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designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the
point, we would hope, that nations can live in peace."
— J. William Fulbright

Academic Programs

renowned Fulbright scholars


Name Category Achievement Affiliation State

Farid Abboud

Ambassador

Ambassador, Lebanon to U.S. (1999-     )

Ambassador, Lebanon to U.S. (1999-     )

DC

Chinua Achebe

Writer

Writer

Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson

NY

George A. Akerlof

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (2001)

Professor of Economics, University of California at Berkeley

CA

Philip W. Anderson

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (1977)

Professor Emeritus, Princeton University; Bell Labs

NJ

Marcia Angell

Miscellaneous

Editor in Chief, New England Journal of Medicine

Editor in Chief, New England Journal of Medicine

MA

Maya Angelou

Writer

Writer

Wake Forest University

NC

Eduardo Aninat

International Organizations / NGO

Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
(1999-   )

Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

DC

Dominick Argento

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1975)

 

MN

John Ashbery

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1976)

New York

NY

Emmanuel Ax

Music

Pianist

New York

NY


William B. Bader

Government

Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1999-   )

 

DC

Bernard Baker

Business

Chairman, Board of Directors, FuelCell Energy

 

CT

Curtis Barnette

Business

Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

 

DC

Craig Barrett

Business

President and CEO, Intel Corporation

 

AZ

Leslie Bassett

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1966)

 

MI

Hans Bethe

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (1967)

 

 

Andres Bianchi

Ambassador

Ambassador, Chile to U.S. (2000-     )

Ambassador, Chile to U.S. (2000-     )

DC

Judith Blegen

Music

Soprano

 

 

Alan Blinder

Business

Vice-Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve Board (1994-96)

 

NJ

Hans H. Blix

United Nations

Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector; Director, International Atomic Energy Agency (1981-97)

 

 

Alfred H. Bloom

University President

President, Swarthmore College (1991-   )

President, Swarthmore College (1991-   )

PA

Derek Bok

University President

President, Harvard University (1971-91)

President Emeritus and Professor of Law, Harvard University

MA

Daniel J. Boorstin

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (History, 1974)

Washington

DC

Robert S. Bowen

Business

Vice Chairman and CEO, Group 1 Software, Inc.

 

MD

Amar Gopal Bose

Business

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Bose Corporation

 

MA

John Brademas

University President

President, New York University (1981-92); Former U.S. Representative from Indiana (1959-81)

 

NY

Andrew Brimmer

Business

Member, Federal Reserve Board (1966)

Professor, University of Massachusetts

MA

James M. Buchanan

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (1986)

Advisory General Director, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University

VA


David A. Caputo

University President

President, Pace University (2000-   ); President, Hunter College (1995-2000)

President, Pace University

NY

Fernando Cardoso

Head of State

President of Brazil (1995-2003)

 

 

Ingvar G. Carlsson

Head of State

Prime Minister of Sweden (1986-91, 1994-96)

 

 

Gerhard Casper

University President

President, Stanford University (1992-2000)

Professor of Law, Stanford University

CA

Dale Chihuly

Arts

Artist

Seattle

WA

Timothy Chorba

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Singapore (1994-97)

Patton Boggs Law Firm

DC

Wlodziemierz Cimoszewicz

Head of State

Prime Minister of Poland (199?-200?)

 

 

Chuck Close

Arts

Artist

New York

NY

George Crumb

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1968)

Philadelphia

PA

Alexander Counts

International Organizations / NGO

President, Grameen Foundation USA

President, Grameen Foundation USA

DC

Barbara Crossette

Media

The New York Times U.N. bureau chief

 

NY


Jeffrey Davidow

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Mexico (1998-     ), Venezuela (1993-96), Zambia (1988-90)

Ambassador, U.S. to Mexico (1998-     ), Venezuela (1993-96), Zambia (1988-90)

David Brion Davis

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (General Non-Fiction, 1967)

Orange

CT

Misha Dichter

Music

Pianist

New York

NY

Lamberto Dini

Head of State

Prime Minister of Italy (1995-96)

 

 

David Herbert Donald

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Biography or Autobiography, 1961 & 1988)

Lincoln

MA

Leo J. Donovan, S.J.

