2002 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.

• Bonnie Bassler, 40, molecular ecobiologist; Princeton, N.J.
• Ann Blair, 40, intellectual historian; Cambridge, Mass.
• Katharine Boo, 37, journalist; Washington, DC
• Paul Ginsparg, 46, physicist and internet publisher; Ithaca, N.Y.
• David Goldstein, 51, energy conservation specialist; San Francisco, Calif.
• Karen Hesse, 50, novelist; Brattleboro, Vt.
• Janine Jagger, 52, epidemiologist; Charlottesville, Va.
• Daniel Jurafsky, 39, computational linguist; Boulder, Colo.
• Toba Khedoori, 37, artist; Los Angeles, Calif.
• Liz Lerman, 54, choreographer; Takoma Park, Md.
• George Lewis, 50, tromobist and composer; La Jolla, Calif.
• Liza Lou, 33, glass bead artist; Los Angeles, Calif.
• Edgar Meyer, 41, bassist and composer; Nashville, Tenn.
• Jack Miles, 60, literary scholar and critic; Los Angeles, Calif.
• Erik Mueggler, 40, anthropologist; Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Sendhil Mullainathan, 29, economist; Cambridge, Mass.
• Stanley Nelson, 48, documentary filmmaker; New York, N.Y.
• Lee Ann Newsom, 45, paleoethnobiologist; University Park, Pa.
• Daniela Rus, 39, roboticist; Hanover, N.H.
• Charles Steidel, 39, cosmologist; Pasadena, Calif.
• Brian Tucker, 56, seismologist and disaster prevention specialist; Palo Alto, Calif.
• Camilo Vergara, 58, urban archivist; New York, N.Y.
• Paul Wennberg, 40, atmospheric chemist; Pasadena, Calif.
• Colson Whitehead, 32, novelist; Brooklyn, N.Y.