
Donald Kennedy
'Donald Kennedy' (born
1931) is an
American scientist, public administrator and academic.
Donald Kennedy was born in New York and educated at
Harvard University (
A.B.;
Ph.D.,
Biology,
1956). He has spent most of his professional career at
Stanford University. He served for 26 months as Commissioner of the United States
Food and Drug Administration during the
Carter Administration.
Kennedy served as president of Stanford from
1980 to
1992. Since
2000, he has been editor-in-chief of ''
Science'', the prestigious weekly published by the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Trained as a biologist, Kennedy has become an expert in environmental problems related to major
land-use changes, economically driven alterations in
agricultural practice, global
climate change and the development of
regulatory practices.
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