List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1976
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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1976
Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
Janet L. Abu-Lughod | Social Sciences | Sociology |
Lan Adomián | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
Daniel Albright Daniel Albright Daniel Albright is the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard and the editor of Modernism and Music: An Anthology of Sources. He was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois and completed his undergraduate studies on a full scholarship at Rice. He later received his PhD from Yale... |
Humanities | English Literature |
William H. Albright | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
Dauril Alden | Humanities | Latin American Literature |
Israel David Algranati | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Alexander Alland | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
Hans C. Andersen | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
Jon Anderson Jon Anderson Jon Anderson is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known as the former lead vocalist in the progressive rock band Yes... |
Creative Arts | Poetry |
David Antin David Antin David Antin is a United States poet and critic. In the late 1960s, Antin began performing extemporaneously, improvising "talk poems" at readings and exhibitions... |
Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
James Applewhite James Applewhite James Applewhite is an American poet, and Professor Emeritus in creative writing at Duke University.He graduated from Duke University with a B.A., M.A... |
Creative Arts | Poetry |
William B. Arveson | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
Dennis Ashbaugh Dennis Ashbaugh Dennis John Ashbaugh is an American painter and artist from New York. He is one of the first artists to employ DNA marking patterns in paintings, in his 1992 work Designer Gene. Ashbaugh's use of light and colour in his large-scale paintings of autoradiographs have drawn comparison with Mark Rothko... |
Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
Orley Ashenfelter Orley Ashenfelter Orley Clark Ashenfelter . is an American economist. He is a professor of economics at Princeton University and also the director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University. His areas of specialization include labor economics, econometrics, and law and economics.Born in San... |
Social Sciences | Economics |
John D. Axe | Natural Sciences | Physics |
Tomas Baer | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
Jorge Balán | Social Sciences | Sociology |
Lewis Baltz Lewis Baltz Lewis Baltz is a visual artist and well known photographer who became an important figure in the New Topographic movement of the late 1970s.... |
Creative Arts | Photography |
Russell Banks Russell Banks Russell Banks is an American writer of fiction and poetry.- Biography :Russell Banks was born in Newton, Massachusetts on March 28, 1940. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in upstate New York, and has been named a New York State Author. He is also... |
Creative Arts | Fiction |
Joao Alexandre Costa Barbosa | Humanities | Latin American Literature |
Donald L. Bartel | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
Jesse Lee Beauchamp | Chemistry | |
Michel Beaujour | French Literature | |
Calvin Bedient | English Literature | |
Kenneth Benshoof | Music Composition | |
Joel S. Berke | Education | |
Stephan Berko | Physics | |
Thomas G. Bever | Psychology | |
Carlos Eduardo de Mattos Bicudo | Plant Sciences | |
Ron Blackwelder | Applied Mathematics | |
Judith Blake | Sociology | |
Raymond L. Blakley | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Les Blank Les Blank Les Blank is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.... |
Creative Arts | Film |
Mikhail Bogin | Creative Arts | Film |
Duccio Bonavia Berber | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
Anthony Bonner Anthony Bonner Anthony Bonner is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft. He played six seasons in the NBA for the Kings, New York Knicks, and Orlando Magic averaging 6.9 ppg in his career... |
Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
Patricia U. Bonomi | U.S. History | |
Gerardo Eugenio Bossi | Earth Science | |
Raoul Bott Raoul Bott Raoul Bott, FRS was a Hungarian mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense... |
Mathematics | |
Leslie Brisman | English Literature | |
Gabriel Oliverio Brncic Isaza | Music Composition | |
Paul Brodeur Paul Brodeur Paul Brodeur is an investigative science writer and author, whose writings have appeared in The New Yorker, where he began as a staff writer in 1958. He lives in Cape Cod. For nearly two decades he researched and wrote about the health hazards of asbestos... |
General Nonfiction | |
Rosellen Brown Rosellen Brown Rosellen Brown is an American author, and has been an instructor of English and creative writing at several universities, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Houston... |
Fiction | |
Robert S. Brumbaugh | Philosophy | |
Peter J. Bruns | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Francisco Jorge Bullrich | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
