CESP
Stanford University
Encina Hall E401
Stanford, CA 94305

kennedyd@stanford.edu
(650) 725-9888 (voice)
(650) 725-1992 (fax)

Expertise
global climate change; land-use policy; economically driven changes in agricultural practice; environmental regulation

Donald Kennedy is president emeritus of Stanford University, the Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus, and an FSI senior fellow by courtesy. He is also the editor-in-chief of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research focuses on policy regarding trans-boundary environmental problems such as as major land-use changes; economically-driven alterations in agricultural practice; global climate change; and the development of regulatory policies.

Kennedy joined the Stanford faculty in 1960 and was president of the university from 1980 to 1992. He was commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 1977 to 1979. Previously at Stanford, he was director of the Program in Human Biology (1973-1977), and chair of the Department of Biology (1964-1972).

Kennedy is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He served on the National Commission for Public Service and the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government, and as a founding director of the Health Effects Institute. He currently serves as a director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and as co-chair of the National Academies' Project on Science, Technology and Law. He received AB and PhD degrees in biology from Harvard University.