1956 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

• Adam Abruzzi, Engineering: 1956.
• Edward Allen Adelberg, Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics, Yale University: 1956, 1965.
• Max Alfert, Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of California, Berkeley: 1956.
• Roger William Anliker, Painter; Professor Emeritus of Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University: 1956.
• Gustaf Olof Svante Arrhenius, Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego: 1956.
• William Ayres Arrowsmith, Classics: 1956.
• John Arthos, Hereward T. Price Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan: 1956.
• Karl Aschenbrenner, Philosophy: 1956.
• Donald Leslie Augustine, Medicine: 1956.
• Margaret Kirkland Avison, Poet, Toronto: 1956.
• Herschel Clay Baker, Literary Criticism: 1956, 1963.
• Edward William Barankin, Mathematics: 1956.
• Richard Bardolph, Jefferson Standard Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: 1956.
• Walter Jackson Bate
  Walter Jackson Bate
  Walter Jackson Bate was an American literary critic and biographer. He was born in Mankato, Minnesota.He is known for two Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies, of John Keats and Samuel Johnson...
  
  , 19th Century English Literature: 1956, 1965.
• William Jack Baumol
  William Baumol
  William Jack Baumol is an American economist. He is a professor of economics at New York University and is also affiliated with Princeton University. Baumol has written extensively about labor market and other economic factors that affect the economy. He also made valuable contributions to the...
  
  , Joseph Douglas Green, 1895, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Princeton University; Professor of Economics, New York University: 1956.
• Marvin Burton Becker, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Michigan: 1956.
• Jack Leonard Benson, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Art History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: 1956.
• Stewart D. Bloom, Senior Staff Physicist, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics, University of California, Davis: 1956.
• Heinz Bluhm, Professor Emeritus of Germanic Studies, Boston College: 1956.
• George Boas
  George Boas
  George Boas was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in Philosophy there, after which he studied...
  
  , Philosophy: 1956.
• David M. Bonner, Biochemistry: 1956.
• Wayne Clayson Booth, George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English and of the Humanities, University of Chicago: 1956, 1969.
• Ralph Wilfred Borge, Painter; Professor of Painting and Drawing, California College of Arts and Crafts: 1956.
• Arthur J. Boucot, Distinguished Professor of Zoology & Geology, Oregon State University: 1956.
• Daniel C. Boughner, Renaissance Studies: 1956, 1958.
• Peter Muschamp Boyd-Bowman, Emeritus Professor of Spanish Linguistics, State University of New York at Buffalo: 1956.
• Nathan Broder, Music Research: 1956.
• Harvey Brooks, Professor of Technology and Public Policy Emeritus, Harvard University: 1956.
• Reuben Arthur Brower, English Literature: 1956, 1965.
• Allan H. Brown, Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Pennsylvania: 1956.
• E. Cary Brown, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1956.
• Spencer Wharton Brown, Biology-Plant Science: 1956.
• Stuart MacDonald Brown, Jr., Philosophy: 1956.
• Gene Blakely Carpenter, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Brown University: 1956.
• Peter Charanis
  Peter Charanis
  Peter Charanis was a Greece born American scholar of Byzantium and the Voorhees Professor of History at Rutgers University. Dr. Charanis was long associated with the Dumbarton Oaks research library.Dr. Charanis was born in Lemnos, Greece...
  
  , History: 1956.
• Vernon H. Cheldelin, Chemistry: 1956.
• Huai Chang Chiang, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota: 1956.
• Arthur LeRoy Cohen, Professor of Botany and Biological Sciences, Washington State University: 1956.
• I. Bernard Cohen
  I. Bernard Cohen
  I. Bernard Cohen was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, Isaac Newton....
  
  , Victor S. Thomas Professor Emeritus of the History of Science, Harvard University: 1956.
• Robert Greer Cohn, Professor of French, Stanford University: 1956, 1985.
• Julian David Cole, Mathematics: 1956.
• Pleasant J. Conkwright, Jr., Fine Arts Research: 1956.
• Elias James Corey
  Elias James Corey
  Elias James Corey is an American organic chemist. In 1990 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis...
  
