Louise C. Caron, long-time administrative secretary in the Bowdoin Development Office, died on August 5, 2008, at her home in Brunswick, Maine after a long battle with breast cancer.

She was born in Topsham on August 27, 1951, and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1969. She married Gerard A. Caron on May 1, 1971. She worked at the College for more than 20 years. She was a communicant and active member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, where she sang in the choir and was a soloist for Mass. In addition to her husband of 37 years, survivors include her parents, Louis J. and Cecile Lachance Ouellette; sons Ryan A. Caron and Adam L. Caron; a brother, Michael Ouellette; and sisters Rachael Levasseur and Lorraine Waite.