List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1981
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1981 U.S. and Canadian Fellows
- Walter AbishWalter AbishWalter Abish is an Austrian-American author of experimental novels and short stories.-Biography:Abish was born in Vienna, Austria to Adolph and Frieda . At a young age, his family fled from the Nazis, traveling first to Italy and Nice before settling in Shanghai from 1940 to 1949...
, Writer, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - Claude Abraham, Professor Emeritus French, University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Davis - Alice AdamsAlice AdamsAlice Adams is a 1921 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Booth Tarkington. It was adapted as a film in 1923 by Rowland V. Lee and, more famously, in 1935 by George Stevens. The narrative centers around the character of a young woman, Alice Adams, who aspires to climb the social ladder and win the...
, Artist, Bronx, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... - Eric G. Adelberger, Professor of Physics, University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
- Reginald Edgar Allen, Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
- David Hershel Alpers, William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of MedicineWashington University School of MedicineWashington University School of Medicine , located in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the graduate schools of Washington University in St. Louis. One of the top medical schools in the United States, it is currently ranked 4th for research according to U.S. News and World Report and has been listed...
- Peter G. Anastos, Choreographer, Cincinnati, OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
- Elliot AronsonElliot AronsonElliot Aronson is an American psychologist. He is listed among the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th Century, best known for the invention of the Jigsaw Classroom as a method of reducing interethnic hostility and prejudice; cognitive dissonance research, and influential social psychology...
, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, Santa CruzThe University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California... - Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
, Writer, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... - James L. AxtellJames L. AxtellJames L. Axtell is an American historian. He is a professor of history at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Axtell, whose interests lie in American Indian history and the history of higher education, is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities. He was elected a...
, William J. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities, College of William and MaryCollege of William and MaryThe College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States... - Edward Bakst, Film Maker, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
- Rudolf BaranikRudolf BaranikRudolf Baranik was an artist, educator and writer.Born in Lithuania, he immigrated to the United States in 1938. He was well known in the art world for his political advocacy, and was one of the first artists to organize protests against the war in Vietnam...
, Deceased. Fine Arts - Pranab Kumar BardhanPranab BardhanPranab Kumar Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley . Educated in Presidency College, Kolkata and Cambridge University, England, he had been on the faculty of MIT, Delhi School of Economics, and Indian Statistical Institute, before joining Berkeley...
, Professor of Economics, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... - Edward BarnesEdward BarnesEdward Barnes is the name of:* Edward Barnes , British soldier who became governor of Ceylon* Edward Barnes , American composer and producer* Edward Larrabee Barnes , American architect...
, Composer, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - Elizabeth Ann Bates, Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science, University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, San Diego - Larry Thomas Bell, Composer, BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
- Peter Mayo Bell, Geophysicist, Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC
- Warren Frank Benson, Composer; Emeritus Professor of Composition, Eastman School of MusicEastman School of MusicThe Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
- Darwin K. Berg, Professor of Biology, University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, San Diego - Albert Jeffrey Berger, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, School of Medicine - Marshall Howard Berman, Writer; Professor of Political Science, City College and Graduate Center, City University of New YorkCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
- Thomas Paul Bernstein, Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
- Gina BerriaultGina BerriaultGina Berriault , was an American novelist and short story writer.Berriault was born in Long Beach, California, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents...
, Writer; Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges... - Michael James Berry, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Rice UniversityRice UniversityWilliam Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
- Jake Berthot, Artist, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
- John Simeon Block, Film Maker, Upper Montclair, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
- Skip BlumbergSkip BlumbergSkip Blumberg is one of the original camcorder-for-broadcast TV producers, and among the first wave of video artists in the 1970s. His early work reflects the era's emphasis on guerilla tactics and medium-specific graphics, but his more recent work takes on more global issues. His work has screened...
