John Andrew Kenney Jr. (October 8, 1914 – November 29, 2003) was an American dermatologist who taught at Howard University.
His father joined the Tuskegee Institute on the invitation of its founder, Booker T. Washington; he later became medical director and chief surgeon there.
His mother graduated from Boston University, making her one of the first black women to do so; she later also took a teaching position at the Tuskegee Institute.
[2] He graduated from Bates College in 1942, where he studied chemistry and biology,[3] and received his medical degree from Howard University in 1945.
[2] Kenney was an instructor in biochemistry at Howard from 1946 to 1948, and served as the assistant editor of the Journal of the National Medical Association from 1947 to 1952.