[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 125 (Friday, July 16, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CELEBRATING RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN GILES M. KELLY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

                                 ______
                                 

                          HON. ELAINE G. LURIA

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 16, 2021

  Mrs. LURIA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor retired Navy Captain 
Giles M. Kelly, a member of the Greatest Generation. Today, July 17, 
2021, Captain Kelly, celebrates his 100th birthday, and I commemorate 
his exceptional and dedicated service to our nation.
  Captain Kelly, the son of an electrical engineer and an educator, was 
born in Bronxville, New York. He graduated from New York State Merchant 
Marine Academy in 1942 and reported for duty as a Navy Reserve in the 
Pacific during the Second World War. He continued his studies at 
Williams College, and in 1951, he completed a master's degree in public 
affairs at Princeton University. He was recalled to active duty during 
the Vietnam War, acting as chief of public affairs at the North 
American Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Atlantic Command in Norfolk, 
Virginia.
  Captain Kelly also worked for Central Intelligence Agency and the 
State Department as a foreign service officer in Europe and Africa. He 
commanded the former presidential yacht Sequoia from 1983 to 1988 and 
wrote a book about the historic ship. Further, Captain Kelly was an 
adjunct professor of seamanship and sailing at American University, 
worked at the Smithsonian Institution, and was the owner and director 
of the Gangplank Sailing School.
  On this, his 100th birthday, Captain Kelly has our appreciation for 
his long and faithful service and the best wishes of Congress in 
celebrating this momentous occasion.

                          ____________________