List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1949
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1949 U.S. and Canadian Fellows
- Robert Sharon Allen, Deceased. General Nonfiction: 1949.
- Emmett Langdon Avery, Deceased. 18th Century English Literature: 1949.
- M. Margaret Ball, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Duke University: 1949.
- Edward Norton Barnhart, Deceased. Psychology and Political Science: 1949.
- Simon Harvey Bauer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Cornell University: 1949.
- Earl Francis Beach, Economist: 1949
- Elias J. Bickerman, Deceased. Classics: 1949, 1959.
- Hyman BloomHyman BloomHyman Bloom was a painter. His work is influenced by his Jewish heritage, Eastern religions as well as artists including Altdorfer, Grunewald, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, William Blake, Rudolph Bresdin, J.M.W...
, Artist, Nashua, New Hampshire: 1949. - Morton Wilfred Bloomfield, Deceased: Medieval Studies: 1949, 1964.
- Arna BontempsArna BontempsArnaud "Arna" Wendell Bontemps was an American poet and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.- Life and career :...
, Deceased. Biography: 1949. - Muriel Virginia Bradley, Deceased. Plant Biology: 1949.
- Helene M. Brewer, Professor Emeritus of English, Queens College, City University of New York: 1949. Appointed as Hooker, Helene Maxwell.
- Leo BrewerLeo BrewerLeo Brewer 1919-2005 was an American physical chemist, considered by many to be the founder of modern high-temperature chemistry. He was born 13 June 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri and died 22 February 2005 in Lafayette, California, of the sequelae of Beryllium poisoning from his work in World War II...
, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley: 1949. - Elmer Grimshaw Butler, Deceased: Biology: 1949.
- John CageJohn CageJohn Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
, Deceased. Music Composition: 1949. - Beekman Cox Cannon, Professor Emeritus of the History of Music, Yale University: 1949.
- Hadley CantrilHadley Cantril-Biography:Born in Utah, he was educated at Dartmouth College and received his Ph.D. from Harvard. He joined the faculty of Princeton in 1936 and later became chairman of Princeton University Department of Psychology...
, Deceased. Psychology: 1949. - Marvin Carmack, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Indiana University: 1949.
- Carl Vincent Confer, Professor Emeritus of History, Syracuse University: 1949.
- Eldzier CortorEldzier CortorEldzier Cortor is an African-American artist and printmaker. His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings, influenced by both traditional African art and European surrealism.-Life and career:...
, Artist, New York City: 1949. - Robert MacGregor DawsonRobert MacGregor DawsonRobert MacGregor Dawson was a Canadian political scientist and academic. He is best known as the author of the 1947 textbook, The Government of Canada....
, Deceased. Political Science: 1949. - Raymond Adrien de Roover, Deceased. Economics: 1949, 1952.
- Richard Mercer Dorson, Deceased. Folklore and Folk Music: 1949, 1964, 1971.
- Michael DoudoroffMichael DoudoroffMichael Doudoroff was an American microbiologist who discovered with Nathan Entner microbial pathway for glucose degradation in some bacteria. Nowadays it is known as Entner–Doudoroff pathway. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia but moved to San Francisco when he was 12 years old...
, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1949. - Isidore DyenIsidore DyenIsidore Dyen was an American linguist, Professor Emeritus of Malayo-Polynesian and Comparative Linguistics at Yale University...
, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Linguistics and Austronesian Languages, Yale University: 1949, 1964. - Richard David Ellmann, Deceased. 19th & 20th Century English Literature: 1949, 1957, 1970.
- Murray B. Emeneau, Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and General Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley: 1949, 1956.
- Duncan Black Macdonald Emrich, Deceased. Folklore: 1949.
- George E. Erikson, Professor Emeritus of Medical Science, Brown University; President, Erikson Biographical Institute, Inc.: 1949.
- William Oliver Everson, Deceased. Poetry: 1949.
- Archibald Smith Foord, Deceased. British History: 1949, 1968.
- George M. Foster, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley: 1949.
- Sydney Joseph FreedbergSydney Joseph FreedbergSydney Joseph Freedberg was an art historian who was chief curator of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC....
, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1949, 1954. - Wendell Hinkle Furry, Deceased. Particle Physics: 1949.
- John Waldhorn Gassner, Deceased. Theatre Arts: 1949.
- Paul Wallace Gates, John Stambaugh Professor Emeritus of History, Cornell University: 1949.
- Irving Goodman, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1949, 1950.
- Eleanor Green, Writer, Sherman, Connecticut: 1949, 1950.
