The Price of Admission
Biographical essays on some of the author’s heroes, including an eccentric conservationist and her war hero husband; the founding CEO of Dover Corporation; the founders of the Virginia furniture and textile industries; three leading CEOs of Virginia furniture and sweatsuit makers; the author’s mentor, a Virginia Supreme Court Justice and artist; the author’s father, a self educated lawyer and farmer, and younger son, a mechanical genius; a homeless schizophrenic; and a marine corporal who died in combat in Vietnam.
Excellent profiles of remarkable people written with great respect for what they have accomplished. As a Director of a non-profit that engages financially successful people, this book provided me with some valuable insights into philanthropy, and the way successful people view the world and their community, and how they can contribute to it. Especially enjoyed former Virginia State Senator Elmon Gray’s take on how much personal wealth is enough.