List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1945
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1945 U.S. and Canadian Fellows
- Walter Allen, Jr., Deceased. Classics: 1945.
- George Kumler Anderson, Deceased. Folklore: 1945.
- Richard S. Angell, Deceased Retired Chief, Technical Processes Research Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: 1945.
- Herbert ApthekerHerbert ApthekerHerbert Aptheker was an American Marxist historian and political activist. He authored over 50 volumes, mostly in the fields of African American history and general U.S. history, most notably, American Negro Slave Revolts , a classic in the field, and the 7-volume Documentary History of the Negro...
, Deceased. Sociology: 1945. - Orville T. Bailey, Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago: 1945.
- Samuel BarberSamuel BarberSamuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
, Deceased. Music Composition: 1945, 1947, 1949. - Claude Willis Barlow, Deceased. Medieval Studies: 1945.
- Jacques BarzunJacques BarzunJacques Martin Barzun is a French-born American historian of ideas and culture. He has written on a wide range of topics, but is perhaps best known as a philosopher of education, his Teacher in America being a strong influence on post-WWII training of schoolteachers in the United...
, University Professor Emeritus, Columbia University; Literary Adviser, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City: 1945. - Franklin Le Van Baumer, Deceased. Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History, Yale University: 1945.
- Ben BelittBen BelittBen Belitt was an American poet and translator. Besides writing poetry, he also translated several books of poetry by Pablo Neruda and Federico García Lorca from Spanish to English.-Life:...
, Poet; Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Bennington College: 1945. - Leo BeranekLeo BeranekLeo Leroy Beranek is an American acoustics expert, former MIT professor and a founder and former president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman ....
, Consultant on Acoustics, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge: 1945. - Harry BoberHarry BoberHarry Bober was an American art historian, a university professor, and a writer. He was the first Avalon Professor of the Humanities a New York University .-Education and early life:...
, Deceased. Fine Arts Research 1945. - Damon Boynton, Deceased. Biochemistry-Molecular Biology: 1945.
- Chandler McCuskey Brooks, Deceased. Medicine: 1945.
- Thomas R. S. Broughton, Deceased. Classics: 1945, 1958.
- Charles F. Bryan, Deceased. Music Composition: 1945.
- Donald Whitney Burns, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1945.
- John W(illiams) Calkin, Deceased. Mathematics: 1945, 1946.
- Elliott Cook Carter, Composer; Member of Composition Faculty, The Juilliard School: 1945, 1950.
- Hodding CarterHodding CarterWilliam Hodding Carter, II was a prominent Southern U.S. progressive journalist and author. Carter was born in Hammond, the largest community in Tangipahoa Parish, in southeastern Louisiana, to William Hodding Carter, I , and the former Irma Dutartre...
, Deceased. General Non-Fiction: 1945. - Britton ChanceBritton ChanceBritton Chance was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Chance won a gold medal in...
, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Physical Biochemistry, and Radiologic Physics, University of Pennsylvania Medical School: 1945, 1947. - Carlos E. ChardónCarlos E. ChardónDr. Carlos E. Chardón, D.Sc., D.Litt, was the first Puerto Rican mycologist. He was also known as "the Father of Mycology in Puerto Rico". He discovered the aphid "Aphis maidis", the vector of the sugar cane Mosaic virus. Mosaic viruses are plant viruses...
, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1945. - William Farr Church, Deceased. French History: 1945, 1948, 1953.
- Seymour S. Cohen, American Cancer Society Research Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Stony Brook: 1945, 1982.
- Richard Beale Davis, Deceased. American Literature: 1945, 1959.
- E. Yale Dawson, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1945.
- Jack DelanoJack DelanoJack Delano was an American photographer for the Farm Security Administration and a composer noted for his use of Puerto Rican folk material.- Biography :...
, Deceased. Photography: 1945. - Adolph Dioda, Deceased. Fine Arts-Sculpture: 1945.
- Ellsworth Charles Dougherty, Deceased. Biology: 1945, 1948.
