DONALD G. CONRAD ’52

DONALD G. CONRAD, a financial executive who more recently was senior adviser to the president of the World Bank in Washington, D.C., died Aug. 9, 2008. He was 78. After attending Wesleyan, he received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. After four years as a U.S. Navy officer, he joined Exxon as CFO of Esso Europe. He then spent 18 years with Aetna in Hartford, Conn., as chief investment officer, CFO and a member of the board. In 1988 he became part owner and CEO of the Hartford Whalers hockey club, which he sold in 1991. He was a founder of the Greater Hartford Arts Council and chairman emeritus of the American Council of the Arts, now Americans for the Arts. Among those who survive are his wife, Stephania Conrad, four children, a stepdaughter, a sister, and six grandchildren.