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* Click here to access a PowerPoint of A Walk through IRRI History, 1959-2006, featuring many video clips
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* Click here to access a searchable IRRI staff directory containing thousands of names, 1961-2007 (23 Mb).
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Lyndon Johnson visits IRRI,
26 October 1966
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Significant dates over 5 decades of IRRI history

Click the month below to access significant dates in IRRI's rich history as the Institute approaches its 50th anniversary in 2010.

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Click here for a pdf file covering the 12-month calendar (current through 4 December 2006).

Historic Videos

1. This video was produced for the occasion of the 1988 World Food Prize being awarded to Dr. Robert F. Chandler, IRRI's first director general (8:07).

2. This is IRRI, a film by William C. Cobb, circa 1963 (11:22).

3. This 7:22 video clip from Precious Seeds, produced in 2000 and courtesy of AgCom International, recounts the achievements of 1996 World Food Prize Laureate Hank Beachell and his colleagues at IRRI. Funding from the USDA-National Agricultural Library (NAL) supported this video project.

4. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and Robert Chandler (IRRI's first director general) discuss the origins of IRRI in a 1994 conversation. This is Part 1 of several clips from this conversation that will be made available, courtesy of The Idea Channel.

5. Peter Jennings, IRRI's first rice breeder (1961-67), played a major role in the development of IR8. In this 53:00 video, he reminisces his epiphany.

IRRI family photo, 15 December 2006
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