List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1961.
- US and Canadian Fellows
- William Weaver Austin, Given Foundation Professor Emeritus of Musicology, Cornell University.
- Ben Haig Bagdikian, Writer; Professor Emeritus of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley.
- Frederik Barry Bang, deceased. Medicine.
- Willis R. Barnstone, Professor of Comparative Literature, Indiana University.
- George A. Bartholomew, deceased. Professor Emeritus of Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Richard J. Bearman, Professor of Chemistry, University of New South Wales.
- John Frederick Bell, Former Medical Director, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, U.S. Public Health Service.
- Harry J. Benda, deceased. Far Eastern History.
- Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., University Archivist Emeritus, University of Virginia.
- Ernst Berliner, W. Alton Jones Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College.
- Wendell Erdman Berry, Writer, Port Royal, Kentucky.
- David Duckworth Bien, Professor of History, University of Michigan.
- Ernst Bleuler, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Pennsylvania State University.
- Nicholas C. Bodman, deceased. Linguistics.
- John Lewis Bradley, Scholar, Somerset, England.
- Boris Bresler, Deceased. Engineering.
- Robert Kenneth Brinton, deceased. Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of California.
- Peter de Beauvoir Brock, deceased. Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto.
- Jules Brody, Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University1.
- Dana Charles Brooks, Professor of Anatomy, Cornell University Medical College.
- Robert Brout, Professor of Physics, Free University of Brussels.
- Robert Brustein, Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater
- Bernard Budiansky, deceased. Applied Mathematics.
- Sidney Alexander Burrell, Professor Emeritus of History.
- Herbert E. Carter, deceased. Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of Arizona.
- William Andrew Chupka, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Yale University.
- Andrew Hill Clark, deceased. Geography.
- Eric William Cochrane Jr, Deceased. Italian History.
- Edward Colker, Provost and Professor of Art and Design, Pratt Institute.
- Arthur Dwight Culler, Emily Sanford Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Yale University: 1961, 1975.
- Alexander Dallin, deceased. Russian History.
- Ralph Thomas Daniel, deceased. Music Research.
- Bruce L. Davidson, Photographer, New York City.
- Margaret Gay Davies, deceased. British History.
- Angel del Río, deceased. Spanish.
- Arthur Deshaies, Graphic Artist, Duncan, South Carolina; Former Professor of Art, Florida State University.
- James Dickey, deceased. Poetry.
- Edward Atkinson Dowey, Jr, Professor of the History of Christian Doctrine, Princeton Theological Seminary.
- Sidney David Drell, deceased. Emeritus Professor and Deputy Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University: 1961, 1971.
- Charles William Dunn, Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor Emeritus of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.
- Francis Dvornik, deceased. Classics.
- Martin Dyck, Professor Emeritus of German and Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Richard S. Eckaus, Ford International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Harold Edelman, deceased. Architecture & Design.
- Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born composer (also awarded a Fellowship in 1959)
- George Paul Elliott,deceased. Fiction: 1961, 1970.
- Kenan Tevfik Erim, deceased. Classics.
- Jimmy Ernst, deceased. Fine Arts.
- Francis C. Evans, Retired Professor of Zoology, University of Michigan.
- Gertrude Falk, Lecturer in Biophysics, University College, University of London.
- Wen Fong, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Art History, Princeton University.
- David C. Fowler, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Washington: 1961, 1975.
- Renée Claire Fox, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.
- Gray Foy, Graphic Artist, New York City.
- Arnold Franchetti, deceased. Music Composition.
- Hans Pieter Roetert Frederikse, Retired Senior Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- Julius H. Freitag, deceased. Biology.
- Ferdinand Freudenstein, Higgins Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University: 1961, 1967.
- James John Fritz, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University.
- Donald C. Gallup, deceased. Bibliography: 1961, 1968.
- Raymond Dorner Giraud, Professor of French, Stanford University.
- Paul Wilbur Glad, Regents' Professor of History, University of Oklahoma.
- Donald Arthur Glaser, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley.
- Edward Glaser, deceased. Spanish.
- Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes, deceased. American Literature.
- Sidney Goldstein, George Hazard Crooker University Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Brown University.
