Robert D. Ladd

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Robert Ladd Obituary

LADD ROBERT DANIEL LADD On October 1, 2009 ROBERT DANIEL LADD, of Poolesville, MD. Beloved husband of 66 years to Carol B. Ladd; father of Robin Ladd McEntire, R. Daniel Ladd Jr., Merle Ladd Silverman, Charles B. Ladd and Phebe Ladd Mertes; grandfather to 14 and great-grandfather to five. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. A graduate of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University and Harvard Business School, he was a WWII veteran wounded with the Army in France. He worked for National Dairy, served as the executive director of the U.S. Jaycees, was the office manager to Vice President Nixon and then on the Hoover Commission. He operated Research Management Company and several technology companies before he opened Haverhill International which he ran until 2008 when he retired. He was a long time member of the Cornell Club of Washington (twice president). Funeral arrangements by Hilton Funeral Home, Barnesville, MD. Memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Seneca Valley Pony Club, c/o J. Barnhard, 4840 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814 to continue the Robert Ladd Award to the top senior and junior Boy Rider.

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Published by The Washington Post on Oct. 4, 2009.

Memories and Condolences
for Robert Ladd

5 Entries

October 19, 2009

To The Ladd Farmily, I will miss Bob and his great stories about the horses and life in general. Hope to see you all at the hunt club. Love Carolyn Del Grosso

Mary Mauzy

October 12, 2009

To Robin and family,
Your Dad sounds like a great man. I'm sorry that I'm not there to pay my respects. Not many people touch so many lives and leave such a wonderful legacy in his children and grandchildren.
Your old friend from Westat, Mary

Shirley Ladd

October 7, 2009

To my Aunt Carol and family,
May God bless you in this time of sorrow. I am deeply saddened by the passing of Uncle Bob. I grew to know him more in these past 20 years than in my childhood. For a time he made frequent trips to Ithaca to attend to business affairs at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. My husband, Chuck, and I live in Ithaca. I would usually get a phone call and hear his deep booming voice inviting us and my brother, Jerry and wife Sharon to have dinner with him while he was in town. Chuck and I always looked forward to the spirited conversations at dinner. Bob had become the patriarch of the Ladd family. His physical presence reminded me of my father, his brother, Carl, who had died so many years before. Uncle Bob wanted to know his neices, nephews, their children and was interested in all of our lives. He was a proud man; a man of integrity who embraced political and religious diversity with respect and caring. He loved his wife, Aunt Carol, and all of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was extremely proud of "another grandkid" coming to Cornell. Both my husband, Chuck and I will miss his warmth, his quick wit, his many life stories. His passing brings to a close the last of his generation of Ladds. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and many friends. Shirley Ladd

Phebe Ladd

October 6, 2009

Here is what one of my father's dear friends had to say about Dad. --

I am praying that the good Lord will bless and honor one of the most wonderful human beings I have ever known. Bob Ladd (after my father), is the finest man, most honorable human-being, and the greatest friend I ever had!

I also know that he has been a wonderful husband and father, an honorable World War II veteran, a devoted American patriot, and a great champion of freedom and democracy among young men in America and throughout the world, as well as a life-long example of the highest principals of honesty and justice in every aspect of American life.

I do not know how this great country could have possibly produced a finer or more noble man, nor how our highest Christian principles could have produced a finer human being? Surely his family and everyone who ever knew Bob Ladd will be everlastingly honored by his blood and friendship.

I am just one of many who will never forget his love and care for his fellowman and for the cause of freedom and justice throughout the world.

Horace Edward Henderson

Jamie Tate

October 5, 2009

Sad to see you go Uncle Bob. I know I haven't seen you or Aunt Carol in way too many years. I will send pictures of my family soon to Carol. Love Jamie Tate

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