, Video Artist, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. - Jean V. Bony, Deceased. Architecture
- Weston Thatcher Borden, Professor of Chemistry, University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
- Anthony BraxtonAnthony BraxtonAnthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
, Composer, Middleton, ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... - Ann Lesley Brown, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
- Paul Louis Brown, Artist, BrooklynBrooklynBrooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... - Anne Pippin Burnett, Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
- Gerald Busby, Composer, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
- Daryle H. Busch, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of KansasUniversity of KansasThe University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
, Lawrence - Frederick BuschFrederick BuschFrederick Busch was an American writer. Busch was a master of the short story and one of America’s most prolific writers of fiction long and short....
, Writer; Edgar W. B. Fairchild Professor of Literature, Colgate UniversityColgate UniversityColgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52... - Walter Cahn, Carnegie Professor of the History of Art, Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
- Calum MacNeill Carmichael, Professor of Comparative Literature and Biblical Studies, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
- Karen A. Carson, Artist, Santa MonicaSanta MônicaSanta Mônica is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... - David ChandlerDavid Chandler (chemist)David Chandler is a physical chemist who is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a winner of the Irving Langmuir Award. He has published two books and over 200 scientific articles.-Biography:David...
, Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley - Fredric Lawrence Cheyette, Professor of History, Amherst CollegeAmherst CollegeAmherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
- Tom ClancyTom ClancyThomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and...
, Artist, New York City - Michael Tran Clegg, Professor of Genetics, University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Riverside, CA - Arthur Morris Cohen, Artist, New York City
- Bernard Cecil Cohen, Vice-Chancellor Emeritus and Quincy Wright Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
- Joel E. CohenJoel E. CohenJoel E. Cohen is a mathematical biologist. He is currently Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations at the Rockefeller University in New York City and at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the...
, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations, Rockefeller UniversityRockefeller UniversityThe Rockefeller University is a private university offering postgraduate and postdoctoral education. It has a strong concentration in the biological sciences. It is also known for producing numerous Nobel laureates... - Thomas James Colchie, Translator, New York City
- George Ramsay CookGeorge Ramsay CookGeorge Ramsay Cook, OC, FRSC , is a Canadian historian and general editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. He was professor of history at York University for 25 years until 1996...
, Professor of History, York UniversityYork UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university.... - Peter M. Daly, Chairman, Professor of German, McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
- Julie DashJulie DashJulie Dash is a United States filmmaker. She directed Daughters of the Dust, which in 1991 became the first full-length film with general theatrical release in the United States by an African American woman...
, Film Maker, Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788... - Alvin E. Davis, III, Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati OH
- William Theodore de Bary, John Mitchell Mason Professor and Provost Emeritus, Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
- Gérard Defaux, Professor of French, The Johns Hopkins University
- Mary Madeline DeFrees, Poet, Seattle, Washington
- Andrew David deGroat, Choreographer
- Eric Delson, Professor of Anthropology, Herbert Lehman College and Graduate Center, City University of New YorkCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
- Stuart Ross Dempster, Composer; Emeritus Professor of Music, University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
- Martha Ann Derthick, Julia Allen Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia at Charlottesville
- William G. DeverWilliam G. DeverWilliam G. Dever is an American archaeologist, specialising in the history of Israel and the Near East in Biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1975 to 2002...
, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology, University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... - Charles Donahue, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
- Donald Frank DuBois, Group Leader, Statistical Physics and Materials Theory Group, University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory - Jay Dusard, Photographer and Writer, PrescottPrescott, ArizonaPrescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix... - Stuart DybekStuart Dybek-Personal life:Dybek was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dybek graduated from St. Rita of Cascia High School in 1959...
, Writer; Distinguished Professor of English, Western Michigan UniversityWestern Michigan UniversityWestern Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045.... - Harrison Echols, Deceased. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Harold M. EdwardsHarold Edwards (mathematician)Harold Mortimer Edwards, Jr. is an American mathematician working in number theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics....
