James Grady

GRADY, JAMES W. JR. died Monday, October 22, 2012, following a brief illness. He was 88 years old and lived in Boca Grande, Florida. Mr. Grady was born in New Haven, CT in 1924. He graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Mr. Grady had a long and distinguished career as a corporate attorney, serving as corporate counsel with a number of Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, Associates Corp., CIT, JP Stevens & Co., and Merrill Lynch & Company, where he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel and sat on the company's Board of Directors. He retired as head of the corporate law department at Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, CT. He also served as Chairman of the American Bar Association's subcommittee on corporate law. He is survived by his children, Debra Grady of Princeton, NJ, Barbara Grady and her husband David Dugan of Saunderstown, RI, Jeffrey Grady and his wife Julia Harrison of Wilton, CT, Bruce Grady of Brisbane, Australia, and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by his daughter, Susan Grady, and by his wife of over 50 years, Joan O'Neill Grady.