- Israel E. Drabkin, Deceased. Classics: 1945.
- Frank Davenport Duncan, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1945, 1947.
- William Clement Eaton, Deceased. U.S. History: 1945.
- Paul ErdősPaul ErdosPaul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. Erdős published more papers than any other mathematician in history, working with hundreds of collaborators. He worked on problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, classical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory...
, Deceased. Mathematics: 1945, 1946. - Frederic Brenton FitchFrederic Brenton FitchFrederic Brenton Fitch was an American logician, the inventor of Fitch-style calculus, and a Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University...
, Deceased. Philosophy: 1945. - Karl E. Fortess, Deceased. Fine Arts, Painting: 1945.
- Lukas FossLukas FossLukas Foss was a German-born American composer, conductor, and pianist.-Music career:He was born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922. His father was the philosopher and scholar Martin Fuchs...
, Composer, New York City: 1945, 1959. - Denis Llewellyn Fox, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1945.
- G. LaVerne Freeman, Psychologist: 1945.
- Paul Henry Giddens, Deceased. U.S. History: 1945.
- Alrik Gustafson, Deceased. Germanics: 1945, 1946.
- Robert King Hall, Deceased. Education and Far Eastern History: 1945, 1949, 1952.
- Lindsay Helmholz, Deceased. Chemistry: 1945.
- Samuel HerrickSamuel Herrick (astronomer)Samuel Herrick was an American astronomer who specialized in celestial mechanics and made important studies preceding the development of manned space flight.-External links:*University of California,...
, Deceased. Astronomy-Astrophysics: 1945, 1952. - Edwin HewittEdwin HewittEdwin Hewitt was an American mathematician known for his work in abstract harmonic analysis and for his discovery, in collaboration with Leonard Jimmie Savage, of the Hewitt–Savage zero-one law.He received his Ph.D...
, Deceased.Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Washington: 1945, 1955. - Henry-Russell HitchcockHenry-Russell HitchcockHenry-Russell Hitchcock was the leading American architectural historian of his generation. A long-time professor at Smith College and New York University, he is best known for writings that helped to define Modern architecture.-Biography:...
, Deceased. Architecture: 1945. - Donal HordDonal HordDonal Hord , an American sculptor, was born Donald Horr in Prentice, Wisconsin. His parents divorced when he was about 6 years old; and around that time his mother changed his name, taking the second "d" from "Donald" and substituting it for the second "r" in "Horr", thus creating the name Donal...
, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1945, 1947. - Paul G. Horgan, Deceased. General Nonfiction and Biography: 1945, 1958.
- Leonid HurwiczLeonid HurwiczLeonid "Leo" Hurwicz was a Russian-born American economist and mathematician. His nationality of origin was Polish. He was Jewish. He originated incentive compatibility and mechanism design, which show how desired outcomes are achieved in economics, social science and political science...
, Emeritus Regents' Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota: 1945. - Merrill Monroe Jensen, Deceased. U.S. History: 1945.
- Fred KabotieFred KabotieFred Kabotie was a celebrated Hopi painter, silversmith, and educator.-Background and education:Fred Kabotie was born into a highly traditional Hopi family at Songo`opavi, Second Mesa, Arizona, Kabotie. His father belonged to the sun clan and he belonged to the Bluebird Clan...
, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1945. - Abraham KaplanAbraham KaplanAbraham Kaplan was an American philosopher, known best for being the first philosopher to systematically examine the behavioral sciences in his book "The Conduct of Inquiry" . His thinking was influenced by pragmatists Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey.-Biography:Kaplan's...
, Deceased. Philosophy: 1945. - Barnaby Conrad Keeney, Deceased: Medieval History, British History: 1945.
- Morris T. Keeton, Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, Columbia, Maryland: 1945.
- Marie Kimball, Deceased. Biography: 1945, 1946.
- Charles KittelCharles KittelCharles Kittel is an American physicist. He was a Professor at University of California, Berkeley from 1951 and has been Professor Emeritus since 1978.- Life and work :...
, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Berkeley: 1945, 1956, 1963. - Lewis H. Kleinholz, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Reed College: 1945.
- George L. Kreezer, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, Washington University: 1945, 1947.
- Stanley J. Kunitz, Deceased. Poetry: 1945.
- Edward LaningEdward LaningEdward Laning was an American painter.Laning was born 1906, in Petersburg, Illinois. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, . He also studied at the Art Students League, with Max Weber, Boardman Robinson, John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller . He was a member of...
, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1945. - Mauricio LasanskyMauricio LasanskyMauricio Lasansky is an American graphic artist and printmaker. He is one of the few modern artists who have limited their works almost exclusively to the graphic media...
, Graphic Artist; Virgil M. Hancher Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art, University of Iowa: 1943, 1944, 1945, 1953, 1964. - Jacob LawrenceJacob LawrenceJacob Lawrence was an American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem.Lawrence is among the best-known twentieth...
, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1945. - Dai-keong Lee, Composer, New York City: 1945, 1951.
- Alexander H. LeightonAlexander H. LeightonAlexander "Alec" H. Leighton was a sociologist and psychiatrist of dual citizenship . He is best known for his work on the Stirling County Study and his contributions to the field of psychiatric epidemiology...
, Professor Emeritus of Social Psychiatry, Harvard University; Professor of Psychiatry and Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University: 1945, 1947. - Dorothea C. Leighton, Deceased. Psychology: 1945, 1947.
- Jack LevineJack LevineJack Levine was an American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives.-Biography:...
, Painter, New York City: 1945, 1947. - Richard Gordon Lillard, Deceased. English: 1945, 1946.
- C(harles) Grant Loomis, Deceased. Folklore: 1945.
- Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Deceased. Music Composition: 1945, 1953.
- Louis Alexander MacKay, Deceased. Classics: 1945.
- Norman A. Malcolm, Deceased. Philosophy: 1945.
- Jerre G. Mangione, Deceased. General Nonfiction: 1945.
- Mary Hatch Marshall, Deceased. Medieval Literature: 1945, 1946.
- Donald E. McCown, Deceased. Near Eastern Studies: 1945.
- Caroline Bache McMahon, Deceased. Fiction: 1945.
- Edward Millman, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1945.
- Charles Wright Mills, Deceased. Sociology: 1945.
- Marianne MooreMarianne MooreMarianne Moore was an American Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit.- Life :Moore was born in Kirkwood, Missouri, in the manse of the Presbyterian church where her maternal grandfather, John Riddle Warner, served as pastor. She was the daughter of mechanical engineer and inventor...
, Deceased. Poetry: 1945. - Dale L. Morgan, Deceased. U.S. History: 1945, 1970.
- Benjamin N. Nelson, Deceased. Medieval History: 1945.
- Edward Novitski, Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Oregon: 1945, 1974.
- Revilo P. OliverRevilo P. OliverRevilo Pendleton Oliver was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who wrote and polemicized extensively for white nationalist causes....
, Deceased. Philosophy: 1945. - Roy Overstreet, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1945, 1957.
- James E. Peck, Painter, Bothell, Washington: 1945.
- James Emerson Phillips, Jr., Deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature: 1945.
- Robert Pick, Deceased. Fiction: 1945.
- Walter H. Pitts, Deceased. Mathematics: 1945, 1947.
- Eleanor Platt, Deceased. Fine Arts-Sculpture: 1945.
- Frederick A. Pottle, Deceased. 18th Century English Literature: 1945, 1952.
- Edward A. Reep, Artist, Bakersfield, California: 1945.
- Theodore RoethkeTheodore RoethkeTheodore Roethke was an American poet, who published several volumes of poetry characterized by its rhythm, rhyming, and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book, The Waking.-Biography:...
