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MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, commonly but unofficially known as a "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States.
According to the Foundation's website, "the fellowship is not a reward for past accomplishment,
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Awards/Honors.
- 1996-Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, California State University, conferred at Sonoma State University
- 1989-Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of New England
- 1985 to 1990- MacArthur Prize Fellow MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1982 to 1985-Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship
- 1982-Emmy Award for film, "Here's Looking At You, Kid" which aired on NOVA, PBS
- 2005-"The John Joseph Moakley