Class Note 1987
Issue
January-February 2021
Anne-Marie (LaMarche) Valencia reports that the pandemic “has made it possible to ditch my 30-year-old brick-and-mortar tutoring business in L.A.” and happily return to her childhood state of New Hampshire to tutor remotely “while leaf-peeping.” For those of you worried she can no longer handle New England winters, Anne-Marie said she “might just become bicoastal!”
As we all look for such bright spots during this challenging time, mark your calendars for our 35th reunion this June 17-20. We hope to be together in Hanover to celebrate, according to reunion chair Tim Parker. Helping others, if we are able, is another way to feel connected. In that spirit of giving, I would like to spotlight classmates who are members in the Bartlett Tower Society (BTS). Named in honor of Samuel Colcord Bartlett, class of 1836 and Dartmouth’s eighth president, the BTS recognizes alumni and others who include Dartmouth in their estate plans. H. Morgan, our class gift planning chair, would love to have 30 ’87s in the BTS by our reunion.
Deb (Rowe) Marchiony joined more than two decades ago and has enjoyed being invited to “lots of fun Dartmouth events” through the years. “It’s easy to do and there is no downside,” Deb said. “Plus it would help the ’87s win Class of the Year!” Joe Voves and his wife, Lucie ’86, have been members since the early 1990s as well, and Joe believes that he, Lucie, Deb, and Deb’s husband, John ’86, are some of the first Dartmouth couples to join as young alumni. Joe’s business, Church Hill Classics (www.diplomaframe.com), was born in Hanover selling insignia diploma frames and limited-edition lithographs from the Dartmouth Co-op. “We obviously owe a debt of gratitude to Dartmouth for our experience and education but also for being our collegiate test market, as our business has now scaled to be a successful national brand employing more than 125 people,” Joe said. “Giving back to the College remains important to us.”
As of October there were 15 of us in the BTS: Roseanne (Wood) Arseneau, class treasurer Evan Azriliant, Mark Chavey, Ashok Gangolli, class co-mini-reunion chair Kathleen (Joyce) Kusiak, Deb, H., co-head class agent Peter Murane, class president Tracey Salmon-Smith, Joe, Jon Winslow, three anonymous classmates, and yours truly, class secretary Laura Gasser. I can attest to how simple it is to join via a retirement account. There is no minimum, so you can decide what percentage you would like to leave to Dartmouth. All I had to do is contact my 401K plan administrator, submit an online form adding “the Trustees of Dartmouth College” as a primary co-beneficiary, and send Dartmouth’s gift planning office written confirmation from my plan. Alternatively, you can name Dartmouth in your will.
“Joining the BTS can be quick and easy, while the benefits to the College endure,” H. said. “This is a painless way to leave a lasting legacy.”
For details or to get a personal pep talk from H. himself, please contact him at h@dartmouth87.org.
—Laura Gasser, 746 17th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121; marcklaurag@aol.com
As we all look for such bright spots during this challenging time, mark your calendars for our 35th reunion this June 17-20. We hope to be together in Hanover to celebrate, according to reunion chair Tim Parker. Helping others, if we are able, is another way to feel connected. In that spirit of giving, I would like to spotlight classmates who are members in the Bartlett Tower Society (BTS). Named in honor of Samuel Colcord Bartlett, class of 1836 and Dartmouth’s eighth president, the BTS recognizes alumni and others who include Dartmouth in their estate plans. H. Morgan, our class gift planning chair, would love to have 30 ’87s in the BTS by our reunion.
Deb (Rowe) Marchiony joined more than two decades ago and has enjoyed being invited to “lots of fun Dartmouth events” through the years. “It’s easy to do and there is no downside,” Deb said. “Plus it would help the ’87s win Class of the Year!” Joe Voves and his wife, Lucie ’86, have been members since the early 1990s as well, and Joe believes that he, Lucie, Deb, and Deb’s husband, John ’86, are some of the first Dartmouth couples to join as young alumni. Joe’s business, Church Hill Classics (www.diplomaframe.com), was born in Hanover selling insignia diploma frames and limited-edition lithographs from the Dartmouth Co-op. “We obviously owe a debt of gratitude to Dartmouth for our experience and education but also for being our collegiate test market, as our business has now scaled to be a successful national brand employing more than 125 people,” Joe said. “Giving back to the College remains important to us.”
As of October there were 15 of us in the BTS: Roseanne (Wood) Arseneau, class treasurer Evan Azriliant, Mark Chavey, Ashok Gangolli, class co-mini-reunion chair Kathleen (Joyce) Kusiak, Deb, H., co-head class agent Peter Murane, class president Tracey Salmon-Smith, Joe, Jon Winslow, three anonymous classmates, and yours truly, class secretary Laura Gasser. I can attest to how simple it is to join via a retirement account. There is no minimum, so you can decide what percentage you would like to leave to Dartmouth. All I had to do is contact my 401K plan administrator, submit an online form adding “the Trustees of Dartmouth College” as a primary co-beneficiary, and send Dartmouth’s gift planning office written confirmation from my plan. Alternatively, you can name Dartmouth in your will.
“Joining the BTS can be quick and easy, while the benefits to the College endure,” H. said. “This is a painless way to leave a lasting legacy.”
For details or to get a personal pep talk from H. himself, please contact him at h@dartmouth87.org.
—Laura Gasser, 746 17th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121; marcklaurag@aol.com