Facts:   - residence: hanford , california    - title: professor emeritus of biology at san francisco state university    - birth name: dean h. kenyon      - name: dean kenyon    - image size: 156px    - birth place: usa    - religion: roman catholic   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dean h. kenyon .
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dean h. kenyon -lrb- born c. 1939 -rrb- is professor emeritus of biology at san francisco state university , a young earth creationist , and one of the instigators of the intelligent design movement .he is the author of `` biochemical predestination '' .he became a creationist around 1976 , and gave testimony defending creation science at the `` mclean v. arkansas '' and `` edwards v. aguillard '' court cases .during the latter case , he co-authored the creation science supplementary textbook `` of pandas and people '' .the case decision went against teaching creation science in public schools , and the authors then altered all references to creationism to refer to intelligent design before the book was published in 1989 .he subsequently became a fellow of the discovery institute , and continued to endorse young earth creationism .