diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/EntityMergedPropertyListController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/EntityMergedPropertyListController.java
index 0f6c2e402..838b0b3f8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/EntityMergedPropertyListController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/EntityMergedPropertyListController.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -506,14 +507,21 @@ public class EntityMergedPropertyListController extends VitroHttpServlet {
 				//types?  For now we just show them in whichever type shows up first. related to NIHVIVO-876
 				orgStmtList.removeAll(stmtsForClass);				
 				
-				Collections.sort(stmtsForClass,
-						new Comparator<ObjectPropertyStatement>() {
-							public int compare(ObjectPropertyStatement o1,
-									ObjectPropertyStatement o2) {
-								return o1.getObject().getName().compareTo(
-										o2.getObject().getName());
-							}
-						});
+				// rjy7 Fix for NIHVIVO-426 Sort people in organization listing by name, rather than by the position name.
+				// This is an ugly hack and we should not refer to ontology properties here. Need a better fix in the long term.
+				if (prop.getURI().equals("http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#organizationForPosition")) {
+					sortByRelatedIndividualNames(stmtsForClass, "http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#positionForPerson");
+				} else {
+					Collections.sort(stmtsForClass,
+							new Comparator<ObjectPropertyStatement>() {
+								public int compare(ObjectPropertyStatement o1,
+										ObjectPropertyStatement o2) {
+									return o1.getObject().getName().compareTo(
+											o2.getObject().getName());
+								}
+							});
+				}
+				
 				System.out.println("stmtsForclass size after sort: "
 						+ stmtsForClass.size());
 				System.out.println("sortedStmtList size before add: "
@@ -527,7 +535,21 @@ public class EntityMergedPropertyListController extends VitroHttpServlet {
 			
 	}
 
-
+	private void sortByRelatedIndividualNames(List<ObjectPropertyStatement> opStmts, String predicateUri) {
+		
+        final LinkedHashMap<ObjectPropertyStatement, String> stmtsToNames = new LinkedHashMap<ObjectPropertyStatement, String>(opStmts.size());
+        for (ObjectPropertyStatement stmt : opStmts) {
+            Individual relatedIndividual = stmt.getObject().getRelatedIndividual(predicateUri);
+        	String relatedIndividualName = relatedIndividual != null ? relatedIndividual.getName() : "";
+            stmtsToNames.put(stmt, relatedIndividualName);
+        }
+        // Sort the object property statements by the names
+        Collections.sort(opStmts, new Comparator<ObjectPropertyStatement>() { 
+            public int compare(ObjectPropertyStatement left, ObjectPropertyStatement right) { 
+                return stmtsToNames.get(left).compareTo(stmtsToNames.get(right)); 
+            } 
+        });	
+	}
 
 	private List<Individual> getObjectsFromStmts(List<ObjectPropertyStatement> orgStmtList) {
 		List<Individual> individuals = new LinkedList<Individual>();