Mr. Jenett was PMI’s third member and first Project Management Professional (PMP®). A PMI Fellow, Mr. Jenett was PMI’s President in 1971, Chairman in 1972, and Secretary from 1975 to 1976. A founding member of the PMI Houston Chapter, Mr. Jenett was honored by PMI in 1975 with a Distinguished Contribution Award and a Tribute to Lifetime Achievement in 2010.
He presented at numerous PMI seminars and symposiums; served on a number of panels; and published a variety of articles in the Project Management Quarterly, later to become the Project Management Journal®, as well as a number of other technical publications. He wrote and lectured on technical and project management topics with more than 40 publications and presentations to his credit.
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