- Alfred M. Gollin deceased, Emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara: 1961, 1964, 1971.
- Malcolm S. Gordon, Professor of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Robert James Gorlin, Professor of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota.
- Charles Danne Graham, Jr., Emeritus Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania.
- William Roger Graham, deceased. British History.
- J. Glenn Gray, Deceased. Philosophy.
- Sarah Grilo, Argentinian painter. [1]
- Erwin L. Hahn, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley: 1961, 1969.
- Benjamin D. Hall, Professor of Genetics, University of Washington.
- Ben Halpern, deceased. Richard Koret Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Brandeis University.
- Edward B. Ham, deceased. French.
- Robert W. Hansen, Professor Emeritus of Art, Occidental College.
- Curtis A. Harnack, Writer; Executive Director, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Bernard G. Harvey, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
- Lawrence Elliot Harvey, deceased. French Language.
- Hugh Dodge Hawkins, Anson D. Morse Professor of History and American Studies, Amherst College: 1961.
- David Vincent Hayes, Sculptor, Coventry, Connecticut.
- Evans Vaughan Hayward, Retired Physicist, National Institute of Standards; Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Physics, Duke University.
- Eric Gustav Heinemann, Professor of Psychology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
- Leon A. Henkin, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley.
- David Herlihy, deceased. Medieval History.
- William Best Hesseltine, deceased. British History.
- Robert Maurice Hexter, deceased: Chemistry.
- Walter John Hipple, Jr., Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, West Chester State College.
- Jack Hirshleifer, Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Herbert Hoffmann, Curator of Ancient Art, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg: 1961, 1972.
- Robert Goode Hogan, Playwright; Professor of English, University of Delaware.
- William Ransom Hogan, deceased. U.S. History.
- William Neil Holmes, Professor of Zoology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Louis Norberg Howard, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Florida State University.
- Benjamin Hunningher, deceased. Theatre Arts.
- Nicolae Iliescu, Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages and Literature, Harvard University.
- Douglas Lamar Inman, Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
- Kenneth Keith Innes, deceased. Chemistry.
- Charles Issawi, deceased, Bayard Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University: 1961, 1968.
- Harry V. Jaffa, deceased, Salvatori Research Professor Emeritus of Political Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College, and Professor of Political Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School.
- Dorothy Jeakins, deceased. Theatre Arts.
- Sheldon Judson, deceased. Knox Taylor Professor of Geography, Emeritus Princeton University: 1961, 1966.
- Jerome Eugene Kaplan, deceased. Graphic Artist; Professor of Printmaking, Philadelphia College of Art.
- Robert Manoah Kark, Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College; Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine: 1961, 1974.
- Robert Kaske, deceased. Medieval Literature: 1961, 1977.
- John C. Keats, deceased. Fiction.
- Charles David Keeling, deceased, Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
- Donald Keene, University Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature, Columbia University: 1961, 1971.
- Arthur Kent Kerman, Professor of Physics and Director, Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Anne D. Kilmer, Chairman, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Professor of Assyriology, University of California, Berkeley: 1961, 1962.
- Jere Clemens King, deceased. French History.
- Otto Kinne, Professor of Biology and Director, Helgoland Institute of Biology, Hamburg.
- Kenneth Koch, deceased, Poet; Professor of English, Columbia University.
- Karl George Kohn, Composer; William M. Keck Distinguished Professor, Pomona College.
- Thor Kommedahl, Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota.
- Wladyslaw W. Kulski, deceased. Political Science: 1961, 1969.
- Stephen Guild Kurtz, Retired Professor of History, American University, Washington, DC.
- David Sievert Lavender, Writer, Ojai, California: 1961, 1968.
- Hui-Lin Li, John Bartram Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Pennsylvania.
- Robert B. Loftfield, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
- Andrew Lossky, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Francis E. Low, Institute Professor, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Thomas H. D. Mahoney, deceased. Professor Emeritus of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Hans Albert Maier, deceased. German & Scandinavian Literature.
- Martin Edward Malia, Emeritus Professor of History, University of California; Berkeley.
- George Markow-Totevy, Professor of French, State University of New York College at Oswego.
- Paule Burke Marshall, Writer; Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Literature and Culture, New York University.
