Robert Kelly, BJ ’72

Having accepted a buyout in 2015 after 43 years as a reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Kelly is semi-retired and working part-time as a correspondent for the St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune, a weekly newspaper serving labor unions in Missouri and Southern Illinois. This is also possibly the longest sentence he has ever written. Poor form for someone who usually stresses brevity.

Updated: May 27, 2026