University President

President, Georgetown University (1989-2001)

 

 

Rita Dove

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1987)

New York

NY


Donald B. Easum

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Nigeria (1971-77)

 

NY


Bay Fang

Media

National Correspondent, US News and World Report

National Correspondent, US News and World Report

DC

Bruce Bissell Finley

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Breaking News Reporting, 2000)

Denver

CO

Robert Finn

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Afghanistan (2002-     ), Tajikistan

Ambassador, U.S. to Afghanistan (2002-     ), Tajikistan

 

Renee Fleming

Music

Opera Singer

 

CT

Lukas Foss

Music

Conductor and pianist

Bridgehampton

NY

Jonathan Franzen

Writer

Author of The Corrections

 

NY

Eric Freedman

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Beat Reporting, 1994)

East Lansing

MI

Milton Friedman

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (1976)

Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago; Hoover Institution

IL

Michael Froman

Business

Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman, Citigroup, Inc.

 

NY


Jean-Pierre Garnier

Business

CEO, GlaxoSmithKline

 

 

Kul Chandra Gautam 

United Nations

Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF

United Nations

NY

Boutros Boutros Ghali

United Nations

Secretary-General, United Nations (1992-96)

 

 

Nina Gershon

Government

Federal Judge

Federal Judge

NY

Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani

Head of State

Prime Minister of Yemen (199?-   )

 

 

Riccardo Giacconi

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (2002)

President, Associated Universities, Inc.; Professor, Johns Hopkins University

MD?

Valery Giscard d'Estaing

Head of State

Prime Miniser of France (1974-81)

 

 

Milton Glaser

Arts

Artist

New York

NY

Philip Glass

Music

Composer

New York

NY

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (History, 1995)

Rockport, Maine

 

Hanna Holborn Gray

University President

President, University of Chicago (1978-93)

President Emeritus and Professor of History, University of Chicago

IL

Paul Greenberg

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Editorial Writing, 1969)

Little Rock

AR


Rita Hauser

United Nations

U.S. representative to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights

Chairs, International Peace Academy; Of Counsel, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan

NY

Frederick S. Hammer

Business

Co-Chairman, Inter-Atlantic and Annuity and Life Re (Holdings) Ltd

 

NY

Arthur Hartman

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. Ambassador to U.S.S.R. (1981-87), France (1977-81)

 

 

Anthony Hecht

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1968)

Washington

DC

Abdel Aziz Hegazy

Head of State

Prime Minister of Egypt (1974-75)

 

 

Ada Louise Huxtable

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Criticism, 1970)

New York

NY


Samuel Isaly

Business

Founding and Managing Partner of OrbiMed Advisors LLC

New York

NY


Geza Jeszensky

Ambassador

Ambassador, Hungary to U.S. (1998-    )

Ambassador, Hungary to U.S. (1998-    )

DC

Hugh R. Jones

Business

Senior Partner, Boston Office of Hale and Dorr LLP

 

MA


Wolf Kahn

Arts

Artist

New York

NY

Galway Kinnell

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1983)

New York

NY

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to U.N. (1981-85)

Professor, Georgetown University

DC

Tommy Koh

Ambassador

Ambassador, Singapore to U.S. (1984-90), U.N. (1968-71, 74-84)

Professor, Seton Hall University

NJ

Masatoshi Koshiba

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (2002)

Senior Counselor, International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (University of Tokyo)

 

Alan M. Kriegsman

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Criticism, 1976)

Chevy Chase

MD


Joshua Lederberg

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine (1958)

President Emeritus, Rockefeller University

NY

Joseph Lelyveld

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (General Non-Fiction, 1986)

 

NY?

Hyun Jae Lee

Head of State

Prime Minister of Korea (1988)

 

 

Philip Lochner

Business

Senior Vice President, Time Warner (1998)

 

CT

Osman Faruk Logoglu

Ambassador

Ambassador, Turkey to U.S. (2001-     )

Ambassador, Turkey to U.S. (2001-     )

DC

Richard W. Lyman

University President

President, Stanford University (1970-80); President, Rockefeller Foundation

 

CA


Lorin Maazel

Music

Conductor, New York Philharmonic

New York

NY

Alan G. MacDiarmid

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (2000)

Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

PA

Carleton Mabee

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Biography or Autobiography, 1944)

New York

NY

Charles F. MacCormack

International Organizations / NGO

President, Save the Children; Former President, World Learning

President, Save the Children

CT

Mary Ellen Mark

Arts

Artist

New York

NY

Donald Martino

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1974)

Cambridge

MA

Donald J. McConnell

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Eritrea (2001-    ), Burkina Faso (1993-96)

Ambassador, U.S. to Eritrea (2001-), Burkina Faso (1993-96)

 

Thomas Messer

Arts

Director, Guggenheim (1961-88)

 

NY

Franco Modigliani

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (1985)

