The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report, 1957 THE ROCKEFELLER FOIINDATION i A 11 o ' JAM 2 L- 49 West 49th Street^ New York 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation 1157 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation CONTENTS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1957-1958 ™ TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1958-1959 ™ OFFICERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, 1957 xviii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL xxiii The President's Review Statistical Summary 3 The Broadening Base of Cooperation 4 The Polish Science Program 11 The "Marginal Utility" of Foundation Grants 15 Public Health Aspects of Nuclear Energy 18 A National and International Center for the Performing Arts 24 Universities and the Weil-Being of Mankind 26 The Foundation's Operating Programs Arthropod-Borne Viruses 29 Agriculture 45 Organizational Information 55 Summary of Appropriations Account and Principal Fund 59 ILLUSTRATIONS following 60 Medical Education and Public Health INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 65 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Johns Hopkins University: School of Medicine 68 Harvard University, the Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Pittsburgh j Radiation Biology 69 Duke University: School of Nursing 71 University of Valle: Faculty of Medicine 72 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Tulane University of Louisiana: School of Medicine 73 Tulane University of Louisiana: School of Medicine 74 University of El Salvador: School of Medicine 75 Campaign for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel: Medical and Nursing Fellowships 76 Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates: Evaluation Service Abroad 77 University of Puerto Rico: School of Medicine 78 National Research Council: Fellowships in the Medical Sciences 79 Brazilian Nursing Association: Survey of Nursing Resources 80 University of Guadalajara: Faculty of Medicine 80 University of Chihuahua: School of Medicine 81 University of Istanbul: Institute of Physiology 82 Other Grants 82 MEDICAL CARE Government of Puerto Rico: Department of Health 93 American Public Health Association, Inc. 95 University of Toronto: Survey of General Medical Practice 96 FIELD SERVICE 97 GENERAL Keio University: School of Medicine 98 Other Grants 99 Biological and Medical Research INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 103 THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR National Research Council: Committee for Research in Problems of Sex 106 University of Saskatchewan: Study of Schizophrenia 107 University of London: Brain Ultrastructure 108 Other Grants 109 GENERAL BIOLOGY University of Sao Paulo: Scientific Research no University of the Republic: Research in Obstetrical Physiology in Institute of Biology and Technological Research 112 University of Palermo: Embryology and Developmental Physiology 113 VI 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation University of Edinburgh: Experimental Zoology 114 Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine: Research Equipment 114 Other Grants 115 MARINE BIOLOGY Marine Biological Laboratory 117 Columbia University: Marine Biology 118 Japan Meteorological Agency: Marine Biology 119 University of Miami: Marine Biology 120 University of Copenhagen: Marine Biology 121 Other Grants 122 GENETICS University of Rio Grande do Sul: Research in Genetics 122 National Institute of Genetics: Research in Animal Genetics 123 Columbia University: Research in Human Genetics 124 Other Grants 124 BIOCHEMISTRY Columbia University: Biochemistry 125 Osaka University: Protein Research 126 University of Cambridge: Biochemistry 127 University of Goteborg: Cytochemistry 127 University of Utah: Enzyme Chemistry 128 Federal Technical Institute.: Biochemistry and Physical Organic Chemistry 129 University of Adelaide: Structure of Nucleic Acid 129 University of Cambridge: Biochemistry of Reproduction 130 University College: Research in Biochemistry 130 Other Grants 131 BIOPHYSICS University of London: Biophysics 134 University of Uppsala: Biologically Important Molecules 135 University of Leeds: Botany 136 Karolinska Institute: Cell Research 136 Other Grants 137 VIROLOGY Israel Foundations Trustees: Research in Virology 138 Biology Institute of Bahia: Research in Animal Virology 139 Other Grants 139 VII 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Agriculture INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 143 AID TO RESEARCH AND TEACHING Central University of Ecuador: Faculties of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine 147 University of Sao Paulo: Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture 148 Cornell University: New York State College of Agriculture 149 Rural University of the State of Minas Gerais: School of Veterinary Medicine 150 University of North Carolina: Institute of Statistics 151 National Institute of Genetics: Research on Rice 152 Technological Institute and School of Advanced Studies of Monterrey: School of Agriculture 153 Swedish Seed