Gordon M. Burghardt | Psychology | |
Peter Busa | Fine Arts | |
Karl W. Butzer | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
Kermit Swiler Champa | Fine Arts Research | |
Steven A. Channing | U.S. History | |
Paul Chihara Paul Chihara Paul Seiko Chihara is an American composer.Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, he spent several years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho.... |
Music Composition | |
William Stephen Childress | Applied Mathematics | |
Anthony Morris Clark | Fine Arts Research | |
S. Marshall Cohen | Philosophy | |
Stephen F. Cohen | Russian History | |
George A. Collier | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
Gustavo Costa | Italian Literature | |
Alan P. Cottrell | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
Henri Coulette Henri Coulette Henri Coulette was an American poet and educator. His first book, The War of the Secret Agents and Other Poems , was greeted with acclaim and won the Lamont Poetry Prize... |
Poetry | |
Alberto Cousté | Fiction | |
Alan Herbert Cowley | Chemistry | |
Alfred W. Crompton | Earth Science | |
Virginia Cuppaidge | Fine Arts | |
Leslie Curry | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
Edward Dahlberg Edward Dahlberg Edward Dahlberg was an American novelist, essayist and autobiographer. -Background:Edward Dahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Dahlberg. Together mother and son led a vagabond existence, until 1905 when she operated the Star Lady Barbershop in Kansas City... |
Fiction | |
Ian W. D. Dalziel | Earth Science | |
William B. Daniels | Physics | |
Lucy S. Dawidowicz | U.S. History | |
Laura Dean Laura Dean Laura Dean is a dancer, choreographer and composer.Dean is the recipient of many awards including the 2008 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance. She has also received a "Bessie" New York Dance Award for her work with composer Steve Reich... |
Creative Arts | Choreography |
Ronan E. Degnan | Law | |
Giuseppe Di Palma | Political Science | |
Malcolm L. Diamond | Religion | |
Alan Donagan Alan Donagan Alan Donagan was an influential philosopher of the 20th century, distinguished for his theories on the history of philosophy and the nature of morality. He is most well known for his book "The Theory of Morality" where he tries to argue for the common morality of the Hebrew-Christian traditions... |
Philosophy | |
Theodore Draper Theodore Draper Theodore H. "Ted" Draper was an American historian and political writer. Draper is best known for the 14 books which he completed during his life, including work regarded as seminal on the formative period of the American Communist Party, the Cuban Revolution, and the Iran-Contra Affair... |
U.S. History | |
John Dubberstein | Creative Arts | Film |
Andre Dubus Andre Dubus Andre Dubus, II was an American short story writer, essayist, and autobiographer. Dubus is recognized as one of the most prolific American short-story writers in the 20th century.-Early life and education:... |
Fiction | |
Peter D. Eisenman | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
Emory Bernard Elliott | Humanities | American Literature |
Doris R. Entwisle | Social Sciences | Sociology |
David Epel David Epel David Epel is a researcher at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.-Biography:Epel earned his Ph.D. at University of California Berkeley under Daniel Mazia. He arrived at Hopkins Marine Station in 1965. Subsequently, Professor Epel spent seven years at University of California San... |
Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein | Social Sciences | Sociology |
Bill Evans Bill Evans William John Evans, known as Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists including: Chick Corea, Herbie... |
Creative Arts | Choreography |
C. W. F. Everitt | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
John P. Fackler | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
William M. Fairbank William M. Fairbank William Martin Fairbank is an American physicist known in particular for his work on liquid helium.... |
Natural Sciences | Physics |
Leo Falicov | Natural Sciences | Physics |
Boris Fausto | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
Fermín Beltrán Fèvre | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
J. Rufus Fears J. Rufus Fears J. Rufus Fears is an American historian, scholar, teacher and author on the subjects of ancient history, the history of liberty, and the lessons of history.... |
Humanities | Classics |
Marcus W. Feldman | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
Richard F. Fenno | Social Sciences | Political Science |
Richard S. Field | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
Laurence Fink Larry Fink (photographer) Larry Fink is an American photographer best known for his black-and-white images of people at parties and in other social situations.- Life and career :Fink was born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York... |
Creative Arts | Photography |
James Marston Fitch James Marston Fitch James Marston Fitch was an architect and a Preservationist, one of the founders of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in 1964. He was a member of the faculty there from 1954 to 1977, and received an honorary Litt.D. in 1980... |
Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
