Alfred Kelley Bates Jr. ’44

Kelley died Aug. 24, 2015, in Portsmouth, N.H. He grew up in Auburn, N.Y., sailed on the Finger Lakes, hiked in the Adirondacks, and built model airplanes growing up.

He distinguished himself at Exeter by setting a pole-vault record and was class president. At Princeton he was active in sports, roomed with Ham Carothers, and left in 1942 to attend Rochester Medical School.

Kelley married Frances “Francie” Rendall in 1944. After earning a medical degree, he served as an Army captain in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1949, Kelley returned to medical school to specialize in internal medicine and then joined the Exeter Clinic in New Hampshire.

Friends and family often commented on Kelley and Francie’s love of sailing and mountain hiking. Kelley climbed all 48 of New Hampshire’s mountains over 4,000 feet, including Mount Washington at age 80. He had a well-equipped workshop for crafting tables, bookshelves, and boats.

Kelley attended four reunions — the 25th, 30th, 40th, and 50th.

He was preceded in death by Francie in 2005. He is survived by their children Eliza, Hilary, Frances, and Kelley; and three grandchildren.