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The Model American Foundation Officer: Alan Gregg and the Rockefeller Foundation Medical Divisions

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From 1919 to 1951, Alan Gregg and his mentor, Richard Pearce, directed the Medical Education and Medical SciencesDivisions of the Rockefeller Foundation. Although they oversaw the expenditure of millions of dollars, today they are forgotten. Yet, the system that Gregg administered became the model for the funding of biomedical research after the Second World War. This paper draws on the records of the Rockefeller Foundation to assess Gregg and his impact on biomedicine and philanthropy.

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  1. Department of History and Center for Bioethics, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    William H. Schneider

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Schneider, W.H. The Model American Foundation Officer: Alan Gregg and the Rockefeller Foundation Medical Divisions. Minerva 41, 155–166 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023658831039

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