UO Guggenheim Fellows

Through 2008, 58 University of Oregon faculty members have won 62 Guggenheim Fellows. The awards began in 1925, with the UO receiving its first in 1942. Four UO fellows have won twice. Below is the full chronological listing of UO fellows and their academic affiliations at the time of their awards, according to official records pulled from the Guggenheim Foundation's Web site. (* signifies two-time winner)

1. Frederick Malcolm Combellack, Greek literature, 1942
2. * Edward Novitski, biology, 1945
3. Robert Donald Clark, rhetoric and communication, 1950
4. Aaron Novick, molecular biology, 1952
5. Virgil Carl Boekelheide, chemistry, 1953
6. * Earl Pomeroy, history, 1956
7. Bradley T. Scheer, biology, 1957
8. LeRoy Henry Klemm, chemistry, 1958
9. Lloyd William Staples, geology, 1960
10. * Wolfgang Arthur Leppmann, German, 1962
11. David Kent Harrison, mathematics, 1963
12. Christof A. Wegelin, English, 1964
13. Carl Lewis Johannessen, geography, 1965
14. Frank Sumio Okada, painter, art, 1966
15. Frederick Wolf Munz, biology, 1967
16. Edward T. Price, geography, 1969
17. John A. Schellman, chemistry, 1969
18. Richard W. Castenholz, biology, 1970
19. * Wolfgang Arthur Leppmann, German, 1971
20. * Earl Pomeroy, history, 1971
21. John F. W. Keana, chemistry, 1972
22. Donald Stewart Taylor, English, 1972
23. Gustave Alef, history, 1973
24. Peter Hans von Hippel, chemistry, 1973
25. Warner L. Peticolas, chemistry, 1973
26. Andrew S. Bajer, biology, 1974
27. * Edward Novitski, biology, 1974
28. * Franklin William Stahl, American Cancer Society Research Professor of Molecular Genetics, 1975
29. O. Hayes Griffith, chemistry, 1977
30. Brian W. Matthews, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, molecular biology, physics, 1977
31. Thomas Koenig, chemistry, 1979
32. Roger Chickering, history, 1980
33. David R. Herrick, chemistry, 1983
34. James C. Mohr, history, 1983
35. Steven Shankman, English, director of the Oregon Humanities Center, Eugene, 1984
36. William E. Bradshaw, biology, 1985
37. Thomas Givón, linguistics and cognitive science, 1985
38. * Franklin William Stahl, American Cancer Society Research Professor of Molecular Genetics, 1985
39. Paul Slovic, psychology, president of Decision Research, Eugene, 1986
40. Jeffrey M. Hurwit, art history, 1987
41. Steven W. Keele, psychology, 1988
42. Jennifer J. Freyd, psychology, 1989
43. Garrett K. Hongo, poet, creative writing, 1990
44. Robert Grudin, English, 1992
45. T. R. Hummer, poet, creative writing, 1992
46. Philip J. DeVries, biology, 1996
47. Russell Lande, biology, 1996
48. Janis C. Weeks, biology, 1996
49. Charles B. Kimmel, biology, 1997
50. David Crumb, composer, composition, 1998
51. Carlos Aguirre, Latin American history, 1999
52. Warren Ginsberg, English, 1999
53. Ehud Havazelet, creative writing, 2001
54. Dorianne Laux, creative writing, 2001
55. Monte Westerfield, biology, 2001
56. Jeffrey A. Cina, chemistry, Oregon Center for Optics, 2003
57. Dare Baldwin, psychology, 2006
58. Patrick Phillips, biology, 2006
59. Stephen J. Shoemaker, religious studies, 2006
60. Geraldine Richmond, chemistry, 2007
61. Shawn R. Lockery, biology, 2008
62. Philip W. Scher, anthropology, 2008