Douglas T. Kenny | |
Office1: | 7th President of the University of British Columbia |
Term Start1: | 1975 |
Term End1: | 1983 |
Predecessor1: | Walter Harry Gage |
Successor1: | George Pedersen |
Birth Date: | October 20, 1923 |
Birth Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Occupation: | University president, Professor |
Douglas Timothy Kenny (October 20, 1923 – June 1996) served as the seventh President of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1975 to 1983.[1] [2]
Douglas T. Kenny was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1923.[2] [3] He attended Victoria College.[2] He received a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of British Columbia, followed by a PhD from the University of Washington.[1] In 1950, he became a lecturer at UBC, then full professor in 1964 and Chair of the Department of Psychology in 1970, then Dean of Arts in 1970.[1] [2] He served as the seventh President from 1975 to 1983.[1] [2] From 1983 to 1988, he taught Psychology again at UBC.[2]
He served as member of the Governing Board of the Canada Council from 1975 to 1978, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada from 1978 to 1983.[1] [4]
He died in June 1996.[2] [5] The Psychology building at UBC has been named after him.[2]