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Kennedy, David Matthew, 1905-1996

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1905 - 1996

Biographical History

David M. Kennedy (1905-1996) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 60th Secretary of the Treasury.

David M. Kennedy was born on July 21, 1905 in Randolph, Utah to George and Katherine Kennedy. In 1925 he married Lenora Margaret Bingham and shortly after served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liverpool, England. In 1928 he received his bachelor's degree from Weber College. He attended George Washington University and received his master's and law degrees in 1935 and 1937. He completed his education at Rutgers’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking in 1939.

Kennedy was nominated by President Richard Nixon to be the 60th Secretary of the Treasury. He served from 1969 until 1971. Kennedy served as the U.S. Ambassador to NATO from March 1972 to February 1973. In 1985, the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University opened and is named in his honor. Kennedy died in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 1, 1996, from cardiovascular disease and the congestive heart failure, at the age of 90.

Citation:
wikipedia, via WWW, December 12, 2014 (David M. Kennedy; b. 1906 Randolph to George and Katherine; 1925 married Bingham; mission liverpool; 1928 B.A.; George Washington University 1935 and 1937; Rutger's Stonier Graduate School of Banking 1939. 60th Secretary 1969-1971; U.S. Ambassador to NATO 1972-1973; 1985 Kennedy Center opened; d. 1996 Salt Lake City of Cardiovascular disease and the congestive heart failure)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

David Matthew Kennedy papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1583
Scope and Contents

Diaries, correspondence, business and political records, reports, and miscellaneous items relating to Kennedy's banking and political assignments.

Dates: 1918-1979

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