List of Guggenheim Fellowship winners for 1972,[1] have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."[2]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Keith Ackers | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Waldemar Adam | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Ward Sykes Allen | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Svetlana Alpers | Humanities | Fine Arts Research | |
| Theodore M. Andersson | Humanities | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Alfred Appel | Humanities | American Literature | |
| Lorenzo Francisco Aristarain | Natural Sciences | Earth Science | |
| Jorge Arriagada Cousin | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Kenneth J. Arrow | Social Sciences | Economics | |
| Harold Leslie Atwood | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Albert Bandura | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Peter S. Beagle | Fiction | ||
| Robert Beavers | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Harumi Befu | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| Gerard Henri Béhague | Folklore & Popular Culture | ||
| Morris Beja | Humanities | English Literature | |
| George Bekefi | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Daniel Bell | Sociology | ||
| J. Bowyer Bell | Political Science | ||
| Kenneth Bernard | Drama & Performance Art | ||
| Robert Berner | Earth Science | ||
| Merton Ronald Bernfield | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| R. Stephen Berry | Chemistry | ||
| Richard Bersohn | Chemistry | ||
| Edwin L. Bierman | Medicine & Health | ||
| Roger William Birnbaum | Medicine & Health | ||
| Carla Bley | Music Composition | ||
| Seymour Boardman | Fine Arts | ||
| Mel Bochner | Fine Arts | ||
| Charles M. Brand | Medieval History | ||
| Edward Brandabur | English Literature | ||
| Paul Richard Brass | Political Science | ||
| Charles Chester Brinton | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Kenelm O. L. Burridge | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| Geoffrey L. Bursill-Hall | Linguistics | ||
| Friedrich H. Busse | Astronomy—Astrophysics | ||
| James F. Cahill | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Robert Chilton Calfee | Psychology | ||
| Harry M. Callahan | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Herbert B. Callen | Physics | ||
| Fernando Cardoso | Natural Sciences | Mathematics | |
| Allan M. Cartter | Education | ||
| Mary Ann Caws | French Literature | ||
| F. Stuart Chapin | Architecture, Planning, & Design | ||
| Jule Gregory Charney | Earth Science | ||
| Stanley Coben | U.S. History | ||
| David Robbins Coffin | Architecture, Planning, & Design | ||
| John Ireland Collins | Fine Arts | ||
| Michael G. Cooke | English Literature | ||
| Morton Corn | Medicine & Health | ||
| Daniel MacGhie Cory | American Literature | ||
| James Melville Cox | American Literature | ||
| Jorge V. Crisci | Plant Sciences | ||
| Anne Greet Cushing | Humanities | French Literature | |
| Donald Davie | Poetry | ||
| Christopher Davis | Fiction | ||
| Richard Whitlock Davis | British History | ||
| Peter Rodney Day | Plant Sciences | ||
| Jaques Marc de Caso | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Liliane de Cock | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Carl N. Degler | U.S. History | ||
| Daniel Deykin | Medicine & Health | ||
| Robert Di Domenica | Music Composition | ||
| Alexander Anthony Di Lella | Religion | ||
| Dominick Di Meo | Fine Arts | ||
| David L. Dilcher | Plant Sciences | ||
| E. L. Doctorow | Fiction | ||
| Charles M. Dodge | Music Composition | ||
| James M. Drew | Music Composition | ||
| William A. Dunas | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| John Stuart Edwards | Organismic Biology & Ecology | ||
| Thomas Robert Edwards | English Literature | ||
| John Elderfield | Humanities | Fine Arts Research | |
| Richard E. Ellis | Social Sciences | Law | |
| Stephen Thompson Emlen | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Terence Emmons | Humanities | Russian History | |
| Frank R. Ervin | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Manuel Alberto Escobar Sambrano | Humanities | Linguistics | |
| Brian Murray Fagan | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| John William Faller | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Solomon Feferman | Natural Sciences | Mathematics | |
| Walter Ferro | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| Albert Fishlow | Humanities | Economic History | |
