James F. Ott ’58

James F. Ott ’58, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Chicago; Oct. 10, of congestive heart failure. After Brown he earned an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and his CPA in 1978. He worked in Chicago in various senior financial executive positions, including at AmPro Corp., The Middleby Corp., Chicago Title and Trust Co., the L.E. Meyers Co., Blunt Ellis & Simmons, Eastman Dillon Union Securities & Co., and White Weld & Co., eventually relocating to Melbourne. He retired in 1999. He served in the Illinois Air National Guard and was a member of the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Investment Analyst Society of Chicago, the Financial Executives Institute, and the Economic Club of Chicago. He enjoyed reading and collecting classic movies from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. He is survived by his wife, Edna; four children and their spouses; and eight grandchildren.