Wendell H. Fleming | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
Alejo Florin-Christensen | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
Robert W. Floyd | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
Jean Franco Jean Franco Jean Franco is a British-born academic and literary critic known for her pioneering work on Latin American literature. Educated at Manchester and London, she has taught at London, Essex , and Stanford, and is currently professor emerita at Columbia University.-Research:Jean Franco's research is... |
Humanities | Latin American Literature |
María T. Franze Fernández | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Theodore Friedmann | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
James W. Fristrom | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Nathaniel Lees Gage | Education | |
Harold B. Gerard | Psychology | |
Peter B. Goldman | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
Robert Gordon Robert Gordon Robert Gordon , a 17th century merchant and philanthropist, was born in Aberdeen. He was the only son of Arthur Gordon who married Isabella Menzies of Balgownie... |
Fine Arts | |
Otis L. Graham | U.S. History | |
Stanley B. Greenberg | Political Science | |
Fred I. Greenstein | Political Science | |
N. John Hall | English Literature | |
Michael S. Harper Michael S. Harper Michael Steven Harper is an American poet from Brooklyn, who was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. He has published ten books of poetry, two of which, "Dear John, Dear Coltrane" and "Images of Kin" , have been nominated for the National Book Award. A great deal of his poetry... |
Poetry | |
Stephen E. Harris | Applied Mathematics | |
David Harvey David Harvey David Harvey is the name of:*David Harvey *David Harvey , geographer and social theorist*David Harvey , American luthier... |
Geography & Environmental Studies | |
John E. Haugse | Creative Arts | Film |
Thomas R. Havens | East Asian Studies | |
Bernd Heinrich Bernd Heinrich Bernd Heinrich, Ph.D , is a professor emeritus in the biology department at the University of Vermont and is the author of a number of books about nature writing, behavior, biology, ecology, and evolution. Heinrich has made major contributions to the study of insect physiology and behavior, as... |
Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
David R. Heise David R. Heise David Reuben Jerome Heise is a social psychologist who originated the idea that affectual processes control interpersonal behavior. Additionally he contributes to both quantitative and qualitative methodology in sociology... |
Sociology | |
Miguel Emilio Marcos Herrera | Mathematics | |
Leonard Herzenberg Leonard Herzenberg Leonard Arthur "Len" Herzenberg is an immunologist, geneticist and professor at Stanford University. His contribututions to the development of cell biology made it possible to sort viable cells by their specific properties.... |
Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Robert Hetzron Robert Hetzron Robert Herzog sitting third from right]]Robert Hetzron, born Herzog , was a Hungarian-born linguist known for his work on the comparative study of Afro-Asiatic languages, as well as for his study of Cushitic and Ethiopian Semitic languages.-Biography:Born in Hungary, Hetzron studied at the... |
Linguistics | |
Henry Hiz | Linguistics | |
Arlie Russell Hochschild Arlie Russell Hochschild Arlie Russell Hochschild is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of several prize-winning books and numerous articles on the balancing acts of modern two-job couples at home and at work... |
Sociology | |
William Hodos | Psychology | |
John Clellon Holmes John Clellon Holmes John Clellon Holmes , born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, was an author, poet and professor, best known for his 1952 novel Go. Considered the first "Beat" novel, Go depicted events in his life with his friends Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. He was often referred to as the "quiet Beat"... |
Fiction | |
Budd Hopkins Budd Hopkins Budd Hopkins was an American painter, sculptor, and prominent figure in abduction phenomenon, and related UFO research.-Life:Born in 1931 and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia... |
Fine Arts | |
Stephen H. Howell | Plant Sciences | |
J. Paul Hunter | English Literature | |
John Irving John Irving John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978... |
Creative Arts | Fiction |
Robert W. Irwin | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
Jack D. Ives | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
Morris Janowitz Morris Janowitz Morris Janowitz, was an American sociologist and professor who made major contributions to sociological theory, the study of prejudice, urban issues, and patriotism. He was one of the founders of military sociology and made major contributions, along with Samuel Huntington, to the establishment of... |
Sociology | |
Roger W. Jeanloz | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant... |
Fiction | |
Joan Jonas Joan Jonas Born in 1936 in New York City, Joan Jonas is a pioneer of video and performance art and one of the most important female artists to emerge in the late 1960s and early 1970s.She began her career in New York City as a sculptor... |
Creative Arts | Film |
