When Jim Barksdale started school in Jackson, Miss., he had trouble learning to read. In the third grade he still stumbled over simple words. So his parents got him a private tutor, and that changed his life. He became a good student and later an exceptional corporate leader. When he sold Netscape, he pocketed $700 million. Last week he brought a big chunk of that money back to his home state.
Barksdale, 56, and his wife Sally gave $100 million to their alma mater, the University of Mississippi, to promote reading in the state that ranks last in literacy (a third...
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