Clarence M. Kelley

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Clarence M. Kelley

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Birthplace: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
Death: August 05, 1997 (85)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Clarence Bond Kelley and Minnie Brown Kelley
Husband of Shirley Kelley and Ruby D. Kelley
Father of Mary Ruth Dobbins; Julia Ann Kelley and Private

Managed by: Howard Eichenwald
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About Clarence M. Kelley

FBI Director, Police Chief. In 1961, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy recommended that Kelley take over as police chief of Kansas City. Kelley served 12 years and turned the department into a national model. In 1973, Kelley was chosen by President Nixon to be the director of the FBI. After President Carter named a new director, Kelley returned to Kansas City and started and Investigation and Security organization. Kelley was an FBI agent from 1940-1961 and is remembered for his management innovation of "Quality over Quantity".

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Clarence M. Kelley's Timeline

1911
October 24, 1911
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
1942
September 14, 1942
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
1945
July 26, 1945
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
1997
August 5, 1997
Age 85
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
August 8, 1997
Age 85
Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States