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Glen
M. Kelly
Glen M. Kelly received
a Civil Engineering Career Achievement Award.
Glen M. Kelly was born on
July 28, 1947, in Danville, Kentucky to Edgar and Josephine Kelly. He
grew up in Danville with his brother, Eddie, and graduated from Danville
High School, serving as Class President, in 1965. In the fall of 1965,
Glen enrolled in the University of Kentucky College of Engineering,
attending under the Highway Scholarship Program and graduating in 1969.
Upon graduation, Glen accepted a position in the Roadway Design Unit
in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Lexington District Office.
In 1970, following his return from active duty "Drill Sergeant"
training in the 100th Division of the Army Reserve, he returned to the
Transportation Cabinet in Frankfort.
In 1983, he was promoted
to the State Highway Engineers Office, assuming statewide responsibility
for all preconstruction (road design, bridge design, and right of way
acquisition/utility relocation) activities. In this position, Glen was
the Cabinet's liaison for the accelerated roadway improvements implemented
for the Toyota facility at Georgetown. He also led the Cabinet's Preconstruction
area to record construction lettings in 1990 and 1991. Glen retired
in June 1992 as Acting State Highway Engineer and Assistant State Highway
Engineer for Preconstruction.
In July 1992, Glen joined Presnell Associates, now Qk4, in Louisville,
as Senior Vice President for Transportation. Major transportation projects
directed by Glen at Qk4 include the Industrial Parkway, which received
an AASHTO "National Environmental Best Practices Finalist"
award and the U.S. 119 Pine Mountain Design Build reconstruction, which
has received recognition as Kentucky's "Safety Project of the Year."
Currently Glen is managing the 24-member consultant design team for
the $1 billion Kennedy Interchange Reconstruction Section of the Louisville-
Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project.
Registered as a Professional Engineer and/or Land Surveyor in eight
states, Glen's professional affiliations include such organizations
as KATE, NSPE, KSPE, ACEC of Kentucky, Tau Beta Pi, and Chi Epsilon.
He served as KATE's President in 1988 and ACEC of Kentucky's President
in 2002. He also served as the Chairman of West Virginia's Consultant
Transportation Committee, now ACEC of West Virginia, in 1995. Glen was
a member of AASHTO's Highway Design Subcommittee for 15 years, receiving
AASHTO's Region 2 Design Award in 1992.
Glen was also a member of AASHTO's Subcommittee for Roadside Safety.
Glen is a member of the Versailles Presbyterian Church, where he has
served as an Elder and Deacon. He most recently served as chairman of
the Building Committee for the restoration and reconstruction of the
former 1948 Kroger building adjacent to the 1878 sanctuary.
Glen married his high school sweetheart, Donna, in 1969. After 35 years
in the classroom, Donna retired from her fourth grade teaching position
in 2004 at Tates Creek Elementary School in Lexington. Glen and Donna
have two children: Taylor, a civil engineering graduate from the University
of Kentucky and Jon, a graduate of Centre College. Their immediate family
also includes daughter-in-law Natalie and grandchildren Katherine and
Patrick. When not spending time with the grandchildren, they also enjoy
golf and gardening together. In addition, Glen and Donna are avid UK
football and basketball fans.
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