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John F. Powers served as the 17th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1953 until 1959. Powers was instrumental in securing a state supported health insurance plan for all state workers. John J. Kelly Jr. with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, CSEA President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. Kelly was the dinners toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEAs J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children. A photograph of Jim Kelly, John J. Kelly Jr.'s son, holding a photograph of his father with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, CSEA President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. John Kelly was the dinner's toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEA's J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children.

    

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