Elliott M. Ogden Jr. ’44

Elliott died April 9, 2016, in Manhattan.

A graduate of Milwaukee University School, at Princeton he played freshman hockey and 150-pound football and was a member of Cottage Club. Elliott was a lifelong Princeton football fan and rarely missed a home game. He first roomed with Lou Bell and then lived with Aubs Huston, Harry Bickel, and Bob Brown. In World War II, he served in the 406th Fighter-Bomber Group in England and Normandy.

After positions in advertising and retail, he started Elliott M. Ogden Co., an advertising company, in the 1950s. In the 1960s, he became editor and publisher of Manhattan East, a neighborhood weekly. In the 1980s, he founded Ogden Properties Group, a real-estate investment company. Elliott loved the beach and ocean, was an avid swimmer, and enjoyed playing tennis. A member of the Princeton Club of New York, he was one of the longest tenured members of the Racquet and Tennis Club.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary Ogden; sons Elliott, Thomas ’78, Gordon, Henry, and Jacob; and seven grandchildren. His son, George, and grandson Elliott predeceased him. His father was in the Class of 1909; his grandfather graduated in 1872; and his daughter-in-law, Cynthia Ogden, is in the Class of ’80.