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Kelly Thompson Resignation
No full textPresident Kelly Thompson\u27s letter of resignation submitted to the WKU Board of Regents
UA3/3/1 Dedication of Kelly Thompson Science Hall
No full textTranscript of Kelly Thompson Science Hall dedication ceremonies broadcast over WKCT radio. Speakers include radio announcer Jim Stevens, Raymond Cravens, Earl Moore, Ward Sumpter, Bernard Madison, Bemis Lawrence, Herbert Smith, Wendell Butler, Kelly Thompson and Governor Bert Combs
UA37/5/5 Dero Downing & Kelly Thompson Interview
No full textOral history conducted by Harvey Gardiner with Dero Downing and Kelly Thompson regarding E.A. Diddle
UA3/3/7 Kelly Thompson Scrapbook
No full textScrapbook 3 created during Kelly Thompson\u27s tenure as president of WKU. This scrapbook covers the year 1962. There are clippings regarding new faculty and construction
UA3/3/4 Kelly Thompson Scrapbook
No full textScrapbook 2 created during Kelly Thompson\u27s tenure as president of WKU. This scrapbook covers the years 1960 through 1961. There are clippings regarding new faculty and construction
Kelly Thompson
No full textEdwin Kelly Thompson was born in Lebanon, Kentucky the son of C.B. and Josephine (Clark) Thompson. He came to WKU in the fall of 1928 on a football scholarship. Thompson was injured early on and worked at other jobs on the hill to stay in school. He earned both his bachelor\u27s and master\u27s degrees from Western. This photograph was taken while Thompson was a member of the debate team in 1928.https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/wku_timeline/1042/thumbnail.jp
Kelly Thompson
No full textWKU\u27s third president Kelly Thompson dies. He was president from 1955 through 1969.https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/wku_timeline/1322/thumbnail.jp
Kelly Thompson Graduates
No full textKelly Thompson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from WKU on August 16, 1935.https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/wku_timeline/1129/thumbnail.jp
Memorandum Re: Kelly Thompson
No full textMemorandum to the Board of Regents from Dero Downing regarding Kelly Thompson\u27s resignation as president and subsequent employment for College Heights Foundation
Kelly Thompson
No full textDuring his final illness, as he continued to deal with some college business, President Paul Garrett referred to his assistant, Kelly Thompson, as my eyes, legs, and ears. Thompson carried much of the administrative burden that Garrett found irksome even before his illness and from 1953 on Thompson provided much of the leadership for the institution. On March 26, 1955, the regents made him acting president until a successor to Garrett was named, and instructed him to move forward with projects to alleviate yet another housing shortage.
Thompson had strong support for the presidency. Unlike Garrett, he had long and close ties with the school, and he was thoroughly conversant with its people, its operations and its traditions. No one could question his loyalty and devotion to Western. Josephine Cherry Lowman wrote Regent Bartlett, Although my Father never said it to me in so many words, I always felt that he was grooming Kelly for the Presidency of Western for some future date and hoped that this would happen some time. Another strong Thompson supporter was Coach Diddle who waged an active campaign with Governor Lawrence Wetherby and the members of the Board of Regents.
Yet there was opposition. Some people objected to Thompson\u27s religion. There was still a general belief that a Catholic could not be elected president of the United States, and some detractors extended that prohibition to the presidency of Western as well. More opposition centered around Thompson\u27s lack of a doctoral degree and full-time teaching experience.
There was no organized search for presidential candidates and few formal applications for the position. A number of people were recommended, including Kelly Thompson, but he did not formally apply. I was here, he later explained. I was my predecessor\u27s right arm, so to speak. The people who would make that decision knew all about me. It seemed ridiculous for me to apply.
When the regents met in executive session on October 17, they considered seventeen names. The vote to elect Thompson was 3 to 1. Thompson was voted a four-year contract at nine thousand dollars, the maximum then possible.
I love this college with a passion, Kelly Thompson said in accepting the position. I have been employed here 26 years and all that I have I owe to Western. I pledge to you men that you will never have any reason to regret your action I shall never allow myself to be a part of anything that will reflect discredit on this institution. When the new president left his office that afternoon, the rotunda was packed with students who sang For He\u27s a Jolly Good Fellow and gave him a five-minute ovation. As long as I am president of Western, he responded, we will never be satisfied with anything but the best for the college.
[Harrison, Lowell. Western Kentucky University, pp. 138-142 abstracted]https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/wku_timeline/1189/thumbnail.jp
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