Jan 01 1972The Foundation’s New York City archives are opened to the public. Two years later, the Rockefeller Archive Center begins operations in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Jan 01 1971The Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) is established to develop improved food crop varieties for the developing world. Beginning with four research centers funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation, CGIAR expands to 16 centers supported by 39 international donors.
Jan 01 1971C. Douglas Dillon becomes chair of the Foundation's board of trustees and serves until 1975.
Jan 01 1970The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, a Foundation agricultural scientist, for his pivotal role in modernizing agriculture in the developing world. This effort becomes popularly known as the Green Revolution, a term coined two years earlier by William S. Gaud, former director of United States Aid for International Development (USAID).
