Jonathan P. Alcott

JONATHAN P. ALCOTT is a philanthropist who spent over fifty years in the restaurant business. He has a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he is a member of the Southeastern Society and from which he has received the Joseph of Arimathea Award. Jonathan’s avant-garde collection of North Carolina art has been on loan to several museums in the Southeast.

Jonathan is the author of "Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World: Memoir of a Small-Town Boy Who Dreamed of Success and Achieved It" and several short story collections, including "Helen’s Love," "On the Farm," "The Road Up Ahead," and "The Return."