ABSTRACT
The John D. MacArthur and Catherine MacArthur Foundation of Chicago is a new wonderment on the philanthropic scene: the biggest, most bizarre, riotously quarrelsome, and disorganized, in some respects even dubious, of the new and very large American foundations. The board itself was organized into a number of committees and subcommittees to involve the trustees directly in program development and grant making. There was a committee to direct the MacArthur Fellows Program, chaired by Rod. The general grants program was being developed vigorously and boldly. A succession of important ventures was launched, and each was backed with substantial funding. To develop the foundation's program, trustee Lienhard set out to find a president who was not only able and respected but who, consistent with the board's intention, could make the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation a leader in its field. After a considerable canvass, the man he proposed was Dr. David Rogers, then head of the first-rate medical school of Johns Hopkins University.
