The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report, 1959 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION JAN 2 d i 11 West 5oth Street, New York 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation CONTENTS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1959-1960 xiv TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1960-1961 xvi OFFICERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, 1959 xviii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL xxiv The President's Review Financial Summary for 1959 3 The India International Centre 4 Art Conservation 6 All-India Institute of Medical Sciences 10 The Races of Maize of Latin America 17 The International Rice Research Institute 21 The Foundation's Operating Programs Agriculture 25 Arthropod-Borne Viruses 43 Organizational Information 55 Summary of Appropriations Account and Principal Fund 61 ILLUSTRATIONS following 62. Medical and Natural Sciences INTRODUCTORV STATEMENT 67 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Stanford University: School of Medicine 70 University of Puerto Rico: School of Medicine 71 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation University of Sao Paulo: Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirao Preto 72 American University of Beirut: Medical School 73 All-India Institute of Medical Sciences: Teaching and Research Equipment 74 University College, Nigeria: Department of Pediatrics 75 Campaign for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel: Research Equipment 76 Harvard University: Department of Dermatology 77 Institute of Public Health: Radiation Health 78 Society of the New York Hospital: Nursing Education 78 University of El Salvador: School of Medicine 79 University of Edinburgh: Faculty of Medicine 80 Teachers College, Columbia University: Research and Service in Nursing 80 Other Grants . 81 MEDICAL CARE Columbia University: New York City Health Services Commission 95 Other Grants 96 EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE National Institute of Cardiology: Laboratories of Experimental Medicine 97 University of Valle: Experimental Medicine 98 American Foundation for Tropical Medicine, Inc.: Liberian Institute 99 Other Grants 100 THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR University of Pisa: Research in Neurophysiology 102 University of Oxford: Biochemical Research on Mental Illness 103 American University of Beirut: Research in Neurophysiology 104 Rutgers, the State University: Psychobiological Studies of Animal Behavior 104 Karolinska Institute: Research in Neurophysiology 105 University of Copenhagen: Experimental Physiology 106 Other Grants 106 vl 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation GENERAL BIOLOGY University of Pennsylvania: Division of Biology 108 Reed College: Research in Biology and Biochemistry 109 Columbia University: Lamont Geological Observatory no Marine Biological Laboratory ni Nagoya National University: Experimental Biology 112 Other Grants 113 GENETICS Research in Human Genetics in Brazil 116 University of Wisconsin: Medical Genetics Department 117 University of Texas: Genetics Research 118 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Genetic Effects of Consanguinity 119 University of London: London Hospital Medical College 120 University of Naples: Research in Genetics 121 Other Grants 121 BIOCHEMISTRY Stanford University: Natural Product Chemistry 123 University of Parana: Research in Cell Physiology 124 University of London: Human Nutrition Laboratory 125 University of Birmingham: Organic Chemistry 126 University of Louvain: Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry 127 University of Lucknow: Department of Biochemistry 128 University of Padua: Institute of Organic Chemistry 128 Institute of Biochemical Investigations 129 Kyoto University: Research in Biochemistry 130 Indian Institute of Science: Biochemistry and Pharmacology 131 University of Tokyo: Institute of Applied Microbiology 131 University of Vienna: Institute of Biochemistry 132 Other Grants 132 BIOPHYSICS University of Buenos Aires: Institute of General Anatomy and Embryology 135 University of Uppsala: Institute of Physics 136 Other Grants 136 Vll 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation VIROLOGY Virus Research Program 137 Other Grants 137 SPECIAL PROJECTS University of Sao Paulo: Research in Nuclear Physics 139 Other Grants 140 Humanities INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 143 INTERCULTURAL STUDIES University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies 146 Harvard University: Center for Middle Eastern Studies 147 Studies of Tibet 148 Franklin Publications, Inc.: English-Arabic Dictionary 150 St. Antony's College, University of Oxford: Studies in Modern History 151 University of Pennsylvania: Study of Argentine Nationalism 151 Cornell University: Research on Southeast Asia 152 University College, Nigeria: Arabic and Islamic Studies 153 International Institute for the Study of Religions in Japan 154 International Press Institute: Asian Press Program 155 Fondation des £tats-Unis: European Association for American Studies 156 Other