Eugene Patrick Kennedy (1919–2011) was an American biochemist known for his work on lipid metabolism and membrane function. He attended

DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from ...

and then became a PhD student at the

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. From 1959 to 1993 he worked at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

. 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

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*1976 Gairdner Foundation International Award *1986 Passano Award *1986

Heinrich Wieland Prize The Heinrich Wieland Prize is awarded annually by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation for outstanding research on biologically active molecules and systems in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry and physiology as well as their clinical importance ...

*1992 William C. Rose Award *1993 elected to the

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References

1919 births 2011 deaths American biochemists Harvard Medical School people Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences University of Chicago alumni DePaul University alumni Members of the American Philosophical Society {{US-biochemist-stub