, Professor of Mathematics, New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... - Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Alice Freeman Palmer Professor Emeritus of History, University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
- Robert Francis Engs, Professor of History, University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
- Jay Franklin Fellows, Deceased. 19th Century English Literature
- John Arthur Ferejohn, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
- Franklin M. FisherFranklin M. FisherFranklin Marvin Fisher is an American economist. He has taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1960.-Biography:...
, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... - Robert Fizdale, Deceased. Biography
- Kent V. FlanneryKent V. FlanneryKent Vaughn Flannery is a North American archaeologist who has conducted and published extensive research on the pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, and in particular those of central and southern Mexico. He has also published influential work on origins of agriculture and...
, James B. Griffin Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Curator, Museum of Anthropology, University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... - Suzanne Fleischman, Professor of French and Romance Philology, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
- Bengt Fornberg, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of ColoradoUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
- Murray J. Fraser, Retired Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Sidney, Australia
- Michael FredeMichael FredeMichael Frede was a prominent professor and researcher on ancient philosophy.- Education and career :Frede earned his Ph.D...
, Philosopher - Eliot L. Freidson, Professor of Sociology, New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
- William GaddisWilliam GaddisWilliam Thomas Gaddis, Jr. was an American novelist. He wrote five novels, two of which won National Book Awards and one of which, The Recognitions , was chosen as one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005...
, Deceased. Fiction - Bruce Ganem, Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor of Chemistry, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
- Robert Erwin Garis, Writer; Katherine Lee Bates Professor Emeritus of English, Wellesley College
- Christopher J. Garrett, Professor of OceanographyOceanographyOceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
, University of Victoria, Canada - Ernest GellhornErnest GellhornErnest Gellhorn was an American academic and legal scholar. He graduated from the University of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Law School, and was a Guggenheim fellow...
, Professor of Law and Dean, School of Law, Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA... - William A. Gibbons, Head, Professor of Chemistry, University of LondonUniversity of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
- John GladJohn GladJohn Glad is an American academic who specializes in the literature and politics of exile, especially Russian literature. Glad has written about Nazi Germany, World War II and the Holocaust. He received his Ph.D...
, Associate Professor of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Maryland at College Park - Joanna McClelland Glass, Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
- Arthur Gold, Deceased. Biography
- Joseph GoldsteinJoseph GoldsteinJoseph Goldstein is one of the first American vipassana teachers , co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism , resident guiding teacher at IMS, and leader of retreats worldwide on insight and...
, Stanley Ruttenberg Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolYale Law SchoolYale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers... - David GordonDavid GordonDavid Gordon is an American author and trainer and early contributor to the development of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.Gordon has helped create and shape the field of NLP since some decades yet. Gordon's main areas of contribution have been the use of therapeutic metaphors, inspired by his work...
, Director, Pick Up Company, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - Harold Grad, Deceased. Applied Mathematics
- William Albert Graham, Jr., Professor of the History of Religion and Islamic Studies, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Mark GranovetterMark GranovetterProfessor Mark Granovetter is an American sociologist at Stanford University who has created theories in modern sociology since the 1970s. He is best known for his work in social network theory and in economic sociology, particularly his theory on the spread of information in social networks known...
