DAVID A. KENDALL ’52

DAVID A. KENDALL, 79, a chemist and consultant, who retired as a director of technology and product development for Arthur D. Little, died Apr. 5, 2010. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho. During his long career at ADL he specialized in flavor and odor chemistry, and was noted for his expertise in odor analysis of diesel exhaust. He was the subject of a 1988 Wall Street Journal profile entitled “A Flavor Analyst Should Never Ask What’s For Lunch.” His former wife, Jean Boothby Kendall, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife, Nancy F. Smith; three daughters, including Sarah Kendall Bayles ’77; four grandchildren, including Eleonore Bayles ’14; a sister; and a large extended family.