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July, 2000

MacArthur Fellows



Nineteen recipients of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowships have been associated with Columbia University as faculty members since the program's inception in 1981. Their names and award year follow; bold face shows those currently on faculty.
1981 Joseph Brodsky, adjunct professor of writing, School of the Arts
Gregory Chudnovsky, research associate, mathematics
John Imbrie, visiting senior research associate, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Elaine H. Pagels, professor of religion, Barnard College
Paul G. Richards, Mellon Professor of Natural Sciences
Lawrence Rosen, adjunct professor, School of Law
Derek Walcott, adjunct professor of writing, visiting professor, School of the Arts
Michael Woodford, assistant professor of economics (1984-86)
1982 Charles F. Sabel, professor of law
1983 Seweryn Bialer, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of Political Science
Robert K. Merton, social scientist, University Professor Emeritus
1984 Paul O. Kristeller, Frederick J.E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy Emeritus
1987 Walter Abish, lecturer in writing, School of General Studies
Meyer Schapiro, art historian, University Professor Emeritus (d. 1996)
1990 Sherry Ortner, professor of anthropology
1992 Barbara Jeanne Fields, professor of history
Michael Massing, adjunct assistant professor, School of International and Public Affairs
1996 Rebecca Goldstein, adjunct assistant professor of writing, School of the Arts (1994-95, 1995- 96, 1996-)
Richard Howard, professor of writing, School of the Arts
2000 Patricia Williams, professor of law, Columbia Law School