MIT

MA

Anna Moffo

Music

Soprano

New York

NY

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to U.N. (1975-76), India (1973-75); Former Senator

New York

NY


Erwin Neher

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine (1991)

Director, Membrane Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institut (Gottingen, Germany)

 

Ivory V. Nelson

University President

President, Linclon University (1999-   )

President, Linclon University (1999-   )

PA

Douglass C. North

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (1993)

Professor of Economics, Washington University

MO


Olara Otunnu

United Nations

Under Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

United Nations

NY


Ronald D.F. Palmer

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Togo, 1976-78; Malaysia, 1981-83; Mauritius, 1986-89

Professor Emeritus, George Washington University

DC

Alfred Partoll

Business

Vice President AT&T

Retired

NY

Philip Pearlstein

Arts

Artist

New York

NY

Wayne Peterson

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1992)

San Francisco

CA

Thomas R. Pickering

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to U.N. (1989-92), Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan

Senior Vice President, The Boeing Company

 

Donald J. Planty

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Guatemala (1996-     )

Ambassador, U.S. to Guatemala (1996-     )

 

Cornelius B. Prior Jr

Business

CEO of several companies who gave $5 million to Holy Cross College in 1998

 

CT


Roger Reynolds

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1989)

La Jolla

CA

Lawrence R. Ricciardi

Business

Senior VP & General Counsel, IBM (1995-Present)

 

NY

Ned Rorem

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1976)

Nantucket

MA

Roger Rosenblatt

Media

Award-winning journalist

 

NY

Jaime Daremblum Rosenstein

Ambassador

Ambassador, Costa Rica to U.S.

Ambassador, Costa Rica to U.S.

DC

Carlo Rubbia

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (1984)

Professor, University of Pavia (Italy); President of the Italian Instiute for Environmentally-safe Energy (ENEA)

 

Theodore E. Russell

Ambassador

Ambassador, U.S. to Slovakia (1993-96)

 

VA


Paul Samuelson

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (1970)

Professor Emeritus, MIT

MA

Bengt Samuelsson

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine (1982)

Professor of Physiological Chemistry and former President, Karolinska Institute (Sweden); Chairman, Nobel Foundation

 

Richard Serra

Arts

Artist

New York

NY

John R. Silber

University President

President, Boston University (1971-96)

Chancellor, Boston University (1996-   )

MA

Charles Simic

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1990)

Stratford

NH

Jane Smiley

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Fiction, 1992)

New York

NY

Hedrick Smith

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (International Reporting, 1974)

 

 

Margaret Snyder

United Nations

Founding Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM)  

 

 

Javier Solano

United Nations

Secretary-General, NATO (1995-99)

 

 

Mark Strand

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1999)

Chicago

IL

Niara Sudarkasa

University President

President, Lincoln University (198?-98)

 

 

Han Seung-Soo

United Nations

President, U.N. General Assembly (2001-02)

United Nations

NY

Ruth Simmons

University President

President, Brown College (2001-    ); Former President Smith College (1995-2000)  

President, Brown College

RI

Joseph Stiglitz

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (2001)

Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

CA


Susumu Tonegawa

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine (1987)

MIT

MA

Charles H. Townes

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (1964)

Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley; Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts

MA


John Updike

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Fiction, 1982 and 1991)

Ipswich

MA

Garrick Utley

Media

Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News

Contributor, CNN's New York Bureau

NY


Linda Vester

Media

Fox News

 

NY

Peter Viereck

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1949)

South Hadley

MA

Alberto Vitale

Business

CEO of Random House

CEO of Random House

NY


George Walker

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Music, 1996)

Montclair

NJ

Michael Walzer

Miscellaneous

Political Theorist

Professor, Princeton University

NJ

James D. Watson

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine (1962)

President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring, New York)

NY

Allen Weinstein

International Organizations / NGO

President, Center for Democracy

President, Center for Democracy

DC

Josh Weston

Business

Honorary Chairman of the Board, ADP

 

NJ

Makmur Widodo

United Nations

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations

United Nations

NY

Charles Wright

Pulitzer

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Poetry, 1998)

Charlottesville

VA


Rosalyn S. Yalow

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine (1977)

Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Veterans Administration Hospital (Bronx, NY)

NY

Chen Ning Yang

Nobel

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (1957)

Professor at SUNY Stony Brook; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Tsinghua University (Beijing)

NY

Muhammad Yunus

International Organizations / NGO

Chairman and Founder, Grameen Bank

Board, UN Foundation; Ambassador, UNAIDS

 


Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

United Nations

Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations

United Nations

NY