Planned Giving: Marion and Salvatore Brancaccio

^{Photo courtesy of the Brancaccio Family}

Marion (Cooper) Brancaccio Vic 4T5 (1923–2012) and her husband Salvatore (1927–2021) had a deep and abiding love for Victoria College, supporting the Annual Fund for more than four decades. In 2006, they made a major gift to endow The Salvatore and Marion (Cooper) Brancaccio Scholarship, an in-course scholarship awarded to Vic students achieving excellence during their studies.

Through the scholarship, the couple paid tribute to Professor Laure Rièse Vic 3T3, a member of the Victoria College teaching staff whom Marion greatly admired and with whom she shared a love for the French language. Marion’s career included 36 years teaching French and German at Toronto’s Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute.

At the time of Marion’s death, the couple had been married for 49 years. Following Marion’s passing, Salvatore continued to support the Victoria College Annual Fund as well as the scholarship that they had endowed together. A generous bequest received from Salvatore’s estate has built the scholarship fund even further. Several other non-profits, including the University of Toronto, also benefitted from the couple’s magnanimous gifts.

“Through their lifetime of philanthropy and generous bequest, Marion and Salvatore Brancaccio demonstrated their shared belief in the transformative power of education. It is fitting that generations of students will benefit from their enduring legacy at Vic,” says Sharon Gregory, associate director of gift planning in the Office of Alumni Affairs & Advancement.

For information on gift and estate planning and the five steps you can take to plan your legacy, please email sharon.gregory@utoronto.ca or call 416-813-4050.

If you are considering a bequest in your Will to Victoria or Emmanuel, here is suggested wording:
I give and bequeath to the Board of Regents of Victoria University, Toronto, Ontario, the sum of $ or % or shares of my estate.