St. Kelley Clair Archer Jr. ’44

Kelley died July 9, 2004, in Bellaire, Ohio, his hometown, after an extended illness.

He graduated from Bellaire High School, where he was active in band, glee club and debating. At Princeton he was in both the University Band and Whig-Clio for three years.

Kelley majored in political science and was a member of Dial Lodge. He left for military service in 1943, became an Army 2nd lieutenant in the European theater, and returned to graduate in 1947. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1950, and made an unsuccessful run for the Republican nomination for Ohio state treasurer the same year.

A career lawyer in his own firm in nearby Bridgeport, Kelley was also active in area professional and civic associations, veterans groups, and high-school booster organizations. He became discontented with Princeton's conversion to a coed university in 1969 (as well as the football team's conversion to T-formation from single-wing), and withdrew from us for many years. But in our 50th yearbook, he wrote of his long satisfaction with being a "small-town lawyer," and wished us all well. The tie remains.

Kelley is survived by his wife of 51 years, Eileen H. Archer, to whom we extend our sincere condolences.

The Class of 1944