Emma McGraw Watson `59—Charitable Remainder Unitrust

Emma McGraw Watson `59 has a Charitable Remainder Unitrust in place, and Wayland Academy is a beneficiary of the trust. Emma is a member of Wayland’s Heritage Society and is part of a legacy family because her father, Harry E. McGraw, is also an alum of the Academy from the class of 1913.

When people think about financially supporting Wayland Academy, many alumni, parents, and friends make an outright gift—they write a check, make a gift online, or donate appreciated securities. These are wonderful ways to help benefit the Academy.

Planned giving—through a bequest made to Wayland in a will or trust, adding Wayland as a beneficiary, or through a life insurance policy—offers creative tax-wise giving possibilities. 

Unless you specify that your gift should be used for immediate Academy needs or a new program, all planned gifts may become a part of Wayland's endowment. A planned gift to Wayland helps ensure a strong future for the Academy, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that your gift will support quality education at Wayland for many generations to come.

“With grateful appreciation, I reflect upon my five years at Wayland with my class of 1959, having begun my eighth-grade year as a “Sub-Freshman.”

I have realized, decade by decade, that the very formative years of my life were here under the sincere and careful tutelage of esteemed educators.

Wayland Academy enhanced the values taught by my parents and those are holding me in good stead to be of the world, not just in the world.”