Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals and on the FBI National Academy Review Committee from 1972–1973. Director of the FBI (1973–1978) On June 7, 1973, President Richard Nixon nominated Kelley to be Director of the FBI. The United States Senate confirmed the nomination June 27 and he was sworn in on July 9. Kelley was the first Director of the FBI to be appointed through the nomination and confirmation process. During his time as Director, Kelley eliminated the embezzlement practices that had been prevalent in the administrative division under J. Edgar Hoover's directorship through his cooperation with a Justice Department investigation. Kelley also reopened relations with other intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency which had nearly been shut down by Hoover in his last years as director. Kelley helped the FBI transition from its 40 plus years of being dominated by a single director, J. Edgar Hoover, by attempting to improve its public image. At the same time, he tried not to antagonize FBI agents who had been loyal to Hoover. Kelley's intention to retire, revealed in 1977, prompted an exhaustive year-long search for a successor. President Jimmy Carter finally decided on William H. Webster, who was nominated in January 1978. Kelley retired from the FBI February 15, 1978, and was temporarily succeeded by James B. Adams, who served as Acting Director until Webster's confirmation 8 days later. Clarence M. Kelley and Associates Kelley founded Clarence M. Kelley and Associates, Inc. (CMKA), a security and investigation firm, in 1982. CMKA is now one of the nation's leading Professional Investigative and Security Consulting Firms. CMKA provides a broad spectrum of investigative and security related services nationally and abroad. Personal life and death Kelley was an elder of the Disciples of Christ. He was married twice. With his first wife Ruby Pickett, he had a son and a daughter. A year after she died in 1975, he married a former Catholic nun previously known as Sister Bernadine, née Shirley Dyckes. She published her memoir, Love Is Not for Cowards, in 1978. Kelley published his own memoir, Kelley: The Story of an FBI Director, in 1987. Kelley died on August 5, 1997 in his sleep from natural causes in his Kansas City home, at age 85. His remains were later buried at Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, Missouri. References Further reading External links CMKA Homepage 1911 births 1997 deaths Directors