, Joan Butler Ford Professor of Sociology, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Robert Molten Gray, Professor of Electrical Engineering, ]]Stanford UniversityOle R. Holsti]], Emeritus Professor of International Affairs, [[Duke University]]
- [[Lawrence Hubert]], Lyle H. Lanier Professor of Psychology, [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]
- [[Allan B. Jacobs]], Professor of City and Regional Planning, [[University of California, Berkeley]]
- [[John D. Joannopoulos]], Associate Professor of Physics, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
- [[Christopher H. Johnson]], Professor of History, [[Wayne State University]]
- [[Elizabeth W. Jones]], Professor of Biological Sciences, [[Carnegie-Mellon University]]
- [[Kenneth D. Jordan]], Professor of Chemistry, [[University of Pittsburgh]]
- [[Harold H. Kelley]], Professor Emeritus of Psychology, [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
- [[Martyn Carden Kellman]], Emeritus Professor of Geography, [[York University]]
- [[Daniel J. Kevles]], J.O. and Juliette Koepfli Professor of the Humanities, [[California Institute of Technology]]
- [[Vera Klement]], Artist; Emeritus Professor of Art, [[University of Chicago]]
- [[Arthur Louis Koch]], Professor, Department of Microbiology, [[Indiana University]]
- [[Melvin Joel Konner]], Professor of Anthropology and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, [[Emory University]]
- [[Josef Krames]], Film Maker; Communications Coordinator, The Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation
- [[William Bernard Kristan, Jr.]], Professor of Biology, [[University of California, San Diego]]
- [[Paul Kwilecki]], Photographer, Bainbridge, [[Georgia (U.S. state)University of Chicago]]
- Pedro Lujan, Artist, New York City
- William A. Lundberg, Artist; Professor of Art, University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
- Paul Michael LützelerPaul Michael LützelerPaul Michael Lutzeler is a German-American German studies and comparative literature scholar. He teaches as Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis...
, Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, Washington University, St. Louis, MO - Bernd Magnus, Professor of Philosophy; Director, Center for Ideas and Society, University of California, RiversideUniversity of California, RiversideThe University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
- William Maguire, Photographer; Professor of Visual Arts, Florida International University
- Alfred K. Mann, Bernard & Ida Grossman Professor of Physics, University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
- Zohar MannaZohar MannaZohar Manna is a professor of computer science at Stanford University. He is the author of The Mathematical Theory of Computation , one of the first texts to provide extensive coverage of the mathematical concepts behind computer programming.With Amir Pnueli, he co-authored an unfinished trilogy...
, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Peter J. Manning, Professor of English, State University of New York at Stony BrookState University of New York at Stony BrookThe State University of New York at Stony Brook, also known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about east of Manhattan....
- Francisco Márquez-Villanueva, Alice Kingsley Porter Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Marianne W. Martin, Deceased. Fine Arts Research
- William Martin McClain, Professor of Chemistry, Wayne State UniversityWayne State UniversityWayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
- Paul A. McDonough, Photographer; Adjunct Associate Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY: 1981.
- Brooks McNamaraBrooks McNamaraBrooks McNamara earned his PhD in theater arts at Tulane University, where he became an academic colleague of Richard Schechner and an active contributor to Tulane Drama Review . McNamara served as an Associate Editor of TDR while he taught theater history in the Drama Department at the...
, Professor of Performance Studies, New York University: 1981. - Michael R. McVaugh, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1981.
- Devon W. Meek, Deceased. Chemistry: 1981.
- Jeffrey MehlmanJeffrey MehlmanJeffrey Mehlman is a literary critic and a historian of ideas. He has taught at Cornell University and Johns Hopkins University, and is currently University Professor and Professor of French Literature at Boston University...
, Associate Professor of French, Boston University: 1981. - Thomas R. MetcalfThomas R. MetcalfThomas R. Metcalf is a historian of South Asia, especially colonial India, and of British imperialism. Metcalf is the Emeritus Sarah Kailath Professor of India Studies and Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley...
, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley: 1981. - Michael MewshawMichael MewshawMichael Mewshaw is an American author of 11 novels and 8 books of nonfiction, and works frequently as a travel writer, investigative reporter, book reviewer, and tennis reporter. His novel Year of the Gun was made into a film of the same name by John Frankenheimer in 1991...
, Writer, Charlottesville, Virginia: 1981. - John MeyendorffJohn MeyendorffJohn Meyendorff was a modern Orthodox scholar, writer and teacher. He was born into the Russian nobility as Ivan Feofilovich Baron von Meyendorff , but was known as Jean Meyendorff during his life in France.Fr John Meyendorff retired as Dean of St Vladimir's Seminary on June 30, 1992...
, Deceased. Religion: 1981. - W. J. T. MitchellW. J. T. MitchellWilliam J. Thomas Mitchell is the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago. He is also the editor of Critical Inquiry, and contributes to the journal October....
