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Barry Goldberg
Barry Goldberg is a Senior Writer and Editor at the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit working to build a better government and a stronger democracy. He holds a PhD in History and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Rockefeller Archive Center.
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For Small Farmers and Food Security: The International Agricultural Development Service
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Philanthropy’s Search for an HIV Vaccine: Building Public-Private Partnerships in a Global Pandemic
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Ted Watkins and the Rockefeller Foundation: An Unlikely Partnership
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Creates a National Park
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The Origins of the Rockefeller Foundation Equal Opportunity Program
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