Warren Weaver
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Warren Weaver (1894-1978) was the Director of the Division of Natural Sciences (later called the Division of Natural Sciences and Agriculture[1]) at the Rockefeller Foundation from 1932 to 1955.[2] During that time, he funded the Mexican Agricultural Program, which was the start of what was ultimately called the Green Revolution. Under Weaver, a mathematician who was initially hired at Rockefeller to focus on physical sciences, the agricultural budget increased from around $100,000 per year to $1.5 million per year.[3] After leaving the Rockefeller Foundation, Weaver went to work for the Sloan Foundation, becoming its Vice President in 1959.
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- ↑ John H. Perkins, The Rockefeller Foundation and the green revolution, 1941–1956, Agriculture and Human Values, Volume 7, Numbers 3-4, 6-18.
- ↑ Mina Rees, Warren Weaver 1894-1978: A Biographical Memoir, National Academy of Sciences, 1987
- ↑ John H. Perkins, The Rockefeller Foundation and the green revolution, 1941–1956, Agriculture and Human Values, Volume 7, Numbers 3-4, 6-18.
