From Philanthropy magazine, July / August 2003
Michael W. Grebe has a strange notion of retirement. He stepped down as chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner, which he had built into the nation’s eleventh largest law firm,...
From Philanthropy magazine, November / December 2003
Carl Schramm has a history of taking risks, but he may have underestimated the risks of taking over a large foundation in a mid-sized town. Since he was hired in April 2002 to serve as...
From Philanthropy magazine, January / February 2003
Gisele Huff Executive Director, Jaquelin Hume Foundation John F. Kirtley President, Children First America Jay P. Greene Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Ms. Huff:...
From Philanthropy magazine, January / February 2003
Charles Harper knows a thing or two about the life of the mind. He took his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in civil and geological engineering. Later, he earned a Ph.D. from...
From Philanthropy magazine, March / April 2003
William E. Simon Jr. surprised many observers last year when, as a political newcomer, he won the Republican nomination for governor of California and came within 5 percentage points of...
From Philanthropy magazine, May / June 2003
Kim Smith, CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund, believes she is “genetically encoded to be a social entrepreneur in education.” Both of Kim’s parents were educators—her mother a public school...
From Philanthropy magazine, Fall 2010
Ken and Tammy Fisher lead the Fisher House Foundation, one of the most innovative philanthropies dedicated to helping hospitalized servicemen and veterans and their families. The Fishers spoke with Philanthropy magazine about their commitment to family and their work building Fisher Houses, which provide free lodging and transportation for military and veterans’ families while their loved ones recuperate at military and veterans’ hospitals nationwide.
From Philanthropy magazine, Summer 2010
Real estate developer Ken Behring talks to ‘Philanthropy’ about some of his signature achievements in global health—including the creation of a world-class water purification system.
From Philanthropy magazine, Winter 2010
Patrick Byrne, chairman and CEO of Overstock.com, talks about Worldstock, the company he launched to help artisans in the developing world enter the global marketplace.
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2010
John V. Saeman is a devout Roman Catholic, whose loyalty to the Catholic Church has been expressed through generous contributions of time, treasure, and talent. Indeed, fidelity seems to be...
From Philanthropy magazine, Fall 2009
Peter G. Peterson is a dreamer—an American Dreamer, as he puts it in the title of his 2009 memoirs (The Education of an American Dreamer). Indeed, his life and work are a testament to the...
From Philanthropy magazine, Winter 2009
David Weekley, founder of the nation’s largest privately held homebuilding company, spoke with ‘Philanthropy’ about his charitable giving, his guiding principles for evaluating charities, his support for character education programs, his funding of microfinance initiatives in the developing world, and his advice for new donors.
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2009
Tad Taube is a believer. He believes in the United States, in the benevolence of its free institutions and the productive capacity of its private sector. He believes in the fundamental...
From Philanthropy magazine, May / June 2006
This past October, the Council on Foundations chose Steve Gunderson to be its new president and CEO. Best known for his 16 years as a Wisconsin Congressman, Gunderson voluntarily left the...
From Philanthropy magazine, September / October 2006
Carl Schramm doesn’t just study entrepreneurs. Or write about them. He is an entrepreneur, as well as a corporate executive, scholar, author, and foundation CEO. As president and chief...