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unusual facts about The Ford Foundation



Edward Weidner

His work brought him and his family to countries including Vietnam, where he was consultant on assistance needs to the Foreign Ops Administration, and Pakistan, consulting on rural development academies for the Ford Foundation.

George Tscherny

His corporate clients included Ernst & Whinney, Monadnock Paper Mills, The Ford Foundation, Pan Am, General Dynamics and Johnson & Johnson.


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Edwin Way Teale

Teale worked as a co-writer for a segment titled "Vernal Equinox" on the March 20, 1955 episode of Omnibus, a TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation produced by Robert Saudek and hosted by Alistair Cooke on the CBS Television Network.

Franklin K. Lane High School

Franklin A. Thomas – former President and CEO of the Ford Foundation

Franklin Thomas

Franklin A. Thomas (born 1934), president of the Ford Foundation, 1979–1996

National Council of La Raza

In 1973, the SWCLR became a national organization, changed its name to the National Council of La Raza, and moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. Early disagreements among the organization's leadership caused the Ford Foundation to threaten to withhold funding, resulting in President Henry Santiestevan's resignation and the election of Raul Yzaguirre.

Robert Maynard Hutchins

Due to the rapid growth of the US automotive industry in the early 1950s, the Ford Foundation was running such large surpluses that it attracted unwanted attention from the Internal Revenue Service.

Seedco

Following the September 11 attacks in Lower Manhattan, Seedco was asked by the Ford Foundation, the New York Times Foundation, and others to implement a disaster-recovery initiative for small businesses and their workers.

The Athenian School

Dyke Brown conceived of the idea of a mission-driven boarding school during his tenure as Vice President of the Ford Foundation, influenced by his Foundation work in youth development and the prevention of juvenile delinquency, and by his own children's educational experiences.