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Eugene P. Kennedy
Born	1919 Chicago
Died	22 September 2011 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Education	DePaul University, University of Chicago
Known for	Work on the biosynthesis of phospholipids
Awards	Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, Gairdner Foundation International Award, Passano Award, Heinrich Wieland Prize, William C. Rose Award
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Harvard Medical School, University of Chicago

Eugene Patrick Kennedy (1919–2011) was an American biochemist known for his work on lipid metabolism and membrane function. 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. He was born to Irish immigrant parents and attended Catholic schools in Chicago, Illinois.

He was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Awards and honors

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

References

1. "ASBMB.org obituary". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
2. Giorgio Semenza; Anthony J. Turner (2005). A History of Biochemistry: Selected Topics in the History of Biochemistry - Personal Recollections IX. Gulf Professional Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-444-51866-8.
3. PNAS obituary
4. The Journal of Biological Chemistry
5. Wickner, William T. (2011-11-29). "Eugene Patrick Kennedy, 1919–2011". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (48): 19122–19123. doi:10.1073/pnas.1117398108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3228477. PMID 22100738.
6. Mehlin, Hans (2020-04-01). "Nomination%20archive%20-%20%20%20". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
7. "Eugene Patrick Kennedy". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
8. "Eugene P. Kennedy". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
9. Heinrich Wieland Prize site
10. "William C. Rose Award". ASBMB.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
11. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.

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