Eugene P. Kennedy Explained

Birth Date:	1919
Birth Place:	Chicago
Death Date:	22 September 2011
Death Place:	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fields:	Biochemistry
Known For:	Work on the biosynthesis of phospholipids
Workplaces:	Harvard Medical School, University of Chicago
Education:	DePaul University, University of Chicago
Awards:	Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Gairdner Foundation International Award, Passano Award, Heinrich Wieland Prize, William C. Rose Award

Eugene Patrick Kennedy (1919–2011)^[1] was an American biochemist known for his work on lipid metabolism and membrane function.^[2] He attended DePaul University and then became a PhD student at the University of Chicago. From 1959 to 1993 he worked at Harvard Medical School.^{[3] [4]} He was born to Irish immigrant parents and attended Catholic schools in Chicago, Illinois.^[5]

He was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.^[6]

Awards and honors

• 1958 Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
• 1961 elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences^[7]
• 1964 elected to the National Academy of Sciences^[8]
• 1976 Gairdner Foundation International Award
• 1986 Passano Award
• 1986 Heinrich Wieland Prize^[9]
• 1992 William C. Rose Award^[10]
• 1993 elected to the American Philosophical Society^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ASBMB.org obituary . 2015-05-10 . 2015-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102331/http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=14936 . dead .
2. Book: Giorgio Semenza. Anthony J. Turner. A History of Biochemistry: Selected Topics in the History of Biochemistry - Personal Recollections IX. 2005. Gulf Professional Publishing. 978-0-444-51866-8. 82.
3. http://www.pnas.org/content/108/48/19122.full PNAS obituary
4. http://www.jbc.org/content/280/25/e22.full.pdf The Journal of Biological Chemistry
5. Wickner . William T. . 2011-11-29 . Eugene Patrick Kennedy, 1919–2011 . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 108 . 48 . 19122–19123 . 10.1073/pnas.1117398108 . free . 0027-8424 . 3228477 . 22100738.
6. Web site: Mehlin . Hans . 2020-04-01 . Nomination%20archive%20-%20%20%20 . 2024-01-21 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
7. Web site: Eugene Patrick Kennedy . 2022-03-21 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.
8. Web site: Eugene P. Kennedy . 2022-03-21 . www.nasonline.org.
9. http://www.heinrich-wieland-prize.de/heinrich-wieland-laureates/id-1989-1980.html Heinrich Wieland Prize site
10. Web site: William C. Rose Award . ASBMB.org . 2012-08-01 . 2014-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729012647/http://www.asbmb.org/Page.aspx?id=518 . dead .
11. Web site: APS Member History . 2022-03-21 . search.amphilsoc.org.