Ray Stanley Kelly
Ray Stanley Kelly
Ray Stanley Kelley was born in North Troy, Vermont on December 10, 1895. He received his early education in the public schools and high school of North Troy, graduating from the high school in 1914. His apprenticeship in pharmacy was completed in the local drug store of his father, Darius W. Kelley. In June 1917, he entered the United States Navy from which he was honorably discharged in September 1919. He immediately matriculated at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy from which institution he was graduated in 1921 with the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy. In September 1921, he was appointed Instructor in Chemistry at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and entered the graduate course receiving the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist in 1923. Later, he pursued studies at Boston University and earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in education in 1931. He continued graduate studies in that institution and, in 1938, received the Master of Education degree. In 1934, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Since 1946, his title at the college had been Associate Professor of Chemistry.
Brother Kelley was long an enthusiastic member and worker in Kappa Psi. He served as the Regent of Mu Chapter, 1921-1922, Assistant Treasurer, 1922-1934 and its Treasurer, 1934-1942. In 1920, he married Miss Doris Philps of North Troy, Vermont. Ray and Doris had three children, Elizabeth, Ray S., Jr., and C. William, and four grandchildren. He served as a deacon of the Congregational Church of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, and superintendent of its Sunday School. At one time, he was president of the Newton Highlands Parent Teachers Association. In 1940, he was a delegate to the U. S. P. Convention from the Vermont State Pharmaceutical Association. He took an active part in the functioning of a number of pharmaceutical and fraternal organizations over a long period of years. For several years, he served as Secretary of the Scientific Section of the American Pharmaceutical Association. He also served as Secretary of District No. 1, of the N.A.B.P.-A.A.C.P. At the time of his passing, Brother Kelley was treasurer of the Professional Inter fraternity Conference, the Interfraternity Research and Advisory Council, and the National Conference of College Fraternities and Societies.
Following the death of A. Richard Bliss, Jr. in 1941, the Executive Committee of Kappa Psi met in Philadelphia and appointed Brother Kelley as Grand Secretary-Treasurer. This action was confirmed by action of the delegates to the Grand Council Convention which also took place in Philadelphia on December 28 and 29, 1941. Since then, he had been re-elected to the office four times, each time unanimously. At the National Grand Council Convention held in Richmond, Virginia, in December 1949, the Kappa Psi presented him with a scroll and wrist watch in appreciation of the many ways he had helped Kappa Psi attain its high position among fraternal organizations.