Donald Justice Donald Justice Donald Justice was an American poet and teacher of writing. In summing up Justice's career, David Orr has written, "In most ways, Justice was no different from any number of solid, quiet older writers devoted to traditional short poems. But he was different in one important sense: sometimes his... |
Poetry | |
Howard Kaminsky | Medieval History | |
Fred Kaplan Fred Kaplan Fred Kaplan is a journalist and contributor to Slate magazine. His "War Stories" column covers international relations and US foreign policy.-Career:... |
English Literature | |
Michael H. Kater Michael H. Kater Michael Hans Kater is a Canadian-based historian, academic and author of several books on Nazi Germany.He moved to Canada as a teenager where he first studied at St. Michael's college before eventually going onto the University of Toronto where he earned his BA degree in 1959 and then his MA in... |
German & East European History | |
Joseph L. Katz | Engineering | |
Laurence H. Kedes | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Howard Jerome Keisler Howard Jerome Keisler H. Jerome Keisler is an American mathematician, currently professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research has included model theory and non-standard analysis.His Ph.D... |
Mathematics | |
Shirley Strum Kenny Shirley Strum Kenny Shirley Strum Kenny is an English scholar and retired university president. Kenny was the fourth president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1994 until the end of the 2008-2009 academic year. She was the first woman to hold that position... |
English Literature | |
William R. Keylor | French History | |
Edward R. Kienholz | Fine Arts | |
Béla K. Király | German & East European History | |
Herbert E. Klarman | Economics | |
Melvin P. Klein | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Leon Knopoff Leon Knopoff Leon Knopoff was a geophysicist and musicologist. He received his education at Caltech, graduating in 1949 with a PhD in physics, and after holding several academic positions, moved to UCLA... |
Earth Science | |
Richard A. Knowles | English Literature | |
Joseph J. Kohn Joseph J. Kohn Joseph John Kohn is a Professor Emeritus of mathematics at Princeton University, where he does research on partial differential operators and function theory.-Life and work:... |
Mathematics | |
Daniel Koltun | Physics | |
Irving Kriesberg Irving Kriesberg Irving Kriesberg was an American painter whose work combined elements of Abstract Expressionism with figurative elements of human and animal forms... |
Fine Arts | |
Seymour Krim Seymour Krim Seymour Krim was an American author, editor and literary critic. He is often categorized with the writers of the Beat Generation... |
General Nonfiction | |
Donald W. Krummel | Music Research | |
Bruce Kuklick Bruce Kuklick Bruce Kuklick is an American historian. He currently serves as the Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in diplomatic and intellectual history of the United States, as well as the history of philosophy... |
Humanities | U.S. History |
Aron Kuppermann Aron Kuppermann Aron Kuppermann was a professor of chemical physics at California Institute of Technology.-References:... |
Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
Derek T. Lamport | Plant Sciences | |
Martin Landau Martin Landau Martin Landau is an American film and television actor. Landau began his career in the 1950s. His early films include a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest . He played continuing roles in the television series Mission: Impossible and Space:1999... |
Political Science | |
Salomón Zender Langer | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Arthur John Langguth | General Nonfiction | |
Emilio R. Larraín | Fine Arts | |
Charles R. Larson Charles R. Larson Charles R. Larson is a retired four-star Admiral of the United States Navy.-Military career:A 1958 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Larson twice served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He also served as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific... |
American Literature | |
Vera Brodsky Lawrence | Music Research | |
Alfredo López Austin Alfredo López Austin Alfredo Federico López Austin is a Mexican historian of uncommon originality who wrote extensively on the Aztec worldview and on Mesoamerican religion. As an academic teacher, he has inspired generations of students, but his influence extends beyond the boundaries of academic life... |
Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
Eleanor Winsor Leach | Classics | |
L. Gary Leal L. Gary Leal Leslie Gary Leal is the Warren & Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is known for his research work in the dynamics of complex fluids. Leal was born in Bellingham, Washington.-Career:Leal received his B.S. degree from the... |
Engineering | |
Joel L. Lebowitz | Physics | |
Yuan T. Lee Yuan T. Lee Yuan Tseh Lee, Ph.D. is a chemist. He was the first Taiwanese Nobel Prize laureate, who, along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C. Polanyi and American Dudley R. Herschbach won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 "for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes"... |
Chemistry | |
Alan Lelchuk Alan Lelchuk Alan Lelchuk is a novelist, professor, and editor from Brooklyn, New York. He did his undergraduate work at Brooklyn College and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1965... |