- Irwin Clyde GunsalusIrwin GunsalusIrwin C. "Gunny" Gunsalus was an American biochemist who discovered the lipoic acid, a vitamin-like substance that has been used as a treatment for chronic liver disease, and pyridoxal phosphate, one of the active forms of vitamin B6...
, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 1949, 1959, 1967. - Emil Walter HauryEmil HauryEmil Walter "Doc" Haury was an influential archaeologist who specialized in the archaeology of the American Southwest....
, Deceased. Anthropology: 1949. - Virgil Barney Heltzel, Deceased. 16th & 17th C English Literature: 1949, 1950, 1965.
- Elwood Henneman, Deceased. Neuroscience: 1949.
- Rackham Holt, Deceased. Biography: 1949.
- Robert Stuart Hoyt, Deceased. Medieval History: 1949.
- Doris HumphreyDoris HumphreyDoris Batcheller Humphrey was a dancer and choreographer of the early twentieth century. Humphrey was born in Oak Park, Illinois but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Horace Buckingham Humphrey and Julia Ellen Wells and was a descendant of pilgrim William Brewster...
, Deceased. Dance: 1949. - George Evelyn Hutchinson, Deceased. Biology: 1949, 1957.
- Martin Jackson, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1949, 1950.
- Robert A. Kann, Deceased. German & East European History: 1949.
- Wilfred Kaplan, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan: 1949.
- Gerald Raymond Kechley, Composer; Professor Emeritus of Music, University of Washington: 1949, 1950.
- Stephen Cole KleeneStephen Cole KleeneStephen Cole Kleene was an American mathematician who helped lay the foundations for theoretical computer science...
, Deceased. Mathematics: 1949. - Frederick Otto Koenig, Deceased. Chemistry: 1949, 1950.
- Emil Jan Konopinski, Deceased. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics, Indiana University: 1949.
- Philip B. Kurland, Deceased. Law: 1949, 1955.
- James Craig La Drière, Deceased. Literary Criticism: 1949.
- John La Touche, Deceased. Drama: 1949.
- Arthur Stanley Link, Deceased. U. S. History: 1949.
- Peter Lipman-Wulf, Deceased. Fine Arts-Sculpture: 1949.
- Albert Bates LordAlbert LordAlbert Bates Lord was a professor of Slavic and comparative literature at Harvard University who, after the death of Milman Parry, carried on that scholar's research into epic literature.-Personal life:...
, Deceased. Folklore and Folk Music: 1949. - George Robert Lunz, Deceased. Biology: 1949.
- Cora Elizabeth Lutz, Deceased. Medieval Studies: 1949, 1954.
- George Whitelaw Mackey, Landon T. Clay Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Theoretical Science, Harvard University: 1949, 1961, 1970.
- Jean Paul Malaquais, Novelist, Paris: 1949.
- María Rosa Lida de MalkielMaría Rosa Lida de MalkielMaría Rosa Lida de Malkiel, born Maria Rosa Lida , was an Argentine philologist. Notable as an Hispanist medievalist, she came to the United States on a Rockefeller Foundation program of study...
, Deceased. Spanish: 1949, 1950. - David G. MandelbaumDavid G. MandelbaumDavid Goodman Mandelbaum was an American anthropologist.He majored in anthropology at Northwestern University, studying with Melville J. Herskovits...
, Deceased. Anthropology: 1949. - Daniel Marx, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Economics, Dartmouth College: 1949.
- Abraham Mazur, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, City College, City University of New York: 1949.
- Mary McCarthyMary McCarthy (author)Mary Therese McCarthy was an American author, critic and political activist.- Early life :Born in Seattle, Washington, to Roy Winfield McCarthy and his wife, the former Therese Preston, McCarthy was orphaned at the age of six when both her parents died in the great flu epidemic of 1918...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1949, 1959. - Ruth Allan McIntyre, Deceased. British History: 1949.
- Arthur MendelArthur MendelArthur Mendel was an American musicologist.- Literary works :* music critics on the "Nation" * editor of "The Bach Reader", 1945...
, Deceased. Music Research: 1949. - Peter MenninPeter MenninPeter Mennin was an American composer and teacher. He directed the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, then for many years ran the Juilliard School, succeeding William Schuman in this role...
, Deceased. Music Composition: 1949, 1957. - Bernard Mishkin, Deceased. Non-Fiction: 1949.
- Melvin Spencer NewmanMelvin Spencer NewmanMelvin Spencer Newman was an American chemist, best known for inventing the Newman projection. He was born in New York City, but shortly after his family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was 14, they moved back to New York, where he attended Riverdale County School. From 1925 to 1932 he...
