--- title: "4 Donald Kennedy Quotes - Famous Biologist" description: "Donald Kennedy was an American scientist, public administrator, and academic. Browse 4 Donald Kennedy quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b188/author-donald-kennedy-69987.png" --- ![Portrait of Donald Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b188/author-donald-kennedy-69987.png) # Donald Kennedy (1931–2020) Biologist **4** quotes in **39** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Donald Kennedy was a biologist, best known for *The Cold and the Dark: The World After Nuclear War*. ## Quick Facts About Donald Kennedy Born August 18, 1931 Died April 21, 2020 Profession Biologist Notable works The Cold and the Dark: The World After Nuclear War ## About Donald Kennedy Donald Kennedy was an American scientist, public administrator, and academic. He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977–1979), President of Stanford University (1980–1992), and Editor-in-Chief of Science (2000–2008). Following this, he was named president emeritus of Stanford University; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus; and senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. ## Quotes by Donald Kennedy > [Academic freedom really means freedom of inquiry. To be able to probe according to one's own interest, knowledge and conscience is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-kennedy/academic-freedom-really-means-freedom-of-inquiry-to-be-able-to-probe/) [Donald Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-kennedy/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/donald-kennedy-69987_able_academic-freedom-really-means-freedom-of_1713827.png) > [A lot of disappointed people have been left standing on the street corner waiting for the bus marked Perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-kennedy/a-lot-of-disappointed-people-have-been-left-standing-on-the-street/) [Donald Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-kennedy/) [Bus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/donald-kennedy-69987_bus_a-lot-of-disappointed-people-have-been-l_1775972.png) > [So here's the situation confronting the drug firms: The drugs cost more to make, but they can't charge more for them. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-kennedy/so-here-s-the-situation-confronting-the-drug-firms-the-drugs-cost/) [Donald Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-kennedy/) [Confronting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confronting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/donald-kennedy-69987_confronting_so-here-s-the-situation-confronting-the_1999662.jpg) > [This is really a twin tragedy, both for the people who were misled over there, and for those of us who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-kennedy/this-is-really-a-twin-tragedy-both-for-the-people-who-were-misled/) [Donald Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-kennedy/) [Misled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/misled/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/donald-kennedy-69987_misled_this-is-really-a-twin-tragedy-both-for-t_2814600.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-kennedy/#itemlist", "name": "Donald Kennedy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Academic freedom really means freedom of inquiry. 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