Unless otherwise noted, images are courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center.
1914
1915
A photo gallery.
Construction of Peking Union Medical College
1916
Eradicating Hookworm Disease in Colonial Sri Lanka: Early Lessons from the American South
Eradicating Hookworm Disease in Colonial Sri Lanka (Rockefeller Foundation)
1919
PUMC is the first co-educational medical school in China, admitting women for nursing.
PUMC becomes China's first co-educational medical school
1921
Fourteen members of the Board of Trustees, including John D. Rockfeller, Jr. and Chairman of the Board, Martin Ryerson from the University of Chicago.
Meeting of the first Board of Trustees, September 1921
A photo gallery
PUMC inauguration
X-Ray Technology at PUMC, 1921-1928.
X-Ray Technology at Peking Union Medical College
1924
PUMC scientists discover and isolate ephedrine from the Chinese herb mahuang (ephedra sinica).
PUMC scientists isolate ephedrine
1925
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, China's first president, passes away in the PUMC Hospital on March 12.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen passes away in PUMC Hospital
1926
Part 2 of a three part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka.
The Health Unit Program in Sri Lanka (Rockefeller Foundation)
1928
CMB receives a Rockefeller Foundation endowment of $12 million to create an independent foundation for advancing health in China.
CMB's first endowment from Rockefeller Foundation
1929
Hu Shih joins the PUMC Board of Trustees in 1929. He serves as chairman from 1946 to 1949.
Hu Shih joins PUMC Board of Trustees
Part 3 of a three-part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka.
The beginnings of public health nursing in Sri Lanka (Rockefeller Foundation)
1932
PUMC doctors and nurses care for wounded soldiers during Japanese invasion and treat sickness during natural disasters, including flood relief.
PUMC Hospital treats wartime wounded
1935
Selskar Gunn, a Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation, started a rural reconstruction project in Northern China with the goal of meeting all the needs of local communities there.
Selskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in Northern China (Rockefeller Foundation)
Rockefeller philanthropies promoted coordinated attempts to control or eliminate malaria in the 20th century by attacking the mosquito vector using insecticides such as DDT.
The history of Rockefeller antimalarial efforts
1942
After PUMC was taken over during World War II, the Japanese intern PUMC Director Henry S. Houghton, who remained captive for 4 years (1942-1946).
Henry Houghton interned in Japanese-occupied PUMC
1950
In the 1950s and 1960s, CMB concentrated on rebuilding medical institutions that had been devastated by World War II. During the second half of the twentieth century, CMB spent $151 million on medical education in Asia.
CMB support is directed at rebuilding medical institutions (1950-1969)
1951
CMB revamps its program to countries of the Far East, including fellowships for students and visiting professors. CMB would eventually fund 784 Asian fellows over the next 20 years.
East Asia fellowships for medical education (1951-1973)
CMB withdraws from the newly formed People's Republic of China. CMB would not return for almost 30 years.
PUMC is nationalized, and CMB under Harold Loucks leaves mainland China
1952
CMB funds Visiting Professors, purchases books and journals for medical schools and other equipment and construction for medical libraries.
Medical schools in Taiwan and Japan become CMB grantees
1953
Medical schools in Myanmar, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand become CMB grantees.
CMB expands into East and Southeast Asia
1956
CMB makes a grant to the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital to convene the first conference on medical education in Thailand.
First medical education conference in Thailand
1957
The first grants CMB made to Vietnam were to assist medical libraries.
Medical schools in Vietnam become CMB grantees
1960
The fellowship was created to commemorate Dr. Gregg’s leadership in the field of medical education, enabling a U.S. faculty member to study in Asia to increase their effectiveness as a medical educator.
First Alan Gregg Travel Fellowship in Medical Education awarded
1966
Dr. Kojiro Matsuda, a leading physiologist in Japan and a CMB Visiting Professor, becomes the first foreign medical educator at a U.S. institution.
First foreign medical educator at a U.S. institution
1973
CMB under President Pat Ongley emphasizes grantmaking and starts matching funds and endowment grants.
CMB emphasizes grantmaking
1988
Mekong countries of Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos become CMB grantees, as do Mongolia and Nepal.
Medical universities from five countries become CMB grantees
1992
CMB works with Chulalongkorn professors to support the development of a new Chulalongkorn School of Public Health in Thailand.
Chulalongkorn School of Public Health
1995
Under CMB President Bill Sawyer, Tibet Medical College is established from a provincial training school.
Tibet Medical College established
2002
GMER program launched in four Chinese medical universities.
CMB launches the Global Minimum Educational Requirements program
2006
Under President Lincoln Chen, CMB focuses on strengthening capacity in health policy and systems sciences.
Strengthening health policy in China
2008
CMB Rural Health Network, consisting of 12 schools mostly in Western China, is established.
CMB Rural Health Network established
CMB launches The Lancet China Health Series.
The Lancet China Health Series
2011
CMB Beijing representative office is officially registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
CMB Beijing office established
Scientists from 10 countries in Southeast Asia map the health conditions of their region in a special Lancet series, Health in Southeast Asia.
Health in Southeast Asia Lancet Series
2014