| Jerry A. Fodor | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Maria Irene Fornes | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Paula Fox | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| William Robert Frazer | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| Karl Frederick Freed | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Herbert Freeman | Natural Sciences | Computer Science | |
| Edward Fort Fry | Humanities | Fine Arts Research | |
| Charlotte Furth | Humanities | East Asian Studies | |
| Ernest J. Gaines | Fiction | ||
| G. Karl Galinsky | Classics | ||
| Robert E. Gallman | Economic History | ||
| Juan García Ponce | Fiction | ||
| Peter D. A. Garnsey | Classics | ||
| Robert E. Garrison | Earth Science | ||
| Jack Porter Gibbs | Sociology | ||
| Eleanor Jack Gibson | Psychology | ||
| James Ronald Gibson | Geography & Environmental Studies | ||
| Sander Lawrence Gilman | German & Scandinavian Literature | ||
| Edward Giobbi | Fine Arts | ||
| Henry H. Glassie | Folklore & Popular Culture | ||
| Herman Randolph Gluck | Mathematics | ||
| Arthur Stanley Goldberger | Economics | ||
| Gerson Goldhaber | Physics | ||
| DeWitt Stetten Goodman | Medicine & Health | ||
| Richard Edwin Goodman | Engineering | ||
| Robert Arthur Goodnough | Fine Arts | ||
| Robert Gordis | Religion | ||
| William Edwin Gordon | Astronomy—Astrophysics | ||
| Daniel Gorenstein | Mathematics | ||
| Irving I. Gottesman | Psychology | ||
| Oleg Grabar | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| Patricia Albjerg Graham | Education | ||
| Richard Graham | Latin American Literature | ||
| Harry B. Gray | Chemistry | ||
| James Joseph Griffin | Physics | ||
| Robert B. Griffiths | Physics | ||
| Ted Robert Gurr | Political Science | ||
| Nathan G. Hale | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Charles Michael Hampden-Turner | Psychology | ||
| Harold John Hanham | British History | ||
| Robert William Hanning | Literary Criticism | ||
| Marc Jules Prosper Hanrez | French Literature | ||
| A. Brooks Harris | Physics | ||
| Wilson Harris | General Nonfiction | ||
| Louis Hartz | Political Science | ||
| Moshe Held | Near Eastern Studies | ||
| Peter Heller | Physics | ||
| Maxwell F. Hendler | Fine Arts | ||
| Nathan Irving Hentoff | General Nonfiction | ||
| Donald Denison Hester | Economics | ||
| Michael G. Hill | Geography & Environmental Studies | ||
| William Innes Homer | Fine Arts Research | ||
| David Lawrence Huber | Physics | ||
| Ronald William Hunt | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Samuel P. Huntington | Political Science | ||
| George Huppert | French History | ||
| James Robert de Jager Jackson | English Literature | ||
| Jerald W. Jacquard | Fine Arts | ||
| Keith Jarrett | Music Composition | ||
| Luis A. Jiménez de Asúa | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Charles Sidney Johnson | Chemistry | ||
| Lester Johnson | Fine Arts | ||
| Jiri Jonas | Chemistry | ||
| Russell Lewis Jones | Plant Sciences | ||
| Richard Isaac Joseph | Physics | ||
| Kenneth Bradley Josephson | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Akira Kaji | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| James Bailey Kaler | Astronomy—Astrophysics | ||
| Neville Robert Kallenbach | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Leon R. Kass | Organismic Biology & Ecology | ||
| David R. Kassoy | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Alex Katz | Fine Arts | ||
| Jerrold Jacob Katz | Philosophy | ||
| Joseph Katz | American Literature | ||
| George B. Kauffman | History of Science & Technology | ||
| Paul Kay | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| Robert Hale Kaylor | Creative Arts | Film | |
| John F. W. Keana | Chemistry | ||
| Leon Morris Keer | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Suzanne Keller | Sociology | ||
| Hans Janos Kende | Plant Sciences | ||
| Herbert Leon Kessler | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Harry Kesten | Mathematics | ||
| Henry S. Kingdon | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Donald Ervin Knuth | Computer Science | ||
| Stephen Edward Koss | British History | ||
| Jan K. Kott | Theatre Arts | ||
| Fernando Krahn | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Thomas Kranidas | English Literature | ||
| Rockne Krebs | Fine Arts | ||
| Joseph B. Lambert | Chemistry | ||
| William Wilson Lambert | Psychology | ||
| Bernard Langlais | Fine Arts | ||
| Ira Marvin Lapidus | Medieval History | ||
| Jacob Lassner | Near Eastern Studies | ||
| Standish Dyer Lawder | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Luis López Loza | Fine Arts | ||
