Kennedy returned to Little Rock and was again employed by the Rose Law Firm. In 2001 Kennedy represented Charles Wilfred Morgan, who received a federal pardon from President Clinton after having been convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the 1980s. In 2001 President Clinton appointed Kennedy to the board of directors of the Student Loan Marketing Association, commonly known as Sallie Mae. Kennedy was a member of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board and the Arkansas Executive forum of the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Administration. He was voted Attorney of the Year by VOCALS, a pro bono legal services organization in Arkansas. He was also president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Little Rock. Family His father, William H. Kennedy Jr. (1917–1991), a former World War II Marine Corps officer and aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the first Arkansan to become president of the American Bankers Association in 1981. Kennedy was married to Leslie Gail until late 1994. References Lawyers from Little Rock, Arkansas Clinton administration personnel Living people Year of birth missing (living people)