Anthony Emile Beaulieu ’64


Anthony Emile Beaulieu ’64 of Portland, Oregon, died on October 2, 2010. “Arro” was born August 27, 1942, in San Francisco, California, into a musical family. He came to Dartmouth from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He pursued his love of the piano at Dartmouth, became a senior fellow and graduated with a major in music. He’s described by a fellow musician as a “sweet and tolerant artistic person who wouldn’t harm a flea.” While an undergraduate he performed major piano works, including the Bach D minor and Beethoven B-flat major concertos. Significantly, even during college he performed widely throughout the Northeast. Immediately after graduation he signed up to go to Mississippi with the Freedom Riders to help register black voters during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s. Subsequently, he returned to Boston to further his studies in piano and music theory. He performed in numerous solo and chamber concerts in New England; Vancouver, British Columbia; Lincoln, Nebraska; and the San Francisco Bay Area. Arro met his future wife, Aase, at a professional workshop for musicians and teachers. They lived in Lincoln; Sebastopol, California; and Ebeltoft, Denmark. They then moved in 2004 to Portland, where Arro established a piano studio and school. He is survived by Aase, son Soren and daughter Christine. Arro appreciated beauty, tried to find the best in others and left the world a bit better.