Remember Loomis Chaffee ALUMNI NEWS | EDITED BY JAMES S. RUGEN ’70
Charitable gift planning at Loomis Chaffee dates back to the school’s founding when the five Loomis siblings, bereft of heirs, pooled their respective estates to found The Loomis Institute. Now a century later, the John Metcalf Taylor Society honors the more than 550 alumni, parents, and friends who have followed in the Founders ’ footsteps and remembered Loomis Chaffee in their estate plans through charitable bequests, trusts, or other provisions. Rika Poor Stevenson ’88 is one such member:
“ Education is very important to my
husband and me, so we felt very strongly that it was important to support the schools we attended by naming them in our estate plans. Loomis Chaffee helped me become the person I am and was much more influential on me than any other education experience I have had. This sounds clichéed, but Loomis Chaffee was not always easy for me, and the support of friends and teachers really helped me learn how to get through the harder times. At the same I became a much more confident, strong, and outgoing person through my experiences and leadership opportunities at Loomis Chaffee. Including Loomis Chaffee in our estate plans made perfect sense, and I hope it will help future generations to share in those same experiences.
— Rika Poor Stevenson ’88
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Herrika “Rika” Poor Stevenson ’88 (back right) with her husband, Will, and three sons, Elliot (13), Reese (10), and Herrick (6), at their home in Harvard, Mass.
John Metcalf Taylor Society
To join Rika in the John Metcalf Taylor Society or to learn more about establishing your own Loomis Chaffee legacy by creating an endowed fund or scholarship through your estate plans, please contact Director of Development Timothy G. Struthers ’85 at 860.687.6221 or tim_struthers@loomis.org.
Scan the QR code to connect instantly to the Loomis Chaffee Gift Planning page, or go to www.loomischaffee.org/ giftplanning.