John A. Kenney Sr.

John A. Kenney Sr.
Born(1874-06-11)June 11, 1874
Albemarle County, Virginia
DiedJanuary 29, 1950(1950-01-29) (aged 75)
Montclair, New Jersey
EducationHampton University, Leonard Medical School
RelativesJohn A. Kenney Jr. (son)
William Oscar Armstrong (father-in-law)[1]
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon
FieldSurgery

John Andrew Kenney Sr. (June 11, 1874 – January 29, 1950) was an African-American surgeon who was the medical director and chief surgeon of the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, from 1902 to 1922. He served as secretary of the National Medical Association (NMA) from 1904 to 1912, and was elected president of the NMA in 1912.[2] He was the editor-in-chief of its journal, the Journal of the National Medical Association, from 1916 to 1948.[3] He also served as the personal physician of both Booker T. Washington[4] and George Washington Carver.[5]

  1. ^ "William Oscar Armstrong". The Boston Globe. May 23, 1932.
  2. ^ "John A. Kenney Jr., 89". Washington Post. December 7, 2003. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "John Andrew Kenney, M.D., 1874-1950". Journal of the National Medical Association. 48 (1): 75. January 1956. PMC 2641163. PMID 20893791.
  4. ^ Morrison, Sheena M.; Fee, Elizabeth (April 1, 2010). "The Journal of the National Medical Association: A Voice for Civil Rights and Social Justice". American Journal of Public Health. 100 (S1): S70–S71. doi:10.2105/ajph.2009.175042. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 2837443. PMID 20147673.
  5. ^ "Guide to the Papers of John A. Kenney" (PDF). Tuskegee University. 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.