Minnesota in 1957, and in 1961 became an associate professor of pathobiology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, becoming a full professor in 1965. In that time he pursued cancer related studies as the recipient of a career development award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He served as a consultant at the Navy's submarine base in Groton in 1968-69, and became a consultant to the department of pathology at Hartford Hospital, a position he held until his retirement.
Since 1969 he had been a consultant to NASA's Space Center at Houston where he received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Achievement Award for Lunar Quarantine, Apollo Missions, helping develop methods to quarantine returning lunar mission astronauts to avert the possibility of inadvertent transmission of infectious agents brought back to Earth, potentially affecting the planet and its inhabitants.
Kenyon left the University of Connecticut in 1973 to become head of the pathobiology laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute, Walker Laboratories in Rye, New York, and a professor at Cornell University's School of Graduate Medical Sciences in New York City. He was named director of Sloan-Kettering's Institute for Animal Care in 1977.
In that time, he developed an interest in parasitic diseases in beluga whale, traveling to Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada and above the Arctic Circle with his family to study their infection.
The author or co-author of over 85 research papers or articles on biochemistry and immunology, with both animal and human implications, Kenyon returned to the University of Connecticut to become director of animal care at the Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut in 1982.
Kenyon was a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Society for Experimental Pathology, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, American Society for Microbiology, the Harvey Society, and the Reticuloendothelial Society (now The Society for Leukocyte Biology).
Kenyon is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean Hirsch Kenyon of Mamaroneck (N.Y.); his three children, Sue Kenyon Lowden of White Plains (N.Y.), Dr. Julie Kenyon Casey of Greenwich, (Conn.), and John Kenyon of Groton (Conn.); one grandchild, Sophia Rose Kenyon Casey; two brothers, Karl Kenyon of Eau Claire and Vern Kenyon of St. Paul, (Minn.), and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Vitas Hospice Charitable Fund, 777 Commerce Drive, Suite 220, Fairfield, CT, 06825. One may also write letters to state and federal representatives advocating stem cell research.
The son of Vern and Alice Kenyon, "Skip" was born on Sept. 10, 1929 and specialized in cancer research, becoming a national authority on the care of laboratory animals and the containment and isolation of infectious agents. A native of Whitehall, he received his B.S. degree with distinction in biochemistry and physics, his D.V.M. degree and a Ph.D. in bacteriology and biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.
As a recipient of a career development award, he studied immunochemistry and immunopathology at the University of Iowa, Ames and the University of Minnesota at St. Paul.
He began a teaching career at the University of Minnesota in 1957, and in 1961 became an associate professor of pathobiology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, becoming a full professor in 1965. In that time he pursued cancer related studies as the recipient of a career development award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He served as a consultant at the Navy's submarine base in Groton in 1968-69, and became a consultant to the department of pathology at Hartford Hospital, a position he held until his retirement.
Since 1969 he had been a consultant to NASA's Space Center at Houston where he received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Achievement Award for Lunar Quarantine, Apollo Missions, helping develop methods to quarantine returning lunar mission astronauts to avert the possibility of inadvertent transmission of infectious agents brought back to Earth, potentially affecting the planet and its inhabitants.
Kenyon left the University of Connecticut in 1973 to become head of the pathobiology laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute, Walker Laboratories in Rye, New York, and a professor at Cornell University's School of Graduate Medical Sciences in New York City. He was named director of Sloan-Kettering's Institute for Animal Care in 1977.
In that time, he developed an interest in parasitic diseases in beluga whale, traveling to Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada and above the Arctic Circle with his family to study their infection.
The author or co-author of over 85 research papers or articles on biochemistry and immunology, with both animal and human implications, Kenyon returned to the University of Connecticut to become director of animal care at the Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut in 1982.
Kenyon was a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Society for Experimental Pathology, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, American Society for Microbiology, the Harvey Society, and the Reticuloendothelial Society (now The Society for Leukocyte Biology).
Kenyon is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean Hirsch Kenyon of Mamaroneck (N.Y.); his three children, Sue Kenyon Lowden of White Plains (N.Y.), Dr. Julie Kenyon Casey of Greenwich, (Conn.), and John Kenyon of Groton (Conn.); one grandchild, Sophia Rose Kenyon Casey; two brothers, Karl Kenyon of Eau Claire and Vern Kenyon of St. Paul, (Minn.), and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Vitas Hospice Charitable Fund, 777 Commerce Drive, Suite 220, Fairfield, CT, 06825. One may also write letters to state and federal representatives advocating stem cell research.
Dr. Alan J. Kenyon, D.V.M., Ph.D., formerly of Eau Claire, died on March 22, 2007 at Brighton Gardens, Stamford, Conn. from complications due to Parkinson's and Lewy Body Disease. He was 77.
