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LEFT ROCKEFELLER 81 ROCKEFELLER FOtTNDATION institutions, notably to the University of tute for Medical Research, the Bureau Chicago, to which he has given in all of Social Hygiene, and the International Health Commission. During the war he made large donations for the relief of suffering. ROCKEFELLER, WILLIAM, an American capitalist, brother of John D. Rockefeller, born at Richford, N. Y., in 1841. He joined his brother in the oil refining business in Cleveland and from 1865 to 1911 was in charge of the New York business of the Standard Oil Com- pany of New Jersey, and was at the same time president of the Standard Oil Company of New York. He was a di- rector of many important banks, rail- roads, mining corporations, etc, ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, a trust, incorporated by the Act of the New York Legislature of May 14, 1913, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." The Foundation has devoted its resources primarily to the improvement of public health and medical education throughout the world. This purpose is accomplished by three subsidiary departments, the Internation- al Health Board, the China Medical Board, and the Division of Medical Edu- cation. The Foundation also uses other organizations already existing and not affiliated with the Foundation, to which appropriations are made by the Foun- dation. The management of the Foun- dation, under the terms of the charter, is in the hands of a self-perpetuating body of trustees. The executive officers of the Foundation in 1920 were George E. Vincent, president, and Edwin R. Em- bree, secretary. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was chairman of the Board of Trustees. At the end of 1919 the total resources in securities were reported as $170,000,- 000, both the income and principal of which are available for appropriations. In June, 1920, the trustees of the Foun- dation, in conjunction with the General Education Board (q. v.), announced their appropriation of over $20,000,000 for the development of medical schools and for the purpose of general education. Among the most important work undertaken by the Foundation was a world-wide cam- paign against the hookworm disease; the work of the China Medical Board for the promotion of public health and med- ical education in China; the creation of an Industrial Relations Investigation Di- vision; and extensive appropriations for war relief work in co-operation with the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and with the Red Cross Society. Appropria- tions have also been made from time to time to the American Academy at Rome, to various philanthropic societies in New JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SR. about $23,000,000. In 1902 he founded the General Education Board (q. v.) to promote higher education, and later es- tablished the Rockefeller Foundation (q. v.) and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (q. v.) In November, 1920, he founded the Laura Spellman Foundation, in memory of his wife, with an endowment of $65,000,000. ROCKEFELLER, JOHN DAVISON, JR., an American capitalist. He was born in Cleveland, O., in 1874, the son of a father generally recognized later as the richest man in the world. He studied privately and at Brown Univer- sity, from which he graduated in 1897. He then became associated with his father in his business enterprises and took particular charge of the philan- thropic activities associated with his name. He became a director of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., American Linseed Co., and Merchants Fire Insur- ance Corporation. He is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation, the General Education Board, the Rockefeller Insti-