Tracy Ann Leonardo '90 S'89

Tracy Ann Leonardo, 40, of Bellaire, Texas died peacefully at home on October 29, 2008, after living with advanced colon cancer since March 2007.

Tracy will long be remembered as a caring, kind, and thoughtful daughter, sister, wife, friend and mother.  Raised in Vermont and Long Island, Tracy counted many academic achievements but was especially proud of being the only girl to play boys varsity ice hockey at Northport High School, where she graduated in 1986.

Tracy played women’s varsity ice hockey freshman year.  She sang with Freshman Singers and “The Roaring Twenty.” Tracy was Communications Director for the USG from 1989-90.  A resident of Mathey College, Tracy later joined Tower Club where she made many lifelong friends.  She met her soul mate and future husband, Ted O’Neal ’89 at a party at Tiger Inn, following the Yale game on November 13, 1987.  She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English and received the Department’s Class of 1859 Prize.

Tracy received her M.B.A. from the University of Washington Foster School of Business in 1996.  She joined Microsoft Corporation in 1999.  She managed a worldwide program for Microsoft’s partners and was promoted to Director in July 2008. Even with the satisfaction that Tracy found in her career, nothing could compare to her role as mom to Sean Baker O’Neal, born on July 11, 2002.

Tracy is survived by her husband, Ted; son, Sean; father Robert; six brothers and sisters and thirteen nieces and nephews.