[2] Many early students found employment at the Washington National Insurance Company of Evanston, a major financial supporter of the school.
[3] In 1950, the school was renamed in honor of Washington National's founders, Curtis P. Kendall and his family.
Building on the culinary program, a Bachelor of Arts in Hotel and Restaurant Management was created in 1987.
A partnership was later formed with Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and Glion Institute of Higher Education, including the creation of exchange programs with Les Roches campuses in Switzerland and Spain.
[4] In 2005, Kendall College moved from Evanston to Goose Island, Chicago, in the former Sara Lee Research and Development building.