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RF Annual Report The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report J!ii 2 1273 Jj.\ J- .t •;,-,. ;.;• . 1916 The Rockefeller Foundation 61 Broadway, New York 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation CONTENTS PAGE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 7 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTER- NATIONAL HEALTH BOARD 49 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHINA MEDICAL BOARD 281 / REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAR RELIEF COMMISSION 809 REPORT OF THE TREASURER 339 APPENDIX: I. Constitution and By-Laws 397 II. Rules of the International Health Board . 408 III. Instructions to the War Relief Commission . 411 IV. Letters of Gift 413 V, Institute of Hygiene. Memorandum by Dr. William H. Welch and Mr. Wickliffe Rose . 415 VI. War Relief Expenditures 4£8 INDEX ". 433 2 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION Report for the Year 1916 To the Members of the Rockefeller Foundation: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a report on the activities of the Rockefeller Foundation and on its financial operations for the year 1916. The following members were re-elected at the annual meeting of January, 1916, for a term of three years: John Davison Rockefeller, of New York, N. Y., John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., of New York, N.Y., Frederick Taylor Gates, of Montclair, New Jersey. At the same meeting the following additional members were elected: Martin Antoine Ryerson, to serve until the annual meeting of 1919, and Harry Emerson Fosdick and Frederick Strauss, to serve until the annual meeting of 1918. Appended hereto are the detailed reports of the Secre- tary and the Treasurer of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Director General of the International Health Board, the Director of the China Medical Board, and the Chairman of the War Relief Commission. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., President 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES 1916 President JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER, JR. Secretary JEROME DAVIS GREENE Treasurer LOUIS GUERINEATJ MYERS Comptroller ROBERT EORNER KIRK Assistant Treasurer LEFFERTS MASON DASHIELL Executive Committee John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman Simon Flexner Starr Jocelyn Murphy Jerome Davis Greene Wickliffe Rose Finance Committee John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., CJiairman Alonzo Barton Hepburn Starr Jocelyn Murphy Nominating Committee Frederick Taylor Gates Alonzo Barton Hepburn Harry Pratt Judson Members To serte until the annual meeting of 1919 Frederick Taylor Gates JohnJDavison Rockefeller, Jr. John Davison Rockefeller Martin Antoine Ryerson To serve until the annual meeting of 1918 Simon Flexner Harry Pratt Judson Harry Emerson Fosdick Starr Jocelyu Murphy Frederick Strauss To servo until the annual meeting of 1917 Charles William Eliot Wicklide Rose Jerome Davis Greene Alonzo Barton Hepburn Charles Otto Heydt 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES 1917 Chairman of the Board of Trustees JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER, JR. President GEORGE EDGAR VINCFNT Secretary EDWIN ROGERS EMBREE Treasurer LOUIS GUERINEAU MYERS Comptroller ROBERT HORNER KIRK Assistant Treasurer LEFFERTS MASON DASHIELL Executive Committee George Edgar Vincent, CJutirman Wallace Buttrick Starr Jocelyn Murphy Simon Flexner Wickliffe Rose Edwin Rogers Embree, Secretary Finance Committee John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman Alonzo Barton Hepburn Starr Jocelyn Murphy Nominating Committee Wickliffe Rose Alonzo Barton Hepburn Martin Antoine Ryerson Members To serve until tlie annual meeting of 1920 Charles William Eliot Charles Evans Hughes Alonzo Barton Hepburn Wickliffe Rose George Edgar Vincent To serve until tlic annual meeting of 1919 Frederick Taylor Gates John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. John Davison Rockefeller Julius Rosenwald Martin Antoine Ryerson To senx until the annual meeting of 1918 Wallace Buttrick Harry Pratt Judson Simon Flexner Starr Jocelyn Murphy Harry Emerson Fosdick Frederick Strauss 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION Report of the Secretary To ike President of the Rockefeller Foundation: Sir: I beg to submit herewith my third annual report on the activities of the Rockefeller Foundation for the year ending December 31, 1916. RespectfvUy yours, JEEOME D. GREENE, Secretary. 