Claud Marvin Kellett

On 18 October 2021, Claud Marvin Kellett, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away at the age of 93. He was in hospice care at Brightview Woodburn Senior Living, Annandale, Virginia.

Claud was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on 5 September 1928 to the late Claud Marvin Kellett Sr. and Helen Elizabeth Smith Kellett. Claud married Janice J. Kellett in Tupelo, Mississippi, on 29 December 1948. Claud and Janice (deceased) raised five children, Carol (deceased), Claudia, Richard, Daniel, and Cynthia. Claud’s younger brother Charles Richard Kellett is deceased. A graveside service was held at Quantico National Cemetery on 26 October.

Claud graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (electrical engineering), Purdue (master’s of physics), and MIT (doctoral work). He served in the Korean War and was a combat veteran. He worked for various organizations, most notably Texas Instruments, NASA, and NSF. He was a participant in the world’s development and implementation of semiconductor chips. As a federal employee he helped manage and support many of the major astronomical instruments used in astronomy today.