| Region: | Western philosophy |
| Era: | 21st-century philosophy |
| Kenneth L. Schmitz | |
| Birth Date: | September 16, 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Death Date: | August 25, 2017 |
| Death Place: | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada |
| Institutions: | Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Toronto, Catholic University of America |
| Main Interests: | Continental Philosophy, Metaphysics, Phenomenology (philosophy). |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Etienne Gilson, Jacques Maritain |
| Notable Ideas: | Personhood, Being, History Creation as Gift. |
| Spouse: | Lillian Oriel Patterson (May 11, 1921 - October 22, 1998) |
| Children: | Donald, Geoffrey, Anne, and Jonathan. |
| Education: | B.A. St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, M.A. University of Toronto, Pontifical Licentiate at the Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies, Ph.D. University of Toronto. |
| Influences: | Fr. Henry Carr, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Plato, Hegel, Kant, Gabriel Marcel, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Etienne Gilson. |
Kenneth L. Schmitz (1922–2017) was a Canadian philosopher. He was a president of the Metaphysical Society of America (1980).[1] [2]