Steven Petrow, a journalist and author of seven books, is a Duke graduate and an A.B. Duke Memorial Scholar. He offers this remembrance of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, an heiress of the family that founded Duke University who died last Wednesday:

"Who are you, Mrs. Semans?" Remembering an “heiress”

Upon the passing of Duke family heiress Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, UNC-TV will rebroadcast an episode of "Biographical Conversations with Mary Semans" this weekend.

Semans, a philanthropist and strong advocate of the arts, education and human rights in North Carolina, was 91 when she died yesterday. 

UNC-TV will show three consecutive one-hour interviews on Sunday starting at 6 p.m. In the interviews, conducted by UNC-TV's Shannon Vickery, Semans tells her life story in our own words, from intimate family stories to personal discussions of her own public and philanthropic career.