Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kennedy attended parochial schools, Calvert Hall College, and Polytechnic Institute. He was employed as a clerk for an insurance company from 1909 to 1924, and engaged in the brokerage and insurance business in 1924.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kennedy attended Catholic schools, a private college, and technical school. He worked as an office clerk for an insurance firm from 1909 to 1924, and started his own brokerage and insurance business in 1924.