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  Daniel O'Day
Daniel O'Day was born on September 25, 1906, in New York to Caroline Love Goodwin, age 37, and Daniel O'Day, age 33. His grandfather, Daniel O'Day, was a Vice-President and founder of Standard Oil of New Jersey and his father was also in the oil business.
 His mother, Caroline O'Day, served as Democratic Congresswoman from New York State during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. She was a close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt and served four terms as a U.S. Representative-at-Large for New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Daniel prepared for college and graduated in 1925 from the Taft School in Watertown, CT and in 1929 from Princeton University.. At Princeton he was a freshman wrestler, manager of football, and on the board of athletic control. He was a member of Ivy Club, and his roommates were Duke Gray, Jim Carey, Inky Boyd, and Bill Healey.
In 1937 he married Ida Sadler of Atlanta. They had one son and in Rye his family lived on Sunset Lane.
 During the second World War, Daniel served as an officer in the US Army Air Force. He was a major in the Air Force and earned a Bronze Star and 13 Battle Stars.
Following the war, he helped to open the New York Municipal Bond Office of the Northern Trust Company of Chicago. He headed this office from 1951 until his retirement in 1 1971 as a Senior Vice President. Subsequently, he became President of George B. Gibbons and Company in New York City.
 He remained an active member of the Rye community, involved in numerous civic activities and Christ's Church in Rye. He was known for his love of tennis and squash, which he played well into his 80s
Dan was an active member of Christ's Church in Rye, N.Y., and was involved in many civic activities there. He was President of the Manursing Island Club and at his death a member of the American Yacht Club and the Apawamis Club in Rye.
Daniel O'Day, of Rye, died on Friday, April 30, 1999 at The United Hospital in Port Chester. He was 92 years old. His wife died in 1988.
At the time of his death he was survived by his son, Daniel O'Day, Jr. a resident of Rye and a Professor in the English Department at Kean University in New Jersey.
A funeral service was held at Christ's Church, Rye. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the Taft School, Watertown CT 06795 or the Rye Historical Society, 1 Purchase St., Rye, NY 10580.
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ODay, Daniel 