| Wilford Leach | Drama & Performance Art | ||
| Naomi Lebowitz | Literary Criticism | ||
| Winfred P. Lehmann | Linguistics | ||
| Robert Lekachman | Economics | ||
| Gerhard E. Lenski | Sociology | ||
| Daniel Levine | U.S. History | ||
| Paul A. Libby | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Elliott H. Lieb | Mathematics | ||
| Robert J. Lieber | Political Science | ||
| Michael Aaron Lieberman | Engineering | ||
| Stanley Lieberson | Sociology | ||
| Antonín J. Liehm | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | ||
| Drahomíra N. Liehm-Novotná | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | ||
| Gene Elden Likens | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Lewis P. Lipsitt | Psychology | ||
| Lar Lubovitch | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| David Cooke MacDougall | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Wilferd Madelung | Near Eastern Studies | ||
| Edwin Wilson Marrs | English Literature | ||
| Jerome Max | Drama & Performance Art | ||
| Donald Stuart McClure | Chemistry | ||
| Fred W. McDarrah | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Bruce A. McFadden | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Donald Lee McGrady | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | ||
| Henry P. McKean | Mathematics | ||
| Basil Vincent McKoy | Chemistry | ||
| Ann E. McMillan | Music Composition | ||
| James Alan McPherson | Fiction | ||
| Standish Meacham | British History | ||
| Alan Haskell Mehler | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Chiang Chung Mei | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Carlos Meléndez | Iberian & Latin American History | ||
| Anne Kostelanetz Mellor | English Literature | ||
| Karl H. Menges | Near Eastern Studies | ||
| Vivian H. Mercier | Literary Criticism | ||
| Thomas Charles Merigan | Medicine & Health | ||
| John Mersereau Jr. | Slavic Literature | ||
| Stanley Milgram | Psychology | ||
| David Harry Miller | Physics | ||
| Rupert Griel Miller | Statistics | ||
| John A. Mills | Theatre Arts | ||
| Roger Laell Minick | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Charles William Misner | Astronomy—Astrophysics | ||
| Jessica Mitford | General Nonfiction | ||
| Meredith Monk | Music Composition | ||
| David Montgomery | U.S. History | ||
| Robert S. Montgomery | Drama & Performance Art | ||
| José Ricardo Morales Malva | Drama & Performance Art | ||
| Ciriaco Morón-Arroyo | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | ||
| Janel Mulder Mueller | English Literature | ||
| Anthony A. Newcomb | Music Research | ||
| R. Bruce Nicklas | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Douglass C. North | Economic History | ||
| Michael John O'Brien | Humanities | Classics | |
| Jeffrey O'Connell | Social Sciences | Law | |
| George Andrew Olah | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Laurie D. Olin | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Alan V. Oppenheim | Natural Sciences | Computer Science | |
| Dennis A. Oppenheim | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| José Miguel Oviedo | Humanities | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Morton David Paley | English Literature | ||
| Jacob Palis | Mathematics | ||
| Nicanor Parra | Poetry | ||
| César Paternosto | Fine Arts | ||
| Edward Ralph Pincus | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Peter Plagens | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| David William Plath | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | ||
| Eleo Pomare | Creative Arts | Choreography | |
| Thomas Porett | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| James L. Prestini | Fine Arts | ||
| Mark Ptashne | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Donald Edward Queller | Humanities | Renaissance History | |
| Héctor Quintanar Prieto | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Ralph Wilson Rader | Literary Criticism | ||
| Robert A. Rapp | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Rima Drell Reck | French Literature | ||
| Brian Robert Reid | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| John David Reppy | Physics | ||
| Constantino Reyes-Valerio | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Dennis Daniel Riley | Music Composition | ||
| Forrest G. Robinson | Creative Arts | Biography | |
| Dorothea Rockburne | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| William R. Roff | East Asian Studies | ||
| Peter Philip Rogers | Architecture, Planning, & Design | ||
