[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING JAMES J. KELLY

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Ms. LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the extraordinary life 
and career of James J. Kelly, Ph.D., ACSW, LCSW. Dr. Kelly is the 
Provost and Executive Vice President of Menlo College in Atherton, 
California. He recenntly retired from the California State University 
system, having been a professor and Associate Vice President within the 
Division of Continuing and International Education for California State 
University, East Bay, CSUEB as well as former Interim Provost. Today 
Dr. Kelly celebrates his retirement from CSUEB after decades of 
outstanding service to our educational system, our community and our 
country.
  Dr. Kelly's extensive academic and clinical credentials include a 
post-doctoral clinical fellowship in Psychiatry at UCLA Sepulveda 
Veterans Administration; a Ph.D. from Brandeis University; an M.S.S.W. 
from the University of Tennessee; and a B.S. from Edinboro University 
of Pennsylvania. Prior to working at CSUEB, Dr. Kelly was a professor 
and the Dean of Health and Human Services at Cal State Los Angeles, 
(CSULA), and a professor and the Director of the Department of Social 
Work at Cal State Long Beach. While at CSULA, he headed a coalition 
that brought in $96 million to CSULA for a collaborative criminalistics 
laboratory for use by the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles 
Sheriff's Department and CSULA.
  At CSUEB, Dr. Kelly was responsible for eliminating an inherited $3.7 
million estimated debt in the Division of Continuing and International 
Education, and returning the division to profitability. Also among his 
outstanding accomplishment at CBUEB was Dr. Kelly's work to establish 
and oversee the East Bay Small Business Development Center in Oakland 
California, which he initiated with a grant from the U.S. Small 
Business Administration and in cooperation with San Jose State. Dr. 
Kelly also established three free-standing training and professional 
facilities: (1) the CSUEB Oakland Professional Development and 
Conference Center, (2) the CSULA Center for Child Welfare, and (3) the 
CSULB Child Welfare Training Center.
  Both at CSULA and CSUEB, Dr. Kelly was responsible for overseeing 
significant faculty hiring, and his work was notable for the high level 
of diversity, including women and minorities, he brought into both 
institutions. He was also a pioneer in the use of distance technology, 
having spearheaded distance education programs from Cal State Long 
Beach to CSU Humboldt, Channel Islands, Bakersfield, and Chico.
  Dr. Kelly has been active for many years in professional and 
community organizations, and has received numerous accolades for his 
work. He is the immediate past President of the California Institute of 
Mental Health, and founding editorial board member of the Journal of 
Women and Aging. He is also a former consultant to the United Nations. 
Dr. Kelly has 38 publications, 109 presentations, and has garnered $40 
million in grants, contracts, endowments, and gifts to his credit. In 
1987, he was named NASW National Social Worker of the Year.
  Dr. Kelly's commitment to the students and faculty of the CSU System, 
as well as the community at large, has had a positive impact on 
countless lives.
  On this very special day, I join the friends, family and colleagues 
of Dr. Jim Kelly in thanking and saluting him for his profound 
contributions to California's 9th Congressional District, our country 
and our world.

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