Fiction | |
Abraham Lerman | Earth Science | |
Lee I. Levine Lee I. Levine Lee I. Levine is an American-born rabbi, archaeologist and historian of classical Judaism. He is a strong believer in the ability of the Jewish people and Judaism to adapt to local settings as a key to survival... |
Near Eastern Studies | |
Jerome Liebling Jerome Liebling Jerome Liebling was an American photographer, filmmaker, and teacher.He studied photography under Walter Rosenblum and Paul Strand, and joined New York's famed Photo League... |
Creative Arts | Photography |
Erik Lundborg | Music Composition | |
Roberto Luzzi | Physics | |
Charles R. Lyons Charles R. Lyons Charles R. Lyons was a professor of Drama and Comparative Literature at Stanford University and co-owner of the art gallery . He received his A.B. , M.A. , and PhD from Stanford as well. As an undergraduate at Stanford he focused on Shakespeare with the legendary professor Margery Bailey, the... |
Humanities | Theatre Arts |
Loren MacIver | Fine Arts | |
Mukul Kumar Majumdar | Economics | |
Kurt Marti Kurt Marti Kurt Marti is a Swiss theologian and poet. His poetry often has theological and religious aspects to it. He is also known for "dialect literature" said to have intellectual quality.- References :... |
Earth Science | |
Wayne L. Mattice | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Joseph McElroy Joseph McElroy Joseph McElroy is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist.McElroy grew up in Brooklyn Heights, NY, a neighborhood that features prominently in much of his fiction. He received his B.A. from Williams College in 1951 and his M.A. from Columbia University in 1952... |
Fiction | |
Juliet McMaster | English Literature | |
John K. McNulty | Law | |
Sandra McPherson Sandra McPherson Sandra McPherson is an American poet.Born in San Jose, California, McPherson received her B.A. at San Jose State University, and studied at the University of Washington, with Elizabeth Bishop and David Wagoner.... |
Poetry | |
John McWilliams | Creative Arts | Photography |
Gerald H. Meaker | Iberian & Latin American History | |
Nancy Meehan | Creative Arts | Choreography |
Luis Félix Merino | Music Research | |
Czeslaw Milosz Czeslaw Milosz Czesław Miłosz was a Polish poet, prose writer and translator of Lithuanian origin and subsequent American citizenship. His World War II-era sequence The World is a collection of 20 "naive" poems. He defected to the West in 1951, and his nonfiction book The Captive Mind is a classic of... |
Poetry | |
David Gordon Mitten | Classics | |
Paul Mogensen | Fine Arts | |
Katharina Mommsen | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"... |
Music Composition | |
A. Lloyd Moote | French History | |
David B. Morris | English Literature | |
Leonard Nathan Leonard Nathan Dr. Leonard E. Nathan, was an American poet, critic, and professor emeritus of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley where he retired in 1991.... |
Creative Arts | Poetry |
Alan C. Newell | Mathematics | |
Allen Newell Allen Newell Allen Newell was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology... |
Computer Science | |
Carlos Santiago Nino Carlos Santiago Nino Carlos Santiago Nino was an Argentine moral, legal and political philosopher.-Biography:Nino studied law at the University of Buenos Aires and at Oxford, where he received his Ph.D... |
Law | |
Nicholas Nixon Nicholas Nixon Nicholas Nixon is a photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for championing the use of the 8x10 inch view camera.-Biography:... |
Creative Arts | Photography |
Richard E. Norton | Physics | |
Mario Novello | Natural Sciences | Astronomy--Astrophysics |
Silvina Ocampo Silvina Ocampo Silvina Ocampo Aguirre was an Argentine poet and short-fiction writer.Ocampo was born in Buenos Aires, the youngest of the six children of Manuel Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre. She was educated at home by tutors. One of her sisters was Victoria Ocampo, the publisher of the literarily important... |
Creative Arts | Fiction |
Rai Y. Okamoto | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
Douglas L. Oliver | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
Robert Osserman Robert Osserman Robert Ossermanis an American mathematician.Raised in Bronx, he went to Bronx High School of Science and New York University.He earned a Ph.D... |
Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
Bill Owens Bill Owens (photographer) Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer and editor living in Hayward, California. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1976 and two NEA Grants, he is best known for his photographs of suburban domestic scenes taken in the East Bay and published in the book Suburbia... |
Creative Arts | Photography |
Horácio Carlos Panepucci | Physics | |
Leo A. Paquette | Chemistry | |
Mario Nestor Parisi | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
David N. Perkins | Education | |
William Petersen William Petersen William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He portrayed President John F... |
Sociology | |
William Phillips William Phillips William Phillips may refer to:*William Phillips , artilleryman and general officer in the British Army who served as a major-general in the American Revolutionary War... |
