Joseph McKinley Bryan, Sr., overcame poverty, a mother's mental illness, a father's desertion, and a lack of formal education to become a builder of people and institutions. The largest single donor to Duke University outside of the Duke family, Bryan helped create the Alzheimer's research facility at Duke and vitalized the Duke Eye Center. He was also instrumental in the creation of commercial and public television in North Carolina, including WBTV, North Carolina's first television station, and UNC-TV, North Carolina's ...
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Joseph McKinley Bryan, Sr., overcame poverty, a mother's mental illness, a father's desertion, and a lack of formal education to become a builder of people and institutions. The largest single donor to Duke University outside of the Duke family, Bryan helped create the Alzheimer's research facility at Duke and vitalized the Duke Eye Center. He was also instrumental in the creation of commercial and public television in North Carolina, including WBTV, North Carolina's first television station, and UNC-TV, North Carolina's statewide public television network. Bryan's name is now associated with many of North Carolina's higher educational institutions, including the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Joseph M. Bryan Student Center at Duke University.Ned Cline interviewed Bryan's family, friends, associates, and acquaintances to tell the whole story of this complex and fascinating man.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 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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First printing. 2001 January stated first printing hardback no marks and is in great condition with dust coverEach order is emailed a USPS tracking number. All books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing.
