Kevin Dwayne Kennon

Supervisor, Financial Analysis
Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute 

First UTSW job: Administrative Staff Assistant. 

Best part about my job: The variety of people I work with.

How co-workers describe me: Nice and generous, because I am considerate of all and willing to share; funny, because I make everybody laugh – a lot.

Funniest UTSW memory: I got to work one morning in the summer of 1997, and my first to-do item was to buy Prince concert tickets. This was before you could buy them online – you had to dial the phone and speak to a representative to purchase your tickets. I tried multiple times and was not very successful. My manager at the time witnessed my frustration and finally said to give her the contact information. She had much better luck than I and was able to help me get my Prince tickets. I thanked her, and she said she felt it was her duty to help because otherwise I would not have gotten any work done that day.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Being an organist, so I could play the Hammond B-3 organ, my favorite musical instrument.

Hobbies or passions: I’m an avid tennis fan.

Surprising fact: I am the baker in my family. I bake a mean pecan cake.