, Deceased: Chemistry: 1949. - Harald Herborg NielsenHarald Herborg NielsenHarald Herborg Nielsen was an American physicist.He was born in Menominee, Michigan to immigrant parents who had moved to the United States from Denmark. His college education was attained at the University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. He then spent a year at the Bohr's Institute in...
, Deceased. Physics: 1949. - Walter J. OngWalter J. OngFather Walter Jackson Ong, Ph.D. , was an American Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, cultural and religious historian and philosopher. His major interest was in exploring how the transition from orality to literacy influenced culture and changed human consciousness...
, S.J., University Professor Emeritus of Humanities, William E. Haren Professor Emeritus of English, and Professor of Humanities Emeritus in Psychiatry, St. Louis University: 1949, 1951. - Arthur Osver, Artist; Professor Emeritus of Painting, Washington University: 1949, 1951.
- Cyrias Ouellet, Professor of Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Laval University: 1949.
- Homer Gordon PageHomer PageHomer Page was an American documentary photographer whose most famous photographs were taken in New York City in 1949-1950, after he received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation....
, Deceased Photographer, Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut: 1949. - George Frederik Papenfuss, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1949.
- Angelo M. Pellegrini, Deceased. General Nonfiction: 1949.
- Frank Alois Pitelka, Research Ecologist, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Professor Emeritus of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley: 1949.
- Samuel Whitehall Putnam, Deceased. Latin American Studies: 1949.
- Sidney Raffel, Professor Emeritus of Medical Microbiology, Stanford University: 1949.
- John Calyer Ranney, Deceased. Political Science: 1949.
- Dora Neill Raymond, Deceased. British History: 1949.
- William Joseph Roach, Deceased. French Literature: 1949, 1956.
- Malcolm MacKenzie Ross, Thomas McCullough Professor Emeritus of English, Dalhousie University: 1949.
- A. Arthur Schiller, Deceased. Political Science and Law: 1949, 1955, 1962.
- Leo Franz Schrade, Deceased. Music Research: 1949, 1951, 1956.
- Bernice Giduz Schubert, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1949.
- Leonard Louis Schwartz, Deceased. Fine Arts - Sculpture: 1949.
- Tibor ScitovskyTibor ScitovskyTibor de Scitovsky, also known as Tibor Scitovsky, , was a Hungarian born, American economist who was best known for his writing on the nature of people's happiness in relation to consumption...
, Eberle Professor Emeritus of Economics, Stanford University: 1949. - Kenneth Meyer Setton, Deceased. Near Eastern Studies: 1949, 1950.
- Jean Joseph Seznec, Deceased. French: 1949.
- Philip Francisco Stapp, Film Maker, Scottsdale, Arizona: 1949.
- Robert Cyril Stebbins, Professor of Zoology and Curator in Herpetology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley: 1949.
- Wallace StegnerWallace StegnerWallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1949, 1952, 1959. - Wylie SypherWylie SypherFeltus Wylie Sypher was an American non-fiction writer and professor.Sypher was born in Mount Kisco, New York to Harry Wylie Sypher and Martha Berry. He graduated from Amherst College in 1927. He received a master's degree from Tufts University in 1929 and became an instructor at Simmons College....
, Deceased. Literary Criticism: 1949, 1958. - Henry TaubeHenry TaubeHenry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the first Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize...
, Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Stanford University: 1949, 1955. - James ThorpeJames Thorpe (academic)James Thorpe He had been the director of the Huntington Library, and a professor of English at Princeton University. He was the author of a biography of the library namesake, Henry Edwards Huntington.He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1949 and 1965.-references:...
, Retired Senior Research Associate, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California: 1949, 1965. - John Wilder Tukey, Deceased. Statistics: 1949.
- Charles UmlaufCharles UmlaufCharles Umlauf was an American sculptor and teacher who was born is South Haven, Michigan.In 1929 he began three years of study with Albin Polasek at the Art Institute of Chicago. He subsequently spent one year as an assistant to Lorado Taft at his Midway Studio before returning to the AIC where...
, Deceased. Fine Arts: Sculpture: 1949. - Claude Alvin Villee, Jr.Claude Alvin Villee, Jr.Claude Alvin Villee Jr. was an American biologist and long-time teacher at Harvard University....
, Andelot Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry, Harvard University: 1949. - David Herschel Volman, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of California, Davis: 1949.
- Victor Wolfgang von HagenVictor Wolfgang von HagenVictor Wolfgang von Hagen was an American explorer, archaeological historian, anthropologist, and travel writer who traveled in South America with his wife...