  , Sheldon Emery Professor of Organic Chemistry, Harvard University: 1956, 1968.
• Israel I. Cornet, Engineering: 1956.
• Frank Albert Cotton, W.T. Dougherty-Welch Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Texas A& M University: 1956, 1989.
• William Garrett Crane, Renaissance Studies: 1956.
• John Thomas Curtis
  John Thomas Curtis
  John Thomas Curtis was an American botanist and plant ecologist. He is particularly known for his lasting contribution to the development of numerical methods in ecology. Together with J...
  
  , Biology-Plant Ecology: 1942, 1956.
• Hans Theodor A. David, Music Research: 1956.
• Sidney Davidson, Ernst & Young Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, University of Chicago: 1956.
• Moshe Davis
  Moshe Davis
  Moshe Davis was a rabbi and a scholar of American Jewish history who taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Hebrew University....
  
  , U.S. History: 1956.
• Thomas Edward Davitt, Law: 1956.
• Christopher Mounsey Dawson, Classics: 1956.
• Glanville Downey, Classics: 1956.
• Louisa Dresser, Deceased Trustee, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts: 1956.
• Walter Francis Richard Edgell, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Purdue University: 1956.
• Søren Christian Egerod, East Asian Studies: 1956.
• Lorenz Edwin Alfred Eitner, Osgood Hooker Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, Stanford University: 1956.
• William Hanna Elder, William Rucker Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia: 1956.
• Theodore Enns, Physics: 1956.
• Emil Ludwig Fackenheim, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Toronto: 1956.
• W. Conard Fernelius, Chemistry: 1956.
• Henry George Fischer, Lila Acheson Wallace Research Curator Emeritus of Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1956.
• Carlisle Floyd
  Carlisle Floyd
  Carlisle Floyd is an American opera composer. The son of a Methodist minister, he based many of his works on themes from the South...
  
  , Composer, Houston, Texas; Professor Emeritus of Music, University of Houston: 1956.
• Sherman Frankel, Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania: 1956, 1978.
• William Frederick Fry, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison: 1956.
• Roland Mushat Frye, Chairman, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ: 1956, 1973.
• Wolfgang Heinrich Fuchs, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Cornell University: 1956.
• Harry Wilks Fulbright, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Rochester: 1956.
• Hans Wilhelm Gatzke, German and East European History: 1956.
• Perry W. Gilbert, Biology & Ecology: 1956, 1963.
• Myron Piper Gilmore, Law, Renaissance Studies: 1956.
• Thomas Paton Goodman, Engineering: 1956.
• Robert Aaron Gordon, Economics: 1956.
• Charles Mayo Goss, History of Science: 1956.
• David Granick, Economic History: 1956.
• Melvin Martin Green, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of California, Davis: 1956, 1968.
• Albert J. Guerard
  Albert J. Guerard
  Albert Joseph Guerard was an American critic, novelist, and professor. He was born in Houston, Texas, and educated at Stanford University, , and Harvard University, .-Life:...
  
  , Albert Guerard Professor Emeritus of Literature, Stanford University: 1956.
• Edmund Thomas Haines, Music Composition: 1956, 1957.
• Mason Haire, Professor Emeritus of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1956.
• Seymour Putterman Halbert, Former Vice President for Research and Development, Cordis Research Corporation, Miami, Florida: 1956.
• Oscar Halecki, German & East European History: 1956.
• Joseph Pratt Harris, Political Science: 1956.
• Joseph Lawson Hodges, Jr., Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley: 1956.
• Brian Francis Hoffman, David Hosack Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University: 1956.
• Vivian Constance Hopkins, American Literature: 1956.
• Leo Hughes, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Texas at Austin: 1956.
• John P. Hultberg, Artist, New York City: 1956.
• Raymond M. Immerwahr, Professor Emeritus of German, University of Western Ontario: 1956.
• John David Jackson
  J. D. Jackson
  John David Jackson is a Canadian–American physics professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
  
  , Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley: 1956.
• William Jaffé, Economics: 1956.
• Myron A. Jeppesen, Physics: 1956.
• Edgar Johnson, 19th Century English Literature: 1956, 1966.
• Paul Alfred Jorgensen, Professor Emeritus of English, University of California, Los Angeles: 1956.
• Nathan Kaliss, Senior Staff Scientist Emeritus, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine: 1956.
• Martin David Kamen
  Martin Kamen
  Martin David Kamen , a physicist inside the Manhattan project. Together with Sam Ruben, he co-discovered the isotope carbon-14 on February 27, 1940, at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley....
  
  , Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego: 1956, 1972.
• David Karp, Writer, New York City: 1956.
• Lloyd A. W. Kasten, Solalinde Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Wisconsin–Madison: 1956.
• Joseph J. Katz, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL: 1956
• Walter Joseph Kauzmann
  Walter Kauzmann
  Walter J. Kauzmann was an American chemist and professor emeritus of Princeton University. He was noted for his work in both physical chemistry and biochemistry. His most important contribution was recognizing that the hydrophobic effect plays a key role in determining the three-dimensional...
  
  , David B. Jones Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Princeton University: 1956, 1974.
• John Haskell Kemble, U.S. History: 1956.
• William Hugh Kenner, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Georgia: 1956, 1963.
• John Edgar Kilpatrick, Chemistry: 1956.
• Earl Kim
  Earl Kim
  Earl Kim was a Korean-American composer.Kim was born in Dinuba, California, to immigrant Korean parents. He began piano studies at age ten and soon developed an interest in composition, studying in Los Angeles and Berkeley with, among others, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch, and Roger Sessions...
  
  , Composer; James Edward Ditson Professor Emeritus of Music, Harvard University: 1956.
• Robert Starr Kinsman, Professor Emeritus of English, University of California, Los Angeles: 1956.
• Gordon Macdonald Kirkwood, Frederic J. Whiton Professor Emeritus of Classics, Cornell University: 1956.
• Bernard M. Knox, Professor Emeritus of Greek, Yale University and Director Emeritus, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C.: 1956.
• James Stark Koehler, Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 1956.
• Gwin Jackson Kolb, Chester D. Tripp Professor Emeritus of English, University of Chicago: 1956.
• Josef Korbel
  Josef Korbel
  Josef Korbel was a Czechoslovakian diplomat and U.S. educator, who is now best known as the father of Bill Clinton's Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, and the mentor of George W...
  
  , Russian Studies: 1956.
• Murray Krieger
  Murray Krieger
  Murray Krieger was an American literary critic and theorist. He was a professor at the University of Iowa from 1963, and then the University of California, Irvine.He was born in Newark, New Jersey...
  
  , University Professor of English, University of California, Irvine: 1956, 1961.
• Roger Edward Kuntz
  Roger Edward Kuntz
  Roger Edward Kuntz was an American landscape painter and a member of the Claremont Group of painters - professors and graduates of Pomona College, Scripps College, and the Claremont Graduate School.- Life and work :...
  
  , Fine Arts-Painting: 1956.
• Stephan Kuttner
  Stephan Kuttner
  Stephan George Kuttner , an expert in Canon Law, was recognized as a leader in the discovery, interpretation and analysis of important texts and manuscripts that are key to understanding the evolution of legal systems from Roman law to modern constitutional law.-Biography:Born in Bonn, Germany,...
  
  , Law: 1956, 1966.
• Ezra Laderman
  Ezra Laderman
  Ezra Laderman is an American composer of classical music.-Biography:His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Though poor, the family had a piano. Ezra writes, "At four, I was improvising at the piano; at seven, I began to compose music, writing it down...
  
  , Composer; Dean, Yale School of Music: 1956, 1958, 1964.
• Richard David Lambert, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania: 1956.
• Gustave Lanctot
  Gustave Lanctot
  Gustave Lanctot, OC, FRSC, also spelled Gustave Lanctôt, was a Canadian historian and archivist.Born in Saint-Constant, Quebec, he studied law at Université de Montréal and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1907. A Rhodes Scholar, he studied political science and history from 1909 to 1911 while at...
  
