1998 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.

• Janine Antoni, 34, artist; New York
• Ida Applebroog, 68, painter and social critic; New York
• Ellen Barry, 44, attorney; Oakland, Calif.
• Tim Berners-Lee, 43, computer scientist; Lexington, Mass.
• Linda Bierds, 53, poet; Bainbridge Island, Wash.
• Bernadette Brooten, 47, professor of religion; Cambridge, Mass.
• John Carlstrom, 41, astrophysicist; Chicago
• Mike Davis, 52, historian; Pasadena, Calif.
• Nancy Folbre, 45, economist; Montague, Mass.
• Avner Greif, 42, economist; Stanford, Calif.
• Kun-Liang Guan, 35, biochemist; Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Gary Hill, 47, video artist; Seattle
• Edward Hirsch, 48, poet and essayist; Houston
• Ayesha Jalal, 42, historian; New York
• Charles Johnson, 50, writer and cartoonist; Seattle
• Leah Krubitzer, 37, neuroscientist; Davis, Calif.
• Stewart Kwoh, 49, lawyer and human rights leader; Los Angeles
• Charles Lewis, 44, founder of Center for Public Integrity; Alexandria, Va.
• William McDonald, 46, cattle rancher; Douglas, Ariz.
• Peter Miller, 33, history scholar; Berlin, Germany
• Don Mitchell, 36, cultural geographer; Syracuse, N.Y.
• Rebecca Nelson, 37, plant pathologist; Lima, Peru
• Elinor Ochs, 53, linguistic anthropologist; Pacific Palisades, Calif.
• Ishmael Reed, 60, writer and publisher; Oakland, Calif.
• Benjamin Santer, 43, atmospheric scientist; Livermore, Calif.
• Karl Sims, 36, computer scientist; Cambridge, Mass.
• Dorothy Q. Thomas, 38, human rights and women's rights worker; New York
• Leonard Zeskind, 48, human rights activist; Kansas City, Mo.
• Mary Zimmerman, 37, director and playwright; Evanston, Ill.