The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report, 1960 FnilWDAT JAN 2 Q 2001 LIBRARY > iii West 5oth Street, New York 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation \%0 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation CONTENTS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1960-1961 xvi TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEES, 1961-1962 xviii OFFICERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, 1960 xx LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL xxvii The President's Review John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1874-1960 3 Financial Summary for 1960 7 Program Dynamics 8 The Local Relevance of Learning 12 The Agricultural Development of Africa 20 Training in International Affairs 26 Language: Barrier or Bridge? 34 Communication in the Americas 36 An International Study Center for Modern Art 38 The Art of the American Indian 39 A Registry for American Craftsmen 4] The International Rice Research Institute 43 The Foundation's Operating Programs Agriculture 45 Arthropod-Borne Viruses 63 Organizational Information • 74 Summary of Appropriations Account and Principal Fund 81 ILLUSTRATIONS following 82 v 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Medical and Natural Sciences INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 87 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Harvard Medical Center: Central Medical Library 90 All-India Institute of Medical Sciences: Teaching Hospital and Scholarship Program 91 University College of the West Indies: Faculty of Medicine 92 University of Guadalajara: Faculty of Medicine 93 American University of Beirut: Medical School 94 National Institute of Nutrition, Mexico: Hospital for Nutritional Diseases 95 University of Ankara: Research Institute of Child Health 96 Ministry of Health, Kenya: Rural Public Health Center 97 Cornell University Medical College: Orientation Course for Foreign Medical Students 98 National University of Mexico: Department of Biochemistry 99 Lovanium University: School of Nursing 99 National Board of Medical Examiners: Development of Improved Tests 100 University of Brazil: Institute of Microbiology 101 Medical Library Association, Inc.: Fellowship Program 102 Other Grants 103 MEDICAL CARE Harvard University: Study of Medical Care 117 EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina: Medical Research 118 University of Chile: Medical Research Projects 119 University of Valle: Faculty of Medicine 120 National University of Mexico: Chemistry Research Program 121 Other Grants 122 THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR University of Melbourne: Research in Experimental Physiology 123 Kyoto University: Behavior Studies 124 Other Grants 124 vi 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation GENERAL BIOLOGY Oberlm College: Natural Science Building 126 Population Council, Inc.: Cooperative Program on Population Problems 127 University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Department of Zoology 128 Carleton College: Department of Biology 129 University of Chicago: Botany and Zoology-Psychology Laboratories 130 University of Palermo: Institutes of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 131 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Marine Biological Laboratory 13^ University of Bergen: Biological Station 133 University of Sao Paulo: Laboratory for Cell Physiology 134 Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Rio Claro: Research in Zoology and Genetics 135 Other Grants 13$ GENETICS National Center of Scientific Research, France: Laboratory of Physiological Genetics 138 University of London, University College: Research in Human Genetics '39 Tel Hashomer Government Hospital, Israel: Research in Human Genetics '39 Okayama University: Research on the Genetics of Acatalasemia 14° Other Grants H1 BIOCHEMISTRY Harvard University: Center for Study of Nutritional Diseases U3 Karolinska Institute: Research in Enzyme Chemistry 144 University of Oxford: Department of Biochemistry 145 University of Rome: Biochemical Research 146 Indian Institute of Science: Research in Biochemistry 146 University of Cambridge: Reproductive Biochemistry 147 University of Ghent: Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology '4^ University of Amsterdam: Research in Knxyme Chemistry 148 Other Grants M9 vii © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation BIOPHYSICS University of Helsinki: Electron Microscopy 152 University of London, King's College: Research in Biophysics 153 Indian Cancer Research Centre: Research in Biophysics 154 Institute of Atomic Energy, Brazil: Research in Radiochemistry 154 University of Sao Paulo: Laboratory of Electron Microscopy 155 University of Brazil: Institute of Biophysics 156 Strangeways Research Laboratory: Research in Experimental Biology 156 Other Grants 157 VIROLOGY National Institute of Health, Japan, and Kyoto University: Research in Virology 158 Virus Research Program 159 Other Grants 159 SPECIAL PROJECTS University of Buenos Aires: Scientific