The son of Vern and Alice Kenyon, "Skip" was born on Sept. 10, 1929 and specialized in cancer research, becoming a national authority on the care of laboratory animals and the containment and isolation of infectious agents. A native of Whitehall, he received his B.S. degree with distinction in biochemistry and physics, his D.V.M. degree and a Ph.D. in bacteriology and biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.
As a recipient of a career development award, he studied immunochemistry and immunopathology at the University of Iowa, Ames and the University of Minnesota at St. Paul.
He began a teaching career at the University of Minnesota in 1957, and in 1961 became an associate professor of pathobiology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, becoming a full professor in 1965. In that time he pursued cancer related studies as the recipient of a career development award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He served as a consultant at the Navy's submarine base in Groton in 1968-69, and became a consultant to the department of pathology at Hartford Hospital, a position he held until his retirement.
Since 1969 he had been a consultant to NASA's Space Center at Houston where he received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Achievement Award for Lunar Quarantine, Apollo Missions, helping develop methods to quarantine returning lunar mission astronauts to avert the possibility of inadvertent transmission of infectious agents brought back to Earth, potentially affecting the planet and its inhabitants.
Kenyon left the University of Connecticut in 1973 to become head of the pathobiology laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute, Walker Laboratories in Rye, New York, and a professor at Cornell University's School of Graduate Medical Sciences in New York City. He was named director of Sloan-Kettering's Institute for Animal Care in 1977.
In that time, he developed an interest in parasitic diseases in beluga whale, traveling to Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada and above the Arctic Circle with his family to study their infection.
The author or co-author of over 85 research papers or articles on biochemistry and immunology, with both animal and human implications, Kenyon returned to the University of Connecticut to become director of animal care at the Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut in 1982.
Kenyon was a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Society for Experimental Pathology, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, American Society for Microbiology, the Harvey Society, and the Reticuloendothelial Society (now The Society for Leukocyte Biology).
Kenyon is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean Hirsch Kenyon of Mamaroneck (N.Y.); his three children, Sue Kenyon Lowden of White Plains (N.Y.), Dr. Julie Kenyon Casey of Greenwich, (Conn.), and John Kenyon of Groton (Conn.); one grandchild, Sophia Rose Kenyon Casey; two brothers, Karl Kenyon of Eau Claire and Vern Kenyon of St. Paul, (Minn.), and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Vitas Hospice Charitable Fund, 777 Commerce Drive, Suite 220, Fairfield, CT, 06825. One may also write letters to state and federal representatives advocating stem cell research.
The son of Vern and Alice Kenyon, "Skip" was born on Sept. 10, 1929 and specialized in cancer research, becoming a national authority on the care of laboratory animals and the containment and isolation of infectious agents. A native of Whitehall, he received his B.S. degree with distinction in biochemistry and physics, his D.V.M. degree and a Ph.D. in bacteriology and biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.
As a recipient of a career development award, he studied immunochemistry and immunopathology at the University of Iowa, Ames and the University of Minnesota at St. Paul.
He began a teaching career at the University of Minnesota in 1957, and in 1961 became an associate professor of pathobiology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, becoming a full professor in 1965. In that time he pursued cancer related studies as the recipient of a career development award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He served as a consultant at the Navy's submarine base in Groton in 1968-69, and became a consultant to the department of pathology at Hartford Hospital, a position he held until his retirement.
Since 1969 he had been a consultant to NASA's Space Center at Houston where he received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Achievement Award for Lunar Quarantine, Apollo Missions, helping develop methods to quarantine returning lunar mission astronauts to avert the possibility of inadvertent transmission of infectious agents brought back to Earth, potentially affecting the planet and its inhabitants.
Kenyon left the University of Connecticut in 1973 to become head of the pathobiology laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute, Walker Laboratories in Rye, New York, and a professor at Cornell University's School of Graduate Medical Sciences in New York City. He was named director of Sloan-Kettering's Institute for Animal Care in 1977.
In that time, he developed an interest in parasitic diseases in beluga whale, traveling to Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada and above the Arctic Circle with his family to study their infection.
The author or co-author of over 85 research papers or articles on biochemistry and immunology, with both animal and human implications, Kenyon returned to the University of Connecticut to become director of animal care at the Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut in 1982.
Kenyon was a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Society for Experimental Pathology, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, American Society for Microbiology, the Harvey Society, and the Reticuloendothelial Society (now The Society for Leukocyte Biology).
Kenyon is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean Hirsch Kenyon of Mamaroneck (N.Y.); his three children, Sue Kenyon Lowden of White Plains (N.Y.), Dr. Julie Kenyon Casey of Greenwich, (Conn.), and John Kenyon of Groton (Conn.); one grandchild, Sophia Rose Kenyon Casey; two brothers, Karl Kenyon of Eau Claire and Vern Kenyon of St. Paul, (Minn.), and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Vitas Hospice Charitable Fund, 777 Commerce Drive, Suite 220, Fairfield, CT, 06825. One may also write letters to state and federal representatives advocating stem cell research.
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