Born in the Kirkland Lake region of Ontario, Gerald (Gerry) Kelly received a Physical Education degree from McGill University and worked at several colleges in Quebec, Alberta, and England before becoming MacEwan University's second president in 1981. He served until 1996, and was instrumental in the creation of City Centre Campus on a former CN railyard. In 1996, he became the first installed president of Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C. He retired in 2002.
1950-2000, predominant 1993-1996