List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1985
# List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1985

List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1985

| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| - | - | - |
| Jane Aaron | Creative Arts | Film |
| Bruce Arnold Ackerman | Social Sciences | Law |
| Norman Adler | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| James L. Adley | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Joel Agee | Humanities | German & Scandinavian Literature |
| Gösta Werner Ahlström | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| William R. Alexander | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Henry E. Allison | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Howard Alper | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Thomas J. Archdeacon | Humanities | U.S. History |
| José María Aricó | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Struther Arnott | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Luis Cruz Azaceta | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Deirdre B. Bair | Humanities | French Literature |
| William A. Bardeen | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Roger Bartra | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Robert H. Bates | | Political Science |
| Charles Morley Baxter | | Fiction |
| Robert Alan Bechtle | | Fine Arts |
| Julian Beck | | Theatre Arts |
| Barbara Becker-Cantarino | Humanities | German & Scandinavian Literature |
| Eric Edward Becklin | | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Charles Bernstein | | Poetry |
| Marc Eli Blanchard | | French Literature |
| Peter Michael Blau | | Sociology |
| Andras J. Bodrogligeti | | Linguistics |
| Varujan Yegan Boghosian | | Fine Arts |
| Victoria E. Bonnell | | Sociology |
| Power Boothe | | Fine Arts |
| Jacobo Borges | | Fine Arts |
| Paul Bornstein | | Medicine & Health |
| Antonio Brack Egg | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| William E. Bradshaw | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Helene Brandt | | Fine Arts |
| James E. B. Breslin | | Fine Arts Research |
| Lawrence A. Brown | | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Courtlandt D. B. Bryan | | General Nonfiction |
| Anthony Edward Buba | Creative Arts | Film |
| Richard Van Wyck Buel | | U.S. History |
| Burrell C. Burchfiel | | Earth Science |
| Leo William Buss | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Ruth Butler | | Fine Arts Research |
| John Lawrence Cardy | | Physics |
| Clive B. Carter | | Engineering |
| Matt Cartmill | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Thomas Robert Cech | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| David Chaitkin | | Music Composition |
| Min Chen | | Physics |
| Malcolm Harold Chisholm | | Chemistry |
| Noel A. Clark | | Physics |
| Mark N. Cohen | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Robert H. Colescott | | Fine Arts |
| Robert D. Cooter | | Law |
| Thomas R. Cripps | | U.S. History |
| Antony Richard Crofts | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Richard Edward Culling | | Fine Arts |
| Roberto DaMatta | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Marcos Dajczer | | Mathematics |
| Natalie Zemon Davis | | French History |
| Robert Dawidoff | | U.S. History |
| Jerry P. Dennerline | | East Asian Studies |
| William S. Di Piero | | Poetry |
| Maria Odila Silva Dias | | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Annie Dillard | | General Nonfiction |
| Eugenio Dittborn | | Fine Arts |
| Miguel Donoso Pareja | | Fiction |
| W. Ford Doolittle | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Hubert Lederer Dreyfus | | Philosophy |
| Joseph Dubiel | | Music Composition |
| Nicolás Echevarría | Creative Arts | Film |
| Edwin M. Eigner | | Literary Criticism |
| Lloyd Richard Ellison | Creative Arts | Film |
| Diamela Eltit | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| John Arthur Endler | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Louise Erdrich | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| William K. Estes | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Richard Allan Etlin | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| John J. Ewel | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Richard R. Fagen | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Richard Anderson Falk | Social Sciences | Law |
| Joel S. Feigin | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Joel Fineman | Humanities | English Literature |
| Nathaniel Joseph Fisch | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Stanley Fischer | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Daniel Claude Fisher | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Ronald Edward Fondaw | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Linda Francis | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Roberta Frank | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Amos Funkenstein | Humanities | Medieval History |
| Marc Galanter | | Law |
| J. Adolfo García-Saínz | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Nina G. Garsoian | | Near Eastern Studies |
| Joseph Lewis Gastwirth | | Statistics |
| Alfonso Gómez-Lobo | | Philosophy |
| M. Eric Gershwin | | Medicine & Health |
| Ralph Gibson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Douglas Edward Gill | | Plant Sciences |
| Barbara Jean Gillam | | Psychology |
| Thomas Givón | | Linguistics |
| Tami Gold | | Video & Audio |
| Jim Goldberg | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Stephen Hardy Goodwin | | Fiction |
| David George Gorenstein | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Peter Raymond Grant | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Spalding Gray | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Samson R. Gross | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| James Corbett Hamilton | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Henry B. Hansmann | | Economics |
| David Taverner Hanson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Joseph C. Harris | | Medieval Literature |
| Wendell V. Harris | | English Literature |
| L. Brower Hatcher | | Fine Arts |
| William E. Hatfield | | Chemistry |
| John S. Hawley | | South Asian Studies |
| H. Hugh Heclo | | Political Science |
| Richard Helgerson | | English Literature |
| John William Helton | | Applied Mathematics |
| Barbara Herman | | Philosophy |
| Errol Gaston Hill | | Theatre Arts |
| Candace Hill-Montgomery | | Fine Arts |
| Edward M. Hirsch | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jane B. Hirshfield | | Poetry |
| Cynthia Adams Hoover | | Music Research |
| Paul J. Hopper | | Linguistics |
| Michael Hout | | Sociology |
| Francis Clark Howell | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Lee Hyla | | Music Composition |
| Icko Iben | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Colette Inez | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alfredo Jaar | | Fine Arts |
| Elizabeth Johns | | Fine Arts Research |
| Barbara E. Johnson | | French Literature |
| Rodney Glenn Jones | | Poetry |
| Bennetta Washington Jules-Rosette | | Sociology |
| Daniel H. Kaiser | | Russian History |
