The Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation is a non-profit foundation founded in memory of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy killed in action during World War II, who was the elder brother of President

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...

. The foundation was set up in 1946 by his father, Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., the patriarch of the

Kennedy family The Kennedy family () is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P ...

. The foundation was led by Kennedy Jr's youngest brother, U.S. senator Edward M. Kennedy, until he died in 2009. The foundation funded the construction of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Memorial Hall at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...

, now a part of

Campion Hall Campion Hall is one of the four permanent private halls of the University of Oxford in England. A Catholic hall, it is run by the Society of Jesus and named after Edmund Campion, a martyr and fellow of St John's College, Oxford. The hall is lo ...

and home to the college's

Lynch School of Education The Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development (abbreviated as Lynch School) is the school of education at Boston College. Founded in 1952, the Lynch school offers graduate and undergraduate programs in education, psychology, ...

. In 1957, the Lieutenant Joseph Patrick Kennedy Junior Memorial Skating Rink was opened in Hyannis, Massachusetts, with funds from the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. In 2000, the foundation had assets of $30 million.Frank L. Ellsworth (Editor), Joe Lumarda (Editor), 2003,
From Grantmaker to Leader : Emerging Strategies for Twenty-First Century Foundations
', Wiley, p9

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