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Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans (February 21, 1920 – January 25, 2012) was an American heiress, activist, politician, and philanthropist. She was the granddaughter of Benjamin N. Duke and the great-granddaughter of Washington Duke , both tobacco and energy tycoons who helped start Duke University .
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. “A principal link in the life of this university.”. That is how former Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead described Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans following her death in 2012 at the age of 91. The great-granddaughter of industrialist-philanthropist Washington Duke, for whom the university is named ...
1 de abr. de 2012 · by Duke Magazine Staff. April 01, 2012 | Mar - Apr 2012 issue. Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans ’39, Hon. ’83—lifelong philanthropist, civic leader, humanitarian, and great-granddaughter of university namesake Washington Duke—died January 25 at the age of ninety-one.
The granddaughter of Benjamin N. Duke and grand-niece of James B. Duke, Mrs. Semans was an Endowment Trustee for 55 years. She was the first woman to chair its Board of Trustees, serving in the role from 1982-2001. She was the daughter of Mary Duke Biddle and Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.
25 de ene. de 2012 · Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, the scion of the family that founded Duke University, died on Wednesday. She was 91. WUNC-TV to Rebroadcast Semans Bio Sunday . In recognition of her contributions to North Carolina and to honor her memory, UNC-TV will rebroadcast Biographical Conversations with Mary Semans beginning at
25 de ene. de 2012 · Mary DBT Semans. Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, a member of the Duke family, was born Mary Duke Biddle in 1920. She enrolled in Duke University at the age of 15 in 1936. In 1939, she married Josiah Charles Trent, a medical student at Duke and later a Surgeon on the Duke faculty.
Mary Semans. Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans (1920-2012), a member of the Duke family, was born Mary Duke Biddle on February 21, 1920. She enrolled in Duke University at the age of 15 in 1936. She married Josiah Charles Trent, a medical student at Duke and later a surgeon on the Duke faculty, in 1939.
