Sustaining a Legacy of Achievement Sustaining a Legacy

In October, 2009, while living in Charleston, S.C., DeMarcoco-founded In Every Story, a non-profit temporary employmentagency. He also has worked as a licensed tour guide for thePalmetto Carriage Works in the historic section of the city.Many aspects of his Sem education have been a benefit tohim, he notes: the rigor of his academic work (he took eightAdvanced Placement (AP) courses), the opportunity to liveand study with people from many different countries and thediscipline he developed while participating in Mock Trial,basketball and other campus activities.“Mrs. Levy was a very important influence for me. Workingwith her in Mock Trial taught me how to develop articulate,rigorous arguments, and these skills were very useful in myliterature and political science courses at Furman, as well as inthe university’s Mock Trial program,” he said. “Living in thedorm at Sem also helped me in Ghana because I had alreadylived and studied and played basketball with students from othercultures. I learned that the world is made up of different places.”Now as he prepares for his wedding in July to Emily Pusserand mulls over offers of admission from law schools such asStanford, Yale and New York University, DeMarco is thinkingahead to the type of law he would like to practice. It will besome sort of public interest law, possibly indigent defense orinternational law, but certainly something that reflects his desireto represent the disenfranchised.“There’s a connection between food scarcity in Ghana andhomelessness in Charleston. It’s a type of structural injustice, atopic that is a particular interest of mine,” he says, adding thathe first started thinking deeply about concepts of integrity andservice while competing in Oratorical Contests. “Sem has had animportant role in structuring my life, because it was at Sem that Ifirst began thinking about those things.”Leaving aLegacy...“One generation plants the trees...Another gets the shade.”– Chinese ProverbThe inspired leaders who founded WyomingSeminary believed they had a special calling:to prepare young men and women to meetthe demands of their changing times. Thatcalling is as vital today as it was in 1844. Overthe years, Wyoming Seminary has growninto a remarkably distinctive independentschool with an incredibly complex mission;it serves both young women and men, dayand boarding students, preschool throughpostgraduate, from the Wyoming Valley andfrom around the world.Wyoming Seminary has been able to achievethis mission through the loyal and generoussupport of generations of alumni, parents andfriends who have included the School in theirestate and financial plans. Over the last thirtyyears, these planned gifts have providedmore than one-third of all support to Sem.Leaving a legacy to future generations isa rewarding and noble act. Since 1981,Wyoming Seminary has received bequests,trust distributions or proceeds frominsurance policies from the following alumniand friends. We are indeed grateful for the“shade” their gifts have provided!1896Emory H. Westlake1903Ray Rood Allen1904Helen J. Graham1907Mary Sheeder Wilson1909Ralph L. NewingArthur R. Roat1912Bertha Pringle Dix1914Harden CoonRuth Shaw JacobsonNeil D. Kelley1916Roger S. ClarkRobert C. LaycockWalter L. MorganEdith L. Roat1917Dorothy R. MorganRobert Stull1918Helen L. BrownHarold S. Callen1919Harold C. BuckinghamJ. Antrim Crellin1920John MaddafordSarah Stewart Peirce1921Oscar N. BarberBenjamin KubiliusRebekah StrengNicholsonMarion E. RichardsAnna Y. Weeks1922Martin I. FreemanClement W. Perkins1923William B. CraneJane K. FreasMarian HornbakerHutchesonWilliam R. Toomb1924Carrie Shook LewisHoward B. MatthewsElwood QuesadaIsabel Weeks1925Phyllis M. EvansAlvah FassettAdele Alden MerrimanEsther Moyle OwensHamilton R. Young1926Joseph C. DonchessGrace DickHunsbergerMargaret AthertonWagg1927C. Benjamin BodleGeorge F. GallandWilliam P. Kocher1928William C. DickDorothy I. LewisPaul R. MehmArthur RossFrederic SalzmanEthel Partridge Tippett1929Margaret P. HoffmanGeraldine Nesbitt OrrCromwell ThomasV. Samuel VanScoy1930Helen AndersonJohn F. ConnoleAnna H. GriffithsDaniel KingIrving LottmanHarry MoatStella Miner Moat1931Mary HarrisMontgomeryFrank Schmitt, Jr.Thomas Williams1932Robert N. WellerEdward Williams1933David DavisIrene Knapp HardingElizabeth SicklerLamppCarl PrisbeckDorothy James Sinon1934Sarah BarrMerritt Harding1935Mary Keeler BeachamAgnes GregsonDoris Harris HamiltonEffingham P.Humphrey, Jr.Regis J. KennedyCharles Laycock1936Alice Davies StanleyMarie WelkerKennedyJohn Zaleski1937Olive BarrWilliam ConynghamMary PulvermanJudsonHelen Beaver Platten1938Robert BuntzG. Guthrie ConynghamCharles K. MorganWarren Tischler1939Mary SigafoosHarshbargerMarshall Rumbaugh1940Margaret A. SloanJohn R. SomersJohn Thomas1941Betsy Albert PriceRuth Shennen1942Leland Pierson, Jr.1943Ernest Buckman1945Malcolm F. Smith1946John McCole1947Joseph Bittenbender1950Laning HarveyR. Peter Shurtleff1951Albert KozischekLeslie E. Morgan1953Robert B. Currie1957Jozia Mieszkowski1958David Rosenthal1969Craig Ulrich1996John Connell, IIIParents and FriendsBernard BaschkinGeorge BehlerHelen BerrymanCatharine BirthS. A. BuhrmanAdaline BurgessClarence BusseC. Frederick ChadwickMargaret SordoniEnglishMary Anne FlahertyNancy BurdickGalbraithLois HarveyJessie T. HendersonLila K. HildebrantEmily R. JamesDorothea L. KeeneyRuth KlugerGeorge KuryloskiMarian D. LittletonJessie Lovett MorganMaurice MoskowitzWilbur A. MyersMartha I. ParkerDoris PatrickAnn PhillipsPeter PhillipsJ. RammlingR. Willard ReeseMarian SchaefferPhyllis SmithKathleen StackWallace StettlerHarold TippettEthel VandermarkWalter VorbleskiJames M. WachtlerMabel Scott WandellBettie J. Weeks28