, i continue my intriguing conversation with john rowe, the retiring chief executive officer of exelon corp. john rowe is just -- not just a utility executive. he is a man of history, a man of enormous interests outside his professional industrial career, which has been hugely successful. in a time when we tend to look and measure people only by the success of their businesses, it is absolutely fascinating to hear john rowe talk about those things that led him to business success and those things that are simply a great passion with him. we will be right back. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. i promised you the extraordinary john rowe and here is the extraordinary john rowe. welcome to the broadcast. you are a historian. you love history. how should people read history? what is a good way for a young person to read