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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)
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PerkinGWOfficer
 
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McCloyJJDirector
 
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GaitherHR2Officer
 
BissellRM2Consultant
 
FordH2Officer
 
FordEBFounder
 
SupporterCorpPubBroad
 
SupporterHarvardUniv
 
SupporterAmSocIntLaw
 
SupporterUnitedNations
 
SupporterPopCouncil
 
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FundForRepDivision
 
Life ofFordFound
 
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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)
Hoffman, Paul G.   (Officer of, 1950 to 1953) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
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
Ford, Henry II   (Officer of, 1943 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President.
Ford, Edsel B.   (Founder of, 1936 to 1943) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founder and President
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
United Nations   (Supporter of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1959 : $6.2M grant for International Library
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)
Fund for the Republic   (Division of, 1950 to 1959) -- Duck | Google | Bing