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Ford Foundation


United States, Financial Org    (1936 to present)
• Grants for public education programs promoting "peace and social justice". (See: Ford Foundation website)
• 1952 : Population Control program established -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1980 : Published "A Selected Chronology of the Ford Foundation" listing highlights of its history (See: Text online)
• 2004 : History of Ford Foundation population control efforts (See: Martin Wooster article)
Relationships
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
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OffenheiserRC2Officer
 
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HealdHTOfficer
 
McCloyJJDirector
 
FordH2Trustee
 
GaitherHR2Officer
 
BissellRM2Consultant
 
SupporterCorpPubBroad
 
SupporterHarvardUniv
 
SupporterAmSocIntLaw
 
SupporterUnitedNations
 
SupporterPopCouncil
 
SupporterBrookingsInst
 
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Ubinas, Luis A.   (Officer of, 2008 to 2013) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
Offenheiser, Raymond C. Jr.   (Officer of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Thomas, Franklin A.   (Officer of, 1979 to 1996) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
Berresford, Susan Vail   (Officer of, 1970 to 2007) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1981 : Vice President
• 1996 : President
Bundy, McGeorge   (Officer of, 1966 to 1979) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
Perkin, Gordon W.   (Officer of, 1966 to 1979) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Program officer in a variety of international health and population projects.
Heald, Henry T.   (Officer of, 1956 to 1965) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
McCloy, John J.   (Director of, 1953 to 1965) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1953 : Chairman (1953-65)
• 1963 : Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Ford, Henry II   (Trustee of, 1950 to 1976) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1950 : Chairman, Board of Trustees (1950-55)
Gaither, H. Rowan Jr.   (Officer of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1951 : Director (1951-53)
• 1953 : President (1953-56)
• 1956 : Chairman, Board of Trustees (1956-??)
Bissell, Richard M. Jr.   (Consultant of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Corporation for Public Broadcasting   (Supporter of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• $300M in grants (1968-78)
Harvard University   (Supporter of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1965 : $3M in grants for Center of Human Reproduction (1965-69)
• 1965 : $2M grant for John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics
• 1977 : $4M grant for arms control studies
American Society for International Law (ASIL)   (Supporter of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1960 : $500K grant
• 2003 : $500K grant
The Population Council   (Supporter of, 1954 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Brookings Institution   (Supporter of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• $36M in grants (1954-77)