Mervin Kelly

Mervin Kelly
Kelly as president of Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1956
Born	Mervin Joseph Kelly (1894-02-14)February 14, 1894 Princeton, Missouri, U.S.
Died	March 18, 1971(1971-03-18) (aged 77) Port St. Lucie, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (B.S.) University of Kentucky (M.S.) University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Spouse	Katherine Milsted ​ (m. 1915)​
Children	2
Awards	IRI Medal (1954) John Fritz Medal (1959) Hoover Medal (1961)
Scientific career
Institutions	Western Electric Company Bell Telephone Laboratories
Doctoral advisor	Robert Andrews Millikan
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Mervin Joseph Kelly (February 14, 1894 – March 18, 1971) was an American industrial physicist. He worked at Bell Labs from 1925 to 1959, in which time he held positions such as director of research, president, and chairman of the board of directors.^[1]