Pioneer Fund
The Pioneer Fund, Inc. "is a New York 501(c) (3) not-for-profit foundation established in 1937 to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences." [1]
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Founders
Accessed October 2009: [2]
- Wickliffe Preston Draper (1891-1972)
- Harry Hamilton Laughlin (1880-1943)
- Frederick Henry Osborn (1890-1981)
- John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971)
- Malcolm Donald (1877-1949),
Directors
Accessed October 2009: [3]
"When Harry Weyher died on March 27, 2002, J. Philippe Rushton, Professor of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, a long-time Pioneer grant recipient, was appointed the new president. At the same time, Weyher's widow, Mrs. Michelle Weyher, was appointed a Director, as was Richard Lynn, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Ulster, also a long-time grantee. They joined existing Board members R. Travis Osborne, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, and Karl Schakel, an engineer and businessman-rancher from Colorado."
Past Directors of the Pioneer Fund and Years Served [4]
- Wickliffe P. Draper [1937-1972]
- Harry Hamilton Laughlin [1937-1941]
- Frederick Henry Osborn [1937-1958]
- John M. Harlan [1937-1954]
- Malcolm Donald [1937-1949]
- John H. Slate, Jr. [1941-1946]
- James P. Kranz, Jr. [1948]
- Henry Rice Guild [1948-1974]
- Charles Codman Cabot [1950-1973]
- John M. Woolsey, Jr. [1954-1959]
- Harry F. Weyher, Jr. [1958-2002]
- John B. Trevor, Jr. [1959-2000]
- John F. Walsh, Jr. [1971-1973]
- Henry E. Garrett [1972-1973]
- Marion A. Parrott [1973-2002]
- Thomas F. Ellis [1973-1977]
- Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie (Mrs. Preston) [1974-1975]
- Randolph L. Speight [1975-1999]
- William Dawes Miller [1983-1993]
- Karl Schakel [1993-2002]
- Edwin D. Morgan [2000-2001]
- R. Travis Osborne [2000-present]
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Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- Harry F. Weyher, Jr. (1921-2002) served as the third president of the Pioneer Fund for 44 years (1958-2002).
- J. Philippe Rushton
