Chuck, here's the information that Lois sent to me yesterday. I would have forwarded the email to this list, but the following was in the form of a Word document attached to the email and I know the list filters wouldn't have allowed it. I hope Lois sent this to folks in Ohio who knew Bill. As she writes, Bill was truly a renaissance man. I often felt like a moron next to him. Kim Lois sent the following: William Edward Kelley, Jr. William "Bill" Kelley was born July13, 1917 in Elyria, Ohio and graduated from Elyria High School in 1936. He died February 8, 2011 at the Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood, Arizona. He resided in Cottonwood for 16 years. He served in World War II in the 57th Signal Battalion in the Army in North Africa, Italy, France, Germany and Austria. As a child he built crystal radio sets. In 1947 he received his Amateur Radio Operator License: W 8 A A E (William 8 Adam and Eve). He was a marine biologist who wrote several technical papers. He served as first director of the Cleveland Aquarium from 1954 to 1964. During that time he was also Associate Director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. He became a Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain in order to work with the extensive gem collection at the museum. He was the developer of the artificial seawater "Instant Ocean" that is used in public aquariums, university laboratories and home aquariums. In 1964 he founded and was President of Aquarium Systems which sold "Instant Ocean". He was founding President of Niagara Falls Aquarium. While there he led an exhibition up the Amazon River to bring back dolphins for the aquarium. In 1973 he was founding President of Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut and was Trustee Emeritus until his passing. During that time he was on the Board and a Chairman of the Eastern Connecticut State University Foundation. He pursued his hobby of Astronomy from age 10 building his own telescope from salvaged parts in Elyria. He was the author of several articles on astronomy appearing in Sky & Telescope and other publications. He was a member of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society for many years enjoying the meetings as well as public and private star parties. He gave presentations on telescope making at the Riverside Telescope Makers Convention in California. He was a member of the Astronomers of Verde Valley where he participated in meetings and star parties for the public. He taught numerous classes on telescope making over the years. He continued to build telescopes until three years ago. His most recent creation was the OmniScope which could be used as a telescope, microscope and for viewing in between those ranges. He was a member and past officer of the Mingus Gem and Mineral Society. As a member he identified gemstones at no charge as part of the yearly March Mingus Gem and Mineral Show each year since 1995. He was President of Opals, Inc. which had opal mining interests in Virgin Valley, Nevada. He devised a system to keep the opals from Crazing and cracking. This mine produced the famed Royal Peacock opal. He was described by many as a true renaissance man. Ever the scientist, he was fascinated by the whole universe. His interest in gems and minerals took in the earth. His interest in marine life took in the oceans and his interest in astronomy took in the sky. Bill clung to life and lived it fully for his 93 years. He always had a zest for life and never let his mind stop coning up with new ideas. He was a man of many talents. He not only had an interest in marine biology, gemstones and astronomy, but also music (he began playing the organ at age 91), tennis, skiing, food, wine, coffee, chocolate and making friends. He had a winning smile and a great curiosity. He was ever the teacher. He is survived by his wife of 22 years Lois, brother Carl Kelley of Ohio, sister Jean Klembeck of California and several nieces and nephews including Tom Kelley, James (Adrienne), Paul Klembeck, Judith Smith, Richard (Dianne) Brunenschenkel and Cry (Steve) Droze. He was pre deceased by his first wife Ruth (Hollis), sister Edith and brother James. A Memorial Service will be held at the Mountain View United Methodist Church, 901 South 12th Street, Cottonwood, AZ 86326 at 2:00 pm on February 26, 2011, followed by a Celebration of Life with refreshments at the church's reception hall. Arrangements for burial with Honors to be held at the Prescott Veterans Cemetery on February 28th at 2:00 pm were made by Bueler's Funeral Home, Cottonwood, AZ. In lieu of flowers, please make donations payable to the Fleishman Foundation, PO Box 1680, Cottonwood, AZ 86326. The Fleishman Foundation has been making donations to deserving students in the Verde Valley since 2006. Bill and I became a board members in 2005. One of the student recipients cared for him while he was in the hospital. It is a tax deductible organization.