Saul Kent

Saul Kent (born July 18, 1939, rumored to have legally died at the end of May 2023) is an American life extensionist and cryonicist. He founded the Cryonics Society of New York together with Harold Costello, Curtis Henderson, James Sutton, and Karl Werner in 1965. With Bill Faloon, Kent founded the Biomedical Research and Longevity Society (the former Life Extension Foundation). Kent also is a former board member of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. As of 2017, he was the chief executive officer of Suspended Animation, Inc.

Kent received his B.A. in physical education from Hunter College. He read The Prospect of Immortality in June 1964.

He was interviewed in the First Person episode I Dismember Mama (2000). During Applied Cryobiology – Scientific Symposium on Cryonics 2014, he was awarded the Robert Ettinger Medal for his commitment to cryonics over several decades. As of 2022, he is a member of the editorial board of the Cryonics magazine. Kent also is involved in the Timeship project.

Family
Kent's father William Kent died in 1940 when he was 10 months old. The cryopreservation of Saul's mother, Dora Kent, caused controversy. His wife, JoAnn Martin, was cryopreserved in May 2017 by Alcor.