Warren Weaver

Warren Weaver (1894-1978) was the Director of the Division of Natural Sciences (later called the Division of Natural Sciences and Agriculture ) at the Rockefeller Foundation from 1932 to 1955. 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. After leaving the Rockefeller Foundation, Weaver went to work for the Sloan Foundation, becoming its Vice President in 1959.

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