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John Andrew Kenney Sr. (June 11, 1874 – January 29, 1950) was an African-American surgeon who was the medical director and chief surgeon of the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, from 1902 to 1922. He was also the co-founder of the National Medical Association (NMA), of which he also served as secretary from 1904 to 1912. He was elected president of the NMA in 1912. He was the editor-in-chief of its journal, the Journal of the National Medical Association, from 1916 to 1948. After leaving Tuskegee in 1924, he founded the Kenney Memorial Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. This hospital was later renamed the Booker T. Washington Community Hospital in 1935, and closed down in 1953. He also served as the personal physician of both Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver.
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11 June 1874 Albemarle County, Virginia
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29 January 1950 (aged 75) Glen Ridge, New Jersey
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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