2001 MacArthur Fellowships

The MacArthur Fellowships for 2001 were announced on 24 October 2001, after delays due to the events of 11 September. Each of the 23 individuals will receive $500,000 over five years. The foundation describes the basis for giving the awards as follows: "The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits, and a marked capacity for self-direction. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work." The Fellowships are often referred to as "genius grants"<1>, though the foundation dislikes that term.

The MacArthur Fellows for 2001 are:

• Danielle Allen
  • Classicist/Political Scientist
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Classical Languages and Literatures,
  • Department of Politics,
  • Committee on Social Thought,
  • University of Chicago
• Andrea Barrett
  • Novelist
  • Instructor, part-time, MFA Program for Writers,
  • Warren Wilson College,
  • Swannanoa, North Carolina
• Christopher Chyba
  • Scientist/Science Policy Specialist
  • Carl Sagan Chair, SETI Institute,
  • Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation,
  • Associate Professor of Geological & Environmental Sciences,
  • Stanford University
• Michael Dickinson
  • Insect Physiologist,
  • Professor of Integrative Biology,
  • University of California, Berkeley
• Rosanne Haggerty
  • Entrepeneur
  • Founder and Executive Director,
  • Common Ground
  • New York City
• Lene Hau
  • Optical Physicist
  • Gordan McKay Professor of Applied Physics,
  • Professor of Physics,
  • Harvard University
• Dave Hickey
  • Art Critic and Art Historian
  • Professor of Art Theory and Criticism
  • University of Nevada
• Stephen Hough
  • Concert Pianist
  • New York City and London
• Kay Redfield Jamison
  • Psychologist
  • Professor of Psychiatry,
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Honorary Professor of English,
  • University of St. Andrews
• Sandra Lanham
  • Conservationist
  • Founder and Director
  • Environmental Flying Services
  • Tucson, Arizona
• Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
  • Artist
  • Associate Professor,
  • College of Architecture and the Arts,
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
• Cynthia Moss
  • Naturalist
  • Director, Amboseli Elephant Research Project
  • Amboseli National Park
  • Kenya
• Dirk Obbink
  • Papyrologist
  • Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature,
  • University of Oxford,
  • Fellow and Tutor in Greek,
  • Christ Church College,
  • Oxford, England
• Norman Pace
  • Molecular Biologist
  • Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
• Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Playwright
  • Director, A.S.K. Theater Projects Writing for Performance Program
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • Valencia, California
• Brooks Pate
  • Physical Chemist
  • Professor of Chemistry
  • University of Virginia
• Xiao Qiang
  • Human Rights Leader
  • Executive Director
  • Human Rights in China
  • New York City
• Geraldine Seydoux
  • Developmental Biologist
  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics,
  • John Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Bright Sheng
  • Composer
  • Professor of Music
  • University of Michigan
• David Spergel
  • Astrophysicist
  • Professor of Astrophysical Sciences,
  • Princeton University
• Jean Strouse
  • Biographer,
  • New York City
• Julie Su
  • Public Interest Lawyer
  • Litigation Director,
  • Asian Pacific American Legal Center
  • Los Angeles
• David Wilson
  • Artist/Inventor
  • Founder and Proprietor
  • Museum of Jurassic Technology
  • Culver City, California

1. www.macfound.org