Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by William J. Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat vacated by Joyce Hens Green. Confirmed by the Senate on September 4, 1997, and received commission on September 18, 1997. Assumed senior status due to certified disability on November 18, 2011.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1976-1979 Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1979-1997
Education:
Princeton University, A.B., 1970
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1973
Courtesy of the Kennedy Family
- Left to Right, Randall Kennedy (brother), Angela Kennedy Acree (sister), Henry H. Kennedy, Sr. (father), Judge Kennedy, Rachel Kennedy (mother), October 1997
- Left to Right, Morgan Rucker Kennedy (daughter), Altomease Rucker Kennedy (wife), Judge Kennedy, Alexandra Rucker Kennedy (daughter), Judge Oliver Gasch, October 20, 1997
- Former Superior Court Judge John Fauntleroy and Judge Kennedy, May 1976
Portrait Ceremony
Program of Ceremony: June 22, 2018
Artist
Simmie Knox (1935 – ), a native of Washington, D.C., painted the portrait of Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. Knox graduated from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and has specialized in oil portraiture since 1981. Knox exhibited as an abstract artist and worked for the Museum of African Art in Washington D.C. during the 1970s. His abstract art was displayed in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1971. After years of painting abstract and other art forms, Knox turned full time to portraiture. He has been commissioned by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, a U.S. cabinet member, U.S. congressmen and state senators, a mayor of New York City, other civic and religious leaders, sports and entertainment figures, military officers, businessmen, and private individuals. He painted the portraits of President Bill and First Lady Hillary Clinton, unveiled in 2004.
Today, Knox’s work is held in private collections, the U.S. Senate, the White House, and schools, museums, and courthouses across the country.
Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1973-1976