Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Ned Cline, William Friday Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 187808688X
Описание
Joseph McKinley Bryan, Sr. could be intransigent one moment and disarmingly endearing the next. But he was a man with a vision that never faded until a failing body stilled his alert mind just short of his 100th birthday in 1995. 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 thecreation 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...
