- His research survey, "The Kinsey Report" was the first to detail sexual activity in the USA. It caused a major sensation when first published in a sexually repressive 1950s USA.
- Bowdoin College (B.S., 1916), Harvard (D.Sc., 1920).
- His father, Alfred S. Kinsey, was an engineering instructor at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
- On 7 December 1995 Representative Steve Stockman introduced a bill (H.R.2749) before the U.S. House of Representatives to determine if Kinsey's "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" and/or "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" are the result of any fraud or criminal wrongdoing. The bill was introduced following the 1990 publication of _Kinsey, Sex and Fraud: The Indoctrination of a People_ by Judith Reisman and Edward W. Eichel. The book alleges that Kinsey's research involved sexual experimentation on children.
- Kinsey's wife, Clara, died in 1982 at the age of 83. They had 4 children: Don (in 1922), the first born, died just before his 5th birthday from diabetes. Anne was born in 1924, Joan in 1925, and Bruce in 1928.
- He was nominated for the 2024 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Education & Science category.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content