John Hanger Kennerly
John H. Kennerly, born in Virginia in 1856, began his study of dentistry with Dr. J. H. Yost in Shelbina, Missouri. He took a course of lectures at the Missouri Dental College in St. Louis, receiving the degree of D.D.S. in 1888.
From 1894 to 1899 Kennerly was professor of Prosthetic Dentistry at the Marion-Sims Dental College. He then joined the Dental Department of Washington University as professor of mechanical Dentistry and secretary of the faulty. Upon the resignation of Dr. A. H. Fuller in 1901, Kennerly was elected his successor as dean and professor of Clinical Dentistry. He served as dean until 1922.
Kennerly was active in the Missouri State Dental Association, serving as corresponding secretary (1902), first vice-president (1903), and president (1905). He served as president of the St. Louis Dental Society (1897), the National Association of Dental Faculties (1906), and the Institute of Dental Pedagogics (1908). Kennerly died in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1926.