b'i nM eMoriaMDAN KENNER, Ph.D., L.Ac.January 8, 1950December 8, 2023BY SCOTT C. TIPS, NHF PRESIDENTAabriefill- Dan Kenner enjoyed his rock stararock-guitarheroasa fter ness,themanteenager.Therock-hero who had helpedcareer during his younger years crown did not rest easily savesomanyon his head, though, as peopleslivesandhealth,Dan was soon to find out.succumbedhimselfand High school inevitably died at home with Corinne,ledtocollegeandDan his wife of 40 years, and hisattendedSouthwestern three cherished children atCollege(nowRhodes his bedside. Dan is also sur- College)inMemphis. vivedbythreegrandchil- Hisjunioryearwith dren,abrotherandthreeSouthwesternwasthen sisters,andtheirfamiliesspent abroad in southern in Arkansas and Texas. HisFrance (Aix-en-Provence), sudden passing has come aswhere he studied French acompleteshocktoallofinparticularandEuro-us.pean life in general. But ThomasMacaulay,theit was after college that oft-quoted 19th-century En- Dandecidedtostudy glishparliamentarianandnatural medicine and be-historian, once wrote, Thecame enthralled with ho-highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the firstmeopathy. He went back to the land and lived in rural to catch and reflect the dawn. Long-time NHF Board ofMaryland, growing organic vegetables and reading about Governors member Dan Kenner was one such intellect,natural medicineespecially herbal medicine. Still, reflecting the dawn of a new era as individuals were be- Dans eyes were on the horizon and life in distant lands coming increasingly aware of natural health. We wereto gain his education.fortunate to count him as one of us.Found in TranslationFrom Plants to Rock, and Back Again Deciding to study Oriental Medicine, Dan then cast Although born in Memphis, Tennessee, Dan grew upabout for the right location to study this field. He had in Little Rock, Arkansas.While growing up there, andheard about an excellent school in Japan that taught Ori-beginning at an unusually early age, Dan evidenced aental Medicine, but of course other countries had excel-strong interest in plant medicine, poisonous plants, hal- lent schools as well. However, since he was already eager lucinogens, ethnobotany, and mycology and he read av- to study in Japan and learn Japanese and since, in those idly and extensively on all of those subjects. However, heyears, it was politically impossible for Americans to study let this interest lie dormant when he decided to becomein China, Japan seemed like a logical choice. Besides, H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2023 17H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2023 17'