List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1932

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Fifty-seven scholars and artists received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1932.[1][2]

1932 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsChoreographyMartha GrahamNeighborhood Playhouse School of the TheatreNative dances from Mexico and YucatánAlso won in 1943, 1944[3][2][4][5]
FictionLouis AdamicIndustrial and sociological research[6][2][7][8][4]
Caroline Gordon TateNovel writing[9][2][7][10]
Evelyn ScottNovel concerned with the influence of the post-war attitude of 'disillusion' on a romantic woman's temperament[2][7][10][4]
Fine ArtsBenjamin GreensteinDrawing and painting[11][4]
Peter BlumePaintingAlso won in 1936[2][11][7][4]
Howard Norton CookEtching, wood engraving, and lithographyAlso won in 1934[7][4]
Andrew DasburgPainting and study of contemporary Mexican Fresco painting[2][7][10]
Mitchell FieldsSculptureAlso won in 1935[7]
Ernest FienePainting[2][7][4]
John B. FlannaganSculpture[7][4]
Peppino MangraviteEthical Culture Fieldston SchoolPaintingAlso won in 1936[7][4]
Antonio SalemmeSculptureAlso won in 1936[2][7][4]
Music CompositionGeorge AntheilComposingAlso won in 1933[12][2][4]
Adolph Weiss[12][11][4]
Mark WesselAlso won in 1930[12][13]
PoetryH. L. DavisHistorical-dramatic poem, giving an account of the earliest pioneer settlements in the Northwest[7]
George DillonWritingAlso won in 1933[7][10]
HumanitiesArchitecture, Planning and DesignLewis MumfordCompletion of a book on formAlso won in 1938, 1956[2][7][14][4]
BiographyHoward Mumford JonesUniversity of MichiganThomas Moore as representative of "regency" taste in literatureAlso won in 1935, 1964[15][13][10]
ClassicsLevi Arnold Post [de]Haverford CollegeText tradition of Plato's Laws[16][14]
East Asian StudiesOwen LattimoreAlso won in 1930[14]
French LiteratureNorman Lewis TorreyYale UniversityBiography of VoltaireAlso won in 1954[14]
German and Scandinavian LiteratureEdwin Hermann ZeydelUniversity of CincinnatiLudwig Tieck[17][18]
Iberian and Latin American HistoryFrank TannenbaumComparative studies of agriculture in Peru and ArgentinaAlso won in 1934[19]
Latin American LiteratureJ. Frank DobieUniversity of TexasCollection of tales told by Mexicans in Northern Mexico and preparation of a book that reflects the character and history both of these people and their country[15][10]
Literary CriticismFulmer MoodHarvard University; Radcliffe CollegeHistory of American Colonial ideasAlso won in 1934[14]
Medieval LiteratureAnselm StrittmatterSt. Anselm's Priory; Trinity Washington UniversityHistory of church worshipAlso won in 1937[20][10]
Earl Morse WilburPacific Unitarian School for the MinistryHistory of the Socinianism-Unitarian movement as a movement toward freedom, reason and tolerance in religion[7][14][21]
PhilosophyF. S. C. NorthropYale UniversityDetermination of the nature of mathematical and logical form[14]
Spanish and Portuguese LiteratureIsaac GoldbergHarvard UniversityModern literature of Spanish and Portuguese America[2][11][14]
Arturo Torres-RiosecoUniversity of CaliforniaSpanish-American novelAlso won in 1928[21][18]
Natural ScienceChemistryHerbert Orion CalveryUniversity of Michigan Medical SchoolEmbryonic protein metabolism with special reference to the chemistry of ovalbumin and ovovitellin and the time of the appearance of the proteolytic enzymes in the developing chick embryo[13][10]
Theodore William RichardsPrinceton UniversityApplication of the method of statistics and quantum mechanics to surface phenomena[14]
Oliver Reynolds WulfU.S. Department of Agriculture[22]
Medicine and HealthSamuel GelfanUniversity of AlbertaNature of the submaximal contractions of the single muscle fiber[7]
Organismic Biology and EcologyHermann Joseph MullerUniversity of TexasProblems concerning the mechanism of mutation and evolution and the nature of the genre, with particular reference to certain results concerning mutation[15][10]
Karl Patterson SchmidtThe Field MuseumAmphibians and reptiles of upper Central America[23][24]
PhysicsFrancis Arthur JenkinsUniversity of CaliforniaMeasurement and interpretation of intensities in band spectraAlso won in 1947, 1958[21]
Robert Sanderson MullikenAlso won in 1932[25]
Plant SciencesIvan Murray JohnstonArnold ArboretumProblem of dispersal of plants in the Western Hemisphere and the manner in which plants in the Western United States were transferred to Central America[14]
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1932 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureJulio FingeritMinistry of Education in Buenos AiresContemporary literature in the United States[26]
Architecture, Planning and DesignFernando Devilat RoccaPontifical Catholic University of ChileArchitecture of hospitals and organization of hospital services in the United States[27]
Ángel GuidoNational University of the LittoralArchitecture and city planning in the United States[28]
EducationAída Laso CorreaUniversity of ChileOrganization of educational guidance and students' welfare in certain universities in the United States[29]
Iberian and Latin American HistoryHerminio Portell ViláUniversity of HavanaCuba–United States relationsAlso won in 1931, 1933[30]
Natural ScienceEngineeringNicanor AlurraldeArgentine State RailwayProblems of railway engineering and management in the United States[31]
Medicine and HealthDonato G. Alarcón Martínez [es]National Autonomous University of MexicoTreatment of tuberculosis[32]
Juan Farill y SolaresDepartment of Public Health, MexicoClinical theory and practice of orthopedics with special reference to the nonsurgical treatment of deformities in childrenAlso won in 1933[33]
Organismic Biology and EcologyCarlos G. Aguayo y CastroAlso won in 1931[34]
Enrique BeltránAlso won in 1933[35]
Tomás Leandro MariniDepartment of Agriculture, ArgentinaMarine biology, oceanography, and pisciculture in the United States[36]
Plant SciencesManuel Elgueta GuérinSociedad Nacional de AgriculturaTheoretical genetics and application of genetics to the improvement of plantsAlso won in 1930[37]
José A. NollaInheritance of disease resistance in tobaccoAlso won in 1933[38]
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