, Professor of English, University of Chicago: 1981. - Luke W. Mo, Professor of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: 1981.
- Mauricio Montal, Professor of Biology, Adjunct Professor Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego: 1981.
- Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History and Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University: 1981.
- Lavonne Mueller, Playwright, New York City: 1981.
- Carol Muske, Poet; Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Southern California: 1981.
- Joel Arthur Myerson, Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature, University of South Carolina: 1981.
- Tetsuo Najita, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in History and Japanese Studies, University of Chicago: 1981.
- Kenneth Henry Nealson, Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California: 1981.
- Colbert Ivor Nepaulsingh, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY-Albany: 1981.
- Charles Eric Neu, Professor of History, Brown University: 1981.
- Laura Mené Newman, Artist; Instructor, Cooper Union, New York: 1981.
- James Carson Nohrnberg, Professor of English, University of Virginia: 1981.
- Tim O'BrienTim O'Brien (author)Tim O'Brien is an American novelist who often writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American servicemen who fought there...
, Writer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1981. - Sharon OldsSharon Olds-Life:Sharon Olds was born in 1942 in San Francisco. She was raised as a “hellfire Calvinist”, as she describes it. She says she was by nature "a pagan and a pantheist" and notes "I was in a church where there was both great literary art and bad literary art, the great art being psalms and the bad...
, Director, Creative Writing Program, New York University: 1981. - Albert Padwa, William Patterson Timmie Professor of Chemistry, Emory University: 1981.
- Robert Treat PaineRobert Treat PaineRobert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...
, Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of Washington: 1981. - Nell Irvin PainterNell Irvin PainterNell Irvin Painter is an American historian notable for her works on southern history of the nineteenth century. She is retired from Princeton University, and served as president of the Organization of American Historians. She also served as president of the Southern Historical...
, Professor of History; Acting Director, Afro-American Studies Program, Princeton University: 1981. - Thomas Lee Pangle, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto: 1981.
- Loren Wayne Partridge, Professor of the History of Art, University of California, Berkeley: 1981.
- John F. Peck, Poet, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1981.
- Marjorie G. Perloff, Sadie Dernham Patek Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Stanford University: 1981.
- Lewis Curtis Perry, John Francis Bannon Professor of History and American Studies, St. Louis University: 1981.
- William Samuel Peterson, Professor of English, University of Maryland at College Park: 1981.
- Tobias PickerTobias PickerTobias Picker is an American composer. Picker began composing at the age of eight and studied at the Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School and Princeton University, where his principal teachers were Charles Wuorinen, Elliott Carter and Milton Babbitt...
, Composer, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - Charles R. Plott, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Economics and Political Science, California Institute of Technology: 1981.
- Joel PorteJoel PorteJoel Miles Porte was an American literary scholar, who was an internationally renowned authority on the life and work of Ralph Waldo Emerson.-Biography:...
, Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters, Cornell University: 1981. - Joanna Pousette-Dart, Painter, New York City: 1981.
- Curtis Alexander Price, Principal, The Royal Academy of Music, London: 1981.
- Maureen Quilligan, May Department Stores Company Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania: 1981.
- Alexander RabinowitchAlexander RabinowitchAlexander Rabinowitch is an American historian, professor emeritus of Indiana University. Rabinowitch received his B.A. at Knox College, 1956, M.A. at University of Chicago, 1961 and Ph.D...
, Professor of History and Dean of International Programs, Indiana University: 1981. - Vladimir Rif, Film Maker, New York City: 1981.
- Lawrence RosenLawrence RosenLawrence Rosen is an attorney and computer specialist. He is a founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a Californian technology law firm, specializing in intellectual property protection, licensing and business transactions for technology companies...
, Chair, Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University: 1981. - Alexander RosenbergAlexander RosenbergAlexander Rosenberg is an American philosopher, and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.Rosenberg was educated at Stuyvesant High School, the City College of New York and Johns Hopkins University...