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION FUNDS The executors of the estate of Laura Spelman Rockefeller (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller), acting within the discretion given them by her will and in conformity with her wishes, made additional gifts to the Rockefeller Foundation during the year amounting in value to $86,860. The total amount received from Mrs. Rockefeller's execu- tors is $427,733. From this fund $250,000 was given by vote of the Trustees to the General Education Board for its corporate purposes, and by that board fittingly applied upon certain terms and conditions to the benefit of Spelman Seminary. CONSTITUTION, BY-JLAWS AND RULES Amendments of the Constitution and By- Laws were adopted during the year pertaining to the office and functions of the Comptroller, the powers of the Finance Committee, the bond- ing of financial officers, and access to the securi- ties of the corporation. A body of Rules was also adopted for the administration of the Inter- national Health Commission and the name of this subsidiary organization was changed to International Health Board.1 1The Constitution and By-Laws of the Rockefeller Foundation, in- cluding the amendments, and the Rules of the International Health Board; will be found in the Appendix, see pp, $97 to 410. 9 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation 10 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION EXPE3SDITURES The expenditures of the Foundation and of its subsidiary organizations during the year under review may be summarized as follows: Administration $94,160.74 Equipment, Library, etc ... 7,557.73 International Health Board . 505,900.99 China Medical Board 549,558.57 War Relief 966,667.55* Investigation of Industrial Relations 35,048.27 Scientific Studies of Govern- mental Problems 50,000.00 Gifts and Pledges to Un- affiliated Agencies for Ob- jects Designated by the Foundation 1,591,108.01 Gifts for Objects Designated by the Founder in Accord- ance with his Letter of Gift of March 6, 1914 2,535,846.13 Payments on Account of Special Fund of Laura S. Rockefeller 3,000.00 Payments on Account of Special Fund of John D. Rockefeller 1,850.00 $6,320,697.99 PUBLICITY AND OFFICIAL RECORDS It has been the policy of the Foundation since its establishment to give publicity to its acts through the publication of all its expenditures, a very wide distribution of its annual reports and the occasional issue of bulletins. This policy was formulated for the permanent guidance of * The Foundation appropriated $2,590,000 for war relief during 1916, of which sum only the amount indicated Had been actually expended before the end of the year. 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation PUBLICITY AND OFFICIAL RECORDS 11 the executive officers by the adoption of the following resolution on March 7, 1916: "WHEBBAS the Rockefeller Foundation is a chari- table corporation, whose funds are dedicated to public uses, and can best accomplish the purposes for which it was established by securing the ^ interest, sympathy and moral support of the public, and it is therefore its duty to keep the public accurately informed in regard to its ac- tivities; and "WHEREAS the Foundation has been established to further *the well-being of mankind throughout the world,' and as a result of studies along various lines is currently securing information and data which would be highly useful to the public if broadly disseminated; be it "Resolved that the officers of the Foundation be, and they hereby are, authorized to take such steps, including the employment of individuals and organizations, as in their judgment may be necessary to accomplish these pur- posed.'* As the functions and activities of the, various boards established by Mr. John D. Rockefeller are not always distinguished by the public a pamphlet was issued during the year setting forth briefly the history, purposes, work, per- sonnels and financial resources of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Founda-0 tion, including the organizations subsidiary to the Foundation namely, the International Health Board, the China Medical Board, and the War Relief Commission. Revised editions of this pamphlet are issued from time to time. Full records of all transactions of the Trustees and of tlie Executive Committee are kept and vouchers are preserved for every expenditure 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation 12 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION whether made on the direct authorization of the Trustees or the Executive Committee or by the officers acting under their instructions. After each meeting of the Trustees or of the Executive Committee a copy of the minutes is sent to every Trustee for his approval. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH BOARD The work of the International Health Board has expanded rapidly. To the list of countries in which work for the relief and control of hook- worm disease has been carried on the following were added during the past year: Ceylon, Siam, Salvador, and Brazil; making sixteen countries in all, in which the Board is co-operating with gov- ernments. Meanwhile certain collateral activities referred to in the previous report have assumed more definite and significant proportions. In fulfillment of the plans announced in the last report the Yellow Fever Commission en- tered upon its survey of actual or suspected
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