List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1937

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Sixty-three Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in 1937.[1][2]

1937 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsDrama and Performance ArtRobert ArdreyUniversity of ChicagoPlaywriting[3][4][5]
Robert TurneyAlso won in 1936[6]
FictionFrederic ProkoschWriting[7][4]
Fine ArtsAhron Ben-ShmuelSculptureAlso won in 1938[8]
Aaron BohrodPaintingAlso won in 1936[9][10][5]
Jon CorbinoAlso won in 1936[11]
Lu DubleBennett SchoolSculptureAlso won in 1938[12][13]
William GropperDrawing[14][10][5]
George GroszPaintingAlso won in 1938[15][5]
Josette Hébert-CoëffinAlso won in 1939[citation needed]
Joe JonesPainting: Conditions of the Dust Bowl[2][5]
Rico LebrunArt Students League Also won in 1935, 1962[16][17]
Music CompositionRoss Lee FinneySmith CollegeCompositionAlso won in 1947[18][19][5]
Dante Fiorillo [de]Also won in 1935, 1936, 1938[20]
Robert Guyn McBrideBennington College[18][19][5]
PhotographyEdward WestonPhotographic satire in the WestAlso won in 1938[21][22][5][23]
PoetrySterling Allen BrownHoward UniversityLong narrative poem[24][4][25][5]
Harold Lewis CookWriting[26][4]
Sonia Raiziss GiopGirls' High School[15][24][4][10]
Jesse Hilton StuartGreenup County High School[24][5][23]
Theatre ArtsStewart Chaney [it]Research in Europe[27]
Mordecai GorelikInfluence of scientific techniques upon methods of stage designAlso won in 1935[10]
HumanitiesBritish HistoryHolden FurberConsolidation of British power in India[19][5]
ClassicsCharles Farwell Edson, Jr.Historical geography and epigraphy of ancient MacedoniaAlso won in 1936, 1956[28]
Ernst LevyUniversity of Washington (visiting)Development of Roman law in the western part of the empire during its decline[29][10][23]
English LiteratureFannie Elizabeth RatchfordUniversity of TexasAlso won in 1929, 1957[30]
Fine Arts ResearchLucy DriscollUniversity of ChicagoChinese art[3][5]
Kaj KlitgaardThrough the American Landscape (published 1941)[31]
Carl SchusterAlso won in 1938[4][23]
General NonfictionZora Neale HurstonPractice of obeahAlso won in 1936[32]
Max NortonHistory of Socialist-Communist, Liberal-Democratic, Nationalist-Patriotic, and reactionary movements during the last 150 years[2][33]
Donald Culross PeattieRobert Owen's New Harmony experimentAlso won in 1936[4][34]
Literary CriticismRichard Palmer BlackmurHenry AdamsAlso won in 1938[19][5]
Medieval HistoryJohn Life La MonteUniversity of CincinnatiBiographical and genealogical catalogue of the Crusader states[35][5]
Medieval LiteratureDorothy BethurumLawrence CollegeOld and early Middle English homilies[36][5]
Anselm StrittmatterSaint Anselm's PrioryHistory of Christian life and thoughtAlso won in 1932[25][5]
Near Eastern StudiesSamuel Noah KramerUniversity of ChicagoHistory of Sumerian culture from 2000 BCAlso won in 1938, 1961[3][10][5]
PhilosophyPaul WeissBryn Mawr CollegeFoundations of ethics in the light of modern logic and metaphysics[10][5]
Donald Cary WilliamsUniversity of CaliforniaAnalysis and theory of knowledge[21][5][23]
United States HistoryEdward Deming AndrewsHistory on the religious arts of the Shakers[19][5]
Natural SciencesApplied MathematicsRonold W. P. KingLafayette CollegeResearch in GermanyAlso won in 1957[37]
Astronomy and AstrophysicsWillem Jacob LuytenUniversity of MinnesotaStars in the southern hemisphereAlso won in 1928, 1929[38][19][2]
ChemistryLawrence Olin BrockwayCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMolecular studies of certain heavy metal carbonyls[21][39][5][23]
Earth ScienceCharles Henry Behre, Jr [de]Northwestern UniversityComparative study of zinc-lead deposits[40][5]
