We encourage you to read about the following Victura Society members. Each has unique connections to the Kennedy Library but all have chosen to create their own legacies through gifts from their estates to support the Kennedy Library Foundation’s future.
Don and Susan Wilson have lived very active and useful lives. After serving in the Air Force in World War II, Don became a foreign correspondent for LIFE magazine, covering several wars in the Far East and eventually running its Washington Bureau. (Click here to read full profile.)
Donald J. Dowd has worked and volunteered for Senator Edward Kennedy for 46 years, as well as for Robert, Patrick and Joseph Kennedy, and on nearly every Kennedy political campaign. He coordinated the 1979 opening of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and has served as a member of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Board since its inception, helping to found the
Friends of the Kennedy Library. (Click here to read full profile.)
Peggy Reed was only a little girl when President John F. Kennedy was sworn in as our nation’s 35th President, but the power of his legacy has always been a source of inspiration for her. She is committed to ensuring that future generations have access to his vision and has made a generous provision for the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in her will. (Click here to read full profile.)