, Deceased. Biography: 1949, 1950. - Philip Adrian Wadsworth, Deceased. French Literature: 1949.
- Ronald N. Walpole, Deceased. French Literature: 1949.
- Marta Sherman Walters, Research Associate, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden; Research Associate in Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara: 1949.
- Robert E. Ward, Composer; Mary Duke Biddle Professor Emeritus of Composition, Duke University: 1949, 1950, 1966.
- Austin WarrenAustin WarrenAustin Warren was an American literary critic, author, and professor of English.-Childhood and Education:...
, Deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature: 1949. - Gordon Bailey Washburn, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1949.
- Dorothy Walcott Weeks, Deceased. Physics: 1949.
- Harold Edwin Wethey, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1949, 1971.
- Morton Gabriel White, Professor Emeritus and Permanent Member, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey: 1949.
- Howel WilliamsHowel WilliamsHowel Williams was a noted American geologist and volcanologist. He was born of Welsh parents in Liverpool, England, on October 12, 1898. He received a BA in geography in 1923 and an MA in archaeology in 1924 from Liverpool University. He studied geology at the Imperial College of Science and...
, Deceased. Earth Science: 1949, 1957. - Jay WilliamsJay Williams (author)Jay Williams was an American author born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Max and Lillian Jacobson. He cited the experience of growing up as the son of a vaudeville show producer as leading him to pursue his acting career as early as college...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1949. - Edgar Bright Wilson, Jr., Deceased. Chemistry: 1949, 1970.
- Charles Maurice Wiltse, Deceased. Professor Emeritus of History, Dartmouth College: 1949, 1950.
- Bertram D. Wolfe, Deceased. Russian Studies: 1949, 1950, 1953.
- Richard F. Wolfson, Deceased. Law: 1949.
- Adja YunkersAdja YunkersAdja Yunkers was an American abstract painter and printmaker. He was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire in 1900. He studied art in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris, and London. He lived in Paris for 14 years, and then moved to Stockholm in 1939. In Stockholm, he published and edited...
, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1949, 1954. - Laszlo K. Zechmeister, Deceased. Chemistry: 1949.
- Hans Handforth Zinsser, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1949, 1950.
1949 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows
- Aníbal Buitrón Cháves, Retired Anthropologist, Watsonville, California: 1949.
- Roque CorderoRoque CorderoRoque Cordero was a Panamanian composer.-Life:Born in Panama City, he studied composition under Ernst Krenek and conducting under Dimitri Mitropoulos, Stanley Chapple, and Leon Barzin before becoming director of the Institute of Music and Artistic Director and conductor of the National Symphony of...
, Composer; Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music, Illinois State University: 1949. - Ernesto Gutiérrez Ballesteros, Head, Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Public and Tropical Diseases, Mexico, D.F.: 1949.
- Arístides Herrer Alva, National Institute of Health, Lima: 1949.
- Jesús M. Idrobo Muñoz, Professor Emeritus of Botany, National University of Colombia; Botanist, Institute of Natural Sciences, Bogotá: 1949.
- John Lane, Deceased. Biology: 1949.
- Juan Larrea y Celayeta, Deceased. Intellectual History: 1949, 1950.
- Abelardo Moreno Bonilla, Deceased. Geography: 1949, 1950.
- Leopoldo NachbinLeopoldo NachbinLeopoldo Nachbin was a Brazilian mathematician who is best known for Nachbin's theorem.-External links:*...
, Deceased.George Eastman Retired Professor of Mathematics, University of Rochester: 1949, 1957, 1958. - Hermann Niemeyer Fernández, Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Chile: 1949.
- Juan José Parodiz, Deceased. Organismic Biology and Ecology:1949
- Carlos de Paula CoutoCarlos de Paula Couto-Biography:Carlos de Paula Couto, was one of the most important Brazilian paleontologists.Researcher at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, specialized in paleontology of mammals...
, Deceased. Earth Science: 1949, 1951, 1966. - José Pisanty Ovadía, Professor of Physiology, University of Nuevo León: 1949.
- Llewellyn Ivor PriceLlewellyn Ivor PriceLlewellyn Ivor Price was one of the first Brazilian paleontologists.-Biography:Price's work contributed not only to the development of Brazilian but also to global paleontology...
, Deceased. Biology: 1949. - Raúl Esteban Trucco, Director, Research Center for Fisheries Technology, Mar del Plata, Argentina: 1949, 1950.
- Paulo Emilio Vanzolini, Director, Zoological Museum, University of São Paulo: 1949, 1955, 1958.
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...