Raymond J. Legac ’65 credits Assumption with spurring a lifetime love of learning. He recognizes his professors – particularly George Doyle, Ph.D., HD’92, and Fr. Georges Bissonnette, A.A., ’43, HD’79 –for inspiring his passion as a social studies teacher in the New York City public school system, which spanned three decades from 1971–2001.
Legac remembers Professor Doyle encouraging him to apply for a coveted fellowship at the East-West Center, a national educational institution based at the University of Hawaii, to explore the development and understanding among the peoples of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific Islands through programs of cooperative study, training, and research. Legac earned that fellowship and received his master’s degree in political science from the Center in 1967, subsequently spending four months in India as part of an educational exchange.
Legac, who also served as a New York City teachers’ union pension consultant for nearly 25 years, said his desire to include Assumption as a beneficiary in his will is due to his appreciation of the education he received and the enduring friendships he made at the institution. He proudly joins many of his fellow alumni in the 1904 Society as individuals who have made a deferred gift or provided for Assumption in their estate plans.
For more information on how you can support Assumption with an estate gift, contact Melanie Demarais at 508.767.7332 or visit www.assumption.edu/plannedgiving.
