Kelley, from
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, He then earned degrees at
St. Louis University (
B.A. and
M.A.),
University of Innsbruck (
Lic.), and
University of Pennsylvania (
Ph.D). He was ordained in 1962 in Innsbruck. Kelley held positions teaching at St. Joseph's Preparatory School and the University of Pennsylvania, then held several positions at
Georgetown University including vice president of academic affairs. He was named a trustee of the
University of Scranton in 1974. During his 25-year tenure as president of Fairfield, Kelley increased the full-time faculty from 151 to 220, and increased the institution's endowment from under $2 million in 1979 to $131 million by 2003. The campus was transformed by the construction of 14 new buildings and the renovation of 12 others. In 2004, Fairfield established the "Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., Chair in Catholic Studies", a
professorship to honor his service to the university. ==References==