Holly Ann Marshall ’79
Holly Ann Marshall ’79 died unexpectedly of a heart attack on June 7, 2014, in Thessaloniki, Greece. A native of Malden, Massachusetts, Holly majored in English. In addition to being active in the DOC, Holly had an abiding interest in Native American culture and served a term as a Tucker Fellow on the Kicking Horse Indian Reservation in Montana. She later worked with Native Americans in northern Maine in the Federal Job Corps program. In 1983 Holly married Phil Holland ’71. Together they built a log cabin on land they cleared themselves in Shaftsbury, Vermont, followed soon after by an off-the-grid house in the area powered by solar panels. Holly’s children, Phoebe and Freedom, were born soon after. They survive her. In 1995 an appetite for adventure took the family to Greece, where Holly taught English and drama at Anatolia College. There Holly taught English language and literature and directed a number of American musicals, one of the school’s traditions since it was founded by Americans in the 19th century. A three-year hitch became a lifetime career. Holly had a great love for her students, which they reciprocated. Holly maintained her college ties by becoming an alumni interviewer. This year Dartmouth admitted one of her students from Greece, an Anatolia Merit Scholar Holly had recommended highly. She also stayed in close touch with her Woodward Hall friend and neighbor, Barbara Reinertsen ’77. Holly had boundless energy, good humor, intelligence, integrity and sensitivity to others. She will be missed.
