Donna Brace Ogilvie

causes surrounded by family at Stamford Hospital on October 4 at the age of 105. Mrs. Ogilvie

was born in New York City on January 21, 1910, to Ida and Donald Brace. Mr. Brace was cofounder

of the publishing company, Harcourt Brace, in New York. Mrs. Ogilvie was a Director of

Harcourt Brace & Co. and was honored for her service in 1960.

Mrs. Ogilvie was a very generous and much admired philanthropist, supporting many causes,

most notably the Stamford Hospital, Girls Inc., and Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Mass,

from which she graduated in 1930.

For many years, starting in the late 1940's, she volunteered her time at Stamford Hospital,

accumulating over 9,000 volunteer hours in her lifetime. She has served as Trustee of the

Hospital, Director of the Hospital Foundation and President of the Auxiliary. She made many

important financial gifts to the hospital, donating the Brace Auditorium in the hospital in honor of

her father, the Donna Brace Ogilvie Auditorium at the Tully Health Center and the establishment

of the upcoming Donna Brace Ogilvie Volunteer Resource Center in the expanded hospital.

She was honored at a special dinner in May of 2015 for her generosity to the hospital over the

years, where it was stated that other than the founding benefactor of the hospital, “no single

individual has played a more important role in the history of Stamford Hospital.”

She served on the board of the Stamford Girls Club during the 50's and 60's. She also served

as Chair of the national board of Girls, Inc., based in New York City, for many years and at her

death was still active as Distinguished Board Chair as well as serving on the board of the local

Girls Inc. chapter in Sarasota, FL. The Sarasota center was recently renamed in her honor.

Her gifts to Andover Academy were many, including the Brace Center for Gender Studies in

1996. According to the school, "Ogilvie is known as the most prominent female benefactor in

the history of the school." In 1997, Andover bestowed on her its highest honor, the Claude

Moore Fuess Award.

Her active philanthropic life earned her many other awards, honors and friendships that

sustained her until her death.

She was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Katharine Brace Cummings and three

husbands, John Ralph Latham, Louis Francis Kroeck and Dr. John Black Ogilvie, a well-known

surgeon practicing in Stamford. She had three children: John Brace Latham, who predeceased

her. Surviving are her daughters Katharine Latham Butler and Karen Kroeck Scheid (Dean),

and a nephew, Donald Brace Cummings, as well as four stepsons. She is also survived by her

grandchildren, Luke Butler of San Francisco, Winston Stubbart of Bluffton, SC, Evan Stubbart of

Gilbert, AZ, and their families.

Donna enjoyed her life to the fullest. Her joy was in giving. In her memory, gifts may be made

to Girls Inc., 120 Wall St., #1804, New York, New York 10005