List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1939

1939 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

• Ernst Bacon, Deceased. Music Composition: 1939, 1942, 1964.
• Lawrence Rogers Blinks, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1939, 1948, 1957.
• Karl Richard Bopp, Deceased. Economics: 1939.
• Herschel Brickell, Deceased. General Non-Fiction: 1939.
• William Smith Clark II, Deceased. Theatre Arts: 1939.
• Robert Donaldson Darrell, Deceased. Musicologist:New York: 1939.
• Adolf Dehn, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1939, 1951.
• John Dos Passos, Deceased. General Non-Fiction: 1939, 1940, 1942.
• Elmer Ellis, Deceased. U.S. History: 1939.
• Wallace K. Ferguson, Deceased. Renaissance Studies: 1939.
• Anis Fuleihan, Deceased. Music Composition: 1939.
• Isidore Gersh, Deceased. Biochemistry: 1939.
• Mary Barnett Gilson, Deceased. Economics: 1939.
• Michael Ginsburg, Deceased. Classics: 1939, 1942.
• Zellig Sabbettai Harris, Deceased. Linguistics: 1939.
• Richard Mansfield Haywood, Deceased. Classics: 1939.
• Louis George Henyey, Deceased. Astronomy-Astrophysics: 1939.
• Earl Martin Hildebrand, Deceased. Plant Science. 1939.
• Hubert Maxwell James, Deceased. Physics: 1939.
• Charles W. Jones, Deceased. Medieval Literature: 1939, 1945.
• Karl Loewenstein, Deceased. Political Science: 1939.
• Hilda F. Lund, Deceased. Plant Science: 1939. Appointed as Hilda F. Rosene.
• John Joseph Mathews, Deceased. Non-Fiction: 1939.
• Leland S. McClung, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, Indiana University: 1939.
• John McCrady, Deceased. Fine Arts-Painting: 1939.
• Rose C. L. Mooney, Deceased. Chemistry: 1939. Appointed as Slater, Rose C.
• Ernest Campbell Mossner, Deceased. Intellectual History: 1939, 1945.
• Herbert Joseph Muller, Deceased. Literary Criticism: 1939.
• Everett John Nelson, Deceased. Philosophy: 1939.
• Charles John Olson, Deceased. American Literature: 1939, 1948.
• Gregory Pincus, Deceased. Biology: 1939, 1940.
• Gaines Post, Deceased. Medieval History: 1939, 1955.
• Meyer Schapiro, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1939, 1942.
• William Howard Schuman, Deceased. Music Composition: 1939, 1940.
• Walter Rice Sharp, Deceased. Political Science: 1939.
• Harold Augustus Sinclair, Deceased. Fiction: 1939.
• Chester Stock, Deceased. Earth Science: 1939, 1940.
• Eugene Trentham, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1939.
• Robert Tryon, Deceased. Psychology: 1939.
• Adriaan Joseph van Rossem, Deceased. Biology: 1939.
• Eliseo Vivas, Deceased. Philosophy: 1939.
• Robert Penn Warren, Deceased. Fiction: 1939, 1947.
• Harold Whitehall, Deceased. Linguistics: 1939.
• Harry Wickey, Deceased. Fine Arts-Sculpture: 1939, 1940.
• Arthur McCandless Wilson, Deceased. Biography: 1939, 1956.
• Howard Wolf, Deceased. U.S. History: 1939, 1940.
• Melville Lawrence Wolfrom, Deceased. Chemistry: 1939.
• Elmer Wood, Deceased. Economics: 1939.
• Richard Wright, Deceased. Fiction: 1939.
• Oscar Zariski, Deceased. Mathematics: 1939.
• Carl Zigrosser, Deceased. Fine Arts Research: 1939, 1940.

  1939 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

• Roberto Berdecio, Artist: 1939.
• Hugo Pablo Chiodi, Deceased. Medicine: 1939, 1940.
• Julio de la Arena y Fernández, Physician: 1939.
• Alberto González Domínguez, Deceased. Mathematics: 1939.
• Mario O. González Rodríguez, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Alabama: 1939.
• Raimundo Lida, Deceased. Spanish: 1939, 1959.
• Carlos Orozco Romero, Deceased. Fine Arts: 1939.
• Raúl Palacios von Helms, Deceased. Medicine: 1939, 1940.
• Juan Pedro Picena, Professor Emeritus of Pathology, National University of Rosario: 1939.