2004 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.

• Angela Belcher, 37, nanotechnologist; Cambridge, Mass.
• Gretchen Berland, 40, physician, filmmaker; New Haven, Conn.
• James Carpenter, 55, glass technologist; New York, N.Y.
• Joseph DeRisi, 35, molecular biologist; San Francisco, Calif.
• Katherine Gottlieb, 52, Alaskan health-care leader; Anchorage, Alaska
• David Green, 48, technology transfer innovator; Berkeley, Calif.
• Aleksandar Hemon, 40, writer; Chicago, Ill.
• Heather Hurst, 29, archaeological illustrator; New Haven, Conn.
• Edward P. Jones, 53, novelist; Arlington, Va.
• John Kamm, 53, businessman, human-rights strategist; San Francisco, Calif.
• Daphne Koller, 36, computer scientist; Stanford, Calif.
• Naomi Ehrich Leonard, 41, marine roboticist; Princeton, N.J.
• Tommie Lindsey, 53, high school debating coach; Union City, Calif.
• Rueben Martinez, 64, bookseller; Santa Ana, Calif.
• Maria Mavroudi, 37, philologist; Berkeley, Calif.
• Vamsi Mootha, 33, physician, researcher; Boston, Mass.
• Judy Pfaff, 58, sculptor; Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
• Aminah Robinson, 64, folk artist; Columbus, Ohio
• Reginald R. Robinson, 31, ragtime pianist and composer; Chicago
• Cheryl Rogowski, 43, farmer; Pine Island, N.Y.
• Amy Smith, 41, inventor, instructor; Cambridge, Mass.
• Julie Theriot, 36, microbiologist; Stanford, Calif.
• C. D. Wright, 55, poet, professor; Providence, R.I.