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Douglas McGlashan Kelley, Criminology: Berkeley
1912-1958
Professor
The tragic death of Douglas McGlashan Kelley on New Year's Day, 1958, marked the loss of one of the
University's ablest sons and most inspired teachers. It brought to a close, too, a distinguished career in the field
of psychiatry and a life of dedication to his community and to his country.
Dr. Kelley was born in the historic mountain town of Truckee, California, on August 11, 1912. He entered
the University of California at Berkeley in 1929 as a premedical student. He received the degree of Doctor
of Medicine from the School of Medicine in San Francisco in 1937. Choosing psychiatry as his special field
of knowledge, Dr. Kelley continued his studies at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons,
which awarded him the degree of Doctor of Medical Science in 1941. In the preceding year, he married Alice
Vivienne Hill of Chattanooga.
He returned to San Francisco that year and became Director of the San Francisco County Psychopathic
Hospital. His period of service here, however, was cut short by the Medical Corps of the United States Army,
which called him to active duty in 1942. He went overseas as chief psychiatrist for the 30th General Hospital.
At the time of the surrender of the German military forces in 1945, Major Kelley was serving in the European
Theatre of Operations, a circumstance which resulted in his assignment as a psychiatric consultant to the
International Military Tribunal which conducted the war crimes trials at Nuremberg. In this capacity,
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Dr. Kelley had the unparalleled experience of making firsthand studies of the personalities of Alfred
Rosenberg, Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Herman Goering, and the other Nuremberg defendants who constituted
the principal survivors of Hitler's Nazi hierarchy. It was this experience which led directly to the writing of his
two books concerning these German leaders: Twenty-two Cells in Nuremberg and The Case of Rudolph Hess.
Upon his release from active duty in 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Dr. Kelley was appointed
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Bowman-Gray School of Medicine in South Carolina, an appointment
which he held until November, 1949, when he returned to Berkeley to join the faculty of his alma mater as
Professor of Criminology.
Dr. Kelley was an unusually gifted and persuasive public speaker. This talent, combined with a deep interest
in learning and a facility for stimulating the thinking of others, made of him a truly great teacher.
In addition to his academic interests and responsibilities, Dr. Kelley engaged in an extremely wide range
of professional and public service activities. Perhaps of first importance among these was his work as a
psychiatric consultant and expert witness in criminal cases. His forensic abilities made him a familiar and
respected figure in the courts, and his opinion and advice concerning the mental condition of those accused or
suspected of crime commanded the highest regard by members of the bar and the judiciary alike.
Underlying Dr. Kelley's active participation in the trial of criminal cases was not only the interest in crime and
crime causation which went hand-in-hand with his work in the School of Criminology, but, beyond that, an
abiding desire to improve and to strengthen the administration of criminal justice in order that it might more
nearly correspond to the high ideals which the security and liberty of the nation require of it. It was his firm
conviction that such improvement must
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start with the elevation of the standards of the personnel of law enforcement agencies and particularly with the
establishment of professional status for those who serve in police departments and organizations. To this end
he gave generously of his time, his wise counsel, and his professional skills with no thought of reward other
than the intangible recompense that follows the unselfish performance of a public service. In this cause he won
the affection and comradeship of countless law enforcement officers of all ranks in every part of the State.
As a natural outgrowth of his renown as a public speaker and lecturer, Dr. Kelley was often called upon to
reach a wider audience through the medium of radio and television. Here his quick wit, his charm, and his
learning earned him a substantial measure of public popularity. This did not divert his attention, however,
from a serious interest in the development of the educational potential of these means of communication,
particularly that of television. Shortly before his untimely death, he had completed a series of educational films
expressly designed for television release which may well mark a significant step forward in the utilization of
this invention for more-lasting purposes than news or entertainment.
Between 1939 and 1941 he wrote numerous articles on the Rorschach technique and its usefulness in
psychiatry. He was joint author with Bruno Klopfer of a book, The Rorschach Technique, published in 1946.
His most recent contribution was a chapter on medicolegal aspects of psychiatric treatment in The Practice of
Psychiatry in General Hospitals, published in 1956.
An informative index to the scope of Dr. Kelley's widespread interests and activities may be found in his
professional affiliations. He was a member of the American Psychiatric Association and chairman of its
section on the Legal Aspects of Psychiatry. He belonged to the American Psychological Association, the
American Ortho-Psychiatric Association,
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the Rorschach Institute, and the American Medical Association. With these affiliations, he maintained
membership in the International Association of Chiefs of Police, The Peace Officers Association of California,
the Institute for General Semantics, and the American Anthropological Association. It should be added too
that he was a well-qualified member of the Society for American Magicians.
His wife and three children, Douglas, Alicia, and Allen, survive him.
In his personal relations and as a friend, Douglas Kelley was unfailing in his many kindnesses, in his
sympathetic understanding, and in his characteristically jovial humor. All of those who knew him as friend, as
colleague, and as teacher share a common grief in the knowledge that his life has ended.
A. H. Sherry K. M. Bowman P. L. Kirk
source: 1959, University of California: In Memoriam
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