Speaker: Maxwell King, CEO of the Pittsburgh Foundation
Title: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Date: December 4, 2019
Venue: Penn Stater
Maxwell King is the CEO of the Pittsburgh Foundation. After a career in journalism, including eight years as editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, King served as president of the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Endowments for nearly a decade.
He is also the author of the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers – the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work. From childhood stories and relationships with his family to the role religion played in his work, his close collaboration with leading childhood development experts, and his attempt to make television for adults, The Good Neighbor tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon.
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