| Michael Paul Rogin | Political Science | ||
| Theodore Sonny Rollins | Music Composition | ||
| John Walter Root | Chemistry | ||
| John Max Rosenfield | Fine Arts Research | ||
| Sheldon Rothblatt | British History | ||
| Clyde de Loache Ryals | English Literature | ||
| Rainer K. Sachs | Mathematics | ||
| Ruth Sager | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Edward W. Said | Literary Criticism | ||
| Rémy Gilbert Saisselin | French Literature | ||
| Roger B. Salomon | American Literature | ||
| Peter Gerald Satir | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Dieter Söll | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Kenneth F. Schaffner | Philosophy | ||
| R. Walter Schlesinger | Molecular & Cellular Biology | ||
| Gerald Schubert | Earth Science | ||
| Stuart Carl Schwartz | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Ronald Fraser Scott | Plant Sciences | ||
| David N. Seidman | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics | |
| Philip Selznick | Sociology | ||
| Hsieh Wen Shen | Applied Mathematics | ||
| Yuen-Ron Shen | Physics | ||
| Abner Shimony | Philosophy | ||
| Lee S. Shulman | Education | ||
| Silvia C. Sigal | Sociology | ||
| Robert J. Silbey | Chemistry | ||
| Charles Simic | Poetry | ||
| Thomas Moro Simpson | Philosophy | ||
| Carlos E. Sluzki | Medicine & Health | ||
| Keith A. Smith | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| W. D. Snodgrass | Poetry | ||
| Michael Snow | Creative Arts | Film | |
| Rolf M. Steffen | Physics | ||
| Jerome Leon Stein | Economics | ||
| Jeffrey I. Steinfeld | Chemistry | ||
| Gerard J. Stephenson | Physics | ||
| Saul Sternberg | Psychology | ||
| Avrum Stroll | Philosophy | ||
| James Sullivan | Fine Arts | ||
| Mervyn Wilfred Susser | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health | |
| Donald Stewart Taylor | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Serge Nicholas Timasheff | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Julius Tobias | Creative Arts | Fine Arts | |
| James D. Tracy | Humanities | Renaissance History | |
| Roy E. Travis | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| Harry C. Triandis | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Thomas Laurence Trueman | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| Donald Lawson Turcotte | Natural Sciences | Earth Science | |
| Elliot Turiel | Social Sciences | Education | |
| Betty Mack Twarog | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience | |
| Victor Twersky[3] [4] | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics | |
| Joan Connelly Ullman | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Irwin Unger | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Marshall R. Urist | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health | |
| Charles W. Van Atta | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics | |
| Mona Van Duyn | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| César Alejandro Vapñarsky | Social Sciences | Sociology | |
| Thomas Vargish | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Orlando Villas Bôas | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Raymond B. Waddington | Humanities | English Literature | |
| Diane Wakoski | Creative Arts | Poetry | |
| S. David Webb | Natural Sciences | Earth Science | |
| Herbert Weiner | Social Sciences | Psychology | |
| Holmes Hinkley Welch | Humanities | East Asian Studies | |
| Joe L. White | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences | |
| James T. Whitehead | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Mark Robert Willcott | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| George Huntston Williams | Humanities | Religion | |
| Mary Lou Williams | Creative Arts | Music Composition | |
| T. Ffrancon Williams | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Lanford Wilson | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Theodore Allen Wilson | Humanities | U.S. History | |
| Allan Charles Wilson | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Geoffrey L. Winningham | Creative Arts | Photography | |
| Geoffrey Wolff | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Sheldon S. Wolin | Social Sciences | Political Science | |
| Oliver W. Wolters | Humanities | East Asian Studies | |
| John Martin Wood | Natural Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Sidney Yip | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| Herbert F. York | Natural Sciences | Physics | |
| Sol Yurick | Creative Arts | Fiction | |
| Arnold M. Zwicky | Humanities | Linguistics |