# Glenn E. Kelley *American judge who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1981 to 1990* Glenn E. Kelley (April 25, 1921 – April 11, 1992) sat as an associate justice of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] from 1981 until 1990.[^1] Before he joined the state's highest court, he had been a district judge in Minnesota's Third Judicial District, a post to which he was appointed in 1969.[^1] Both of his judicial appointments were made by a [[governor]] of [[Minnesota]]. [[Harold LeVander]] named him to the district bench, and [[Al Quie]] elevated him to the Supreme Court.[^1] He left the court in 1990 on disability retirement, and the source gives cancer as the cause.[^1] ## Early life and military service Kelley was a native of St. Edward, Nebraska.[^1] He earned a B.S. at Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and later an LL.B. at the University of Michigan Law School.[^1] During World War II he was stationed in England with the United States Army Air Forces.[^1] ## Judicial career Kelley was appointed in 1969 by Governor Harold LeVander to a district judgeship in the Third Judicial District of Minnesota.[^1] He remained on the trial bench until 1981. That year Governor Al Quie appointed him an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.[^1] ## Retirement and death Kelley's tenure on the Supreme Court began in 1981. It ended in 1990, when he retired from the court on disability because of cancer.[^1] He died on April 11, 1992.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Glenn E. Kelley, associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1981–1990.[^1] ### What - Appointed district judge, Third Judicial District of Minnesota, 1969.[^1] - Appointed associate justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1981.[^1] ### When - Born April 25, 1921; died April 11, 1992.[^1] - Disability retirement from the court, 1990.[^1] ### Where - Born in St. Edward, Nebraska. Served as a district judge in the Third Judicial District of Minnesota.[^1] ### How - Appointed to the district bench by Governor Harold LeVander (1969) and to the Supreme Court by Governor Al Quie (1981).[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Glenn E. Kelley* (revision 1289202436, retrieved 2026-10-26) — biographical summary covering birth and death dates, education, military service, the 1969 and 1981 judicial appointments, and the 1990 disability retirement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_E._Kelley