As we choose to step into the future together, we cannot help but remember and honor the past—the spirit that built this four-generation family foundation. Founder William L. McKnight, an early leader of 3M, and his wife, Maude L. McKnight, embedded in the Foundation the importance of innovation, evidence-based research, and people’s creative potential. Their daughter, Virginia McKnight Binger, brought her heart-centered compassion, generosity, and relationships-based approach, which remain a driving force at the Foundation to this day.
ເມື່ອພວກເຮົາເລືອກທີ່ຈະກ້າວເຂົ້າໄປໃນອະນາຄົດຮ່ວມກັນ, ພວກເຮົາບໍ່ສາມາດຊ່ວຍແຕ່ຈື່ໄດ້ແລະໃຫ້ກຽດ ຜ່ານມາ- ຈິດໃຈທີ່ສ້າງພື້ນຖານຄອບຄົວສີ່ລຸ້ນນີ້. ຜູ້ກໍ່ຕັ້ງ William L. McKnight, ຜູ້ນໍາຂອງຕົ້ນ 3M, ແລະເມຍຂອງລາວ, Maude L. McKnight, ໄດ້ຝັງໄວ້ໃນມູນນິທິຄວາມສໍາຄັນຂອງການປະດິດສ້າງ, ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າຫຼັກຖານແລະຄວາມສາມາດສ້າງສັນຂອງປະຊາຊົນ. ລູກສາວຂອງພວກເພິ່ນ, Virginia McKnight Binger, ໄດ້ນໍາເອົາຄວາມເຫັນໃຈ, ຈຸດປະສົງແລະການພົວພັນທີ່ສໍາຄັນທີ່ສຸດ, ຊຶ່ງຍັງຄົງເປັນແຮງຂັບເຄື່ອນຢູ່ທີ່ມູນລະນິທິຈົນເຖິງມື້ນີ້.