January 27, 2012


Philanthropist Mary Semans dies at 91

Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, a philanthropist who supported a broad range of causes with compassion, kindness and devotion, and who bridged the era from just after World War I with the Internet age, died Jan. 25 at age 91.

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