Alumni Association Honors Dr. Mike Kelly '70 and Reginald Wills '85

The Gonzaga Alumni Association awarded its 2021 Alumni Man of the Year Award to Dr. Mike Kelly ‘70 and its 2021 Father Novotny Service Award to Reginald Wills ‘85. Their names and bios were read at the 73rd Annual Father-Son Mass this past Sunday, and they were presented with the awards via a Zoom call with Vice President of Alumni and Advancement David Dugan ‘98 and President Father Planning.

The Man of the Year Award is the Gonzaga Alumni Association's most prestigious award, given to a distinguished alumnus for outstanding achievement in his professional and personal life who has also remained a devoted alumnus to Gonzaga College High School. This year's recipient is Dr. Mike Kelly '70, an internationally-recognized expert in orthopedics who practices at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Created in memory of former Gonzaga President Father Allen Novotny, SJ, the Novotny Service Award recognizes an alumnus who shows an extraordinary commitment to community service and Jesuit ideals. As a longtime educator, Reggie Wills '85 has devoted his life’s work to the enrichment of young minds and hearts. He’s taught at Alexandria Country Day School, Grace Episcopal, The Edmund Burke School, and since 2015, at Washington Latin Public Charter School.

Congratulations to both! Here's a video of them both accepting their awards.