Non-profit organizations are not in business to make a profit. This simple but significant issue points to the absence of profits or losses in the non-profit world--a major difference as compared with the for-profit firms.
Dr. Seuss had no children and, despite authoring children's books, he was neither fond of nor comfortable around those of others. He would brag about a daughter, Chrysanthemum-Pearl, but she was a work of fiction.
Family. He was the only son of Henrietta Seuss Geisel and Theodor Robert Geisel. He had two sisters, Marnie, two years older, and Henrietta 3 Â½ years younger. Henrietta died at the age of five because of pneumonia.