George Biddle

The Heart of Community

History & Biography

“An engaging memoir by one of America’s top academic and NGO leaders. George Rupp takes the reader on his life’s journey from growing up in New Jersey with his immigrant parents to the pinnacle of university and nonprofit leadership. Along the way, he shares his personal thoughts on family, faith, work, activist causes, academia, and global development—and how individualism and community help to shape us all. An absorbing account by an insightful author.”