FAIRFAX, Va., April 10 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
George Mason University alumnus Robert "Ken" Hedrick Jr., BA History '71, said his philanthropy is rooted in the examples set by both sets of his grandparents, who were neighbors in a farming community in West Virginia. His paternal grandparents fed anyone who walked by the farm, and his maternal grandparents regularly took in foster children. Both families were always first to share what they had.
These quiet acts of service formed the foundation of Hedrick's values.
"I was impressed by my grandparents," he recalls. "They didn't have any money and yet they always helped others. That has stuck with me to this day."
Other grounding lessons came from his ...