Susan v berresford biography templates

(1943-)
Ford Foundation

Overview

Susan V. Berresford is the president of the Ford Foundation, the second-largest philanthropic organization in the United States with about $9 billion in assets.

It gives grants and loans to individuals and institutions that promote democratic values, fight poverty and injustice, increase international cooperation, and advance human achievement.

Personal Life

Susan Vail Berresford was born on January 8, 1943, to Richard Case and Katherine Vail (Marsters) Berresford Hurd.

She is quiet about her childhood, so biographical accounts begin with her college years.

Susan v berresford bio

Berresford attended Vassar College from 1961 to 1963, then graduated cum laude in 1965 from Radcliffe College with a bachelor of arts in American History. During her summer break from school in 1962, Berresford worked with the United Nations Volunteer Services in New York City, and in 1964, she served as a secretary to historian Theodore H.

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