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Exhibit 029

The General Education Board, 1903–1964

Exhibit 029 · Archive institutional history

The General Education Board, 1903–1964

The GEB program of medical education existed from 1913 to 1929 and distributed $94 million to 25 medical schools.

The archive's history of the General Education Board. It records Rockefeller Sr.'s initial $1 million commitment, his gifts of $43 million by 1907, and the board's medical education program, led by Abraham Flexner as Secretary.

Source
Rockefeller Archive Center
Date
Undated web resource
Quoted from
Section on medical education
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://resource.rockarch.org/story/the-general-education-board-1903-1964/
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding MED-1.5
Primary record Rockefeller's General Education Board spent $94 million on 25 medical schools between 1913 and 1929, directed by Abraham Flexner and tied to a full-time clinical faculty.