  , British History: 1956, 1957.
• Ruth Catherine Lawson, Political Science: 1956.
• Robert L. Letsinger, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University: 1956.
• Milton Levy, Biochemistry: 1956.
• Oscar Lewis
  Oscar Lewis
  Oscar Lewis was an American anthropologist who is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and for postulating that there was a cross-generational culture of poverty among poor people that transcended national boundaries...
  
  , Anthropology: 1956, 1962.
• Kathleen Martha Lynch, 16th and 17th Century English Literature: 1956.
• Wallace T. MacCaffrey
  Wallace T. MacCaffrey
  Wallace T. MacCaffrey is Professor Emeritus of History at Harvard University. He is a graduate ofReed College and Harvard University. He also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles and Haverford College. Among his awards is a Guggenheim fellowship...
  
  , Francis Lee Higginson Professor Emeritus of History, Harvard University: 1956, 1982.
• R. Stuart Mackay, Physics: 1956, 1957.
• Arthur John Madden, Jr., Chemistry: 1956.
• Joseph Marin, Engineering: 1956.
• William Leitch Marshall, Jr., Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory: 1956.
• Richard Burroughs Mather, Emeritus Professor of Chinese, University of Minnesota: 1956.
• Sigurd W. Melsted, Biology-Plant Science: 1956.
• Jan Meyerowitz, Music Composition: 1956, 1958.
• John Leon Mish, Far Eastern Studies: 1956.
• Kurt Martin Mislow, Hugh Scott Taylor Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Princeton University: 1956, 1974.
• Edwin Evariste Moise, Mathematics: 1956.
• Charles Merrill Mount, Writer and Portrait Painter, Washington, DC: 1956.
• George L. Mueller, Painter, Whiting, New Jersey: 1956.
• Harry Miles Muheim, Writer, San Francisco, California: 1956.
• Frederick Ludwig Mulhauser, 19th Century English Literature: 1956.
• Siemon William Muller, Earth Science: 1956.
• Kurt H. Nadelmann, Law: 1956.
• Robert Sterling Neuman, Painter; Emeritus Professor of Art, Keene State College, University of New Hampshire: 1956.
• Herbert Mark Neustadt, Retired Associate Professor of Electronics, U.S. Naval Academy: 1956, 1957.
• James Hastings Nichols, U.S. History:1956.
• Donald S. Noyce, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley: 1956.
• Richard Offner, Fine Arts Research: 1956.
• Ned O'Gorman
  Ned O'Gorman
  - Biographical notes :Born Edward Charles O'Gorman to Annette de Bouthillier-Chavigny and Samuel Franklin Engs O'Gorman in New York City, Ned O'Gorman spent most of his early life in Southport, Connecticut, and Bradford, Vermont. In 1950, he graduated from St. Michael's College in Vermont and later...
  
  , Poet, New York City: 1956, 1962.
• Tryggvi Julius Oleson, Medieval History: 1956.
• Felix Oppenheim, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: 1956.
• Harold E. Pearson, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine: 1956.
• Russell Allen Peck, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Physics, Brown University: 1956.
• Robert Louis Pecsok, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa: 1956.
• Margaret Williams Pepperdene, Ellen Douglass Leyburn Professor Emeritus of English, Agnes Scott College: 1956.
• Redding Francis Perry, Non-Fiction: 1956.
• Gerald Cleveland Phillips, Physics: 1956.
• John Gardner Phillips, Astronomy: 1956.
• Richard Edgar Pipes, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University: 1956, 1965.
• Robert Louis Politzer, Linguistics: 1956.
• Earl Pomeroy, Beekman Professor Emeritus of Northwest and Pacific History, University of Oregon: 1956, 1971.
• Nicholas N. Poppe, East Asian Studies: 1956.
• Alf Erling Porsild, Biology-Plant Science: 1956.
• George William Potter, Non-Fiction: 1956.
• William S. Powell
  William S. Powell
  William S. Powell is an American historian, writer and academic. He is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having retired in 1986.He received the North Carolina Award for literature in 2000...
  
  , Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1956.
• Leona E. Prasse, Fine Arts Research: 1956.
• Andre Racz, Fine Arts: 1956.
• Robert Lawrence Rands, Professor of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University: 1956.
• R. John Rath, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Minnesota: 1956.
• Felix Reichmann, Professor Emeritus of Bibliography, Cornell University: 1956.
• Donald Montgomery Reynolds, Associate Professor Emeritus of Bacteriology, University of California, Davis: 1956.
• John Hamilton Reynolds, Physics: 1956, 1986.
• Francis Asbury Richards, Oceanography: 1956.
• David M. Robb, Professor Emeritus of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania: 1956.
• Sidney Roberts, Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles: 1956.
• Paul McDonald Robinett, U.S. History: 1956.
• George Rochberg
  George Rochberg
  George Rochberg was an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Life:Rochberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended the Mannes College of Music, where his teachers included George Szell and Hans Weisse, and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Rosario Scalero and...
  
  , Composer; Annenberg Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania: 1956, 1966.
• William S. Rodney, Adjunct Research Professor of Physics, Georgetown University: 1956.
• Earl R. Rolph, Economics: 1956.
• Christian S. Rondestvedt, Jr., Retired Senior Research Associate (Chemistry), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware: 1956.
• Frank Rooney, Fiction: 1956.
• Clemens Carel Johannes Roothaan, Louis Block Professor of Physics, University of Chicago: 1956.
• Malvin Avram Ruderman, Centennial Professor of Physics, Columbia University: 1956, 1979.
• Paul G. Ruggiers, David Ross Boyd Professor of English, University of Oklahoma: 1956.
• John Joseph Ryan, Jr., Deceased, Medieval History: 1956.
• Kanjyo Sakimura, Deceased Honorary Associate in Entomology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu; Affiliate Member, Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa: 1956.
• David S. Saxon
  David S. Saxon
  David S. Saxon was an American physicist and educator who served as the President of the University of California system as well as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation.Saxon was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended MIT where he earned...
  
  , Chairman of the Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1956, 1961.
• Howard K. Schachman, Professor of the Graduate School, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Research Biochemist, Virus Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley: 1956.
• Thomas A. Schafer, Professor Emeritus of Church History, McCormack Theological Seminary, Chicago: 1956.
• Harold Abraham Scheraga, Todd Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Cornell University: 1956, 1962.
• Leonard Isaac Schiff, Particle Physics: 1956.
• Fred Henry Schmidt, Physics: 1956.
• Jacob Schmookler
  Jacob Schmookler
  - Theoretical contributions :Jacob Schmookler was the first economist successfully to explore statistically the economics of technological innovation at a detailed industry level. He crystallized the notion of endogenous technological change and its influence on economic growth two decades before...
  
  , Economics: 1956.
• Alan Leo Schneider, Theatre Arts: 1956.
• Samuel Schoenbaum
  Samuel Schoenbaum
  Samuel Schoenbaum was a leading 20th century Shakespearean biographer and scholar.Born in New York, Schoenbaum taught at Northwestern University from 1953 to 1975, serving for the last four years of this period as the Frank Bliss Snyder Professor of English Literature. He later taught at the City...
  
  , 16th and 17th Century English Literature: 1956, 1969.
• Charles Arthur Schroeder, Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of California, Los Angeles: 1956.
• Egon Schwarz, Rosa May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Washington University: 1956.
• Zdenek Sekera, Astronomy-Astrophycis: 1956, 1960.
• Robert Serber
  Robert Serber
  Robert Serber was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he was the eldest son of David Serber and Rose Frankel. He married Charlotte Leof in 1933. Rose Serber died in 1922; David married Charlotte's cousin Frances Leof in...
  
  , Physics: 1956.
• Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant
  Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant
  Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant was an American journalist and writer....
  
  , Deceased, American Literature: 1956.
• Paul L-M Serruys, Professor Emeritus of Chinese and East Asian Studies, University of Washington: 1956.
• Milton Clayton Shaw, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Arizona State University: 1956.
• David Shemin, Deceased, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: 1956, 1970.
• Arthur Sherbo, Professor Emeritus of English, Michigan State University: 1956.
• Seymour J. Shifrin, Deceased, Music Composition: 1956, 1959.
• Seymour Slive, Gleason Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University: 1956, 1978.
• W. Eugene Smith
  W. Eugene Smith
  William Eugene Smith was an American photojournalist known for his refusal to compromise professional standards and his brutally vivid World War II photographs.- Life and work :...
  
