USAFA Class Heritage Class of 1963

Retired Col Air Force 86: CP (Command Pilot): 

25-  :  Chair of Board of Directors, Atl Council on Intl Relations

14-25: President, Atlanta Council on International Relations;

03-15: Professor of Sam Nunn International Affairs Georgia Institute ofTechnology GA (Georgia);

98-03:  DirGCMarshallCen Germany;

89-97: Prof GeorgialnstituteTech Atlanta GA (Georgia);

85-88: Civ Dpty Cmdt NATODefColl;

83-85: Concepts&Doctrines/LongRangePlanning HqUSAF (Headquarters US Air Force);

78: PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) PoliSci GeorgetownUniv;

83-85: Eisenhower Prof of Natl Sec Studies, US Army WC;

74-83: SrRsch StratStudieslnst, USArmyWar College;

74: Foreign Affairs Officer, USArmsCont&DisarmamentAgency;

71-83: Maryland ANG (Air National Guard); Pilot A-37, A-10;

70-71: Pit (Pilot) F-4D 7TFSq (Tactical Fighter Squadron) HollomanAFB;

67-70: Pit (Pilot) 78TFSq (Tactical Fighter Squadron) WoodbridgeRAFStnUK/EAO 81TFWg (Tactical Fighter Wing) BentwatersRAFStnUK;

65-66: Fulbright Scholar, LimaPeru;

64-65: PltTng (Pilot Training) WilliamsAFB;

64: MAPoliSci Georgetown; 

1MSM (Meritorious Service Medal); 6975 Hunters Knl Atlanta GA (Georgia) 30328-1762: Vevonna

35th Reunion (1998): Robert Kennedy assumed his current position as director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch- Partenkirchen, Germany on November 1, 1997. Previously he served as Professor of International Affairs at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and Co-Director, Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (1989- 1997). He also served as the Civilian Deputy Commandant, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy (1985-1988); Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of National Security Studies, U. S. Army War College (1974- 1983); Foreign Affairs Officer, U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1974); and a command pilot on active duty with the United States Air Force and later with the reserve forces (1963-1986). Professor Kennedy also has been a Fulbright Scholar in Peru and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Georgetown University and a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy. Dr. Kennedy has served on the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Executive Committee for the accrediting of joint military education, is an Academic Associate of the Atlantic Council of the U.S., and General Editor of the Atlantic Papers. He is also a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the International Studies Association, the Southern Center for International Studies, the Military Committee of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the Atlanta Council for International Relations. He has lectured and published widely and has served as a consultant in the fields of international security and defense affairs. Professor Kennedy is married to Vevonna Marie Clark. They have two sons, Shaun and Teague.