Clive
Kileff
Male
Rhodesia
1942-02-28
Salisbury, Rhodesia
2025-01-03
Florida, United States of America
From: Clive Kileff Obituary - Miami, FL
The family of Dr. Clive Kileff, Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is deeply saddened to announce the passing of their loved one on January 3, 2025, in Florida, age 82. He is survived by his wife, Martha B. Lee, his sister, Sonja Kileff DeLloyd, his brother, Brian Kileff and wife Moyra Kileff, his children Lara Kileff Fugatt and her husband Steve Fugatt, Peter D. Kileff and his wife Christa Kileff, his nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
Born in Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe], Africa, of European ancestry that valued formal education, Clive came to the United States at age 21 and attended Harvard University. Graduating with honours, he continued formal studies and research at Rice University to receive his Ph.D.
In 1970 Dr. Kileff joined the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga faculty in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography. For three decades he taught courses in anthropology and continued research of African cultures, arts, and crafts that was published in books and peer-reviewed articles. Consequently, civic groups often welcomed him as a guest speaker or valued member.
An ardent athlete throughout life, Clive ran the Boston Marathon, played in the Wimbledon qualifying tournament and at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. In his later years he was ranked first in the U.S. along with his doubles partner, Fred Drilling. He competed yearly in the “International Super Seniors Tennis Tournament” with members of his high school tennis team from Zimbabwe. In 2023, Clive and his team won the silver metal award as the second-best senior tennis team in the world.
Dr Kileff was an author of five books in his field of study and research. He was also a generous philanthropist. He arranged for upward of 26 talented students, mostly from the African Continent, to have the opportunity to both play tennis in the US and complete a college degree.
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1964 - Seal Harbor (Amateur)
Round 1
Fred Berli 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Ned Weld 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Larry Lewis 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Claude De Gronckel 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-3
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Clive Kileff 1 *
Jim Stevens
6-4
4-6
6-0
Final
Clive Kileff 1 *
Lucien (Lew) Sulloway
6-3
6-2
Round 1
A. Rodney Mandelstam 1 *
Clive Kileff
31-24
31-15
Round 1
Fritz Schunck 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-1
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Eddie Terrell 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Harry R. Kirsch 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Herb Fitzgibbon 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-3
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Gordon Forbes 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-3
6-3
Round 1
B. Geoff Knox 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-1
3-6
6-0
6-8
6-3
Round 1
Nugzar (Nutzor) Mdzinarishvili 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-2
8-6
Round 2
J. Malcolm Gracie 1 *
Clive Kileff
4-6
6-3
6-1
Unknown
Clive Kileff 1 *
Harold German
4-6
6-2
6-0
2-6
6-3
Round 1
Barry W. Geraghty 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Roy W. Dixon 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Clive Kileff 1 *
Geoff W. Stubbs
7-5
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
John B. Hillebrand 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Clive Kileff 1 *
Norris King Haugh
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Clive Kileff 1 *
W. Skinner
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Clive Kileff 1 *
Robin Spengler
6-0
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Warren F. Jacques 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Clive Kileff 1 *
C.O. Fry
11-9
6-1
Round 3
Clive Kileff 1 *
K. Ohallen
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Clive Kileff 1 *
Clay Iles
7-5
3-6
6-1
Semifinals
Roger D. Jones 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Donald Black 1 *
Clive Kileff
6-2
7-5