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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1948

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One hundred and twelve Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in 1948.[1][2] Twenty-five of the artists and scholars were from California, the most from any state.[3]

1948 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsDrama and Performance ArtTheodore WardWrote play that would become John Brown[4][5][6]
FictionSaul BellowUniversity of MinnesotaWritingAlso won in 1955[7][8][9]
Sam ByrdUniversity of North CarolinaAlso won in 1946[2][10][9]
Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick[11][4][5][9]
James Farl Powers[12][8]
Jean StaffordAlso won in 1945[4][5]
William Woods[2][13]
Marguerite Young[4][5]
FilmFrancis Lee[14][5]
John Hales WhitneyExperimental works in abstract animated sound filmAlso won in 1947[3][9]
Fine ArtsEugene BermanPaintings and studies of Baroque architecture in Latin countriesAlso won in 1946[3][9]
Sue FullerMuseum of Modern ArtPrintmaking[2][4][5]
Allan Capron HouserHaskell InstituteSculpture and painting at the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation[15][9]
Victoria Hutson Huntley[16]
Mitchell JamiesonPaintingAlso won in 1946[17][18][19]
Reuben Tam[4][5]
Denny Winters[4][5]
Music CompositionNicolai Tichanovitch BerezowskyComposing[20][4][5][9]
Romeo CascarinoAlso won in 1949[20][4][5][9]
Leon KirchnerUniversity of California, BerkeleyAlso won in 1949[20][3]
Hubert Weldon LambWellesley College[20][21]
H. Owen ReedMichigan State College[20][22]
PhotographyAnsel AdamsAmerica's national parks and monumentsAlso won in 1946, 1959[23][3][9]
James A. FitzsimmonsColor photography[24][3][9]
PoetryDouglas Valentine LePanHigh Commission of Canada, LondonWriting[25][26]
Kenneth RexrothAlso won in 1949[3]
Peter R. ViereckSmith CollegeAlso won in 1954[27]
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureCharles John OlsonNarrative writingAlso won in 1939[28][19]
Norman Holmes PearsonYale UniversityEdition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's lettersAlso won in 1956[29]
Architecture, Planning and DesignRobert Woods KennedyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyDevelopment of a new method of teaching design[21]
Hugh Sinclair MorrisonDartmouth CollegeHistory of American architecture from the colonial period to the present[13]
British HistoryDavid Harris WillsonUniversity of MinnesotaBiography on James IAlso won in 1941, 1943, 1963[8]
ClassicsJohn Petersen ElderHarvard UniversityVatican Mythographers[21] [9]
Louise Adams HollandBryn Mawr CollegeStudy of the cults of Janus and Vesta "on the basis of the topography, climatic conditions and needs of the primitive city of Rome"[30][9]
Dance StudiesEdwin DenbyComparative study of European and American ballet[31][5][9]
East Asian StudiesWing-tsit ChanDartmouth CollegeNeo-Confucianism in China, 11th to 20th centuries[13][9]
Economic HistoryLouis Morton HackerColumbia UniversityAmerican post-Civil War generation, 1865-1900, in industrial and intellectual termsAlso won in 1958[5][9]
Robert Sabatino LopezYale UniversityHistory of the guilds of southern European manufacturers of coins from the 4th to 15th centuryAlso won in 1951[29]
English LiteratureJohn Erskine HankinsUniversity of KansasBackgrounds of Shakespeare's philosophy[9]
Louis L. MartzYale UniversityEnglish religious poetry during the 16th and 17th centuries in relation to the Continental movement toward methodical religious meditationAlso won in 1981[29][9]
Ada NisbetUniversity of California, Los AngelesBasic trends in the social and intellectual relations between England and America in the early Victorian periodAlso won in 1954[3][9]
Mark SchorerUniversity of California, BerkeleyBook on techniques of fiction and completion of a novelAlso won in 1941, 1942, 1973[3][9]
Fine Arts ResearchCharles de TolnayInstitute for Advanced StudyMonograph on Michelangelo, 1534-1564Also won in 1949, 1953[30][9]
Horst Woldemar JansonWashington University in St. LouisWorks of DonatelloAlso won in 1955[32]
Marvin Chauncey RossWalters Art GalleryAlfred BaryeAlso won in 1938, 1939, 1952[33][34]
Folklore and Popular CultureBertrand Harris BronsonUniversity of California, BerkelyMusical-literary companion to Francis James Child's English and Scottish Popular BalladsAlso won in 1943, 1944[3][9]
Harold CourlanderNew York State Department of StateLife of the Indigenous peoples of South AfricaAlso won in 1955[35][5][9]
French HistoryWilliam Farr ChurchBrown UniversityPolitical thought in 17th century FranceAlso won in 1945, 1953[36][9]
French LiteratureJean-Albert BédéColumbia University1948 in Europe, particularly France[5][9]
William Kenneth CornellYale UniversityHistory of the French Symbolist movement[29][9]
Herbert Dieckmann [de]Washington University in St. LouisDevelopment and structure of Diderot's thought[32][9]
Isidore Silver [de]Brown UniversityPierre de Ronsard and the Hellenic Renaissance in France[37][9]
