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Kiger, Joseph Charles was born on August 19, 1920 in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Carl C. and Genevieve (Hoelscher) Kiger.
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This new work, edited by Kiger, a specialist in foundation history, inlcudes 146 sketches of major foundations in 31 countries. Detailed entries written by foundation personnel or drawn from secondary sources describe the history, purpose, activities, financing, governance, and location of each foundation. . . . This will be useful both as a reference source and a social history. Library Journal This volume provides information on the history and operation of major foundations located outside the United States. Unlike statistical directories covering foreign foundations, this book treats the most important foundations in thirty-one different countries and provides historical essays often written by the respective officers themselves. As one of the very few book-length accounts of international foundations in English, the volume offers not only essential data on individual organizations, but a platform for comparing the structure and function of various foundations as well. The book is made up of 146 historical sketches of the most significant foundations in thirty-one countries, categorized by type as independent, corporation-sponsored, community, or operating. Approximately half of the sketches were provided by persons within the foundations, while the remaining ones were derived from histories and reports, correspondence, interviews, and other research. Each sketch contains basic information on the founding, purpose, activities, financing, governance, and location of a foundation, to the extent that it was available. Also included are three appendices, which provide topical and chronological listings of the institutions. In addition, bibliographical references to sources utilized and references for further reading are supplied at the end of each sketch. The volume will be a valuable reference source for foundations throughout the world, government agencies and college and university administrators, and public and academic libraries. It will also be relevant to courses in the history of philanthropy and intellectual and social history.
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Kiger, Joseph Charles was born on August 19, 1920 in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Carl C. and Genevieve (Hoelscher) Kiger.
Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham-Southern College, 1943; Master of Arts, University Alabama, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1950.
Teaching fellow Vanderbilt University, 1948-1950. Instructor history University Alabama, summer 1950, Washington University, St. Louis, 1950-1951. Director research select committee to investigate foundations United States House of Representatives, 1952.
Staff associate American Council Education, Washington, 1953-1955. Assistant director Southern Fellowships Fund, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1955-1958. Associate professor history University Alabama, 1958-1961.
Professor history University Mississippi, from 1961, chairman department history, 1969-1974, emeritus, from 1990, director program on foundations and Comparable organizations, 1993—2002, senior research associate Croft Institute for International Studies, from 2002. Consultant non-profit organizations, also government, since 1954.
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Served to captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American History Association, Southern History Association (life).
Married Jean Myrick Moore, March 27, 1947. Children: Carl A., John Jay.