Caltech Mourns the Passing of Robert A. Day (1943-2023)
September 20, 2023
September 20, 2023
PASADENA, California, Sept. 20 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Robert A. Day, a businessman and philanthropist who as chairman and CEO of the W. M. Keck Foundation played a decisive role in its longstanding partnership with Caltech, passed away on September 14. He was 79.
The W. M. Keck Foundation--established by Day's grandfather, oil entrepreneur William Myron Keck--has been a generous supporter of Caltech since 1960, when the . . .
Robert A. Day, a businessman and philanthropist who as chairman and CEO of the W. M. Keck Foundation played a decisive role in its longstanding partnership with Caltech, passed away on September 14. He was 79.
The W. M. Keck Foundation--established by Day's grandfather, oil entrepreneur William Myron Keck--has been a generous supporter of Caltech since 1960, when the . . .