Sociologist Fei Xiaotong and physicist Chien Wei-zang were its first Honorary Co-presidents, and Tian Fu (田夫) was its first executive President.
Rush's own essays for the biographical project of the Ramon Magsaysay Award series include the biographies of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Abdurrahman Wahid, Bienvenido Lumbera, Ravi Shankar, Veditantirige Ediriwira Sarachchandra, and Fei Xiaotong.
Other research in the field of peasant studies was promoted by Florian Znaniecki and Fei Xiaotong, and in the post-1945 studies of the "great tradition" and the "little tradition" in the work of Robert Redfield.
Wong Fei-hung | Zhang Fei | FEI | Fei Xiaotong | Ye Fei | FEI Company | 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games | FEI Nations Cup | Fei | Emperor Fei of Western Wei | Yue Fei | Wu Fei | Wang Fei | Li Fei | Fei River (disambiguation) | Fei River | Fei Comodo | Fei Cheng Wu Rao | Chang Fei (celebrity) | Chang Fei | Battle of Fei River | 2009 FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships | 1990 FEI World Equestrian Games |