Dr. John Gerald "Gerry" Kennedy, 45, who grew up in Evanston and went on to become chief of neurosurgery at the Hitchcock Clinic of the South New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H., died of a brain tumor Aug. 26 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua. Dr. Kennedy moved to Evanston when he was 12. He attended Northwestern University and later received a medical degree from Southern Illinois University. "He lived his life for medicine," said his mother, Noel Gardiner Kennedy. "He knew by about age 7 that he was going to be a doctor." He served his residency in neurosurgery at Georgetown University in Washington and at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, N.H. He was at the Hitchcock Clinic for the past 10 years. Other survivors include his wife, Dr. Bernadette Johnson; three daughters, Cardin, Leda and Fiona; and two sisters, Carolyn Kennedy Graupner and Susan Kennedy Cousins.
Gerry was a very good friend both at ETHS and at NU. We reconnected a year before he died but he had already been diagnosed with a glioma. He shared how he diagnosed himself as he was both a neurologist and a neurosurgeon. What a tragedy! So sad to die so young with 3 young daughters.
I met John "Gerry" Kenndy at NIchols Jr. High. We were in a production of the play ANTIGONE, writtne by jean Cocteau. Jerry was a very personable individual, and extremely bright. He was taken way too soon. Michael Dorn.
Nancy Lyons
DR. JOHN GERALD KENNEDY
Dr. John Gerald "Gerry" Kennedy, 45, who grew up in Evanston and went on to become chief of neurosurgery at the Hitchcock Clinic of the South New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H., died of a brain tumor Aug. 26 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua. Dr. Kennedy moved to Evanston when he was 12. He attended Northwestern University and later received a medical degree from Southern Illinois University. "He lived his life for medicine," said his mother, Noel Gardiner Kennedy. "He knew by about age 7 that he was going to be a doctor." He served his residency in neurosurgery at Georgetown University in Washington and at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, N.H. He was at the Hitchcock Clinic for the past 10 years. Other survivors include his wife, Dr. Bernadette Johnson; three daughters, Cardin, Leda and Fiona; and two sisters, Carolyn Kennedy Graupner and Susan Kennedy Cousins.
Nancy Lyons
Gerry was a very good friend both at ETHS and at NU. We reconnected a year before he died but he had already been diagnosed with a glioma. He shared how he diagnosed himself as he was both a neurologist and a neurosurgeon. What a tragedy! So sad to die so young with 3 young daughters.
Michael Dorn
I met John "Gerry" Kenndy at NIchols Jr. High. We were in a production of the play ANTIGONE, writtne by jean Cocteau. Jerry was a very personable individual, and extremely bright. He was taken way too soon. Michael Dorn.