Catherine Gouge’s Estate-Plan Gift Will Support the Next Generation of Loomis Chaffee Students

“I look back at my time on the island fondly. Through all the ups and downs, I am forever grateful for my Loomis Chaffee experience. The school challenged me both in the classroom and the swimming pool, providing me the belief that I could go beyond my limits. It taught me to be my best self and work towards the common good, and it taught me that both successes and failures should be celebrated and used for learning opportunities. To this day, Loomis Chaffee students inspire me as the next generation of leaders find their best selves on the island just as I did more than 15 years ago.

“I chose to include the school in my estate plan because I believe deeply in making sure the next generation of Loomis Chaffee students have the opportunities like I had: opportunities to lead, to be challenged, and to create lasting memories of their time on the island so that they, too, will give back to the next generation.”