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2024 David Ogilvy Preservation Award

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

David Ogilvy Preservation Award

Presented to

Susie Baker

Local icon Susie Baker has been selected by the Landmarks and Awards Committee as the 2024 recipient of the David Ogilvy Preservation Award for her enthusiastic and inspirational commitment, impact and decades of service to the Greenwich Historical Society and the Town of Greenwich. A retired Oceanography teacher at Greenwich High School, staunch environmentalist and founding member of the Greenwich Point Conservancy, Susie dedicates her time and seemingly boundless energy to promote and preserve the Greenwich waterfront. Her legacy was formalized with the naming in 2014 of the Susie Baker Pavilion at Greenwich Point Park.
Susie Baker

WEDNESDAY

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

BELLE HAVEN CLUB

100 Harbor Drive
Greenwich, CT

Reception 5:45 PM
Annual Meeting & Program 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Presenting Sponsor Charles Hilton Architects

Event Tickets

*All gifts and pledges at the Preservation Patron level ($250) and above received by September 5, 2024 will be listed in the event program.

All proceeds support the Greenwich Historical Society’s work to preserve Greenwich History through education, the archives, museum and Landmarks program. 

David Ogilvy Preservation Award: An Introduction

The David F. Ogilvy Preservation Award is the Greenwich Historical Society’s highest individual honor, awarded when merited, for special achievement in recognition of major accomplishments or lifetime work dedicated to the advancement of preservation in Greenwich and beyond. Past awardees are David F. Ogilvy (posthumously 2020) and Deborah and Chuck Royce (2022).

A Tribute and Memorial to David F. Ogilvy

“David, because of his unique position, could have sold our beloved town out a billion times over. I remember him touring prospective buyers through historic homes such as ours and trying to get them to think creatively, explaining how they could meld old with new.

The same with listings. And with land. Always how to preserve – how to keep character and familiar streetscapes. He was like the self appointed “Protector of Greenwich.” Years ago he attempted to win tax abatements for those who would agree not to subdivide their land, but it did not pass. David was a gentle man of integrity, guided by a strong moral compass and his deep love of this town.”  — Elise Hillman Green, co-founder, Historic Properties of Greenwich.

David Ogilvy (1942–2020) was the former President and owner of David Ogilvy & Associates, a leading force in Greenwich real estate for over 40 years. An enthusiast for Greenwich’s history and quality of life, he sponsored for many years the Historical Society’s annual Antiquarius Holiday House tours and its Greenwich Landmarks programs to document and plaque significant historic structures in Greenwich. He led the joint initiative with the Historical Society, Land Trust and Sandra Hillman to create a land easement and preservation restriction in 2003 for Stoneybrooke, the first local historic property located outside of an historic district to be permanently protected in Greenwich.

He was a cherished friend and member of the Greenwich Historical Society’s Advisory Council since 2007 and contributed to our “Reimagine the Campus” capital campaign in 2017. He served faithfully as a trustee of the Greenwich Land Trust for ten years beginning in 1998 and as its president from 2002-2003, greatly admired for leading the charge for the “100 Days to Save Treetops” fundraiser. David made significant contributions toward the preservation of Fisher Field in 1999 and the Mueller Preserve in 2012.

He was the first person to receive the Audubon’s Lifetime Conservation Award and was also honored with the Boys and Girls Club National Medallion award and as Rotary Club Citizen of the Year in 2010. Greenwich will forever be grateful for his leadership, enthusiasm and vision that enabled the preservation of so many historic places and open land in Greenwich.