- Norman F. Martin, S.J., Professor Emeritus of History, University of Santa Clara.
- Leo Marx, Kenan Professor Emeritus of American Cultural History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1961, 1965.
- Rufus Wellington Mathewson, Jr, deceased. Slavic Studies.
- Wallace I. Matson, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley.
- John Seneca McGee, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Washington.
- Abraham Irving Melden, deceased. Philosophy.
- John Michael Montias, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Yale University.
- Relman Morin, deceased. Far Eastern History.
- Samuel Eliot Morison, deceased. U.S. History.
- Steven Alexander Moszkowski, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles.
- William Wilson Mullins, deceased. Engineering.
- Lowry Nelson, Jr., deceased. 16th & 17th English Literature.
- Daniel U. Newman, Artist.
- Theodore S. Newman, Deceased. Music Composition.
- Albert Nijenhuis, Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania.
- Felix Johannes Oinas, Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Uralic and Altaic Studies, Indiana University: 1961, 1966.
- David Okrent, Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles: 1961, 1977.
- David Lockwood Olmsted, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
- Robert Eugene Olson, Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Florida; Professor Emeritus of Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook: 1961, 1970.
- Robert Ornstein, Oviatt Professor of English, Case Western Reserve University.
- Harry Oster, American folklorist and musicologist who recorded traditional music from Louisiana.
- Neal Oxenhandler, Professor of Romance Languages and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College.
- Sergio Pacifici, deceased. Italian Literature.
- Grace Paley, Writer; Retired Member of the Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College.
- Norman Dunbar Palmer, deceased. Political Science.
- William Eugene Parham, deceased. Chemistry.
- William Harwood Peden, deceased. Professor of English, University of Missouri-Columbia.
- Franklin Johnson Pegues, Professor of History, Ohio State University.
- Harold Brenner Pepinsky, Professor of Psychology and of Computer and Information Science, Ohio State University.
- David Dodd Perkins, John P. Marquand Professor of English Literature, Harvard University: 1961, 1972.
- William R. Polk, Scholar, Vance, France.
- Paul E. Potter, Professor Emeritus of Geology, University of Cincinnati.
- John Michael Prausnitz, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley: 1961, 1972.
- Sesto Prete, deceased, Professor of Latin, University of Kansas.
- Benton Seymour Rabinovitch, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Washington.
- Isaac Rabinowitz, deceased. Near Eastern Studies.
- Roy Radner, Leonard N. Stern School Professor of Business, New York University Stern School of Business: 1961, 1965.
- John Henry Raleigh, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley.
- Charles Norwood Reilley, deceased. Chemistry.
- John W. Rhoden, deceased. fine Arts-Sculpture.
- Mordecai Richler, Writer, Montreal.
- Robert D. Richtmyer, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Colorado.
- Michael Riffaterre, Franco-American literary scholar (also awarded a Fellowship in 1977)
- Kenneth Lloyd Rinehart, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Ronald Samuel Rivlin, Centennial University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Mechanics, Lehigh University.
- Helen Henley Robertson, deceased. Non-Fiction. Appointed as Helen Palmer Henley.
- Frank Sherwood Rowland, Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine: 1961, 1973.
- Zevi W. Salsburg, Deceased. Chemistry.
- Stanley Salzman, Deceased. Architecture.
- James Alvin Sanders, President, Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center, Claremont, CA: 1961, 1972.
- Lawrence Ennis Savage, deceased. Medicine.
- Hans Juergen Eduard Schmitt, Professor, Institute for High-Frequency Engineering, Rhineland Westphalia Technical University, West Germany.
- Ira Oscar Scott, Jr, Retired President, Savings Bank Association of New York State, New York City.
- Paul Seabury, deceased. Political Science.
- Eduard Franz Sekler, Professor of Architecture, Osgood Hooker Professor of Visual Art, Harvard University: 1961, 1963.
- Raymond E. Shapiro, Assistant Director for Toxicology Coordination, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
- Charles H. Shattuck, deceased. 16th & 17th Century English Literature: 1961, 1968.
- Curtis Howard Shell, deceased. Fine Arts Research.
- Richard T. Shield, Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- William Francis Shipley, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Robert G. Shulman, Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University.
