1935
Dr. Kern is born in Middletown, Ohio to Charles Albert and Charme Kern.
1957
Dr. Kern receives a Bachelor of Science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
1961
Dr. Kern receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota.
1961
Dr. Kern becomes a postdoctoral fellow in chemical physics at Columbia University.
1962
Dr. Kern becomes a staff member of the IBM Watson Laboratory at Columbia University.
1964
Dr. Kern becomes an assistant professor of chemistry at Stony Brook University.
1966
Dr. Kern becomes an adjunct associate professor of chemistry at Ohio State University.
1966
Dr. Kern becomes a research scientist at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio.
1971
Dr. Kern becomes an adjunct professor of chemistry at Ohio State University.
1972
Dr. Kern is appointed academy vice chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Ohio State University.
1972
Dr. Kern becomes manager of the Chemical Physics Section of the Battelle Memorial Institute.
1973
Dr. Kern becomes an institute scientist and serves as director of the physical science program at the Battelle Memorial Institute.
1976
Dr. Kern becomes a full-time professor in chemistry at Ohio State University.
1978
Dr. Kern becomes program director of theoretical chemical physics in the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C.
1980
Dr. Kern becomes a senior staff associate and Computer Science Research Network Project Director in the Division of Mathematics and Computer Science at the National Science Foundation.
1983
Dr. Kern becomes program director of structural chemistry and thermodynamics and acting section head of physical chemistry and chemical dynamics at the National Science Foundation.
1985
Dr. Kern becomes deputy director of the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C.
1986
Dr. Kern becomes assistant director of general science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Office of the President. He also appointed dean of the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University.
1992
Dr. Kern becomes a professor in chemistry, vice president of research and dean of the graduate school at Northwestern University.
1998
Dr. Kern becomes Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University.