General NonfictionSally CarrigharStudy of Alaskan wildlife in preparation for a book that would become Icebound Summer (1953)Also won in 1949[3][9]
Joseph Kinsey HowardBook about the Métis peopleAlso won in 1947[38][9]
German and East European HistoryCharles Calvert BayleyMcGill UniversityConsolidation of the College of Electors in Germany in the 14th century[26]
Iberian and Latin American HistoryEngel SluiterUniversity of California, BerkeleyDutch-Iberian colonial rivalry in the 17th century[3][9]
Italian HistoryAntonio PaceSyracuse UniversityBenjamin Franklin and ItalyAlso won in 1960[5][9]
LinguisticsYakov MalkielUniversity of California, BerkeleyHistorical study of Hispanic word formation, including old and modern Portuguese, and dialectical varieties in the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin AmericaAlso won in 1959, 1966[3][9]
Literary CriticismEric Russell BentleyUniversity of MinnesotaNature of dramatic artAlso won in 1967[8][9]
Edwin HonigUniversity of New MexicoComparative studies of "certain works of epical and allegorical imagination in European literature" since Edmund SpenserAlso won in 1962[39][9]
Wilbur Samuel HowellPrinceton UniversityHistorical survey on the theory of poetry and rhetoric in England and America, 1530-1900Also won in 1957[30]
Josephine MilesUniversity of California, BerkeleyHistory of English poetic language, specifically the 16th to 20th centuries[3][9]
Reuben Wallenrod [ru]Brooklyn CollegeModern Hebrew Palestinian literature[5][9]
Medieval LiteratureFrancis James Carmody [de]University of California, BerkeleyArabic astronomy in the Middle Ages[3][9]
Ruth J. DeanMount Holyoke CollegeDescriptive catalogue of Anglo-Norman manuscripts in Europe and North America[40][9]
Elliott Van Kirk DobbieColumbia UniversityEditions of Beowulf and Judith[5][9]
Theodor Ernst MommsenPrinceton UniversityPetrarch's historical works and ideas[41][9]
Helaine NewsteadHunter CollegeDevelopment of the Tristan legend in the Middle Ages[5][9]
John C. PopeYale UniversityHistory of the Anglo-Saxon period of English literature[29]
Arnold WilliamsMichigan State CollegeIntellectual background of 14th-century English literature[22]
Music ResearchStephen Davidson TuttleUniversity of VirginiaKeyboard works of the English Virginalist composers[18][19]
Otto John Gombosi [de]Michigan State CollegeCertain popular patterns of Renaissance music and their tradition in English and America, from Elizabethan times to present[22][9]
Erich Hertzmann [de]Columbia UniversityBeethoven's autograph compositions and sketches[5][9]
PhilosophyWilliam FrankenaUniversity of MichiganHistory of ethical thought and moral philosophy in Great Britain and the US[22][9]
Natural ScienceChemistryRichard T. ArnoldUniversity of MinnesotaStereochemistry[8][9]
Robert E. ConnickUniversity of California, BerkeleyComplexion formationAlso won in 1958[3][9]
Paul Antoine GiguèreLaval UniversityMolecular structure of hydrogen peroxide by the spectroscopic methodAlso won in 1946[26]
Michael PeechCornell UniversitySoil chemistry and soil-plant relationships[5][9]
Earth ScienceWalter MunkScripps Institute of OceanographyEffect of wind stress upon ocean currents, with an emphasis on transient conditionsAlso won in 1953, 1962[3][9]
MathematicsClaude Charles ChevalleyPrinceton UniversityTheories of Lie groups[30][9]
Irving KaplanskyUniversity of ChicagoTopological rings[9]
Norman LevinsonMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNon-linear differential equations[21]
Medicine and HealthHenry Shepard FullerUniversity of North CarolinaTaxonomy and distribution of the mites of the family Trombiculidae, in relation to their transmission of diseases[10][9]
Doris Phelps OrwinVanderbilt University School of MedicineReproductive and gynecological physiology[16][9]
Molecular and Cellular BiologyErwin ChargaffColumbia UniversityChemistry of lipoproteins and nucleoproteins and their role in cellular structure and specificity[5][9]
Roy Philip ForsterDartmouth CollegeKidney functionsAlso won in 1955[13][9]
Choh Hao LiUniversity of California, BerkeleyPhysico-chemical nature of growth and adrenocorticotropic hormones isolated from the anterior lobe of the pituitary[3][9]
NeuroscienceJames Mather SpragueJohns Hopkins University Medical SchoolAnatomical organization of the spinal motor system[34]
Organismic Biology and EcologyEllsworth DoughertyEvolution and genetics of Rhabditida nematodesAlso won in 1945[3][9]
George Henry MickeyLouisiana State UniversityGenetic and cytological effects of treatment of the germ cells in Drosophila melanogaster with X-ray and UV radiation[16][9]
PhysicsJulian Knause KnippIowa State UniversityEnergy loss of fast ions in their passage through matter[42][9]
Plant ScienceLawrence Rogers BlinksStanford UniversityPhotochemistry of phycoerythrinAlso won in 1939, 1957[43][3][9]
Orville Thomas BonnettUniversity of IllinoisDevelopmental morphology and histology of the tassel and ear of types of maize[44][9]
