The A. Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation

History of O’Connor Philanthropy For many years both Judge and Mrs. O’Connor gave generous support to countless deserving young people, community projects and many institutions. Included among these are the O’Connor Residence Hall at Harpur College (now one of the colleges of the State University of New York at Binghamton); the O’Connor Health Center at Mount Hermon School, Mount Hermon, Massachusetts; the O’Connor Campus Center at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York; the A. Lindsay O’Connor Professorship of American Institutions and the Olive B. O’Connor Professorship of Literature both at Colgate University; the Hobart Community Center and Fire House at Hobart, New York; O’Connor Hospital in Delhi, New York; O’Connor Hall (named in honor of the late Honorable Charles R. O’Connor) at the Agricultural and Technical College of the State University of New York at Delhi, New York and scholarship funds with first preference to students of Delaware County at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York and the Agricultural and Technical College at the State University of New York at Delhi, New York. Numerous area men and women (lawyers, doctors, nurses, dental technicians and business executives) were able to receive their college and/or professional education through the generosity of either Judge or Mrs. O’Connor.