, Former Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside: 1981. - Margaret W. RossiterMargaret W. RossiterMargaret W. Rossiter is an American historian of science, and Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science, at Cornell University.-Awards:* 1989 MacArthur Fellows Program* 1997 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize -Works:...
, Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science, Cornell University: 1981. - Meridel Rubenstein, Photographer; Instructor, Santa Fe Community College: 1981.
- Sara Rudner, Choreographer, New York City; Director, Dance Program, Sarah Lawrence College: 1981
- Richard Ruland, Professor of English, Washington University: 1981.
- Michael RyanMichael Ryan- Sports :* Mike Ryan , former New Zealand marathon and long-distance runner* Michael Ryan , America baseball outfielder* Mike Ryan , former Major League Baseball player...
, Poet, Professor of English, University of California, Irvine: 1981. - Harvey SachsHarvey SachsHarvey Sachs, is an American-Canadian-Swiss writer who has written many books on musical subjects.His books include the standard biography of and a book of essays on the Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, plus an edited collection of Toscanini's letters.* Toscanini, Philadelphia & New York: J. B...
, Writer, Arezzo, Italy: 1981. - Wendy Lang Salinger, Poet, Wainscott, New York: 1981.
- Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Kenan Professor Emeritus of History, New York University: 1981.
- Michael Schaller, Professor of History, University of Arizona: 1981.
- James SchevillJames SchevillJames Erwin Schevill was an American poet, critic, playwright and professor at San Francisco State University and Brown University, and the recipient of Guggenheim and Ford Foundation fellowships.-Summary:...
, Writer; Retired Professor of English, Brown University: 1981. - Thomas J. Schopf, Deceased. Biology: 1981.
- James Marcus Schuyler, Deceased. Poetry: 1981.
- Paul A. Schweitzer, Professor of Mathematics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro: 1981.
- Arden Scott, Artist, Greenport, New York: 1981.
- Nicholas Z. Scoville, Professor of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology: 1981. .
- Andrew Tennant Scull, Professor of Sociology and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego: 1981.
- Meryle SecrestMeryle SecrestMeryle Secrest is an award-winning American biographer, primarily of American artists and art collectors.-Biography:Secrest was born in Bath, England and educated there. Her family emigrated to Canada, where she began her career as a journalist...
, Writer, Rockville, Maryland: 1981. - Charles P. Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics, Harvard University: 1981.
- Julius L. Shaneson, Professor of Mathematics, and Francis J. Carey Chair, University of Pennsylvania: 1981.
- Ntozake ShangeNtozake ShangeNtozake Shange born October 18, 1948, is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her work addresses issues relating to race and feminism....
, Writer, Philadelphia: 1981. - Peter L. Shillingsburg, Professor of English, University of North Texas: 1981.
- Raymond Siever, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Harvard University: 1981.
- Burton Herbert Singer, Professor of Demography and Public Affairs, Princeton University: 1981.
- Meredith Anne Skura, Professor of English, Rice University: 1981.
- Thomas O. Sloane, Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley: 1981.
- Dave SmithDave Smith-In sports:*Dave Smith , Scottish football goalkeeper*Dave Smith , Scottish football fullback for clubs including Burnley, managed several clubs in the 1970s/1980s...
, Boyd Professor of English, Louisiana State University, and Coeditor, The Southern Review, Baton Rouge: 1981. - Roger M. Spanswick, Professor of Plant Physiology, Cornell University: 1981.
- Roswell Howard Spears, Film Maker; Director, James Agee Film Project, State College, Pennsylvania: 1981.
- J. E. R. StaddonJ. E. R. StaddonJohn Eric Rayner Staddon is a British-born American behavioral psychologist known for research on interval timing, "superstition," and behavioral economics in rats, pigeons, and fish -- and people...
, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Professor of Zoology, Duke University: 1981. - Paul Elliot Starr, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University; Co-Editor, The American Prospect: 1981.
