Donald Kennedy, scientist, public administrator, and academic
He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977–79), President of Stanford University (1980–92), and Editor-in-Chief of Science (2000–08). Following this, he was named president emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus; and senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Donald Kennedy was born on August 18, 1931 in New York City, the son of Barbara Bean and William Dorsey Kennedy.
He attended Dublin School through high school and went on to attend Harvard University, where he received an A.B., M.S., and Ph.D. in Biology, in 1956. His doctoral dissertation was titled Studies on the Frog Electroretinogram.
From 1956 to 1960, Kennedy taught biology at Syracuse University, receiving...
