EDITORIAL
On April 30, 2010, Jack Kenney retired from the ASM Journals Department after 25 years of service. He served as the production editor for the Journal of Bacteriology (JB) for the last 13 of those years. I worked with Jack for almost 10 years. He was an especially gifted production editor; he solved countless problems for me when I was an editor, and I know that he helped countless authors. Jack died suddenly and unexpectedly on July 10, 2010, before he really had a chance to enjoy his retirement.
At the annual JB editors’ meeting following Jack’s untimely death, the editors unanimously decided that the JB Editors Award for Outstanding Service on the Editorial Board be renamed the Jack Kenney Award for Outstanding Service.
At the 2020 editors’ meeting, Andrew J. Darwin was the editors’ choice as the recipient of the Jack Kenney Award. Andrew is an associate professor of microbiology at NYU School of Medicine. He is well known for his work on the phage shock protein (Psp) stress response, a virulence factor in Yersinia, and carboxy-terminal processing proteases, which are virulence factors in Pseudomonas.
He won the award for his truly outstanding performance as an Editorial Board member. The editors know that he will readily accept assignments and return high-quality reviews in a timely manner. In the 12 months preceding this meeting, Andrew reviewed 7 manuscripts with an average turnaround time of 6 days. Moreover, never once during this period did he decline a review request. In appreciation of his efforts, Andrew was awarded the plaque he is shown holding.
The editors of the Journal of Bacteriology are delighted to recognize and honor Andrew J. Darwin’s service to our journal.