Grants 156 HUMANISTIC RESEARCH University College of the West Indies: Department of History 160 Keio University: Linguistic Analysis of Islamic Ethics 160 Other Grants 161 THE ARTS New York University: Center for Art Conservation 163 American Symphony Orchestra League, Inc.: Conductors' Workshop Program 164 VIII 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Mexican Center of Writers: Encouragement of Creative Writing in Mexico 166 Pratt Institute: Pratt-Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre 167 Union Theological Seminary: Religious Drama 168 American-Korean Foundation, Inc.: Korean Research Institute for Dramatic Arts, Inc. 169 Dance Notation Bureau: Labanotation 169 Dallas Theater Center: Repertory Theater 170 American International Music Fund, Inc.: Performance of Contemporary Works 171 Other Grants i72 SPECIAL PROJECTS University of Ceylon: Language Studies 174 Veracruz University: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters 175 Michigan State University: University of the Ryukyus Library 176 University of Nuevo Leon: Faculty of Economics 177 Other Grants 177 Social Sciences INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT r8l THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES Miami University: Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems 182 National Institute of Economic and Social Research: Basic Economic Research 184 German Institute for Economic Research: East German Affairs 185 University of Vienna: Study of Adolescent Youth 185 London School of Economics and Political Science: Population Investigation Committee 186 Princeton University: Study of the Office of Chief Justice 187 Other Grants 188 THE QUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT University of Chile: Faculty of Economics 189 Getulio Vargas Foundation: Study of Brazil's Agricultural Economy 190 IX 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation University of Nuevo Leon: Faculty of Economics 191 University of Ankara: Institute of Public Finance 192 Catholic University of Chile: Economic Research Center 193 Other Grants 193 PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY WESTERN SOCIETY Brookings Institution: Center for Advanced Study 197 Harvard University: Science and Public Policy 198 University of North Carolina: Institute for Research in Social Science 200 Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies: Basic Research and Advanced Training 201 University of Notre Dame: Committee on International Relations 202 Tufts University: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 203 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Diplomatic Training Program 204 Woodrow Wilson Foundation: Study of Foreign Policy 204 Other Grants 205 LEGAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Woodrow Wilson Foundation: Collection of the Late President's Papers 210 Other Grants 211 Agricultural Sciences INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 215 AID TO RESEARCH AND TEACHING University of the Philippines: College of Agriculture 217 Ministry of Agriculture and the National University of Colombia: Animal Disease Laboratories 218 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan 219 Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Water Resources, Kenya: Siriba Training College 220 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization: Divisions of Plant Industry, Entomology, and Tropical Pastures 221 National School of Agriculture: Postgraduate Education 222 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation University of Hawaii: Scholarships in Agriculture 223 Catholic University of Chile: Faculty of Agronomy 225 University of Rio Grande do Sul: School of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine 225 Institute of Agronomy: Plant Science 226 Ministry of Agriculture of West Bengal: State College of Agriculture and Agricultural Research Institute 227 Kasetsart University: College of Veterinary Science 228 Mindanao Agricultural College: Science Courses 229 National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council: Agricultural Board 229 University of Illinois: Research on the Biochemistry of Insects 230 Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute: Studies of Rice 231 National Taiwan University: College of Agriculture 232 Imperial Ethiopian College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts: Library Development 233 University of Wisconsin: VII International Soil Science Congress 233 Rowett Research Institute: Veterinary Science 234 University of Minnesota: Departments of Plant Pathology and Botany, and of Agronomy and Plant Genetics 234 Other Grants 235 OPERATING PROGRAMS 246 GRANTS WITH LONG-RANGE RELATION TO THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Water Conservation in the Negev Desert 246 Harvard University: Graduate School of Public Administration 247 Agricultural Research Station, Israel: Evaluation of Irrigation Requirements 248 University of Wisconsin: Solar Energy Devices in Underdeveloped Areas 249 Other Grants 250 Other Appropriations India International Centre 253 Hungarian Refugee Aid Program 254 University of