- W. Clark Still, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University: 1981.
- Tison C. Street, Composer, Boston, Massachusetts: 1981.
- Barry G. StroudBarry StroudBarry Stroud is a philosopher known for his work on philosophical skepticism, David Hume, and Wittgenstein, among other topics. He received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, followed by a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University, under the direction of Morton White. Since...
, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley: 1981. - John Floyd Sturgeon, Video Artist, Troy, New York: 1981.
- Jon SwanJon SwanJon Swan is an American poet, playwright, librettist, journalist, and editor. He studied at Oberlin College, from which he graduated with a degree in English in 1950. In the 1950s, he taught at the Ecole d'Humanite in...
, Writer, Canaan, Connecticut; Associate Editor, School of Journalism, Columbia University: 1981. - Larry Michael Sweet, Engineer, Burlington, Connecticut: 1981
- Stanley Jeyaraja TambiahStanley Jeyaraja TambiahStanley Jeyaraja Tambiah is a leading social anthropologist and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. He specializes in studies of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tamils, as well as the anthropology of religion and politics.- Biography :Tambiah was born in Sri Lanka to...
, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Southeast Asian Ethnology in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University: 1981. - Saul Arno Teukolsky, Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Cornell University: 1981.
- Leonard M. Thompson, Charles T. Stillé Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University; Director, Southern African Research Program, Yale: 1981.
- Leslie L. Threatte, Jr., Professor of Classics, University of California, Berkeley: 1981.
- Janet Margaret Todd, Fellow, Sussex College, Cambridge, England: 1981.
- Marianna Torgovnick, Associate Chair of English Department; Professor of English, Duke University: 1981.
- Robert Edward Tracy, Emeritus Professor of English and Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley: 1981.
- Billie Lee Turner II, Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Clark University: 1981.
- Frederick Turner, Writer; Founders Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson: 1981.
- Donald Robert Uhlmann, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson: 1981.
- Eugene Charles Ulrich, Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, University of Notre Dame: 1981.
- John Von Hartz, Writer, New York City: 1981.
- David B. WakeDavid B. WakeDavid B. Wake is professor of integrative biology and former curator of herpetology of Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley. Wake is an internationally respected expert on species formation and has written widely on the subject...
, Professor of Integrative Biology, Curator of Herpetology, and Director, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley: 1981. - John G. Walker, Artist, Brookline, Massachusetts: 1981.
- Gerald C. Weales, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Pennsylvania: 1981.
- Michael Weil, Film Maker, San Francisco: 1981.
- Otto Karl Werckmeister, Mary Jane Crowe Distinguished Professor of Art History, Northwestern University: 1981.
- Roger J. B. Wets, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Davis: 1981.
- David Anthony Wevill, Poet; Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin: 1981.
- Robert Huddleston Wiebe, Emeritus Professor of History, Northwestern University: 1981.
- Henry G. Wilhelm, Writer, Grinnell, Iowa; Director of Research, Preservation Publishing Company: 1981.
- Mira Wilkins, Professor of Economics, Florida International University: 1981.
- Samm-Art WilliamsSamm-Art WilliamsSamm-Art Williams is an American playwright and screenwriter, and a stage and film/TV actor. Much of his work concerns the African-American experience....
, Playwright: 1981. - Joan Hoff Wilson, Professor of History and Director, Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University: 1981.
- James Irving Wimsatt, Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor Emeritus of English, University of Texas at Austin: 1981.
- Saul Winegrad, Professor of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: 1981.
- David Weaver Wing, Photographer; Coordinator of the Photography Program, Grossmont College: 1981.
- Isaac WitkinIsaac WitkinIsaac Witkin, internationally renowned modern sculptor, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 10 May 1936, and he died 23 April 2006. Witkin entered St Martin’s School of Art in London, in 1957. Studying under Sir Anthony Caro and alongside other luminaries in training such as Phillip King,...
