Endowment Guide

RICHER LIVES

Author: J. Kai MacLaren
Your average Mellons (as in Carnegie-Mellon) might dispense of their philanthropic duties by endowing a university, but Dr. Larimer Mellon has a different kind of charitable heart. In Song of Haiti: The Lives of Dr. Larimer and Gwen Mellon at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital Deschapelles (PublicAffairs, US$27.50), Barry Paris recounts the story of how the Mellons gave up their opulent lifestyle to build a hospital and dedicate their lives to aiding the people of Haiti.

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