The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Story Time

Foundation leaders spin tales from their families' lives as a way to share values and traditions

By Darlene M. Siska

As a boy, William C. Graustein heard plenty of family stories -- up-by-your-bootstrap, American success tales about his father, aunts, and uncles. Children of a German immigrant dairyman, they were encouraged to use their education to imagine and create successful careers for...

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