Memorial to Dana Robineau Kelley1927-1987JOSEPH A. AWNY

Kingsport, Tennessee 37660

Dana Robineau Kelley died unexpectedly of a cerebral hem­orrhage on November 24,1987, ending the career of one of Pennsylvania’s most respected and admired geologists.

Dana Kelley was born November 14, 1927, in New York City. He attended Rutgers University, where he received a degree in engineering in 1945. After being hon­orably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1946, Dana attended Amherst College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree (geology, 1950) and Master of Arts degree (biology with emphasis on paleontology, 1952). After a brief employment with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis­sion, he attended Columbia University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in mineralogy in 1957.

Dana began his career in the oil and gas industry with Texaco in 1957, where he worked on the first deep Ellen- berger discoveries of Texaco. Dana was promoted to the position of district geologist and was selected by Texaco’s board to be the geological member of an experienced three-man team, responsible for determining and pursuing other resources first domestically, then worldwide, with the authority to utilize as needed operations personnel and reporting directly to the board.

Dana left Texaco in 1965 to accept a position as staff geologist with the Pennsylvania Geo­logical Survey, Oil and Gas Division. Dana was promoted to the position of chief of the Oil and Gas Division in 1968. During his six-year employment period with the Pennsylvania Survey, Dana was instrumental in conducting geological research and other activities directed toward promotion of resource utilization in western Pennsylvania. He initiated and developed a base- map system and improved subsurface geologic mapping and industry activity reporting proce­dures.

Dana left the Pennsylvania Geological Survey in 1971 to become chief geologist for Troy Enterprises, where he was responsible for obtaining and exploiting oil and gas properties in western Pennsylvania and surrounding states.

In 1973, Dana accepted the position of managing director with UGI Corporation Develop­ment Company, where he became vice president of exploration. Dana initiated and developed oil and gas exploration and development activities for UGI in Pennsylvania, initially to provide alternative gas supply and subsequently to provide an independent profit center.

Dana left UGI in 1984 and established Dana Kelley Consulting Company. He also formed Equity Energy, Inc. with his former associate Bill McGlade. In these two positions Dana devoted most of his time to evaluating and generating prospects in western Pennsylvania fields, which he believed may have been overlooked in their development stages.

Dana’s professional and personal memberships included affiliation with the following orga­nizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Professional Geologists (CPG No. 1325, vice president of the Pennsylvania Section 1975-1977), Geological Society of America, Mineralogical Society of America, Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association (chairman of Drilling Regulation Subcommittee), Pittsburgh Geological Society (past president, vice president, and treasurer), Sigma Xi, and the Carnegie Institution.

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Dana is survived by his wife Lois and two sons, Peter Alexander Kelley, a geochemist with Texaco in Houston, and Christopher Dana Kelley, a marine zoologist currently working in Egypt.

Dana and Lois were active supporters of the arts in Pittsburgh, especially the Pittsburgh Opera and the Carnegie Museum. They spent their summer vacations on Martha’s Vineyard Island, where Dana did research on the effects of real estate development on the salinization of the freshwater supply. Dana published the results of his findings in the island’s magazine shortly before his death.

Dana really enjoyed his personal life, which included his hobbies boating, scuba diving, fishing, water skiing, photography, tennis, and music. Dana is greatly missed by his family, friends, and those who worked with him.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF D. R. KELLEY1967 Geology of the Red Valley sandstone in Forest and Venango Counties, Pennsylvania:

Pennsylvania Geological Publication M 57.1969 (and McGlade, W. G.) Medina and Oriskany production along the shore of Lake Erie,

Pierce field, Erie County, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Publication M 60.------ A summary of major geophysical logging methods: Pennsylvania Geological Publication

M 61.1970 (and Lytle, W. S., Wagner, W. R., and Heymen, Louis) The petroleum industry and the

future petroleum province in Pennsylvania, 1970: Pennsylvania Geological Publication M 65.

1966 (with Lytle, W. S., and Goth, J. H.) Oil and gas developments in Pennsylvania in 1965: Pennsylvania Geological Publication PR 172.

1969 (and Lytle, W. S., Wagner, W. R., and Heymen, Louis) Oil and gas developments in Penn­sylvania in 1968: Pennsylvania Geological Publication PR 177.

1970 (and Lytle, W. S., Wagner, W. R., and Heymen, Louis) Oil and gas developments in Penn­sylvania in 1969 with ten year review and forecast: Pennsylvania Geological Publication PR 181.

1971 (and Lytle, W. S., and Heymen, Louis) Oil and gas developments in Pennsylvania in 1970: Pennsylvania Geological Publication PR 183.

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