john e. fogarty international center john e. fogarty international center the john e. fogarty international center was founded in 1968 by us president lyndon johnson at the national institutes of health to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers. john edward fogarty international centeragency overviewformedjuly 1, 1968headquartersbethesda, marylandparent agencynational institutes of healthwebsitewww.fic.nih.gov history on july 1, 1968, president lyndon johnson issued an executive order establishing the john e. fogarty international center for advanced study in the health sciences at the national institutes of health (nih) in order to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers. in march 2017, the trump administration proposed cuts to the nih budget, including elimination of the fogarty center, saving $69 million. congressional appropriations to the ficfiscal years 1980–2019 directors past directors from 1968 - present portrait director took office left office milo d. leavitt, jr. june 16, 1968 july 1978 leon jacobs july 1, 1978 june 29, 1979 edwin d. becker (acting) july 1979 april 1980 vida h. beaven (acting) april 1980 january 1981 claude lenfant february 1981 july 1982 mark s. beaubien (acting) july 1, 1982 january 1984 craig k. wallace january 1984 december 1987 carl kupfer (acting) january 1, 1988 july 1988 philip e. schambra august 1998 september 30, 1998 gerald t. keusch october 1, 1998 december 31, 2003 sharon h. hrynkow (acting) january 1, 2004 may 2006 roger i. glass june 11, 2006 present