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Celebrating a Berkshire Family Legacy

Sam Quincy Nichols ’58 loved his Berkshire experience and the lifelong friends he made under the Mountain. Earning 13 varsity letters during his Berkshire career, Nichols captained both the soccer and hockey squads his senior year. Upon his passing in 2014, his family established the Samuel Q. Nichols ’58 Hockey Scholarship to create endowment funds for future Berkshire student-athletes. The Nichols family boasts three generations of Bears, including Sophie K. Reed ’19. Critical to this effort was the entire Nichols family joining the John F. Godman Society by creating legacy gifts in Nichols’ honor to support this endowment in perpetuity.

“Our dad was always willing to help others, and we are thrilled to make our respective bequests to Berkshire to ‘pay it forward’ and support the School and its future students.

Dad loved his Berkshire experience and appreciated his time there and the lifelong friends, faculty, and staff that contributed to his growing up under the Mountain. We’re honored to support this named scholarship, the Samuel Q. Nichols ’58 Hockey Scholarship, and Berkshire’s top priority of growing the financial aid endowment.”

—The Nichols Family

Pay it forward.

In this constantly changing world, we know everyone is carefully considering which deserving organizations to support. We would be honored to discuss the many ways you can support Berkshire’s future with a tax-saving legacy gift.

If you’d like to learn more about planning your Berkshire legacy, please contact Director of Planned Giving and Major Gifts

Bill Bullock at (413) 229-1368 or wbullock@berkshireschool.org.

Learn more at berkshireschool.planningyourlegacy.org .

Berkshire Hall’s Bell

By Bebe Clark Bullock ’86

Traditionally, the Berkshire Bell rings every morning over Buck Valley. It was originally called the Memorial Bell for Foster Treat, Class of 1926. Foster tragically died of pneumonia in his fifth-form year when antibiotics were not yet developed. His parents donated the bell in memory of Foster and the Class of 1926 to top the then under-construction Berkshire Hall. The Berkshire Bell was delivered in time to ring out on the 26th day in honor of the year Foster died.

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