Ken Hammond (newsreader)
Ken Hammond may refer to: * Ken Hammond (historian), professor of history at New Mexico State University * Ken Hammond (ice hockey) (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player * Ken Hammond (newsreader) Ken Hammond may refer to: * Ken Hammond (historian), professor of history at New Mexico State University * Ken Hammond (ice hockey) (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player * Ken Hammond (newsreader), Irish newsreader. {{hndis, Hammond, Ken ...

Ken Hammond (historian)
Kenneth J. Hammond is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. Hammond was a student and Students for a Democratic Society leader at Kent State University from 1967 to 1970. He later (1985) completed his degree in Political Science, then studied Modern Chinese language at the Beijing Foreign Languages Normal School in Beijing. Hammond received an M.A. in Regional Studies - East Asia (1989), and a Ph.D in History and East Asian Languages (1994) from Harvard University. In 2007, Hammond was appointed director of the Confucius Institute, a cultural initiative funded in part by Hanban on the NMSU campus that is dedicated to studying and publicizing China and Chinese culture. He is the editor of the journal ''Ming Studies''. The Confucius Institute was closed in 2020 due to political pressure from the Federal government. While at Kent State, Hammond authored a study of local politics entitled ''Who Rules Kent?'' and was active in the political events that culminated ...
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Ken Hammond (ice Hockey)
Kenneth Paul Hammond (born August 22, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Hammond was born in Port Credit, Ontario (now Mississauga). He played as a defenceman in college hockey with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers, winning the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament championship and was named a First Team All-American. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the eighth round, 147th overall, in the 1983 NHL entry draft. He played with the Kings, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, and Ottawa Senators in the NHL between 1985 and 1993. He played in both the Sharks and Senators inaugural games. He finished his career in the minor leagues, retiring in 1996. Youth and college career Hammond played as a defenceman with the London Diamonds in the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior B league in the 1980–81 season. He then joined the Rensselaer Pol ...
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