March 22, 2007

Finding Inspiration in Charity Leaders

By Anne W. Howard

NEW BOOKS

Passionaries: Turning Compassion Into Action
by Barbara R. Metzler

Barbara R. Metzler, a board member at several nonprofit groups and founder of a fruit by-product company called the Farmer's Wife, compiles stories of noted philanthropists, activists, and charity leaders, including Nancy Brinker, former president George H.W. Bush, Betty Ford, and Paul Newman — all "passionaries," a word of Ms. Metzler's

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