Posted:
November 18, 2008
American Maritime Officers Vice President At Large Edward V. Kelly died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on November 16 after a long illness. He was 75.
Kelly, who was assigned to the AMO staff in Washington, DC, represented AMO before the Maritime Administration in the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Coast Guard in DOT and the Department of Homeland Security, the Military Sealift Command and the U.S. Transportation Command in the Department of Defense, and other agencies in the Executive Branch.
Kelly was also active in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, the Propeller Club of the United States, the Navy League of the United States and the National Defense Transportation Association.
“Ed Kelly was a familiar figure to many in the federal government for many years,” said AMO National President Tom Bethel. “He knew the regulatory agencies like few others, and he earned the friendship and respect of four-star Navy admirals and top-tier defense logistics planners. But Ed was most proud of his association with the licensed civilian American merchant mariners he represented so well as an AMO official.”
Kelly, a U.S. Navy veteran and a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, is survived by his wife, Barbara S. Kelly, daughters Barbara Ann Kelly Myers and Megan Kelly Ambrosi, two brothers, two sisters and eight grandchildren.
Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery.
A more detailed obituary will appear in the December 2008 issue of American Maritime Officer.
AMO’s Ed Kelly: 1933-2008
American Maritime Officers Vice President At Large Edward V. Kelly died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on November 16 after a long illness. He was 75.
Kelly, who was assigned to the AMO staff in Washington, DC, represented AMO before the Maritime Administration in the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Coast Guard in DOT and the Department of Homeland Security, the Military Sealift Command and the U.S. Transportation Command in the Department of Defense, and other agencies in the Executive Branch.
Kelly was also active in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, the Propeller Club of the United States, the Navy League of the United States and the National Defense Transportation Association.
“Ed Kelly was a familiar figure to many in the federal government for many years,” said AMO National President Tom Bethel. “He knew the regulatory agencies like few others, and he earned the friendship and respect of four-star Navy admirals and top-tier defense logistics planners. But Ed was most proud of his association with the licensed civilian American merchant mariners he represented so well as an AMO official.”
Kelly, a U.S. Navy veteran and a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, is survived by his wife, Barbara S. Kelly, daughters Barbara Ann Kelly Myers and Megan Kelly Ambrosi, two brothers, two sisters and eight grandchildren.
Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery.
A more detailed obituary will appear in the December 2008 issue of American Maritime Officer.