Hansjörg Wyss

North America

Pledged in

2013

President Thomas Jefferson reminds us: ‘There is a debt of service due from every man to his country proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.’ I have been fortunate to benefit from the opportunities endowed by this nation, its land, and our world. I am determined to fill my duty to others so we may always expand the reach of human possibility and compassion."

Pledge letter

November 19, 2013

 

Dear Bill & Melinda:

President Thomas Jefferson reminds us: “There is a debt of service due from every man to his country proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.”

I have been fortunate to benefit from the opportunities endowed by this nation, its land, and our world. I am determined to fill my duty to others so we may always expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.

 

Best regards,

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