Adding Value : The Joseph M. Bryan Story from Poverty to Philanthropy
Language: English
Published by Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, Greensboro, 2001
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Seller: JB Books, Garrison, ND, U.S.A.JB Books
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First Printing of the First Edition (stated). Biography of the remarkable and inspiring life of Joseph McKinley Bryan Sr., overcoming poverty, coping with his mother's mental illness, his father's desertion, a lack of formal education and other challenges, but overcoming it all to amass a fortune and become a 'builder of people' doing good works for the communities around him - creating commercial and public television in North Carolina, making major donations to Duke University, creating an Alzheimer's research facility, and much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, source notes, index, 382pp. A beautiful copy, the jacket nicely encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- Adding Value : The Joseph M. Bryan Story from Poverty to Philanthropy
- Author
- Cline, Ned
- Publisher
- Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, Greensboro
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 187808688X
- ISBN 13
- 9781878086884
- Edition
- First Edition (stated).
- Seller catalogs
- General
Bryan overcame poverty, a mother's mental illness, a father's desertion, a distrusting set of in-laws and a lack of formal education to become a builder of people as well as institutions. His good works, and those of his family, are widespread.
He was instrumental in the creation of both commercial and public television in North Carolina and helped build universities and medical facilities. At one time, Bryan was the largest single donor to Duke University, except for the Dukes. Bryan family resources led to creation of the Alzheimer's research facility at Duke, as well as a student center and major advancements for the Duke Eye Center. But when Duke didn't fulfill some promises, he withdrew an additional $15 million he intended to give.
For all his attributes, successes and good works, however, Bryan couldn't succeed within his own family, a failure he was never able to overcome and one that privately tormented him. Ned Cline interviewed scores of people, including family, friends, associates, and acquaintances to tell the story of this complex and fascinating man.
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About the Author
He and his wife, Linda, live in Greensboro, NC, and have two grown children.
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