Michael S. Kelley ’79

Michael S. Kelley ’79 died from a heart attack on December 5, 2015, in Manila, Philippines. Mike was born on January 21, 1957, and grew up in Westwood, Massachusetts, where he captained the football and track teams. Mike was a celebrated student-athlete who was elected to the National Honor Society and selected as a member of his high school’s Sports Hall of Fame. At Dartmouth Mike majored in economics, joined Bones Gate and Sphinx and played center for the Ivy Championship football team in 1978, the same year he earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors. Mike worked most of his career in Asia in finance and consulting while learning Mandarin Chinese. Mike met his wife, Julfa (“Cathy”), in Manila in 2000 and soon after moved to the Philippines, where he set up a new consulting practice and was active in the local Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as coaching daughter Cleo’s softball team. He is survived by Cathy and Cleo, who recently graduated from college. Mike was loved by his family, Bones Gate brothers and all his other Dartmouth and lifelong friends. A tax client writes: “Mike always tried to save me a buck, rather than trying to make a buck off of me. I paused and wept upon learning of Mike’s passing. I will miss my chance encounters with Mike, but I won’t mourn his passing; rather, I’ll be thankful that God put people like Mike on this earth so that we could all become his friends.”