Research 160 Harvard University: International Student Center 161 Other Grants 162 Humanities INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 165 INTERCUI.TURAL STUDIES Yale University Press: Association of American University Presses 168 •Cornell University: Quechua Language Program 169 Columbia University: American Press Institute 170 International Press Institute, Switzerland: Asian Press Program 171 University of Chile: Center of Graduate Studies on American History 171 Special Fund for Tibetan Studies 172 American Council of Learned Societies: Soviet-American Scholar Exchanges 174 viii 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation New York Public Library: Journal of Spanish-Language Books 175 Middlebury College: Institute of Soviet Studies 176 Other Grants 176 HUMANISTIC RESEARCH University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Central African History 180 Free University of Berlin, International Institute for Social History, Netherlands, and the University of Fribourg: Research on the Doctrines of Marxism-Leninism 181 Yale-in-China Association, Inc.: New Asia College 183 University of Kansas City: History of Kansas City, 1870-1950 183 University of Buenos Aires: Research in Social History 184 Other Grants 185 THE ARTS Museum of Modern Art: International Study Center 186 American Craftsmen's Council: Reference Service 188 Washington Drama Society, Inc.: Arena Stage 189 University of Arizona: Workshops for Indian Artists 190 New York City Center of Music and Drama, Inc.: Kabuki Drama 191 University of California: Program in Oriental Music 192 Young Audiences, Inc.: Chamber Music Concerts 193 Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: New York Poetry Center 193 Yale University: School of Drama 194 Other Grants 195 SPECIAL PROJECTS International Christian University, Japan: Study of" the Effects of Higher Education on Student Values i<;K National Archives and Records Service: Inter-American Archival Seminar 199 Kokugakuin University: University Library 200 New York University: Graduate Institute of Book Publishing 201 Other Grants 201 ix 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Social Sciences INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 2O7 THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AS BASIC DISCIPLINES National Bureau of Economic Research: Research in International Economics 210 University of Michigan: Study of Voting Behavior 211 University of Washington: Research on Economic History 212 American University: Research on Foreign Policy Formulation 213 Columbia University: Study of American Foreign Aid 214 Harvard University: Conference on Input-Output Techniques 215 Other Grants 215 THE QUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Diplomatic Training Program 220 Harvard University: Center for International Affairs 221 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Libraries on Economic Development 222 Colegio de Mexico: Center for International Studies 223 University of the Philippines: Institute of Public Administration 224 Harvard University: International Legal Studies 225 Hitotsubashi University: Study of Economic Growth in Japan 226 Committee for Economic Development: International Economic Problems and Policies 226 Michigan State University: Department of Political Science 227 University of Rio Grande do Sul: Advanced Training in Economics 228 University of the Andes: Center for Studies in Economic Development 229 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, England: Research Fellowship Program 230 .Other Grants 231 FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Hague Academy of International Law: Center for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations 233 University of Tokyo: Internation.nl Relations 234 x 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Free University of Brussels: Study of the National Economic Policies of the West 235 Columbia University: The American Assembly 236 University of California: Contemporary Chinese Law 236 American Council of Learned Societies: Current Digest of the Soviet Press 237 Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Arms Control Seminar 238 International House of Japan: Japanese-American Relations 239 Other Grants 239 LEGAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Social Science Research Council: Fellowship Program in Legal and Political Philosophy 240 Harvard University: Russian Research Center 241 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, England: Common Law Studies 242 Other Grants 242 Agricultural Sciences INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 249 AID TO RESEARCH AND TEACHING Ministry of Agriculture of Peru and the Agrarian University: Cooperative Crop Improvement Programs 251 Agriculture and Veterinary Science in Africa 252 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Training in Wheat and Small Grain Improvement 255 University of the Philippines and Japan Women's University: Home Economics 256 National University of Mexico: School of Veterinary Medicine 258 Coimbatore Agricultural