Gemma Del Duca, SC
Sister Gemma R. Del Duca has spent her 92 years traveling the world in pursuit of knowledge but always returned to her hometown of Greensburg to make a difference. A Sister of Charity of Seton Hill, Sister Gemma resided in Israel for more than three decades and collaborated with Yad Vashem, the official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem. Her experiences led her in 1987 to help found the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University to promote the teaching of the Holocaust at all levels of education and to enhance Catholic-Jewish relations. Sister Gemma has received the Spirit of Anne Frank Award from the United Jewish Federation Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and was the first non-Israeli to receive the Yad Vashem Excellence in Holocaust Education Award and is a Distinguished Alumna of Seton Hill.