EDWARD ROVER

ROVER--Edward Frank. Edward Frank Rover. October 4, 1938 to July 18, 2023. No amount of space could be adequate to fully honor the breadth and depth of his life. What follows is a mere piece of who he was. Born into a family with few means, he graduated egregia cum laude from Fordham University, attended Harvard Law School and joined the law firm of White & Case, from which he retired in 2004, going on to become the President and Chairman of the Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing neuroscience and society. Ed served on the Boards of the Guggenheim Museum, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Brearley School, the Charles A. Dana Foundation, the Waterford School, the Cranshaw Corporation, the Markle Foundation, the Rumsey Cartier Foundation, and the Norton Simon Museum, and as a Council Member of the Harvard- Mahoney Neuroscience Institute at Harvard Medical School. He traveled widely, loved broadly and deeply, and was interested in absolutely everything. His mastery of the mundane and the arcane was beyond compare. Ed was predeceased by his parents, Frederick and Wanda (Charkowski) Rover, and his brother, Frederick Rover, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Maureen (Wyer) Rover; their children, Liz Rover Bailey, Emily R. Grace, and William A. Rover; Liz's husband, Erik J. Bailey, and their children, Cassie and Zoe; Emily's husband, Charles B. Grace, and their children Eloise and Carter; William's children, Aidan and Roxy; his dear friend and mentee, Andrew Weiler; and his devoted caregiver, Dwayne Towler. A service and celebration of his life will be organized in the coming months.