Consider Designating Dalat in Your Will

by Mark Overgaard, class of 1967

Dalat changed the trajectory of my life. When I arrived in Vietnam to start the second semester of 9th grade at Dalat in 1964, it was my 15th (!) school. My parents were missionaries with WEC International in Thailand. I had multiple schools in Thailand; then we spent several years in North America, with frequent relocations, often across the continent.

Though Dalat moved across three countries during my time there, it was a haven of stability for me. Dalat provided opportunities for me to excel in academics, sports, and student activities; high school in America would likely have been a very different experience. I’m grateful for the life skills I learned at Dalat and the lifelong friendships I made there, among both students and staff.

After a successful career in computer and software technology, leveraging the leadership and communication skills I honed first at Dalat, I’m now retired. I’ve adopted photography as my retirement passion (that’s a photo of me, below). It has been rewarding to travel the world, connecting with its wildlife and cultures, sharing the resulting stories and images. You can browse through some of those results at www.remarkableimagery.net.