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Frontiersman turned public servant Orvel Kelley profile
Orvel Kelley grew up on the Oklahoma Texas frontier with Cherokee roots and left ranch life for college at the University of Oklahoma. He built a public service career from the National Youth Administration to Du Pont, helping found EEO and a pension office at Savannah River Plant, and later aided aging services in Aiken while avoiding the spotlight.
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Frontier
Orvel Kelley
Oklahoma
Texas
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Kelley
Aiken Estates
Joel Kelley
Ireland
Charleston
Nellie Quinton
Tom
William Rogers
Will Rogers
Centrailia
Okla
C.B. Minner
Minner
el Paso
National Youth Administration
CETA
Virginia
Cherokee
Oklo
NYA
Swallow Aircraft
Wichita
Kaw
du Pont
Armed Forces
Indiana
Savannah River
Aiken
St. John’s
Ginny Southworth