Edgartown summer resident and well-known business leader and investor Robert Addison Day passed away on Sept. 14. He was 79. Day’s philanthropic work included support for and investments in a number of Island organizations, including significant contributions to the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School and Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Day was the longtime chairman and chief […]
Day was chairman and past CEO of the W.M. Keck Foundation and an ardent supporter of his alma mater, Claremont McKenna College. In 2007, he donated $200 million to the school to establish the Robert Day Scholars program.