| David Kalstone | | American Literature |
| Steven L. Kaplan | | French History |
| Pooh Kaye | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Jon Edward Keeley | | Plant Sciences |
| Ulrich F. Keller | | Photography Studies |
| Sung-Hou Kim | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Jamaica Kincaid | | Fiction |
| Mary Kinzie | | Poetry |
| Janos Kirz | | Applied Mathematics |
| David Richard Knechtges | | East Asian Studies |
| Philipp P. Kronberg | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Richard E. Ladner | | Computer Science |
| Frederick Keithley Lamb | | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Anne Lamott | | Fiction |
| Shirley Lauro | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Leo Ou-fan Lee | | East Asian Studies |
| Alexander Maxwell Leggatt | | English Literature |
| Timothy Lenoir | | History of Science & Technology |
| Juan M. Lope-Blanch | | Linguistics |
| Glenn C. Loury | | Economics |
| Mary Lucier | | Video & Audio |
| Kristin Luker | | Sociology |
| Jack H. Lunsford | | Chemistry |
| Ricardo Mañé | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Jackson Mac Low | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Roberto B. Macedo | | Economics |
| Steven Mackey | | Music Composition |
| William John MacKnight | | Chemistry |
| Robert Mahon | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Judith Malina | | Theatre Arts |
| Lawrence Manley | | English Literature |
| Paul Louis Mariani | | American Literature |
| Bonnie Marranca | | Theatre Arts |
| Andreu Mas-Colell | | Economics |
| Giuseppe F. Mazzotta | | Italian Literature |
| Charles B. McClendon | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Michael L. McCormick | | Medieval History |
| Charles William McCurdy | | Law |
| William Thomas McKinley | | Music Composition |
| Christopher C. McLeod | Creative Arts | Film |
| Jay Meek | | Poetry |
| Antonio Mendoza | Creative Arts | Photography |
| John Henry Merryman | | Law |
| Anne L. Middleton | | Medieval Literature |
| George H. Miley | | Applied Mathematics |
| Richard Joel Miller | | Neuroscience |
| John Keith Moffat | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Constantino Mpodozis | | Earth Science |
| John Michael Najemy | Humanities | Renaissance History |
| Marlos Nobre | | Music Composition |
| Gerald Nordland | | Fine Arts Research |
| Frederick M. Nunn | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| William G. Oldham | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Toby Olson | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Janet Gretchen Osteryoung | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Merle D. Pattengill | | Chemistry |
| Ruy Pérez Tamayo | | Medicine & Health |
| Gustavo Pérez-Firmat | | Latin American Literature |
| Daniel Porte | | Medicine & Health |
| David Wixon Pratt | | Chemistry |
| James Primosch | | Music Composition |
| Frank H. Quina | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Pierre Ramond | | Physics |
| Julius Rebek | | Chemistry |
| Liam Rector | | Poetry |
| Donald Harris Regan | | Philosophy |
| Louis French Reichardt | | Neuroscience |
| Alberto Robledo | | Physics |
| Sheldon S. Rochlin | Creative Arts | Film |
| Margaret Cool Root | | Near Eastern Studies |
| David G. Roskies | | Literary Criticism |
| Judith Joy Ross | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Alejandro Rossi | | General Nonfiction |
| Jonathan David Roughgarden | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Ramón Saldívar | | American Literature |
| Rodolfo Augosto Sánchez | | Plant Sciences |
| Herbert Eli Scarf | | Economics |
| Alfons J. Schilling | | Fine Arts |
| Gary B. Schuster | | Chemistry |
| Jordan A. Schwarz | | U.S. History |
| Richard Alan Selzer | | General Nonfiction |
| Carlos Sempat Assadourian | | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Alan E. Shapiro | | History of Science & Technology |
| Alan Richard Shapiro | | Poetry |
| Martin Jay Sherwin | | Science Writing |
| Richard A. Shiff | | Fine Arts Research |
| Alex Shoumatoff | | General Nonfiction |
| Richard A. Shweder | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Yum-Tong Siu | | Mathematics |
| Antonio Skármeta | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Amos B. Smith | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| David Warner Smith | | French Literature |
| Michael A. Smith | | Video & Audio |
| Aidan W. Southall | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| George B. Stauffer | | Music Research |
| de:Piotr Steinkeller | | Near Eastern Studies |
| George F. Sterman | | Physics |
| Robert Jeffrey Sternberg | | Psychology |
| Deborah A. Stone | | Political Science |
| John F. Szwed | Humanities | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| William Theodore Tally | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| James Tatum | Humanities | Classics |
| Dennis Ernest Tedlock | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Gerald James Toomer | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
| Thomas E. Toon | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Guillermo Tovar de Teresa | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Marvin Trachtenberg | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Ka-Kit Tung | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Russell Howard Tuttle | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Michael Ugarte | Humanities | Spanish & Portuguese Literature |
| Mierle Laderman Ukeles | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Douglas Arthur Unger | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Richard W. Unger | Humanities | Economic History |
| Leslie G. Valiant | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Thomas Thorstein Veblen | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Edin Velez | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Rafael Vicuña | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Anthony Vidler | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Bill Viola | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Arturo Vivante | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Andrew G. Walder | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Jo Ann Walters | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Rosanna Warren | Humanities | French Literature |
| Robert H. Waterston | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Reynold Henry Weidenaar | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Alan David Weinstein | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Zena Werb | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| James L. W. West | Humanities | American Literature |
| Rebecca J. West | Humanities | Italian Literature |
| Kenneth Norman Wexler | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| John Joseph Wieners | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Andrew John Wiles | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| John W. Wilkins | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| John Williams | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| William Wiser | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Robert Michael Zaller | Humanities | British History |
