Thomas G. Kelley - Secretary of Veterans' Services
Thomas G. Kelley was born and raised in Boston. After graduating from Boston College High, he attended the College of the Holy Cross, graduating in 1960. Secretary Kelley entered Navy Officer Candidate School and spent the next thirty years as a Surface Warfare Officer, with several tours in Destroyers and staff duty in Washington, Japan, and Korea. He retired from the Navy in 1990, worked for the Defense Department as a civilian for a short time before returning to Boston.
He was sworn in as Commissioner of the Department of Veterans’ Services in April 1999 and as Secretary in August 2003.
Secretary Kelley is a Vietnam veteran and a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.