Creative Arts | Biography |
Robert G. Pope | U.S. History | |
John R. Preer | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
P. Buford Price P. Buford Price Paul Buford Price, usually known as P. Buford Price, is a professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Academy of Sciences... |
Astronomy--Astrophysics | |
Carter Ratcliff | Fine Arts Research | |
William R. Rearick | Fine Arts Research | |
Walter L. Reed | Literary Criticism | |
Thomas F. Reese | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
Peter Reginato Peter Reginato Peter Reginato , is an American abstract sculptor.Reginato was born in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in the hills outside Oakland, California and he attended the San Francisco Art Institute. He began making abstract sculpture in 1965 and moved to New York City in 1966 to pursue his career as a sculptor... |
Fine Arts | |
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff was an anthropologist, known for his holistic approach and his in-depth fieldwork among tropical rainforest cultures .- Early life :... |
Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
Robert Xavier Rodriguez Robert Xavier Rodriguez Robert Xavier Rodríguez is an American classical composer, best known for his eight operas and his works for children.- Life and career :... |
Music Composition | |
Jay Rosenberg Jay Rosenberg Jay Frank Rosenberg was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a student of Wilfrid Sellars and established his reputation with ten books and over 80 articles in metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of language, and the history of philosophy... |
Philosophy | |
Marvin Rosenberg | Humanities | English Literature |
James B. Rule | Sociology | |
Fred Sandback Fred Sandback Fred Sandback was a minimalist conceptual-based sculptor known for his yarn sculptures, drawings, and prints.-Life and work:... |
Fine Arts | |
Giacomo Sani | Political Science | |
Kenneth Sauer | Chemistry | |
Raymond Saunders Raymond Saunders Raymond Saunders may refer to:*Raymond Saunders *Raymond Saunders... |
Fine Arts | |
Michael A. Savageau | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
Douglas J. Scalapino | Physics | |
Henry F. Schaefer, III Henry F. Schaefer, III Henry "Fritz" Schaefer III is a computational and theoretical chemist. He is the author of a large number of scientific publications, and was the 6th most cited chemist from 1981 to 1997 and the Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the... |
Chemistry | |
Charles B. Schmitt | Renaissance History | |
Jerry A. Schneider | Medicine & Health | |
William R. Schoedel | Religion | |
Stanislav Segert Stanislav Segert Stanislav Segert was a prominent scholar of Semitic languages and one of the foremost authorities on North-West Semitic languages.-Life:... |
Near Eastern Studies | |
Andrei Serban Andrei Serban Andrei Șerban is a Romanian-born American theater director. A major name in twentieth-century theater, he is renowned for his innovative and iconoclastic interpretations and stagings... |
Theatre Arts | |
Michael Singer | Fine Arts | |
Hubert Smith Hubert Smith Hubert John Forster Smith was the chief agent of the National Trust of England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 1942 and 1961.-Life and career:... |
Creative Arts | Film |
V. Kerry Smith | Economics | |
Robert H. Socolow | Applied Mathematics | |
Barbara M. Solomon | U.S. History | |
Hugo F. Sonnenschein Hugo F. Sonnenschein Hugo Freund Sonnenschein is a prominent American economist and educational administrator. Currently the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, his specialty is microeconomic theory; with a particular interest in game theory... |
Economics | |
Melford E. Spiro | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
Edward Stankiewicz | Linguistics | |
Kevin Starr Kevin Starr Kevin Starr is an American historian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream."-Life:Kevin Starr was born in San Francisco, California.... |
General Nonfiction | |
William A. Steele | Chemistry | |
Elias M. Stein Elias M. Stein Elias Menachem Stein is a mathematician and a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis. He is the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University.-Biography:... |
Mathematics | |
Ann Harleman Stewart | Linguistics | |
Stephen M. Stigler | Statistics | |
Douglas G. Stuart Douglas G. Stuart -Biography:Douglas G. Stuart is a Regents' professor emeritus of Physiology at the University of Arizona. He became a naturalized US Citizen in 1961... |
Neuroscience | |
Ronald Sukenick Ronald Sukenick Ronald Sukenick was an American writer and literary theorist.-Life:Sukenick studied at Cornell University, and wrote his doctoral thesis on Wallace Stevens, at Brandeis University .... |
Fiction | |
Mahiko Suzuki | Natural Sciences | Physics |
Philip Taft Philip Taft Philip Taft was a noted labor historian whose research focused on the labor history of the United States and the American Federation of Labor.POORLY WRITTEN NEEDS MUCH IMPROVEMENT-Early life:... |
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James Tate James Tate James Tate may refer to:* James Tate , Headmaster of Richmond School 1796–1833)* James "Honest Dick" Tate , State Treasurer of Kentucky... |