- Lawrence B. Slobodkin, Professor of Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook: 1961, 1974.
- Paul Slud, Associate Curator, Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Leo Frank Solt, deceased. Architecture.
- Joseph John Spengler, deceased. Economics.
- William Spindel, Principal Staff Office for Special Projects, National Academy of Sciences.
- George Robert Stange, Harriet H. Fay Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Tufts University.
- Harold Staras, deceased. Applied Mathematics.
- George Edwin Starbuck, deceased. Poetry.
- Charles Max Stein, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Statistics, Stanford University.
- Leroy Carlton Stevens, Jr., Senior Staff Scientist, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine.
- Jabez Curry Street, deceased. Physics.
- Paul Karl Stumpf, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of California, Davis: 1961, 1968.
- Thomas Tamotsu Sugihara, deceased. Chemistry.
- Richard Eugene Sullivan, Professor Emeritus of History and Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University.
- Joseph Szövérffy, Scholar, Concord, Massachusetts: 1961, 1969.
- Paul Taylor, deceased, Choreographer, Artistic Director, The Paul Taylor Dance Company, New York City: 1961, 1966, 1983.
- William Tyrrell Thomson, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Charles Wyvil Todd, deceased. Biochemistry.
- Robert Ullman, deceased. Chemistry.
- Jaroslav Vanek, Carl Marks Professor Emeritus of Economics, Cornell University.
- Panayiotis J. Vatikiotis, deceased. Political Science
- Frank W. Wadsworth, Professor Emeritus of Literature and Vice Chairman of Development Committee, State University of New York College at Purchase.
- Erik Wahlgren, deceased. Medieval Literature.
- Lewis Glen Weathers, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside.
- Myron Weiner, deceased. Political Science.
- Lionel Edward Weiss, Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley: 1961, 1969.
- Charles Allen West, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Henry Orson Wheeler, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
- Cedric Hubbell Whitman, deceased. Classics: 1961, 1976.
- Kenneth Berle Wiberg, Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry, Yale University.
- Benjamin Widom, Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University: 1961, 1968.
- Herold Jacob Wiens, deceased. Geography.
- Harris Ward Wilson, deceased. 20th Century English Literature.
- Robert Rathbun Wilson, deceased. Physics.
- Howard Elliott Winn, deceased. Biology.
- Yvor Winters, deceased. Literary Criticism.
- Carl Leslie Withner, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Research Associate, Biology Dept., Western Washington University.
- Rudolf Jacob Wittkower, deceased. Architecture.
- Edwin Wolf, II, deceased. Bibliography.
- Andrew Wright, Professor of English Literature, University of California, San Diego: 1961, 1970.
- Harry Curtis Young, Jr, Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University.
- South American and Caribbean Fellows
- José Barros-Neto, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University: 1961, 1962.
- Hernán Caballero Delpino, Agricultural Research, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Quito, Ecuador.
- Emiliano Cabrera Juárez, Professor and Head of Biochemistry, National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City.
- Luis Camnitzer, Artist, Great Neck, New York: 1961, 1982.
- Adolfo Davidovich Guerberoff, Physiologist.
- Milan Jorge Dimitri, deceased. Biology-Plant Science.
- Alair de Oliveira Gomes, Physicist, Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
- Sarah Grilo, Painter, Madrid: 1961, 1963.
- Felipe Landa Jocano, Professor of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines.
- Elon Lages Lima, Director, Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Rio de Janeiro: 1961, 1963.
- David Manzur Londoño, Painter, Bogotá: 1961, 1962.
- Juan Carlos Merlo, deceased. Mathematics: 1961, 1962.
- Faustino Miranda G(onzález), deceased. Biology-Plant Science.
- Francisco Nemenzo, Professor Emeritus of Zoology, University of the Philippines; Consultant in Biology, Graduate School, University of San Carlos, Cebu City.
- Rafael Olivar-Bertrand, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, City College, City University of New York: 1961, 1963.
- Nelson Onuchic, Professor of Mathematics, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos: 1961, 1962.
- Jacobo Rapaport Tirk, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Ohio University.
- Leonila Vázquez García, Research Biologist, Institute of Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico.