Evan Jennings Kemp, Jr. (May 5, 1937 – August 12, 1997) was an American disability rights activist who served as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1990 to 1993.

[2] Kemp served as executive director of the Disability Rights Center from 1980 until 1987, when he was appointed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by then-President Ronald Reagan to succeed William Arthur Webb.

He was confirmed to the EEOC During the next three years, Kemp played a significant role in helping to draft the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

[4][5] As chairman of the EEOC, Kemp was greatly involved in the drafting of the final rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act when it took effect in 1992.

[6] Kemp died on August 12, 1997, at a hospital near his home in Washington, D.C. His cause of death was not immediately known, but his wife, Janine Bertram, stated at the time that it was unrelated to Kugelberg-Welander disease, which he had had since the age of 12.