A retirement reception for Director of the Office of Energy Management Ron Kelley will be from 2–4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, in the Hancock Stadium Club.

Ron retires July 29 following 19 years of service to Illinois State University. He served as professor and chairperson of the Department of Military Science from June 1996 to June 1999; and assistant to the vice president for finance and planning from September 1999 until 2002, when appointed as the first director of the Office of Energy Management.

“During his tenure, Ron’s leadership has resulted in significant improvements in the University’s utility infrastructure and in the ways utility services are procured–improvements that will benefit the University for many years to come,” according to Senior Associate Vice President for Planning, Finance and Facilities Deb Smitley.