In Memoriam: Remembering Shelly Bellovin
Shelly Bellovin passed away on Monday, July 19, after a 3 year battle with esophagus cancer. As strong and brave as he was to fight, in the end he is at peace and out of pain. He was born in Brooklyn, attended Erasmus Hall HS, Brooklyn College, and NYCC for metal design and drafting. He married Sheila in 1960 and had three sons—Evan, Glenn and Michael.
He started at Legion Lighting in 1961 and worked for his father and uncles who started Legion in 1946. In the 1980’s he became president of the company and became CEO in 2005.
Shelly was an avid boater and eventually a golfer. He served on the Board of Directors of the Mayor’s Committee of NYC Manufacturers and was a past President and Board member for the Local Development Corporation of East New York. He also served on the Board of the Business Improvement District of East Brooklyn and was Vice Chair of Employees Security Fund of Local 3 IBEW. In 1998, he was awarded Crain’s Business Person of the Year.
Legion Lighting has been a sustaining member of IES since 1959 and Shelly has been a member since he started in the lighting industry. He also created the Jonas Bellovin Scholarship for Lighting Education, in honor of his father.
The funeral was held in Florida and in lieu of flowers, Shelly’s wishes were that donations be made to one of his favorite charities, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Operation Splash, or the Jonas Bellovin Scholarship fund at the Nuckolls Fund.
stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html
operationsplash.com
nuckollsfund.org/jonas-bellovin
