James P. Kennett, PhD, DSc

Geologist and Oceanographer | Researcher in Education | Educator

James Kennett

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

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.

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