EDWARD B. KELLOGG

KELLOGG, Edward B. Edward Blagden Kellogg, known as Ned, died at his home in Cambridge, MA, on Friday, 30 August 2024. He was eighty years of age. Born in Boston, Ned lived his entire life in Cambridge, where he had grown up. Ned was the third of five children of the Rev. Frederic B. Kellogg and Sarita B. Choate. He attended Shady Hill School, Groton and Harvard College, where he majored in history and literature. He graduated Cum Laude in 1966 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Later, Ned received an MBA from Northeastern University, traveling on the subway at night over a 6-year period. Ned was born legally blind but that didn't inhibit him from having a successful career in computer programming and systems analysis in the Harvard Alumni Affairs and Development Office for many years. He also had perfect pitch. He could tell the speed of a car from the tone winter tires made on a dry road. He would tell his father that he was driving too fast. Ned was a linguist. He read and spoke a number of languages: French, German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese, among others. He could also read Latin and Greek. Ned maintained a lifelong relationship with music. He played the piano and organ. After college, he studied with pianist and teacher Nadia Boulanger at Fontainebleau in France. He also composed music for, among other things, his class reunion's memorial services, for the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard's Memorial Church's Pusey Minister, for the Harvard University Choir, and for his own enjoyment. He traveled around the U.S. and abroad to hear opera and early music performances. He was a strong supporter of several local musical organizations. Episcopal by baptism, Ned attended Morning Prayers at Harvard's Memorial Church and services at the Friends Meeting for many years. In later life, he was devoted to the monastic community, the Society of Saint John, SSJE. Ned is survived by his longtime partner Nonna Katz; his four siblings: Miriam K. Truslow, Frederic R. Kellogg (Molly S. Kellogg), Sarah J. Kellogg and Cornelia H. Kellogg (Dale Brunsvold). He was uncle to five nephews and a niece: William A. Truslow, III, Hugh K. Truslow (Erika Riddington), Samuel B. Truslow (Kate Reeder), Maja, Jacob and Yves Kellogg; and great-uncle to: Olivia T. Pappacena, John W. Truslow, Annika C. Truslow, Magnus K. Truslow, Susanna K. Burr, Charles H. Truslow, Hope W. Truslow, Karla and Mira Kellogg. Burial will be private. Contributions in Ned's name may be made to the Boston Early Music Festival (bemf.org).

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