Explore Our Grantmaking

Meet the 1996 MacArthur Fellows

  • J. Roger Angel

    Area of focus: Astronomy

  • Joaquin Avila

    Area of focus: Human Rights

  • Allan Bérubé

    Area of focus: American History

  • Barbara Block

    Area of focus: Biology

  • Joan Breton Connelly

    Area of focus: Archaeology

  • Thomas L. Daniel

    Area of focus: Biology

  • Martin Daniel Eakes

    Area of focus: Community Affairs

  • Rebecca Goldstein

    Area of focus: Fiction

  • Robert Greenstein

    Area of focus: Public Policy

  • Richard Howard

    Area of focus: Poetry

  • John Jesurun

    Area of focus: Theater and Performing Arts

  • Richard E. Lenski

    Area of focus: Biology

  • Louis Massiah

    Area of focus: Photography, Filmmaking, and Television

  • Vonnie C. McLoyd

    Area of focus: Psychology and Cognitive Science

  • Thylias Moss

    Area of focus: Poetry

  • Eiko And Koma Otake

    Area of focus: Choreography and Dance

  • Nathan Seiberg

    Area of focus: Physics

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Area of focus: Theater and Performing Arts

  • Dorothy Stoneman

    Area of focus: Economic Development

  • William E. Strickland Jr.

    Area of focus: Economic Development

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