Prof. Joseph P. Kennedy
Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Chemistry
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Education:
- 1948 B. Sc., chemistry, University of Budapest, Hungary
- 1954 Ph. D., biochemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
- 1961 M. B. A., general business, Rutgers University
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Post-Doctoral Experience
- 1955 Research Fellow, Sorbonne U., Paris France
- 1956 Research Assoc., McGill U., Montreal, Canada
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Industrial Research
- 1957-59 Research Chemist, Celanese Corp., Summit, N.J.
- 1959-70 Rose to Senior Research Assoc., Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Linden, N.J.
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Academic Experience
- 1959 1st Industrial Guest Professor in Polymer Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto,Japan
- 1970-1980 Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
- 1980- Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Awards, Honorary Degrees, etc.
- Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Akron, 1979
- Morley Award and Medal, Cleveland Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 1982
- Döbereiner Medaille, F. Schiller Universität, Jena, DDR, 1985
- American Chemical Society, Award in Polymer Chemistry, 1985
- Best Paper Award, Rubber Division of the Am. Chem. Soc., 1985
- Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa, D.H.C.), Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, Hungary, 1989
- Elected External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1993
- Special journal issue in honor of J.P. Kennedy, J. Macromol. Sci.-Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 31, No. 8, 1994
- American Chemical Society, Award in Applied Polymer Science, 1995
- George S. Whitby Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research, Rubber Division, Am. Chem. Soc., 1996
- Three Special Creativity Awards by the NSF, 1993, 1997, 2004
- Award for Distinguished Service to Polymer Science, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2000
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Major Professional Activities
- Founding coeditor: Polymer Bulletin 1978-1998
- Senior Editorial Board: J. Macromol . Sci.-Chem. 1978-1998
- Editorial Board: J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed.; Adv. Polym. Sci. 1976-1998; Polymers, Properties and Applications; Macromolecules 1988-1991; Polymer Contents; Hungarian Chemical Journal.
- Chairman: Gordon Conferences on Elastomers 1973; on Polymers 1989
- Chairman: 35th IUPAC Intl. Symposium on Macromolecules, MacroAkron '94, Akron, 1994
Inventor of 94 issued U.S. Patents, several licensed and products in commercial production; drug-eluting stent coating generated revenues well in excess of 1 billion dollars.
Listed in "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology", "American Men of Science", "Hungarian and International Who's Who", etc.
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Updated: November 10, 2006