Anthony Joseph "Tony" Reilly III

Tony Reilly (Anthony Joseph Reilly III, PhD) passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019 in his Bloomington, IN home, surrounded by family and following several weeks of hospice care. Tony was born on May 11, 1939 in Nashville, TN of Anthony Joseph Reilly, Jr and Mildred Reilly. In addition to his wife, Maureen Biggers (Reilly), he is survived by his children: Paul, Shannon, Peter, Seth, and stepdaughter Brittany; grandchildren Grant, Trenton, Jack, and Calvin; his sister Ginger Holstein and brothers Michael and Jay Reilly. His stepson, James Biggers, predeceased him. Tony graduated from Reitz Memorial high school, in Evansville, IN and received a B.S. from Xavier University and a MS and PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Iowa. Following work with Eli Lily Corporation research and engineering teams, he spent twelve years as Senior Consultant for CA based University Associates, a publishing, consulting and training firm where he trained managers and consultants from hundreds of organizations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. To work more closely with line managers and executives, Tony joined the firm of Keilty, Goldsmith, and Boone and then established his own consulting practice where for the next thirty five years he excelled at establishing and nurturing strong trust-based relationships with each client he served. Tony was a giver who never expected anything in return. He was a loving, kind, creative, heartfelt man who positively impacted lives of so many people through his supportive mentoring, coaching, workshop designs, training, facilitation, friendship, and volunteer work. One person recently described him as Mentor Sage. His most significant work prior to his recent retirement was five-plus years as an external consultant to Google, leading workshops to develop more effective people skills for their managers all over the world. Not fully retired, Tony was a virtual coach to several executives while also engaging in volunteer work with the Unitarian Universalist’s Kids with Absent Parents (KAP) program where he worked with the caregivers of children whose parents are incarcerated. He also volunteered with the Community Justice and Mediation Center, was on the board for Made Up Mind (M.U.M.),a non-profit transitional program for ex-offenders who are committed to remaining out of prison, and worked with the Court Appointed Special Advocates program for children (CASA). Since mid-March, more than 80 people from near and far came to be with him and share stories about the profound impact he made on their lives. The beauty of that was that he was actually present with them. For others who could not make it in person, they made videos, sent him letters and called him. He joked about it being an Irish wake “in reverse” because he was here to enjoy it and hear what people had to say. He considered it a great gift to be present for his own celebration of his life. A private service was held with family. He was an avid supporter of his wife’s passion/work to empower women through initiatives with the Indiana University Center of Excellence for Women in Technology and requested that memorial contributions be made to made to the Indiana University Center of Excellence for Women in Technology in care of the IU Foundation. Special thanks to Nurse Jim and all the other wonderful staff at IU Hospice, the IU Health Advanced Heart Center, and Home Instead. You Are invited to share a memory or leave an online condolence to the family at www.allencares.com.

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Anthony Joseph "Tony" Reilly III

May 11, 1939 - May 9, 2019