Author Gladwell Marks Nonprofit's Anniversary

Through 2009, Dow said, the organization plans several anniversary programs.

The nonprofit will coordinate with local public-radio affiliate WHYY to broadcast several essays by alumni about their values. The broadcasts are part of WHYY's "This I Believe" project, which airs belief statements by famous personalities and ordinary people. Nutter was the first alumnus to broadcast, on Jan. 1.