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About the Book
No Ordinary Life
The Biography of Elizabeth J. McCormack
April 2012
Trade Paperback · 264 Pages
$21.00 U.S. · $24.50 CAN · £13.99 U.K. · €14.99 E.U.
ISBN 9781610392037
PublicAffairs
Trade Paperback · 264 Pages
$21.00 U.S. · $24.50 CAN · £13.99 U.K. · €14.99 E.U.
ISBN 9781610392037
PublicAffairs
Description
A member in the Society of the Sacred Heart for nearly thirty years; president of Manhattanville College in New York; recipient of a doctorate in philosophy; philanthropic advisor to the Rockefeller family; beloved wife of Jerome I. Aron; pivotal board member of some of the most generous foundations in the world, including Atlantic Philanthropies and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Today, Elizabeth McCormack is regarded by many as the very soul of philanthropy. Her unstinting practical advice and compassion have helped to inform the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars to worthy causes around the world.
