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As president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, William Dietel is involved in philanthropic projects of mammoth proportions.
But his concern is how philanthropy, which he calls “very much an American tradition, and a great one,” can be used by people of modest means to make a difference in the w orld.
Mr. Dietel plans to address that question during a talk entitled “Reflections on Philanthropy, Rockefellers, and Rappahannock.” He will speak at the Gay St. Theatre on Monday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. The program is another in the Monday Night Alternative series.
Mr. Dietel pointed out that England is presently attempting to revive the tradition of philanthropy, after discovering that it is “both impossible and socially disadvantageous” to have the government pay the entire cost of socially necessary services. “The British are trying to gin up their sense of private responsibility and giving to great old institutions.”
That sense of responsibility, he added, has always been “a part of our culture, something which distinguishes us” in America.
Mr. Dietel called the Rockefellers “the first family of philanthropy in the United States,” a family which “consciously and deliberately” strives to impress on each succeeding generation its responsibility for philanthropic giving. That tradition, he added, has continued through six generations of Rockefellers. Their wealth, he said, enables them to address the causes of social problems, rather than being limited to “band-aid fixes.”
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