Longtime Assumption benefactors Normand, 83, and Gloria Marois, 83, passed away last fall; Gloria on November 26 and Norm on December 8. Through their vision, generosity, and passion, they helped shape the growth of Assumption.
Norm joined his father’s construction business, Marois Brothers, after graduating and immediately got to work on his alma mater’s campus. Since that time, the company has been instrumental in several major projects, including the campus loop road, the Testa Science Center, and the Multi-Sport Stadium, while Norm – who retired as chairman of Marois Brothers in 1994, after taking over the company in 1963 – was instrumental in the construction of the original football field and the field hockey/softball field,
and supported the building of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit and Plourde Recreation Center.
Norm’s contributions to Assumption extend beyond construction; he was just the sixth person to receive the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award in 1972 and served on the Board of Trustees for 15 years (1975–90). In 1987, the women’s softball field was dedicated in his honor. He received an honorary doctorate from Assumption in 1991, was named an honorary trustee in 1994, and was an honorary inductee to the Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003. He was a founding father of the original athletic booster club, and both Norm and Gloria were charter members of the President’s Council.
They leave behind a lasting legacy, which includes their five children: Nancy Winn ’80, Jeffrey, Barbara, Ralph ’87, David ’89, and granddaughter Alexandra Marois ’22.
