With Susan K. Bell, he co-authored the 1997 book Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, a comprehensive work genealogy of Mammalia, including the systematics, relationships, and occurrences of all Mammal taxa, living and extinct, down through the rank of genus.[3] In 1992 he was awarded the Paleontological Society Medal and the Romer-Simpson Medal in 2000, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s highest honor.[1]
He was a resident of Englewood, New Jersey, while he was at the American Museum of Natural History. His wife, Priscilla, had served as President of the City Council for many years.[6] A great-grandparent was a cousin of the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.[1]
^Elliott, Ann Brimacombe (2000). Charming the Bones: A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert. Kent State University Press. p. 80. ISBN0-87338-648-5. The McKennas were not strictly Leonians. They lived in the next town, Englewood. Malcolm McKenna was a colleague of Ned's, a paleontologist at the American Museum. His wife, Priscilla, played the harpsichord professionally in New York and some years later became mayor of Englewood.
^Rohan, Virginia (March 14, 2010). "Englewood native's work on HBO's The Pacific started in 2002". The Record (Bergen County). Retrieved July 22, 2011. Born 48 years ago today at Englewood Hospital, McKenna always gravitated to history. His late father, Malcolm, was an eminent paleontologist based at New York's American Museum of Natural History. (His mom, Priscilla, who now lives in Boulder, Colo., is a former Englewood City Council president.)
