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The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report, 1955 THE ROCKEFELLER JAM 2'< ZUul 'Y • XUvT. ^ vxX\^ 49 West 49th Street, New York 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation PRINTED IN THB UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION Trustees, Officers, and Staff 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES April 19 55-April ig$6 TRUSTEES CHESTER BOWLES HENRY ALLEN MOE DETLEV W. BRONK WILLIAM I. MYERS RALPH J. BUNCHE THOMAS PARRAN WILLIAM H. CLAFLIN JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, 3RD JOHN S. DICKEY DEAN RUSK LEWIS W, DOUGLAS GEOFFREY S. SMITH1 WALLACE K. HARRISON ROBERT G. SPROUL JOHN R. KIMBERLY ARTHUR HAYS SULZBERGER ROBERT F. LOEB HENRY P. VAN DUSEN ROBERT A. LOVETT W. BARRY WOOD, JR. JOHN J.MCCLOY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE PRESIDENT, Chairman CHESTER BOWLES JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, 3RD DETLEV W. BRONK W. BARRY WOOD, JR. ROBERT A. LOVETT RALPH J. BUNCHE, alternate member HENRY ALLEN MOE ROBERT F. LOEB, alternate member FINANCE COMMITTEE ROBERT A. LOVETT, Chairman WILLIAM H. CLAFLIN LEWIS w. DOUGLAS, alternate member JOHN J. MCCLOY GEOFFREY S. SMITH,1 alternate member THE PRESIDENT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1 Resigned October 21, 1955. iv © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation OFFICERS Chairman of the Board of Trustees JOHN D, ROCKEFELLER, SRD President DEAN RUSK Pice-President ALAN GREGG Executive Pice-President LINDSLEY p. KIM BALL Pice-President for the Natural and Medical Sciences WARREN WEAVER Secretary FLORA M. RHIND Treasurer EDWARD ROBINSON Comptroller H. MALCOLM GILLETTE Director for Agriculture j. GEORGE HARRAR Director for Biological and Medical Research ROBERT s. MORISON Director for the Humanities CHARLES B. FAHS Director for Medico! Education and Public Health JOHN c. BUGHER Director for the Social Sciences NORMAN s. BUCHANAN1 dcttna Director for the Social Sciences LELAND c. DBViNNEY2 COUNSEL CHAUNCEY BBLKNAP VANDERBILT WEBB BOARD OF CONSULTANTS FOR AGRICULTURE JOHN NORMAN EPPERSON HERMAN ALONZO RODENHISER P. C. MANGELSDORF ERNEST C. YOUNG WILL MARTIN MYERS 1 Beginning July i, 1955. *To Juno 30, 1935. V 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES April 1956-April 19 $y TRUSTEES CHESTER BOWLES JOHN J. MCCLOY DETLEV W, BRONK HENRY ALLEN MOB RALPH J. BUNCHE WILLIAM I. MYERS WILLIAM H. CLAFL1N THOMAS PARRAN JOHN 8. DICKEY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, 3RD LEWIS W. DOUGLAS DEAN RUSK LEE A. DUBR1DGB ROBERT G. SPROUL1 WALLACE K. HARRISON ARTHUR HAYS SULZBBRGBR JOHN R, KIMBERLY HENRY P. VAN DUSEN ROBERT F. LOBE W. BARRY WOOD, JR. ROBERT A. LOVETT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE PRESIDENT, Chairman CHESTER BOWLES HENRY ALLEN MOE DETLBV W. BRONK JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, 3RD RALPH J. BUNCHE LEE A. DUBRiDGE, alternate member ROBERT A. LOVETT ROBERT F. LOEB, alternate member FINANCE COMMITTEE ROBERT A. LOVETT, Chairman WILLIAM H, CLAFLIN LEWIS W. DOUGLAS, alternate member JOHN J. MCCLOY JOHN R. KIMBERLEY, alternate member THE PRESIDENT THE CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OP TRUSTEES 1 Retired June 30, 1956. vl 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation OFFICERS Chairman of the Board of Trustees JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, 3RD President DEAN RUSK Vice-President ALAN GREGG1 Executive Vice-President LINDSLEY F. KIM BALI, VIce-President for the Natural and Medical Sciences WARR EN WEAVER Secretary FLORA M. RHIND Treasurer EDWARD ROBINSON Comptroller H. MALCOLM GILLETTE Director for Agriculture J. GEORGE HARRAR Director for Biological and Medical Research ROBERT s. MORISON Director for the Humanities CHARLES B. FAHS Director for Medical Education and Public Health JOHN c. BUGHER Director for the Social Sciences NORMAN s. BUCHANAN COUNSEL CHAUNCEY BELKNAP VANDERBILT WEBB2 BOARD OF CONSULTANTS FOR AGRICULTURE JOHN NORMAN EPPERSON HERMAN ALONZO RODENHISBR P. C. MANGELSDORF ERNEST C. YOUNG WILL MARTIN MYERS 1 Retired June 30, 1956. fl Deceased June 17, 1956. vii 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation OFFICERS AND STAFF *955 JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, 3RD Chairman of the Board of Trustees DEAN RUSK President ALAN GREGG Vice-President LINDSLEY F. KIMBALL Executive Vice-President WARREN WEAVER Vice-President for the Natural and Medical Sciences FLORA M. RHIND Secretary JANET M. PAINE Assistant Secretary EDWARD ROBINSON Treasurer ROBERT LETORT Assistant Treasurer H. MALCOLM GILLETTE Comptroller GEORGE E. VAN DYKE Assistant Comptroller MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH JOHN c. BUGHER, M.D. Director JOHN B. GRANT, M.D. Associate Director WADE W. OLIVER, M.D. Associate Director ROBERT B. WATSON, M.D. Associate Director JOHN M. WEIR, M.D., PH.D. Associate Director MARSHALL c. BALFOUR, M.D. Assistant Director ROLLA B. HILL, M.D. Assistant Director MARY ELIZABETH TENNANT,1 R.N. Assistant Director Staff RICHMOND K. ANDERSON, M.D., PH.D. GUY S. HAYES, M.D. ESTHER M. HIRST, R.N. JOHN H. JANNEY, M.D. i Retired June 30, 19SS. 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation LILLIAN A. JOHNSON,1 R.N. FRED W. KNIFE ESTUS H. MAGOON OLIVER R. MC COY, M.D. OSLER L. PETERSON, M.D. PAUL F. RUSSELL, M.D. BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH ROBERT s. MORISON, M.D. Director HARRY M. MILLER, JR., PH.D. Associate Director GERARD R. POMERAT, PH.D. Associate Director JOHN MAIER, M.D. Assistant Director Stag New Yor6 Virus Laboratories MAX THEILER, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Director JORDI CASALS-ARIET, M.D. DELPHINE H. CLARKE, M.D. LEO A. THOMAS,1 PH.D. LORING WHITMAN, M.D. Belem, Brazil OTTIS R. CAUSEY, D.SC. Berkeley, California HARALD N. JOHNSON, M.D. Poona, India J. AUSTIN KERR, M.D. JOSEPH L. MELN1CK,1 PH.D. TELFORD H. WORK, M.D. Johannesburg, Union of South Africa ROBERT H. KOKERNOT, M.D. KENNETH C. SMITHOURN, M.D. i Temporary ataff member. ix 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Part of Spain, Trinidad THOMAS H. G. AITKEN, PH.D. CHARLES R. ANDERSON, M.D. WILBUR G. DOWNS, M.D. AGRICULTURE J. GEORGE HARRAR, PH.D. Director ROBERT p. BURDEN, D.sc. Assistant Director ROBERT F. CHANDLER, JR., PH.D. Assistant Director JOHN J. MC KELVEY, JR., PH.D. Assistant Director KENNETH WERNIMONT, M.A., LL.B, Assistant Director RICHARD BRADFJELD, PH.D. Regional Director in the Far East E. c. STAKMAN, PH.D. Special Consultant Staff Mexican Agricultural Program EDWIN J. WELLHAUSEN, PH.D. Director DOUGLAS BARNES, PH.D. Entomologist NORMAN E. BORLAUG, PH.D. Plant Pathologist RODERIC E. BULLER, PH.D. Assistant Animal Husbandman LOWELL s. GLEASON, PH.D. Assistant Plant Physiologist REGGIE