  , Photography: 1956, 1957, 1968.
• Lewis William Spitz, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of History, Stanford University: 1956.
• David Spring, Emeritus Professor of History, The Johns Hopkins University: 1956.
• Jack Steinberger
  Jack Steinberger
  Jack Steinberger is a German-American physicist currently residing near Geneva, Switzerland. He co-discovered the muon neutrino, along with Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, for which they were given the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Life:...
  
  , Retired Senior Physicist, CERN, Geneva; Adjunct Professor of Physics, Columbia University: 1956.
• Clarence Sterling, Deceased, Biology-Plant Science: 1956, 1963.
• Wilma Dykeman Stokely
  Wilma Dykeman
  Wilma Dykeman Stokely was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction whose works chronicled the people and land of Appalachia.-Biography:...
  
  , Writer, Newport, Tennessee: 1956. aka Dykeman, Wilma.
• Joseph Ward Straley, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1956.
• Clara M. Szego, Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles: 1956.
• Charles Tanford
  Charles Tanford
  Charles Tanford was an author and one of the preeminent protein chemists of his generation. He died in York, England on October 1, 2009.-Life:Charles was born in Halle, Germany in 1921 to Majer and Charlotte Tannenbaum...
  
  , James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Duke University: 1956.
• Georges M. Temmer, Physics: 1956.
• Leonid Michael Tichvinsky, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley: 1956.
• Cornelius A. Tobias, Deceased, Biochemistry—Molecular Biology: 1956.
• William E. Truce, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Purdue University: 1956.
• Clifford Ambrose Truesdell, III
  Clifford Truesdell
  Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III was an American mathematician, natural philosopher, historian of science, and polemicist.-Life:...
  
  , Professor Emeritus of Rational Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University: 1956.
• Stanley Twardowicz
  Stanley Twardowicz
  Stanley Twardowicz was an American abstract painter and photographer. Twardowicz was born in Detroit, and studied at the Meinzinger Art School during World War II as well as working in a tank factory....
  
  , Painter; Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Hofstra University: 1956.
• Adam Bruno Ulam
  Adam Ulam
  Adam Bruno Ulam was a Polish and American historian and political scientist at Harvard University. Ulam was one of the world's foremost authorities on Russia and the Soviet Union, and author of twenty books and many articles.-Biography:...
  
  , Deceased, Russian History: 1956, 1969.
• Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Deceased, Music Composition: 1956, 1960.
• Linda Van Norden, Deceased, 16th & 17th Century English: 1956.
• Felix Marc Hermann Villars, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1956.
• Heinz von Foerster
  Heinz von Foerster
  Heinz von Foerster was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy. Together with Warren McCulloch, Norbert Wiener, John von Neumann, Lawrence J. Fogel, and others, Heinz von Foerster was an architect of cybernetics.-Biography:Von Foerster was born in 1911 in Vienna, Austria,...
  
  , Professor Emeritus of Biophysics and of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 1956, 1963.
• David R. Wagoner, Writer, Edmonds, Washington; Professor of English, University of Washington: 1956.
• Roland Leslie Warren, Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies, Brandeis University: 1956.
• Victor Frederick Weisskopf
  Victor Frederick Weisskopf
  Victor Frederick Weisskopf was an Austrian-born Jewish American theoretical physicist. He did postdoctoral work with Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr...
  
  , Institute Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1956.
• Donald Wetzel
  Donald Wetzel
  Donald C. Wetzel is an American engineer, known for holding the USA patent to the automatic teller machine.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana he graduated from Jesuit High School and got a...
  
