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`About RISM (1911-1985)` `Vera D. Rubin - RISM Founder Mission Statement` `RISM Board of Directors RISM Staff`
About RISM The Research Institute for the Study of Man was founded by Vera D. Rubin and incorporated in 1955 as a non-profit organization for educational and scientific purposes.To implement those goals, RISM has conducted research and training programs, developed an extensive library, supported scholarly exchanges and publications, organized conferences, provided consultation services and stimulated the initiation, development and dissemination of basic knowledge in the behavioral sciences.
From its inception, RISM has fostered and conducted multidisciplinary, cross-cultural studies of contemporary relevance. Basic research projects of applied value have been undertaken in developing and rapidly changing societies, in collaboration with scholars and institutions from the host countries. Much of this seminal work was pioneered in the Caribbean region which then afforded and continues to provide unique possibilities for understanding the complex interplay of historic, economic, social and cultural forces in multiethnic societies. This integrated approach to multidisciplinary study now encompasses a broad range of problems and issues in a variety of sociocultural settings in other world areas.
Mission Statement The Research Institute for the Study of Man, in cooperation with recognized scientific and educational institutions and governmental agencies, as well as under its own auspices: Initiates and promotes basic and applied research and experimentation in the following fields of science: medicine; public health; psychiatry; anthropology; sociology; social psychology; and demography; Makes free and voluntary grants of funds to scientific and educational institutions and governmental agencies, to students, and to other individuals of recognized merit and professional qualifications by way of research grants, scholarships, fellowships, or otherwise; Makes free and voluntary grants of funds to recognized colleges, universities, and other regularly constituted educational institutions, and assists and/or cooperates with such institutions by providing funds, facilities and/or personnel for the purpose of educating and training students and teachers in the fields of scientific study enumerated above; Disseminates free of charge to the public and to interested governmental agencies, religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational institutions, through public, college, and university libraries and otherwise, all experimental data and other materials which may from time to time be published by the Corporation.
RISM Board of Directors
June Anderson	-	Secretary/Treasurer
Reed Rubin Member	-	Member
Peter L. Rubin	-	Member

RISM Staff
June Anderson, Executive Director

Ruth Landes Memorial Fund Staff
David Latham, Programs Director

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