Aaron Clement Waters [de]Stanford UniversityComparative study of metamorphic rock[21][41][23]
Medicine and HealthAllan Lyle GrafflinHarvard UniversityFunctional and cytological studies of the mammalian and human kidneyAlso won in 1934[19][5]
Samuel Robert Means ReynoldsLong Island College of MedicineNature of the motility-stimulating action of Oestrin upon uterine muscles[15]
Molecular and Cellular BiologyEric Glendinning BallJohns Hopkins UniversityMechanism of biological oxidationsAlso won in 1958[42][5]
William Clouser BoydBoston UniversityBlood groups among people in southwestern AsiaAlso won in 1935, 1961[19][43][5]
Florence Barbara SeibertHenry Phipps InstituteResearch with Theodor Svedberg[44][45]
Herbert ShapiroPrinceton UniversityNerve activity at low oxygen pressures[10]
James Batcheller SumnerCornell UniversityResearch with Theodor Svedberg[46]
Organismic Biology and EcologySydney William BrittonUniversity of VirginiaComparative study of tropical animals with those native to Virginia[47]
George Whitfield Deluz HamlettUnited States Biological SurveyEmbryology and reproductive cycles of various mammalsAlso won in 1936[48][5]
William Louis Straus, JrJohns Hopkins UniversityEmbryological development of muscle function[10][5]
PhysicsHans MuellerMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyStructure and properties of liquids[19][5]
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesMelville J. HerskovitsNorthwestern UniversityPrimitive economics[10][49][5]
EconomicsFrank Whitson FetterTheories of money, banking, and international finance in England, 1800-1870[2][50][33]
Earl Jefferson HamiltonDuke University17th-century managed currency experiment of John Law[2][51][52][33]
Political ScienceRalph Droz CaseyUniversity of MinnesotaPolitical party propaganda campaigns[19][53][23]
Harwood Lawrence ChildsPrinceton UniversityHistorical study of labor and capital in German politicsAlso won in 1946[53]
PsychologyDonald Keith Adams [ca; pt]Duke UniversityFormulation of a theory of the changes in the structure of the mind that constitute mental development[52]
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1937 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
HumanitiesIberian and Latin American HistoryAndrés HenestrosaNational University of MexicoSignificance of Zapotecan cultureAlso won in 1936[54]
Natural ScienceMathematicsCarlos Graef FernándezNational Autonomous University of MexicoAlso won in 1938, 1939[55]
Medicine and HealthJoaquín Luco Valenzuela [es]Pontifical Catholic University of ChilePhysiology, especially the action of certain drugs on smooth muscleAlso won in 1938, 1957, 1968[56][55]
Alberto MarsalNational University of CórdobaAlso won in 1938[55]
Enrique SavinoNational Department of Hygiene (Argentina)Also won in 1935, 1936[55]
Molecular and Cellular BiologyConrado Federico AsenjoUniversity of Puerto RicoSystematic study of the chemical composition and active principles of the medicinal and poisonous plants of the West IndiesAlso won in 1938, 1954[57]
Santos SorianoUniversity of Buenos AiresMicrobiological studies in artificial production of bacterial variations[58]
PhysicsAlfredo Baños, Jr.National University of MexicoPhysical nature of dielectric constant and of the conductivity of dielectricsAlso won in 1935, 1936, 1957[59][55]
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesCarlos García RobiouUniversity of HavanaCuban prehistoryAlso won in 1938[60][61]
LawSilvio Arturo Zavala ValladoNational University of MexicoComparative study of the systems of forced labor in the Spanish and English colonies of North AmericaAlso won in 1939[62][63]
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