#  1950 - 1959 

 



Junior Fellows are grouped by the year they started the Fellowship.

*\* indicates deceased*



 

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###    1959  expand\_more  

 

 ### Michael D. Butler \*

**History, Cultural Studies**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-63

[In Memoriam](https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/michael-d-butler.html)



 

 ### Gerald P. Fitzgerald \*

**Literature, Comparative**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62

[Obituary](https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring17/a-poet-in-print-and-in-the-garden/)



 

 ### Thomas J. Gill, III

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62



 

 ### Alan D. Grinnell

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62

[UCLA Faculty Website](https://www.ibp.ucla.edu/faculty/alan-grinnell/)



 

 ### Barry Mazur

**Mathematics/Mathematical Biology/Mathematical Physics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62

[Harvard Faculty Website](https://sites.harvard.edu/barry-mazur/)



 

 ### Karl V. Teeter \*

**Linguistics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62

[Obituary](https://linguistlist.org/issues/18/1289/)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_V._Teeter)



 

 ### Kenneth G. Wilson \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/science/kenneth-wilson-nobel-physicist-dies-at-77.html)

[Nobel Prize Biographical](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1982/wilson/biographical/)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1958  expand\_more  

 

 ### Timothy H. Goldsmith

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1958-61

[Yale Retirement Announcement](https://fas.yale.edu/news-announcements/faculty-retirement-and-memorial-tributes/faculty-retirement-tributes-2003/timothy-goldsmith)



 

 ### Louis Kampf \*

**Literature, English**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1958-61

[Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2020/louis-kampf-mit-professor-emeritus-literature-womens-gender-studies-dies-0814)



 

 ### David B. Lewin \*

**Music Composition, Musicology, Music Theory**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1958-61

[Obituary](https://web.archive.org/web/20060214233816/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.15/13-lewinobit.html)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lewin)



 

 ### David B. Mumford

**Mathematics/Mathematical Biology/Mathematical Physics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1958-61

[Brown Faculty Website](https://appliedmath.brown.edu/people/david-mumford)



 

 ### Richard M. Ohmann \*

**Literature, English**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1958-61

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/us/richard-m-ohmann-dead.html)



 

 ### Charles D. Parsons \*

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1958-61

[Obituary](https://www.brownandhickey.com/obituary/Charles-Parsons)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Parsons_(philosopher))



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1957  expand\_more  

 

 ### Seth Benardete \*

**Classics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60

[About](https://benardetearchive.org/about-seth-benardete)



 

 ### Tilman Buddensieg \*

**Art History/Architecture**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilmann_Buddensieg)



 

 ### Herbert Davidson \*

**Languages & Civilizations, Near Eastern**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60

[Obituary](https://aajr.org/obituaries/herbert-a-davidson-1932-2021/)



 

 ### Daniel Ellsberg \*

**Economics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-59

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/us/daniel-ellsberg-dead.html)



 

 ### Franklin M. Fisher \*

**Economics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-59

[Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2019/franklin-fisher-professor-emeritus-economics-dies-84-0508)



 

 ### Dudley Herschbach

**Chemistry**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-59

[Harvard Faculty Website](https://dudley-herschbach.faculty.chemistry.harvard.edu/)

[Nobel Prize Biographical](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1986/herschbach/biographical/)



 

 ### Everett Mendelsohn \*

**History of Science**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/science/everett-mendelsohn-dead.html)



 

 ### Duane Metzger \*

**Sociology**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60



 

 ### Robert E. Neil \*

**History, Cultural Studies**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60



 

 ### Robert B. Reeves \*

**Physiology**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60

[Obituary](https://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archive/vol32/vol32n19/obit.html)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1956  expand\_more  

 

 ### Donald P. Hansen \*

**Art History/Architecture**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1956-59

[Obituary](https://www.pcnr.com/articles/donald-p-hansen/)



 

 ### K. Jaakko J. Hintikka \*

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1956-59

[Obituary](https://www.alws.at/obituary-of-jaakko-hintikka-1929-2015/)



 

 ### Elliott Mendelson \*

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1957-60

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Mendelson)



 

 ### Calvert Watkins \*

**Linguistics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1956-59

[In Memoriam](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/03/calvert-watkins-dies-at-80/)



 

 ### Tai Tsun Wu \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1956-59

[Obituary](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/news/tai-tsun-wu-1933-2024)

[In Memoriam](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/tai-tsun-wu-90/)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1955  expand\_more  

 

 ### S. Marshall Cohen

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[USC Faculty Website](https://gould.usc.edu/faculty/profile/marshall-cohen/)



 

 ### Henry S. Commager, Jr. \*

**Classics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/obituaries/steele-commager-professor-of-classics-at-columbia-dies.html)



 

 ### George B. Field \*

**Astronomy/Astrophysics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-57

[In Memoriam](https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/news/memoriam-george-b-field)



 

 ### Kurt Gottfried \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/science/kurt-gottfried-dead.html)



 

 ### Paul B. Green \*

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[Obituary](https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/paul-b-green-57)



 

 ### Andrew J. Meyerriecks \*

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[Obituary](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tampabaytimes/name/andrew-meyerriecks-obituary?id=10845684)



 

 ### Peter M. Ray

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[Stanford Faculty Website](https://profiles.stanford.edu/peter-ray?releaseVersion=11.5.1)



 

 ### Stuart A. Rice \*

**Chemistry**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-57

[In Memoriam](https://news.uchicago.edu/story/stuart-rice-uchicago-professor-who-shaped-field-physical-chemistry-1932-2024)



 

 ### Neil J. Smelser \*

**Sociology**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58

[In Memoriam](https://sociology.berkeley.edu/memoriam-neil-smelser)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Smelser)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1954  expand\_more  

 

 ### Paul M. De Man \*

**Literature, Comparative**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/31/obituaries/paul-deman.html)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Man)



 

 ### Donald Hall \*

**Literature, English**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[In Memoriam](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/donald-hall)



 

 ### John Hollander \*

**Literature, English**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[In Memoriam](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-hollander)



 

 ### George A. Kateb

**Political Science**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[Princeton Faculty Website](https://politics.princeton.edu/people/george-kateb)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kateb)



 

 ### Marvin L. Minsky \*

**Physics, AI & Computer Science**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[NY Times Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/business/marvin-minsky-pioneer-in-artificial-intelligence-dies-at-88.html)

[MIT Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2016/marvin-minsky-obituary-0125)



 

 ### Francis M. Pipkin \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/10/obituaries/francis-m-pipkin-66-harvard-physics-chief.html)



 

 ### Henry Rosovsky \*

**Economics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/education/henry-rosovsky-dead.html)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1953  expand\_more  

 

 ### Stanley Cavell \*

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1953-56

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/obituaries/stanley-cavell-prominent-harvard-philosopher-dies-at-91.html)

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cavell)



 

 ### Charles M. Gray \*

**History, Cultural Studies**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1953-56

[Obituary](https://news.uchicago.edu/story/charles-montgomery-gray-legal-history-scholar-1928-2011)



 

 ### Kenneth Keniston \*

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1953-56

[In Memoriam](https://news.mit.edu/2020/remembering-kenneth-keniston-founder-mit-program-in-sts-0418)



 

 ### John R. Meyer \*

**Economics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1953-55

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Meyer)



 

 ### Jaan Puhvel \*

**Linguistics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1953-55, 1956-57

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Puhvel)



 

 ### Edward O. Wilson \*

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1953-56

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/science/eo-wilson-dead.html)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1952  expand\_more  

 

 ### Jeffrey Bush \*

**Literature, English**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[In Memoriam](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/3/3/retired-professor-bush-dies-was-noted/)



 

 ### Robert P. Davis \*

**Chemistry**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[Obituary](https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/31714947/robert-paul-davis)



 

 ### Burton S. Dreben \*

**Philosophy, Mathematical Logic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/17/us/burton-s-dreben-71-negotiator-in-tense-situations-at-harvard.html)



 

 ### Abraham Klein \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[Obituary](https://physicstoday.aip.org/obituaries/abraham-klein)



 

 ### James Kritzeck \*

**Languages & Civilizations, Asian**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kritzeck)



 

 ### Gordon J. F. MacDonald \*

**Earth Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-54

[National Academies Press Biography](https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/10992/chapter/13)



 

 ### Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Jr. \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[Obituary](https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/people/obituary/paul-christoph-mangelsdorf-jr/)



 

 ### George C. Soulis \*

**History, Cultural Studies**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55

[In Memoriam](https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/hb629006vt/)



 

 ### William H. Telfer \*

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-54

[In Memoriam](https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v57/n18/obit.html)

[William H. Telfer Endowed Lectureship](https://www.bio.upenn.edu/graduate/william-h-telfer-endowed-lectureship)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1951  expand\_more  

 

 ### Noam Chomsky

**Linguistics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-55

[Personal Website](https://chomsky.info/)



 

 ### Sherman L. Davis

**History, Cultural Studies**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54



 

 ### Robert H. Dyson, Jr. \*

**Anthropology**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54

[Obituary](https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/robert-dyson-penn-museum)



 

 ### Ulrich E. Kruse \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54

[In Memoriam](https://physics.illinois.edu/people/memorials/kruse)



 

 ### Allen Mandelbaum \*

**Literature, Comparative**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/arts/allen-mandelbaum-translator-of-divine-comedy-dies-at-85.html)



 

 ### Lowry Nelson Jr. \*

**Literature, Comparative**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/01/obituaries/lowry-nelson-68-literature-professor.html)



 

 ### Richard P. Smith \*

**Chemistry**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-53



 

 ### Taylor A. Steeves \*

**Biological Sciences**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54

[In Memoriam](https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/n/2421/newsletter.php)



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



###    1950  expand\_more  

 

 ### Keith Callard \*

**Political Science**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-52

[In Memoriam](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1754-7121.1962.tb00757.x)



 

 ### Albert Bush-Brown \*

**Art History/Architecture**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/25/obituaries/albert-bush-brown-68-is-dead-historian-was-liu-president.html)



 

 ### Peter Elias \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53

[Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2001/elias)



 

 ### Hugh McLean \*

**Languages & Literatures, Slavic**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53

[In Memoriam](https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/hugh-mclean.html)



 

 ### Roger W. Shattuck \*

**Languages & Literatures, Romance**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53

[Obituary](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2005/university-professor-emeritus-roger-shattuck-dies-at-82/)



 

 ### Lloyd H. Smith, Jr. \*

**Medicine**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950, 1952-54

[Obituary](https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/06/410776/archive-physician-scientist-lloyd-holly-smith-heart-ucsf-over-half-century-dies)



 

 ### Karl Strauch \*

**Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53

[Obituary](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/01/karl-strauch-high-energy-physicist-dies-at-77/)



 

 ### David S. Landes \*

**Economics**

Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53

[Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/us/david-s-landes-historian-and-author-is-dead-at-89.html)