A Reputational Zenith, The status of public administration soared during the principles-of-administration period. Its rising stature can be attributed, at least in part, to the Rockefeller family, whose interest in the field remained undiminished following its success with the New York Bureau of Municipal Research. Rockefeller philanthropies poured millions of dollars into the profession, leaving "no important part of the public administration community.....untouched." "A person could not have spoken about the field of public administration in 1925 and had confidence that the audience knew what was meant. In 1937, the situation was quite different.....Professional association for government employees had grown with 'unexampled rapidly '... and government were calling on the public administration community to provide advice on administrative problems more and more frequently.