J. LAIRD, PH.D. Associate Soil Scientist NEIL B. MACLELLAN Staff Photographer DELBERT T. MYREN, PH.D. Assistant Extension Editor JOHN S. NIEDERHAUSER, PH.D. Plant Pathologist ROBERT D. OSLER, PH.D. Associate Geneticist DOROTHY PARKER, PH.D. Bibliographer and Librarian JESSE P. PERRY, JR., M.F. Associate, Experiment Station Operations JOHN A. PINO, PH.D. Animal Scientist KENNETH o. RACHIE, PH.D. Assistant Plant Geneticist RALPH w. RICHARDSON, JR., PH,D. Associate Geneticist DONALD L. SMITH, PH.D. Associate Geneticist WILLIAM D. YERKES, JR., PH.D. Assistant Plant Pathologist WILLIAM R. YOUNG, PH.D. Assistant Entomologist © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Colombian Agricultural Program LEWIS M. ROBERTS, PH.D. Director GUY B. BAIRD, PH.D. Associate Soil Scientist LOY V. CROWDER, PH.D. Associate Agronomist JAMES M. FRANSEN, PH.D. Associate Animal Husbandman JOHN w. GIBLER, PH.D. Associate Plant Pathologist ULYSSES J. GRANT, PH.D. Associate Geneticist ROLAND E. HARWOOD Assistant, Experiment Station Operations LEE E. HEIDR1CK, M.s. Assistant Horticulturist ROBERT F. RUPPEL, PH.D. Associate Entomologist ROBERT L. SKILES, PH.D. Assistant Plant Pathologist JAMES T. SOULES, M.S. Specialist in Farm Management H. DAVID THURSTON, M.S. Assistant Geneticist, in Training Chilean Agricultural Program JOSEPH A. RUPERT, PH.D. Director JAMES E. HALPIN,1 PH.D. Assistant Agronomist THE SOCIAL SCIENCES NORMAN S. BUCHANAN,2 PH.D. Director LELAND c. DEViNNEY,8 PH.D. Associate Director ROGER F. EVANS Assistant Director KENNETH w. THOMPSON,4 PH.D. Assistant Director JOHN B. STEWART,5 PH.D. Consultant THE HUMANITIES CHARLES B. FAHS, PH.D. Director EDWARD F. D'ARMS, PH.D. Associate Director JOHN MARSHALL Associate Director CHADBOURNE GiLPATRic Assistant Director ROBERT w. JULY, PH.D. Assistant Director 1 Temporarily assigned to the Colombian S Acting Director to June 30, 19SS. Agricultural Program. 4 Beginning April 6, 19S5. 2 Beginning July 1, 1955. 0 To August 31, 195 S, si 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation CONTENTS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1955-1956 iv TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1956-1957 vi OFFICERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, 1955 viii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL xix Introduction Summary of Appropriations in 1955 8 Information on The Rockefeller Foundation g Supplement to the Fellowship Directory 10 Organizational Information 13 ILLUSTRATIONS following 16 Medical Education and Public Health INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 17 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION MEDICAL University of Chile: Faculty of Medicine 19 University of Minas Gerais: Faculty oi Medicine 20 University of SSo Paulo: Ribeirao Preto and Sao Paulo Faculties of Medicine 21 University of Oxford: School of Medicine 22 Campaign for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Brazil 23 Catholic University of Chile: Medical Education 24 Cornell University: Electron Microscopy 25 University of San Marcos: High Altitude Physiology 25 Santa Casa de Misericordia: Intern and Residency Program 27 University of Chicago: Study of the Integration of Negroes in Medicine 27 State Medical College Hospital: Model Teaching Wards 28 University of the Republic: Faculty of Medicine 28 Other Grants 29 xii 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation