Dick Spellman and his wife, Janis, live in Kennesaw, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Dick is president of GDS Associates, an engineering and management consulting firm that specializes in planning and analytical studies for the electric and natural gas industries. Dick’s expertise is energy efficiency and renewable energy. Dick and Janis met at Central Maine Power Co., where they both worked in the 1970s and 1980s. They still visit their lake cottage in central Maine. They enjoy hiking, biking, skiing and travel in their spare time and hiked the Tour du Mont Blanc in France, Italy and Switzerland in 2013. Dick and Janis have two daughters. Ashley, a graduate of Colby College and Loyola Law School, works as a business planner at the corporate headquarters of Forever 21 in Los Angeles. Paige, a graduate of Lee University in Tennessee, lives in Breckenridge, Colorado, where she works as a teacher. Dick served as an alumni interviewer for nearly 20 years when he lived in Maine. He has contributed to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund every year since graduation to recognize the important impact Dartmouth has had on his life, and he is a member of the Bartlett Tower Society with thousands of other alumni, parents and friends who have included Dartmouth in their estate plans. He joined the Bartlett Tower Society for many reasons, but mainly to ensure that future generations of Dartmouth students have opportunities to experience the academic excellence and outdoor opportunities that he enjoyed and also to develop lifelong Dartmouth friendships. Dick encourages classmates to consider their legacy and membership in the Bartlett Tower Society.


Before our last reunion Ken Marable became our class chair of gift planning. In that capacity he encourages classmates to participate in gift planning and join the Bartlett Tower Society. Ken’s family has a special love for Dartmouth. His wife, Joan ’76, is a consultant and also the founder and executive director of a nonprofit that helps students in grades eight through 12 to develop leadership skills and to increase their understanding of different cultures. Daughter Kimberly ’05 is an actress in New York who is currently performing in The Lion King on Broadway. Son Jonathan ’08 is a graduate student in city and regional policy and urban planning at the Pratt Institute in New York City. Ken is a financial consultant for AXA Advisors. Outside of work he is active in many community organizations in addition to serving as a member of the executive committee of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York, a regional representative of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association and a ’74 class agent. 


Please join Dick, Ken, me and a dozen other classmates as members of the Bartlett Tower Society by including the College in your estate planning or by naming the College as a beneficiary of a retirement plan or life insurance policy. Contact Ken at kenneth.marable@axa-advisors.com for additional information.


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