Alan Kennedy

2021 Professional Practice Hall of Fame Member

Carl Margraf

Education

- B.S.  1969, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
- J.D. 1976, University of Maryland School of Law

Professional Career

Alan was previously employed as a Design Engineer at GE Appliances and as a Patent Attorney at Xerox, U.S. Army and NASA. He was the first black student to graduate with a Mechanical Engineering Co-op at Purdue University. Alan served as Director of the NASA Patent Infringement Division in Washington, DC and led NASA trademark compliance initiatives including films such as Apollo 13 and Armageddon.

Co-op Alumnus

- Completed a Co-op with Haynes Stellite
- First black Co-op student at Purdue University