2006 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.

• David Carroll, 64, naturalist author/illustrator, Warner, N.H.
• Regina Carter, 44, jazz violinist, New York, N.Y.
• Kenneth Catania, 40, comparative neurobiologist, Nashville, Tenn.
• Lisa Curran, 45, tropical forester, New Haven, Conn.
• Kevin Eggan, 32, developmental biologist, Cambridge, Mass.
• James Fruchterman, 47, technologist, Palo Alto, Calif.
• Atul Gawande, 40, surgeon/author, Boston, Mass.
• Linda Griffith, 46, bioengineer, Cambridge, Mass.
• Victoria Hale, 45, pharmaceutical entrepreneur, San Francisco, Calif.
• Adrian LeBlanc, 42, narrative journalist, New York, N.Y.
• David Macaulay, 59, author/illustrator, Norwich, Vt.
• Josiah McElheny, 39, sculptor, New York, N.Y.
• D. Holmes Morton, 55, country doctor/research physician, Strasburg, Pa.
• John A. Rich, 47, physician, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Jennifer Richeson, 34, social psychologist, Evanston, Ill.
• Sarah Ruhl, 32, playwright, New York, N.Y.
• George Saunders, 47, short story writer, Syracuse, N.Y.
• Anna Schuleit, commemorative artist, New York, N.Y.
• Shahzia Sikander, 37, painter, New York, N.Y.
• Terence Tao, 31, mathematician, Los Angeles, Calif.
• Claire Tomlin, 37, aviation engineer, Stanford, Calif.
• Luis von Ahn, 28, computer scientist, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Edith Widder, 55, deep-sea explorer, Ft. Pierce, Fla.
• Matias Zaldarriaga, 35, cosmologist, Cambridge, Mass.
• John Zorn, 53, musician/composer, New York, N.Y.