  , Writer, Flagstaff, AZ: 1956.
• Harry Blackmore Whittington, Woodwardian Professor Emeritus of Geology, University of Cambridge: 1956.
• Matthew Immanuel Wiencke, Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College: 1956.
• Cornelis Adrianus Gerrit Wiersma, Biology: 1956.
• Frederick D. Wilhelmsen, Professor of Philosophy and Politics, University of Dallas: 1956.
• Aubrey Lake Williams, Jr., Graduate Research Professor of English, University of Florida: 1956.
• T. Harry Williams
  T. Harry Williams
  Thomas Harry Williams was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight years until his death at the age of seventy...
  
  , U.S. History: 1956.
• Robert W. Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Paleontology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Adjunct Professor of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas: 1956.
• Richard Kenelm Winslow, Composer; John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, Wesleyan University: 1956.
• George Winter, Deceased, Engineering: 1956.
• William L. Winter, Professor Emeritus of History, Central Connecticut State College: 1956.
• Hans M. Wolff, Deceased, Germanics: 1956.
• Leonard Ernest Woodbury, Deceased, Classics: 1956.
• James Leslie Woodress, Jr., Professor Emeritus of English, University of California, Davis: 1956.

1956 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

• Samuel Barocio Barrios, Deceased, Mathematics: 1956.
• Esteban Boltovskoy, Deceased, Earth Science: 1956.
• Carlos Botto Vallarino, Composer; Professor of Music, University of Chile: 1956.
• Alceu Lemos de Castro, Zoologist, National Museum, Rio de Janeiro: 1956.
• Amadeu Cury, Professor of Microbiology and Dean, University of Brasilia: 1956.
• Jaime Díaz Moreno, Professor of Plant Pathology, Central University of Ecuador; Director, Department of Industrial Promotion, National Financial Corporation, Quito: 1956.
• Aquiles Escalante Polo, Sociologist, Barranquilla, Colombia: 1956.
• Alberto Rex González, Professor of Archaeology, National University of Comahue, Argentina: 1956, 1966, 1967.
• Geoffrey Lamont Holder, Painter, Writer, and Choreographer, New York City: 1956.
• Lorenzo Homar
  Lorenzo Homar
  Lorenzo Homar , is considered by many to be Puerto Rico's greatest graphic artist.-Early years:Homar, born in the "Barrio" Puerta de Tierra of San Juan, Puerto Rico, inherited his love for the arts from both of his parents. His father was an arts promoter and his mother a pianist. He went to...
  
  , Painter-Print Maker, Miramar, Puerto Rico: 1956.
• Günter Lumer, Professor of Mathematics, State University at Mons, Belgium: 1956.
• José Maceda
  José Maceda
  José Maceda was a Filipino composer and ethnomusicologist.-Life:Maceda was born in Manila, the Philippines. He studied piano, composition and musical analysis at École Normale de Musique de Paris. After returning to his native country, he became a professional pianist...
  
  , Chairman and Professor Emeritus, Department of Music Research, University of the Philippines, Quezon City: 1956.
• Luis Münch Paniagua, Astronomer: 1956.
• Tulio Pizzi Pozzi, Professor of General Pathology, University of Chile: 1956, 1958.
• José Ploper, Technical Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucumán; As sociate Professor of Agriculture, National University of Tucumán : 1956, 1960.
• Juan Francisco Recalde, Surgeon; Professor Emeritus of Surgery, National University of Ansunción: 1956.
• Adolfo Max Rothschild, Retired Professor of Pharmacology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Ribeirao Preto: 1956, 1957.
• Carmen Velasquez, Deceased, Biology: 1956, 1962.
• Gregorio T. Velasquez, Deceased, Biology-Plant Science:1956.
• Orlando Eugenio Villamayor, Professor of Mathematics, University of Buenos Aires: 1956.
• Pedro E. Zadunaisky
  Pedro E. Zadunaisky
  Pedro Elias Zadunaisky was an Argentine astronomer and mathematician who plotted the orbit of Saturn's most-distant moon, Phoebe, as well as several comets including Halley's Comet, and various satellites including Explorer I.He lived and died in Argentina...
  
  , Head, Department of Applied Mathematics, National Commission for Space Reearch, San Miguel: 1956, 1977.
• Rodrigo Zeledón Araya, Professor of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica: 1956, 1958, 1959.