Loring G. Pratt ’55 died on January 12, 2026, in Rye, New York.
(The following was provided by the Coxe and Graziano Funeral Home on January 12, 2026:)
Loring “Skip” Pratt ’55
Loring Gardner Pratt (known as “Skip”), age 92, of Rye, NY, and Haines Falls, NY, passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2026, at The Osborn Senior Community in Rye, NY.
Skip was born in New Rochelle, NY, on June 19, 1933. He grew up in Mamaroneck, NY, with his parents, Loring Pratt and Marie Chandler Pratt, and his two brothers, Chandler and Peter, before attending Northfield Mount Hermon School (Class of 1951) and Bowdoin College (Class of 1955).
On September 12, 1959, Skip married the love of his life, Anne Grant Pratt, beginning a devoted marriage of sixty-six years. He is survived by his beloved wife, Anne Pratt; his three children: Alison Wedd, Andrew Pratt, and Ashley Tarr; his ten grandchildren: Sophie Wedd, Michael Wedd, Beatrice Symcox, Raphael Wedd, Mary Wedd, Christopher Wedd, Natasha Wedd, Chiara Wedd, Alexander Loring Tarr, and Emma Tarr; and his five great-grandchildren: Clara Tarr, Paul Tarr, Cecilia Tarr, Dominic Loring Tarr, and Charlie Rawson.
After graduating from Bowdoin College, Skip served two years in the U.S. Navy on a submarine off the coast of Florida. He began his distinguished career in finance as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in 1957, when the firm had only 120 employees. From 1967 to 1984, he worked at Warburg Pincus Becker, before returning to Morgan Stanley as an Executive Director in Private Wealth Management. There, he focused on serving individuals and family groups while also contributing to four endowment investment committees. Skip dedicated sixty years to Wall Street, including forty-two years at Morgan Stanley—a remarkable testament to his expertise and commitment.
Beyond his professional life, Skip cherished his family and community. He devoted much of his time to supporting foundations and charities that fostered connection through the arts and service to others. He served on The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services of New York (where he also chaired the Investment Committee), as well as the boards of Twilight Park, The Catskill Mountain Foundation, Friends of the Orpheum, The Hunter Foundation, and Northfield Mount Hermon School. Among his other beloved organizations were The Park Avenue Armory, National Dance Institute, Twilight Park Day Camp, The Mountain Top Arboretum, and The Thomas Cole Museum.
In the words of his grandchildren, daughters, and son-in-law, Grandpa Skip was a man of remarkable depth and joy. He was cultured, persistent, and endlessly generous; fiercely loyal and larger-than-life, straightforward, opinionated, stalwart, positive, courageous, fun-loving, gregarious, entertaining, and utterly consistent. Intelligent and sophisticated, he remained a true champion of the arts throughout his life.
To them, he was steadfast and always family first—always present, fun-loving yet savvy, calming and wise. Clever and grammatically astute, strong yet sweet and sensitive, grounding, curious, silly, and warm. Brilliant, a role model, strong. He was the life of the party, flexible, a bridge between people—creative in family, business, and community, exuberant… and yes, proudly a Gemini!
Above all, he loved well, and was well loved.
He was so much to so many people—a true pillar of love, strength, and joy.