Pierre DansereauUniversity of MontrealTaxonomy of vascular plants, emphasizing the mechanism of evolution[26]
Ralph EmersonUniversity of California, BerkeleyMechanisms of sexuality and reproduction in aquatic fungiAlso won in 1956[3][9]
Adriance Sherwood FosterMorphology of certain tropical plants, particularly of the genus MouririAlso won in 1941[3][9]
Roy Wesley NixonUS Department of AgricultureEcological study of date varieties in French North Africa[3][9]
Harold Ignatius Paul OlmoUniversity of California, DavisIndigenous fruit and nut varieties of Persia and Afghanistan, with the purpose of introducing seeds and selon material into California for use in fruit breeding[3][9]
Charles Madeira Rick, Jr.Tomato species of the Andean region of South America and of California from the point of view of their breeding mechanismsAlso won in 1950[3][9]
Ismael VélezPolytechnic Institute of San GermánHerbaceous vegetation of the Caribbean archipelago, with an emphasis on the taxonomy and ecology of the herbaceous spermatophytes[45]
Social ScienceAnthropology and Cultural StudiesJohn Lawrence AngelJefferson Medical CollegeBiological history of the inhabitants of Ancient Greece[30][9]
EconomicsGeorge Vickers HaythorneDepartment of Labour at OttawaConditions necessary for developing and maintaining full employment in Canadian agriculture[46]
John Perry MillerYale UniversityTheory of markets and prices[29]
Paul SamuelsonMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEconomics of inflationary conditions[21]
Warren Candler ScovilleUniversity of California, Los Angeles"Effects upon French industry and economic life of the persecution and migration of the Huguenots before and after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes"Also won in 1955[3][9]
LawSamuel Edmund ThorneYale University School of LawCourt of Chancery and the Court of Star Chamber during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with a special emphasis on the transition from medieval to modern lawAlso won in 1951, 1956[29]
Political ScienceRobert W. FraseHarvard UniversityProposals for international control of atomic energy[19][9]
George Francis Gilman StanleyUniversity of British ColumbiaGovernmental policy towards the Canadian Indian[38][26]
PsychologyJoseph BarrellPomfret SchoolBook: A Philosophical Study of the Human Mind[29][9]
Robert Ward LeeperUniversity of OregonPsychology of personality[38]
Gregory H. RazranQueens College, New YorkInterrelations between attitudinal controls and conditioned responses in humans[5][9]
Hans WallachSwarthmore CollegePsychology of perception[30]
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1948 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

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CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutional associationResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsFine ArtsAlejandro Mario IllanesPainting and engraving[45]
Miguel Sopó DuqueSculpture[45]
PoetryAgustí Bartra LleonartLietresWritingAlso won in 1949, 1960[45]
HumanitiesLinguisticsJohn CorominasEtymological dictionary of the Spanish languageAlso won in 1945, 1957[47][45]
Literary CriticismJosé Antonio Portuondo [es]History of literary criticism in Spanish America[45]
PhilosophyJosé María Ferrater MoraUniversity of ChileMain currents of philosophy in the United StatesAlso won in 1946[48][45]
Natural ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsVíctor M. BlancoStatistical astronomy, particularly determination of the luminosity function for stars in the vicinity of the sunAlso won in 1954[45]
EngineeringLuis Hernán Tejada-FloresPhenomenon of dielectric recovery as related to the transmission of electric power[45]
MathematicsCândido Lima da Silva DiasUniversity of São PauloDifferential geometry and topology[45]
Medicine and HealthMauro Pereira BarrettoMonograph on the horseflies of neo-tropical America[45]
Juan García RamosInstitute of Cardiology, Mexico CityNeurology, particularly central excitation and inhibitionAlso won in 1951[45]
Molecular and Cellular BiologyCarlos ChagasUniversity of BrazilEffects of UV rays on cell growth[45]
Thales MartinsOswaldo Cruz InstituteInfluence of hormones on animal behaviorAlso won in 1947[49][45]
Roberto Luiz Pimenta de MelloMinistry of Education and Health, Oswaldo Cruz InstituteHematology, particularly metabolism of porphyrinsAlso won in 1949[45]
Julio Morató ManaroInstitute of Endocrinology, MontevideoSteroid chemistry and applications to clinical problems[45]
Organismic Biology and EcologyJuan Gerónimo EstebanNational University of TucumánFurnariidae of Argentina[45]
Abraham WillinkMiguel Lillo InstituteHymenoptera of ArgentinaAlso won in 1962[45]
PhysicsJosé Leite LopesUniversity of BrazilFundamental theory of nuclear force[45]
Plant ScienceJaime Guiscafre-ArrillagaHost and parasite relationships between rots-producing plant pathogens and citrus fruits with the purpose of finding methods of controlling after-harvest fruit decays[45]
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