ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1978, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is based in Chicago and currently has over $4B in assets. Approximately $200M is granted annually to "foster lasting improvement in the human condition".

Official Website:
http://www.macfound.org/

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1978

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Seely Brown	Business	c. 1940		Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000
Drew S. Days III	Government	1941		US Solicitor General, 1993-96
Robert E. Denham	Attorney	27-Aug-1945		Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Jonathan F. Fanton	Administrator	c. 1943		President, MacArthur Foundation
Murray Gell-Mann	Physicist	15-Sep-1929		Weak interaction of particles
Jamie S. Gorelick	Attorney	6-May-1950		9-11 Commission member
David J. Gross	Physicist	19-Feb-1941		Deep structure of matter
Shirley Hufstedler	Judge	24-Aug-1925		US Secretary of Education, 1979-81
Edward H. Levi	Government	26-Jun-1911	7-Mar-2000	US Attorney General, 1975-77
Walter E. Massey	Business	5-Apr-1938		Morehouse College president, physicist
William I. Miller	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Irwin Financial
Marjorie Scardino	Business	25-Jan-1947		CEO of Pearson
Adele Simmons	Administrator	21-Jun-1941		President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99
Thomas C. Theobald	Business	5-May-1937		CEO of Continental Bank, 1987-94
Laura D. Tyson	Economist	28-Jun-1947		Dean of London Business School
Frank Wilczek	Physicist	15-May-1951		Deep structure of matter

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