, Sculptor, Pemberton, New Jersey: 1981. - Lee Alan Witters, Eugene W. Leonard Professor of Medicine & Biochemistry; Chief, Endrocine/Metabolism Division, Dartmouth Medical School: 1981.
- Robert Wohl, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles: 1981.
- John Womack, Jr., Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Harvard University: 1981.
- Robert Wayne Woody, Professor of Biochemistry, Colorado State University: 1981.
- Donald E. Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, University of Kansas: 1981.
- Richard S. Wortman, Professor of History, Columbia University: 1981.
- George T. Wright, Regents Professor Emeritus of English, University of Minnesota: 1981.
- Carl Isaac Wunsch, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1981.
- Maurice Zeitlin, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles: 1981.
- Ramon Zupko, Composer; Emeritus Professor of Music Composition, Western Michigan University: 1981.
- Menachem Zur, Composer; Bronx, New York: 1981.
1981 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows
- Hugo Aréchiga, Chief, Postgraduate and Research Studies, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico City: 1981.
- Reinaldo ArenasReinaldo ArenasReinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government.- Life :...
, Deceased. Fiction: 1981. - Lourdes Arizpe, Research Professor of Social Anthropology, College of Mexico, Mexico City: 1981.
- Paulo Bruscky, Artist, Recife, Brazil: 1981.
- Carlos F. Bunge, Senior Research Physicist, Institute of Physics, and Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Biomedical Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City: 1981.
- German Cáceres, Composer; President, El Salvador Council for Music: 1981.
- Adolfo Canitrot, Senior Research Economist, Center for Studies of the State and Society, Buenos Aires: 1981.
- Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Professor of Linguistics and Director, Center for Applied Linguistics, National University of San Marcos, Lima: 1981.
- Miguel Cervantes, Artist, Mexico City: 1981.
- Teresa del Conde, Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City: 1981.
- Luis Frangella, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1981
- Griselda GambaroGriselda GambaroGriselda Gambaro is an Argentine writer, whose novels, plays, short stories, story tales, essays and novels for teenagers often concern the political violence in her home country that would develop into the Dirty War. One recurring theme is the desaparecidos and the attempts to recover their...
, Writer, Buenos Aires: 1981. - Néstor García CancliniNéstor García CancliniNéstor García Canclini is an Argentine-born academic and anthropologist, known for his theorization of the concept of "hybridity." He currently works at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City and is the director of its programme of studies in urban culture...
, Research Professor of Social Anthropology, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City; Director, Center for Documentation and Research, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City: 1981. - Belita Koiller, Professor of Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 1981.
- Daniel Leyva, Poet; Assistant Director of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Mexico, D.F.: 1981.
- Sergio Miceli Pessôa de Barros, Fuel Professor of Sociology, University of São Paulo: 1981.
- Lygia Carvalho Pape, Artist; Adjunct Professor, Center for Architecture and Art, Santa Ursula University, Rio de Janeiro: 1981.
- M. Blanca París Oddone, Historian, Montevideo: 1981.
- Arnaldo F. Rocha, Professor of Chemistry, University of Amazonas; Research Chemist, National Research Institute of the Amazon, Manaus: 1981.
- José Luis Saborío, Professor of Cell Biology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City: 1981.
- Affonso Romano de Sant'AnnaAffonso Romano de Sant'AnnaAffonso Romano de Sant'Anna , is a Brazilian writer.-Background:He was a professor of Brazilian Literature at UCLA and the University of Texas at El Paso, and a writer for the O Globo newspaper. In 1971 he married Marina Colasanti, a Brazilian journalist and writer...
, Poet; Professor of Literature, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro: 1981. - Juan Pablo TerraJuan Pablo Terra-Background:His father Horacio Terra Arocena served as a Senator. His great-uncle Gabriel Terra was President of Uruguay 1931-1938.-Political offices:Juan Pablo Terra served both as a Deputy and a Senator ....
, Deceased. Political Science: 1981. - Patricio von Hildebrand, Director, Amazon Research Program, Bogotá: 1981.