1940
Born to Stanley William Kennett and Muriel Jean Kennett in Wellington, New Zealand.
1964
Marries Margaret Dawes on Dec. 12. She passes away in March 2019.
1965
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand.
1965
Works as a Science Officer, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute.
1966
Works as a research associate for the Allan Hancock Foundation at the University of Southern California.
1966
Receives the McKay Hammer Award from the. New Zealand Geological Society
1968
Teaches as an assistant professor at Florida State University.
1970
Teaches as an associate professor within the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.
1974
Teaches as a professor within the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.
1976
Earns a Doctor of Science from Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand.
1981
Receives the Academic Achievement Award from the University of Rhode Island.
1985
Serves as the “Founding Editor of Paleoceanography, American Geophysical Union” through 1987.
1987
Is named Professor Emeritus within the Dept. of Geological Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara through 2006.
1987
Serves as the director of the Marine Science Institute at the University of California Santa Barbara.
1992
Serves as co-editor of “The Antarctic Paleoenvironment: A Perspective on Global Change, Vol. 1.”
1993
Is an Eminent Scholar-Lecturer at the University of South Florida.
1993
Serves as a co-editor of “The Antarctic Paleoenvironment: A Perspective on Global Change, Vol. 2.”
2001
Is a Distinguished Lecturer within the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
2002
Receives the Shepard Medal from the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.
2004
Is a S.T. Lee Lecturer in Antarctic Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.