Cecil And Ida Green, Philanthropists Extraordinary [Hardcover]

Robert R. Shrock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 22, 1989

This warm, anecdotal biography by the Greens' longtime friend, MIT geologist Robert Shrock reveals the human impulses that led to their success, the unique combination of the analytical and the personal that they brought to their business decisions and to their investments in humanity's future.

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Robert R. Shrock is Emeritus Professor of Geology at MIT.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 487 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (June 22, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262192764
• ISBN-13: 978-0262192767
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,543,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars an appropriately adulatory book, December 24, 1999

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Al Kihano (Iskandria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cecil And Ida Green, Philanthropists Extraordinary (Hardcover)

This book is less a biography of these great philanthropists than a catalogue of the generosity they have displayed over the years. It gives ample information about the Greens' early lives, and it has useful appendices detailing the many donations and endowments these remarkable people left behind at MIT, the Colorado School of Mines, Austin College, UBC and so many other places.

This probably of limited interest to an audience not already acquainted with the Greens and their philanthropy. Nevertheless, I am pleased that such a fine account of their lives and fortune is in print.