2001 MacArthur Foundation Awards

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The MacArthur Foundation awards monetary prizes each year in order to provide financial assistance for selected innovators.

• Danielle Allen, 29, associate professor—classics and political science; Chicago, Illinois
• Andrea Barrett, 46, novelist; Rochester, N.Y.
• Christopher Chyba, 41, astrobiologist and policy analyst; Stanford, Calif.
• Michael Dickinson, 38, insect physiologist; Berkeley, Calif.
• Rosanne Haggerty, 41, founder and executive director, Common Ground; New York, N.Y.
• Lene Hau, 41, optical physicist; Cambridge, Mass.
• Dave Hickey, 62, art critic and art historian; Las Vegas, Nev.
• Stephen Hough, 39, concert pianist; New York, N.Y. and London, England
• Kay Redfield Jamison, 55, psychologist; Baltimore, Md.
• Sandra Lanham, 53, conservationist; Tucson, Ariz.
• Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, 40, artist, associate professor; Chicago, Ill.
• Cynthia Moss, 61, naturalist; Amboseli National Park, Kenya
• Dirk Obbink, 44, papyrologist; Oxford, England
• Norman Pace, 59, molecular biologist; Boulder, Colo.
• Suzan-Lori Parks, 38, playwright; Valencia, Calif.
• Brooks Pate, 36, physical chemist; Charlottesville, Va.
• Xiao Qiang, 39, human rights leader; New York, N.Y.
• Geraldine Seydoux, 37, developmental biologist; Baltimore, Md.
• Bright Sheng, 45, composer; Ann Arbor, Mich.
• David Spergel, 40, astrophysicist; Princeton, N.J.
• Jean Strouse, 56, biographer; New York, N.Y.
• Julie Su, 32, public interest lawyer; Los Angeles, Calif.
• David Wilson, 55, artist/inventor; Culver City, Calif.