Mr. Anonymous: Robert W. Woodruff of Coca-Cola

This is a hardcover book with green cloth boards and gilt published with a dust jacket (designed by Bob Russo) price of $14.95 by Cherokee Publishing of Atlanta. Robert W. Woodruff (1889-1985) is best known as the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954. But he is also known as a generous philanthropist, initially much of it anonymously, hence the moniker, "Mr. Anonymous." He practiced a lifetime of civic-minded philanthropy, and exerted a powerful influence on Atlanta's business, cultural, and political development in the twentieth century. He left much of his personal wealth to a charitable foundation that today bears his name. This book is a biography of Mr. Woodruff''s life and details many of gifts to the Atlanta community and beyond.