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Charles Trinkaus | Humanities | Renaissance History |
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Donald F. Turner Donald F. Turner Donald F. Turner was a notable antitrust attorney and professor at Harvard Law School. He headed antitrust division at the United States Department of Justice under Lyndon Baines Johnson. He clerked for Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Clark. He died in 1994 from Alzheimer's disease.Upon his... |
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Roberto Mangabeira Unger Roberto Mangabeira Unger Roberto Mangabeira Unger is a philosopher and politician. He has written widely on social, political, legal, and economic theory, much of which has laid the philosophical and theoretical groundwork for reimagining and remaking the social and political order... |
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Jean Valentine Jean Valentine Jean Valentine is an American poet, and currently the New York State Poet . Her poetry collection, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003, was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry.... |
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Dale Van Kley | Humanities | French History |
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Gary M. Walton | Humanities | Economic History |
Kenneth N. Waltz | Social Sciences | Political Science |
Frank W. Warner Frank W. Warner Frank W. Warner was one of the first Native Americans to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.... |
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Sam Bass Warner Sam Bass Warner Sam Bass Warner was the fourth Register of Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office.Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889, Warner attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School... |
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Claude Welch Claude Welch Claude Raymond Welch was a historical theologian specializing in Karl Barth and nineteenth-century theology.-Early life:Welch was born to Virgil and Deone Welch... |
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Robert D. Wells | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Richard Wernick Richard Wernick Richard Wernick in Boston, Massachusetts is a US composer. He is best known for his composition "Visions of Terror and Wonder," which won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music.-Career:... |
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John Wesley John Wesley John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield... |
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Robert S. Westman | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
Robert Whitman Robert Whitman Robert Whitman is an American artist best known for his seminal theater pieces of the early 1960s combining visual and sound images, actors, film, slides, and evocative props in environments of his own making... |
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Jack Whitten Jack Whitten Jack Whitten is an American abstract painter.- Biography :Whitten was born in Bessemer, Alabama, the son of a seamstress, twice widowed. His father, a coal-miner, died while Whitten was a child... |
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Norman E. Whitten | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
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Jeffrey G. Williamson Jeffrey G. Williamson Jeffrey Gale Williamson is the Laird Bell Professor of Economics and an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin , Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow for the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He also... |
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Hilma Wolitzer Hilma Wolitzer Hilma Wolitzer is an American novelist whose novels include Ending, In the Flesh, The Doctor's Daughter and Hearts. Her daughter, Meg Wolitzer, is also a writer.-External links:*http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=11679... |
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Gavin Wright Gavin Wright Gavin Wright is an economic historian and the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University.Most of Wright's research has focused on the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement.- Works :... |
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Lorees Yerby | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
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Anthony C. Yu Anthony C. Yu Anthony C. Yu is a literature and religion scholar. He is currently the Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago.... |
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Elsa M. Zardini | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
Ladislav Zgusta Ladislav Zgusta Ladislav Zgusta was a Czech–American historical linguist and lexicographer, who wrote one of the first textbooks on lexicography. He was a professor of linguistics and classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dutch lexicographer Piet van Sterkenburg referred to Zgusta as... |
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Ben Zuckerman | Natural Sciences | Astronomy--Astrophysics |
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