[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 87 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E431-E432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF DONALD KENNEDY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 8, 2020

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life and 
work of an extraordinary American, Donald Kennedy.
  Donald Kennedy was born in New York City to Barbara Bean and William 
Dorsey Kennedy, on August 18, 1931, and died in Redwood City, 
California on April 21, 2020.
  Donald Kennedy's career was long, productive and illustrious. He 
received his BA, MS and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. He began 
as a biology teacher at Syracuse University, then became an Assistant 
Professor at Stanford University in 1960, earning tenure in 1962, and 
he was made Chair of the Department of Biology in the School of 
Humanities and Sciences in 1967. In 1976 he

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was awarded the Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Service to 
Undergraduate Education, one of Stanford's highest honors, and served 
as a trustee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. During the 
Carter Administration he served as Commissioner of the FDA, where he 
dealt with many controversies, earning the praise of consumers and 
industry alike for his leadership. He returned to Stanford in 1979 and 
became its eighth president in 1980. During his distinguished tenure he 
grew the University's endowment to $2 billion, inaugurated overseas 
campuses in Japan and England, established the Haas Center for Public 
Service and the Stanford-in-Washington campus. In 1992 he resigned from 
the presidency, and remained at Stanford. In 2000 he became Editor-in-
Chief of Science, a post he held until 2008. He received the Carl Sagan 
Prize for Science Popularization, and was a fellow of the American 
Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Sciences. He 
was the author of several books including his memoir, A Place in the 
Sun.
  No list of Donald Kennedy's extraordinary accomplishments can 
describe the man he was. Proud yet humble, erudite and playful, and 
beloved by his students. I was privileged to call him my friend, and 
I'm exceedingly grateful to have benefitted from his wise counsel.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in extending our condolences to Donald Kennedy's wife Robin, and his 
children Page Kennedy Rochon (Mark); Julia Kennedy Tussing (Ted); 
Cameron Kennedy (Rick Desimone); and Jamie Hamill (Rosario), and nine 
grandchildren. Donald Kennedy made our country stronger and made our 
world a better place. He will always be missed by all those who had the 
good fortune to know him, and he will be a lasting source of 
inspiration to the generations he helped shape.

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