Och Academy receives $17 million from Ross estate

Calling it a major “investment” in its future, the Golda Och Academy announced a $17.2 million bequest from the estate of the late philanthropist Eric F. Ross.

Ross, who died in September 2010 at the age of 91, was a major supporter of the Conservative day school. Its upper school campus in West Orange, N.J. is named in his honor in recognition of a donation he made that led to the opening of the campus in 1991.