John F. Kelly (Michigan politician)

John Kelly
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 1st district
In office January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1994
Preceded by	William Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Joe Young
Personal details
Born	John Francis Kelly (1949-09-06)September 6, 1949 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	September 16, 2018(2018-09-16) (aged 69) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA) Wayne State University (MPA, PhD) Michigan State University (JD) Judge Advocate General's School (LLM) Georgetown University
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1978–2009
Rank	Colonel
Unit	South Africa Defense Attaché Judge Advocate General
Commands	JRU Joint Terrorism Task force

John Francis Kelly ((1949-09-06)September 6, 1949 – (2018-09-16)September 16, 2018) was an American politician and academic who served four consecutive terms as a state senator from Michigan. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives twice and was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1994. Kelly taught at the university level for more than 30 years at such venerable institutions as Wayne State University, the University of Detroit, and Oakland University. Among other roles, he was a professor of security studies and a scholar in residence at the National Defense University, and a consultant to the United States Water Partnership established by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2012. He also served as co-chair of the United States Institute of Peace Niger River Task Force, examining water security questions and conflict mitigation. He served as a professor and as the associate dean at the National Defense University's Africa Center for Strategic Studies until he retired in December 2013. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, until he joined the Africa Center at NDU. He was a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.^[1]