The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation is a philanthropic foundation founded in 1930 by Kate Macy Ladd

Kate Macy Ladd

Catherine Everit "Kate" Macy Ladd was a philanthropist who founded and endowed the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation in honor of her father.Mrs...

 (1863–1945) in honor of her father Josiah W. Macy, Jr.

Josiah W. Macy, Jr.

Captain Josiah W. Macy, Jr. was an American Sea Captain and philanthropist.- Life and Family :He was born into a philanthropic family. The elder Josiah Macy established a shipping and commission firm in New York City, after leaving the family home in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where his parents...

 The Foundation became internationally known for the support of the Macy conferences

Macy conferences

The Macy Conferences were a set of meetings of scholars from various disciplines held in New York by the initiative of Warren McCulloch and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation from 1946 to 1953...

 starting late 1940s : a series of interdisciplinary meetings of scientists. Among the former administrators, board members and trustees of the Foundations have been Frank Fremont-Smith

Frank Fremont-Smith

Frank Fremont-Smith was an American administrator, executive with the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, president of British General Rees's World Federation of Mental Health, known together with Lawrence K...

, Charles B. Finch

Charles B. Finch

Charles Baker Finch was an American businessman and lawyer. He served as President and CEO of Allegheny Power System from 1971 to 1985.-Early life and education:...

 and Alexander Gordon Bearn

Alexander Gordon Bearn

Alexander Gordon Bearn informally Alick Bearn , a physician, scientist and author, was professor at Rockefeller University and Cornell University Medical College. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and had been Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society. He died...

.

The goals of the Macy foundation initially stated were:

• "Projects to improve medical and health professional education in the context of the changing health care system";
• "Projects that will increase diversity among health care professionals";
• "Projects that demonstrate or encourage ways to increase teamwork between and among health care professionals"; and
• "Educational strategies to increase care for underserved populations"

See also

• John Tyler Bonner
  John Tyler Bonner
  John Tyler Bonner is an emeritus professor, now lecturer with the rank of professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. He is a pioneer in the use of cellular slime molds to understand evolution and development over a career of 40 years and is one of...
  
  
• Josiah W. Macy, Jr.
  Josiah W. Macy, Jr.
  Captain Josiah W. Macy, Jr. was an American Sea Captain and philanthropist.- Life and Family :He was born into a philanthropic family. The elder Josiah Macy established a shipping and commission firm in New York City, after leaving the family home in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where his parents...
  
  
• Macy conferences
  Macy conferences
  The Macy Conferences were a set of meetings of scholars from various disciplines held in New York by the initiative of Warren McCulloch and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation from 1946 to 1953...
  
  
• Morton Beiser
  Morton Beiser
  Morton Beiser, CM, MD, FRCP is a Canadian professor, psychiatrist and epidemiologist known for his research in the fields of immigration and resettlement....
  
  
• Women's healthcare in the People's Republic of China
• List of scientific publications of Albert Einstein

External links

• Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Homepage.
• Twentieth Anniversary Review of the Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation (1930 to 1950)