{"id":4074,"date":"2023-11-19T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2024-11-19T22:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T22:03:11","slug":"family-honors-fathers-legacy-with-accounting-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"Family honors father\u2019s legacy with accounting scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Douglas Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janice Kelly and her daughters Pamela Hyde and Patricia Kelly knew they wanted to honor their husband and father\u2019s legacy, and they decided that SIU\u2019s College of Business and Analytics was the place to do it.<\/p>\n

Douglas Kelly, graduated from SIU with a bachelor\u2019s in accounting in 1957. He was one of the university\u2019s first Black accounting students. Spurred by their mother\u2019s desire to establish a living memorial to their father, the family donated $50,000 to establish the Douglas E. Kelly Memorial Scholarship to support African American students who are studying accounting at SIU.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe education my father received at SIU was the foundation of many of the opportunities my sister and I have been able to take advantage of,\u201d Hyde said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to us as his family to leave that legacy where he went to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas Kelly, who passed away in 2003, met his wife, Janice, while attending SIU.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was established on campus, and our mother heard about him,\u201d Hyde said. \u201cThey met in 1956 and were married in 1957 after he graduated. My sister and I are implementing our mother\u2019s vision. We decided to pick up the ball and run with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After working as a laborer for a bit, Douglas Kelly took a job with the IRS. He started as an agent and rose to the position of chief of appeals in the St. Louis region. He was a member of the National Association of Black Accountants. Janice Kelly was a professor at St. Louis Community College. Both were CPAs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur father mentored a great number of minority employees of the IRS,\u201d Hyde said. \u201cThis scholarship exemplifies his philosophy of helping someone in need. We want to lift as we climb; you don\u2019t want to pull the ladder up behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Du Quoin native, Douglas Kelly was fully immersed in campus life. He was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, an organization known to give out scholarships that honored students\u2019 character.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very much into giving back. You can see that throughout his life,\u201d Hyde said. \u201cWe thought this was a really good way to honor and keep his memory alive. We want to help students stay fully engaged with their studies and to be able to take advantage of the opportunities in front of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family also hopes that seeing such philanthropic support coming from a Black family will make the scholarship even more impactful.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to inspire the imagination of these students,\u201d Hyde said. \u201cWe\u2019re putting a face on the scholarship, and it\u2019s a Black man\u2019s face. I think that means something.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about how to make a similar gift, visit siuf.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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