Robert H. O’Grady ’57

One of our most active and devoted classmates, Bob, or O’G as we knew him, died June 2, 2025.  

He came to Princeton from Lawrenceville, majored in English, joined Colonial Club, and was active in intramural sports and the Campus Fund Drive. Senior year he roomed with Fred Wiese Jr. 

Following graduation he married Cornelia “Connie” Ladd, a graduate of Miss Porter’s School and Vassar College. He then served in the Army, attaining the rank of sergeant. O’G spent his entire career with investment firms on Wall Street or in Princeton, where he and his family lived for many years. He first was a principal at Greene & Ladd, representing the firm on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and then was with Merrill Lynch and other firms, concluding with Gilford Inc. He retired only recently. 

O’G was a national Annual Giving agent for the class and then served as vice president. He was active in organizing many reunions, especially in “off” years, and became a familiar face to all of us through the years.  

His wife died in 2021, and he is survived by their three children, Standish ’82, Bradford, and Cornelia, as well as their families.