Kendall, Katherine
Katherine Kendall Born 1910 in the Highlands of Scotland. settled with family in Chicago in 1920. B.A. University of Illinois, 1933; M.A. Louisiana State University, 1939; Ph.D., School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 1950. Major Positions: Assistant Director for Training, Home Service, American Red Cross; Assistant Director, Inter-American Unit & later Training Supervisor, International Service, U.S. Children’s Bureau. Labor Department; Social Affairs Officer, United Nations; Executive Secretary, American Association of Schools of Social Work; Educational Secretary, Associate Director, Executive Director & (with IASSW) Director of International Education, Council on Social Work Education; Secretary-General, International Association of Schools of Social Work.
University Connections: Assistant Professor, Richmond School of Social Work; Carnegie Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii; Moses Distinguished Visiting Professor, Hunter College; part-time as doctoral student, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago & evening lectures, Howard University. Honors: Honorary Doctorates, Syracuse University, University of Pennsylvania, Louisiana State University, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Awards: International Sarnat Award, NASW; Edith Abbott Award, SSA & University Alumni Professional Achievement Award, U. of Chicago; Series of Service Awards, Gold Medal, Lifetime Board Membership, Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education edtablished, CSWE; Series of Achievement Awards, School of Social Work & University Alumna of the Year, Louisiana State U.; Lifetime Honorary President & Kendall Award established, IASSW; Honorary President, Pan-American Congress of Social Service, Puerto Rico; Citation, Living Legend, St. Joseph’s College, West Hartford, CT.
International Activities: United Nations - Author, Training for Social Work: An International Survey, 1950; contributor to continuing follow-up studies of social work education; chair or member of UN & UNICEF seminars, working parties, & expert groups on training; special mission to Guatemala; official IASSW delegate at meetings of ministers of social welfare & other governmental bodies sponsored by the Social Commission & Economic and Social Council.U.S. Government sponsored or financed - Co-Chair (with sister of Vice-President Hubert Humphrey) of official delegation, Vth Pan-American Congress of Social Service, Venezuela; Director of the First Central American Seminar on Social Work Education, El Salvador; Director of the International Conference on Social Work Education,, Family Planning and Population, East -West Center, Hawaii; Director of six-year international project on social work education, family planning and population sponsored by IASSW. IASSW: From 1954 to 2002, annual or biennial trips, world-wide, to attend Board meetings of International Congresses; from 1971 to 1978, four to five trips annually to consult with governments and schools of social work, particularly in developing countries; officially representing IASSW as an NGO at UN, UNICEF for some 30 years and occasionally at the Organization of American States and UNISCO. General: Frequent keynoter, speaker, or program participant at meetings related to international activities and education; official travel throughout career covered all countries of Latin America, most countries of Europe outside Communist bloc; most countries in Asia; and about five in Africa; author of several books and some 100 articles, many of which have been translated into other languages.