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An international institute for rice research 21• K.R. Damle was secretary of Agriculture of the Government of India. Hill,Harrar, and I had become well acquainted with him during our travelsin that country. Damle was the key government official with whom theRockefeller Foundation worked out its agreement to support an operatingagricultural program in India. Although he had to obtain clearancefrom his government before he could accept Harrar’s invitation, he wasable to do so without difficulty. (It had been made clear to each prospectivetrustee-at-large that he was chosen not as a representative of hiscountry but as a knowledgeable individual who could assist in guidingthe policies and programs of IRRI.)• M.C. (Prince) Chakrabandhu was director general of the Department ofAgriculture within the Ministry of Agriculture of Thailand. Well knownto the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, he had recently received atravel grant from the latter to enable him to visit Asian and U.S. institutionsengaged in agricultural research and education. Chakrabandhuhad a B.S. degree from the University of the Philippines and an M.S.degree in plant breeding from Cornell University. He accepted theinvitation to join the Board.Although the first terms of the members-at-large were staggered in lengthto avoid all expiring at the same time, the standard term was 4 years. Duringthe 20 years from 1960 to 1980, 37 trustees-at-large from 19 countries served onthe Board.In 1965, the Board of Trustees passed a resolution increasing the number oftrustees from 10 to 14, thus making it possible to have as many as 8 trusteesat-large.(A complete list of all IRRI trustees from the outset through 1980-81is presented in Appendix 6.) Beginning in about 1974, trustees were addedfrom countries that were not important producers of rice. Among them wereRalph Riley of the United Kingdom, Francisco de Sola of El Salvador, AlbanGurnett-Smith of Australia, and H.W. Scharpenseel of the Federal Republic ofGermany. A significant addition to the international membership of the Boardwas the appointment in 1978 of Lin Shih-Cheng from the People’s Republic ofChina.The first meeting of the Board of Trustees took place in Manila on 13-14April 1960. All charter members attended. On 13 April, in accordance withcorporate law, the group met first as Members of the Corporation, approvingthe bylaws and electing themselves as trustees of IRRI. Hill was electedtemporary chairman of the corporation. After a half-hour, the meeting of theMembers of the Corporation was adjourned and the first meeting of the Boardof Trustees was convened. Harrar was unanimously elected chairman of theBoard and Wortman was elected secretary and treasurer. After his election,Harrar adjourned the meeting so that the trustees could visit the proposed IRRIsite at Los Baños.Before the inspection of the building sites, the trustees attended the inauguralceremonies of the International House of the College of Agriculture — builtwith funds from the Rockefeller Foundation — and were guests of the College
22 History of the International Rice Research Institutefor lunch. After, with representatives of the College, the trustees visited thesites for IRRI’s research center buildings and staff housing.On 14 April, the trustees had an all-day session at the Trinity Building. Atthat meeting, I was appointed director of IRRI and Wortman assistant director;Letort was appointed treasurer effective on his arrival in the Philippines.Executive, Finance, and Program Committees were established and theirresponsibilities were defined.Although many matters were discussed at the first meeting, the mostsignificant action taken was the Board’s approval of the architects’ sketches ofthe buildings of the IRRI complex. To become acquainted with the abilities ofthe architects, the trustees had visited the Stanvac Refinery on Bataan Peninsulaon 12 April. Alfredo J. Luz had designed the refinery laboratory and officebuilding and Carlos D. Arguelles had been the architect for the residences. Thetrustees were favorably impressed with the buildings and felt that the staffhouses were of about the quality desirable for the residences to be erected atIRRI. The architects appeared before the trustees to explain their ideas and theBoard formally approved the selection of the architects, who until then hadbeen hired on a provisional basis. (Interestingly, although Standard Oil hadselected the same two architects, the coincidence did not become known to meuntil after I had made my initial recommendation to the foundations that Luzand Arguelles be retained as IRRI’s architects.) (See the section on architects,pages 25-26.)Before the 14 April meeting was adjourned, it was decided that a secondmeeting of the Board in 1960 would be required (the dates of 5-6 October werelater agreed upon). Their business completed, the trustees were dinner guestsat our house in San Lorenzo Village, a residential suburb of Manila where theWortmans and Letorts also lived pending the construction of the houses in LosBaños.At the October trustees meeting, Drilon was appointed secretary of theBoard and, because Letort had not yet arrived, Wortman continued to serve astreasurer. Drilon served as secretary as long as he remained at IRRI.The membership of the Board was by no means static. In February 1960,even before its first meeting, the replacement of Rodriguez as secretary ofAgriculture and Natural Resources by Cesar M. Fortich had been announced.By the second meeting of the Board, Rodriguez had resigned and Fortichattended the meeting. Fortich, however, did not remain long on the Board,because the Philippine presidential election in 1961 resulted in a change ofadministration. The new President, Diosdado Macapagal, selected BenjaminGozon as his secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In the normalcourse of political appointments, there was a succession of secretaries ofAgriculture and Natural Resources and consequently a corresponding successionof “ex-officio” Board members. By 1964, Jose Y. Feliciano had replacedGozon. In 1967, Gozon was followed by Fernando Lopez, who served PresidentMarcos as both Vice President and secretary of Agriculture and NaturalResources. Lopez was succeeded in 1971 by Arturo R. Tanco, who is still on theIRRI Board of Trustees, having held the post of secretary of Agriculture
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