[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF RYLAND KELLEY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 2014

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of an 
extraordinary American, Richard Ryland Kelley, who was born on October 
2, 1925, in Palo Alto, California, and died on August 30, 2014. He was 
an energetic, creative, generous and poetic man, and was a central 
figure in the development of Silicon Valley.
   Ryland Kelley was a graduate of Stanford University and served his 
country in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He joined his father 
in forming a real estate firm that became known as Hare, Brewer and 
Kelley (HBK). The firm developed many San Francisco Peninsula 
communities, including Ladera, Lindenwood, Atherton Heights and Hidden 
Valley in Woodside. HBK also built the Palo Alto Office Center, 
Mayfield Mall, Webster House, a retirement community in Palo Alto, and 
the Pajaro Dunes resort in Watsonville.
   Ryland Kelley was a writer and a poet, who at the time of his death 
was planning to produce six one-act plays. He wrote seven plays and 
published three books of poetry. He was deeply involved in athletics 
since his days on the Stanford football and basketball teams, and 
tasted politics while helping Paul N. ``Pete'' McCloskey in his 
successful campaign against Shirley Temple Black for an open seat in 
Congress. He was a true renaissance man. Realizing that he was near 
death, he held a poetry reading for his closest friends at his son's 
home in June.
   Ryland Kelley leaves his devoted wife of 65 years and my precious 
friend, Shirley Sneath Kelley; his son Rich and his wife Gina of 
Woodside; his son Tom of San Francisco; and his son Bruce and his wife 
Susan, of West Hartford, Connecticut; and four grandchildren.
   I had the privilege of knowing Ry for over three decades. His 
friendship, sage advice and counsel, and keen observations enriched my 
life immeasurably. Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of 
Representatives to join me in expressing our deepest condolences to 
Ryland Kelley's family and to all those who knew, respected and loved 
him. I consider it a great blessing to have called him my friend, and 
his countless contributions to our community are eloquent statements 
about this uniquely gifted and giving man. Our country and our 
community were blessed by his life, and we are bettered having known 
him.

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