, Deceased. Poetry: 1945, 1950. - Hans RosenbergHans RosenbergHans Rosenberg, born February 26, 1904 in Hanover and died on June 26, 1988 in Freiburg, was a German refugee historian whose works influenced a whole generation of post-war German scholars.-Life:...
, Deceased. German & East European History: 1945, 1946. - Ralph Leslie Rusk, Deceased. American Literature: 1945.
- John William Shirley, Deceased. History of Science: 1945.
- Mitchell SiporinMitchell Siporin-Biography:Mitchell Siporin was born in New York City and grew up in Chicago. Through the Works Progress Administration, he worked as a painter. Together with Edward Milman, he painted the frescoes in the Central Post Office in St Louis. From 1946 to 1949, he served in the army in North Africa and...
, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1945, 1947. - Bradford Smith, Deceased. Non-Fiction: 1945, 1946.
- Henry L. Smith, Deceased. U. S. History: 1945.
- Henry William Spiegel, Deceased. Economic History: 1945.
- Jean StaffordJean StaffordJean Stafford was an American short story writer and novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970....
, Deceased. Fiction: 1945, 1948. - Roger Yate Stanier, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1945, 1951, 1967.
- Richard Poate Stebbins, Senior Research Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., New York City: 1945.
- Charles Leslie Stevenson, Deceased. Philosophy: 1945.
- Dean Stanley Tarbell, Deceased. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University: 1945, 1961.
- Lawrance Thompson, Deceased. American Literature: 1945.
- Mabel Frances Timlin, Deceased. Economics: 1945.
- Frank Vavruska, Deceased. Fine Art-Painting: 1945.
- Frede Vidar, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1945.
- Rudolph Charles von Ripper, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1945, 1947.
- Bernard Weinberg, Deceased. Italian: 1945, 1955.
- Brett WestonBrett WestonBrett Weston was an American photographer and grew up in LA. He was the second son of photographer Edward Weston. Van Deren Coke, former curator of the San Francisco Museum of Art referred to Brett Weston as the "child genius of American photography." Brett began taking photographs in 1925 and...
, Deceased. Photography: 1945. Appointed as Weston, Theodore Brett. - Frederick Ludwig Will, Deceased. Philosophy: 1945.
- William E. WilsonWilliam E. Wilson (writer)William E. Wilson was the author of eleven books, including The Wabash, and was a professor of fiction writing and literature at Indiana University from 1950 to 1972.-Biography:...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1945. - C. Vann WoodwardC. Vann WoodwardComer Vann Woodward was a preeminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was considered, along with Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., to be one of the most influential historians of the postwar era, 1940s-1970s, both by scholars and by...
, Deceased. U.S. History: 1945, 1959.
1945 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows
- Eduardo Aguirre Pequeño, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nuevo León: 1945.
- José Alonso, Sculptor: 1945, 1946.
- Sigurd Arentsen Steeger, Plant Physiologist, Los Angeles, Chile: 1945.
- Gerardo Augusto Canet y Alvarez, Retired Geographer, Bethesda, Maryland: 1945, 1947.
- Carlos Ulrrico CescoCarlos Ulrrico CescoCarlos Ulrico Cesco was an Argentine astronomer. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina.He discovered numerous asteroids.The Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory is named after him....
, Director, Félix Aguilar Astrono mical Observatory, San Juan, Argentina: 1945. - John Corominas, Deceased. Linguistics: 1945, 1948, 1957.
- Jesús Escobedo Trejo, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1945.
- José Jesús Estable, Pharmacology Professor at the Faculty of Medicine:1945:1947
- Alfonso Graña, Deceased. Medicine: 1945.
- Rafael Laguardia, Professor of Mathematics and Director, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of the Republic, Montevideo: 1945.
- Juan A. Orrego-Salas, Composer; Professor Emeritus of Music and Former Director, Latin American Music Center, Indiana University: 1945, 1954.
- Luis René Rivas y Díaz, Fishery Research Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami: 1945, 1946.
- Bernardo Villa Ramírez, Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Head, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico: 1945, 1946.
See also
- Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...