Association: Plant Pathology 154 University of Minnesota: Corn and Barley Breeding 155 Ministry of Agriculture of Chile: Library Development 155 University of Illinois: Research in Entomology 156 Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.: Study of Economically Important Parasites 156 Iowa State College: Plant Science 157 Louisiana State University: Department of Agronomy 158 University of Chihuahua: Animal Science 159 Forest Research Institute of Sweden: Department of Genetics 159 University of Wisconsin: Plant Science 160 Royal College of Agriculture: Institute of Genetics 161 University of Illinois: Plant Science 161 Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College System: Plant Science 162 University of the Philippines: College of Agriculture 163 Inter-American Society of Plant Breeders, Plant Pathologists, Entomologists, and Soil Scientists 163 University of San Marcos: Animal Science 164 Agricultural Research in Japan 165 Other Grants 168 GRANTS WITH LONG-RANGE RELATION TO WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY National Physical Laboratory: Research on Solar Energy 176 University of London: Imperial College of Science and Technology 177 Other Grants 177 viii 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation The Social Sciences INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT l8l THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES Johns Hopkins University: School of Advanced International Studies 183 National Foundation of Political Sciences: Research and Training 184 University of Cambridge: Department of Applied Economics 185 University of Oslo: Institute of Economics 186 University of Basle: Basle Center for Economic and Financial Research 186 Institute for Advanced Study: Research on Morality and Strategy 187 Institute for Social Research: Norwegian Electoral Behavior 187 University of Florence: Research on Political Leadership 188 Other Grants 189 THE QUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT University of the Philippines: Training for Economic Development 191 University of Chile: Program in Economics 193 Johns Hopkins University: Southeast Asia Program 194 Getulio Vargas Foundation: Advanced Training in Economics 195 National Institute of Economic and Social Research: Conferences on Income and Wealth 196 Johns Hopkins University: Department of Political Economy 196 Indian School of International Studies: Library Development 197 University of Chicago: Department of Anthropology 198 American University of Beirut: Economic Research Institute 198 Royal Institute of International Affairs: Religion and Politics in Burma 199 Osaka University: Institute of Social and Economic Research 200 Wascda University: Economics of Highway Transportation in Japan 200 Hitotsubashi University: Institute of Economic Research 201 Catholic University of Chile: Economic Research Center 202 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Center for Inter- national Studies 202 Kyoto University: Study of Rural Societies 203 Other Grants 203 IX 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY WESTERN SOCIETY Princeton University: Center of International Studies 205 Institute of Judicial Administration, Inc. 206 National Planning Association: Economics of Competitive Coexistence 207 Other Grants 208 LEGAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY University of Oxford: Law Library 208 Social Science Research Council: Fellowships in Legal and Political Philosophy 209 Other Grants 210 TRAVEL GRANTS 212 The Humanities INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 215 INTERCULTURAL STUDIES Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute: Studies of Indian Languages 224 Association for Asian Studies, Inc.: Committee on South Asian Languages 225 University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies 226 American Historical Association: South Asian History 227 Tokyo University: American Studies 228 Sixth Section, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes: Area Studies 228 University of California: Manual on Islamic Civilization 229 University of Hawaii: Pacific Island Areas 230 Other Grants 230 . HUMANISTIC RESEARCH Free University of Berlin, University of Fribourg, and the International Institute for Social History: Studies of Marxism-Leninism 234 Columbia University: Hamilton Papers 235 Kokugakuin University; Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics 236 El Colegio de Mexico: Literary Studies 236 x 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation National Institute of Economic and Social Research: Alexis de Tocquevllle Papers 237 Other Grants 238 THE ARTS Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. 240 Yale University: Graduate Program in City Planning 243 Library of Congress: Research on Sound Recordings 244 New Dramatists Committee, Inc. 245 New York Pro Musica Antiqua, Inc. 245 Pilgrim Players, Limited: Religious Drama 246 American International Music Fund, Inc. 246 Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: New York Poetry Center 247 Other Grants 247 SPECIAL PROJECTS University of California: English Language Teaching