K.S. Marechal ’51

Kelsey was born June 16, 1929, in Dayton, Ohio, to Greer and Harriet Herschler Marechal.

At Princeton he was active in the band, WPRU, Theatre Intime, and Prospect Club. He earned his bachelor’s degree later at Columbia.

Kelsey initially lived in Greenwich Village, where he was active in politics and became a supporter and close friend of Ed Koch, later the mayor of New York. In the 1960s he was proprietor of the Limelight, a restaurant and pub on Sheridan Square in the Village and a well-known nightspot for folk singers and civil-rights activists.

He began spending time in the Hamptons and eventually moved to Sagaponack, a village in the town of Southampton, Long Island. He renewed his childhood love of horses and plunged into the equestrian world. He rode with the Smithtown (N.Y.) Hunt and became a technical delegate for the U.S. Equestrian Federation.

In the 1980s he went into real estate; his last affiliation as an associate real-estate broker was with Sotheby’s in Bridgehampton.

Kelsey died Dec. 1, 2015, in Southampton Hospital. He was 86. He was predeceased by his brother, Greer Marechal Jr. ’43, and his stepbrother, George S. Heyer Jr. ’52. He is survived by his step-nephew, William M. Heyer ’88.