Edgar T. Kennedy received the Associate of Arts degree in pre-engineering from Yuba College, Yuba City, CA, in 1970.
From 1971 to 1974, he worked for Raytheon Services Company and Computer Science Corporation, developing life cycle analysis model for the Safeguard Missile Command. From 1974 to 1989, he worked as a Senior Systems Analyst for Control Data Corporation in charge of real-time operating systems development for the Kwajalein Missile test range. He is currently responsible for the development of real-time data acquisition systems in support of the Naval Research Laboratory's High Frequency program at the Stennis Space Center, MS.