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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1984







Board of Trustees

  • Alexander Heard, Chairman of the Board
    Chancellor Emeritus, Professor of Political Science,
    Senior Research Associate, Institute for Public
    Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University,
    Nashville, Tennessee

  • Franklin A. Thomas, President

  • Rodrigo Botero
    Bogotá, Colombia

  • Ralf Dahrendorf
    Professor of Social Science,
    University of Konstanz,
    Konstanz, Germany

  • Hedley Donovan
    Former Editor in Chief,
    Time Inc., New York, New York

  • Nina G. Garsoïan
    Centennial Professor and Director of the Center for
    Armenian Studies, Columbia University,
    New York, New York

  • A. Bartlett Giamatti
    President, Yale University,
    New Haven, Connecticut

  • Donald F. McHenry
    University Research Professor of Diplomacy and
    International Affairs, Georgetown University,
    Washington, D.C.

  • Robert S. McNamara
    Washington, D.C.

  • Paul F. Miller, Jr.
    Partner, Miller, Anderson & Sherrerd,
    Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

  • William G. Milliken
    Traverse City, Michigan

  • Donald S. Perkins
    Former Chairman,
    Jewel Companies, Inc.,
    Chicago, Illinois

  • Barbara Scott Preiskel
    New York, New York

  • Harriet S. Rabb
    Clinical Professor of Law,
    Columbia Law School, New York, New York

  • Irving S. Shapiro
    Chairman, Finance Committee,
    E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company;
    Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom,
    Wilmington, Delaware

  • Soedjatmoko
    Rector, The United Nations University,
    Tokyo, Japan

  • Edson W. Spencer
    Chairman and Chief Executive officer,
    Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Glenn E. Watts
    President, Communications Workers of America,
    Washington, D.C.

  • Thomas H. Wyman
    Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer,
    CBS Inc., New York, New York

Footnotes

Footnote :

* Retired December 31, 1984

Footnote :

** Term expired December 14, 1984

Executive Committee

  • Alexander Heard, Chairman

  • Hedley Donovan

  • Harriet S. Rabb

  • Irving S. Shapiro

  • Edson W. Spencer

  • Franklin A. Thomas

  • Glenn E. Watts

Investment Committee

  • Paul F. Miller, Jr., Chairman

  • Rodrigo Botero

  • Alexander Heard

  • Robert S. McNamara

  • Donald S. Perkins

  • Irving S. Shapiro

  • Edson W. Spencer

  • Franklin A. Thomas

  • Glenn E. Watts

  • Thomas H. Wyman

Audit and Management Committee

  • Irving S. Shapiro, Chairman

  • Hedley Donovan

  • Alexander Heard

  • Donald S. Perkins

  • Barbara Scott Preiskel

  • Harriet S. Rabb

  • Edson W. Spencer

  • Glenn E. Watts

  • Thomas H. Wyman

Executive Officers

  • Franklin A. Thomas
    President

  • Susan V. Berresford
    Vice President

  • William D. Carmichael
    Vice President

  • John W. English
    Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

  • Barron M. Tenny
    Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel