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id="MainColumn"> <div class="Content"> <h1>Former Trustees of the Foundation</h1> <div class="wysiwyg-output"> <p>Simon Guggenheim, 1925-41 (President)*<br/> Charles Earl, 1925-43<br/> Carroll A. Wilson, 1925-47<br/> Charles D. Hilles, 1925-49<br/> Francis H. Brownell, 1925-54 (Vice President)*<br/> Roger W. Straus, 1925-57 (Vice President, 1951-57)<br/> Olga Hirsh (Mrs. Simon) Guggenheim, 1925-61 <br/> (Vice President, 1925-41; President, 1942-61); President Emeritus, 1961-70; Trustee Emeritus, 1963-70<br/> John C. Emison, 1939-63; Trustee Emeritus, 1963-66<br/> Medley G. B. Whelpley, 1939-65 <br/> (Vice President, 1954-61; President, 1961-63); Trustee Emeritus, 1966-75<br/> Charles Merz, 1942-65; Trustee Emeritus, 1965-77<br/> Henry Allen Moe, 1945-66<br/> (Vice President, 1959-65); Trustee Emeritus, 1965-68<br/> Roswell Magill, 1947-62<br/> Elliott V. Bell, 1951-72 (Vice President, 1965-72)<br/> Kenneth C. Brownell, 1954-58 (Vice President, 1958); Trustee Emeritus, 1958<br/> Ernest M. Lundell Jr., 1957-75; Trustee Emeritus, 1975-93<br/> Dale E. Sharp, 1958-75 (Chair, 1961-75); Trustee Emeritus, 1975-84<br/> Forrest G. Hamrick, 1958-82<br/> James Brown Fisk, 1959-81<br/> R. Manning Brown Jr., 1963-75; Trustee Emeritus, 1975-85<br/> Carroll V. Newsom, 1963-76 (Chair, 1975-76); Trustee Emeritus, 1976-90<br/> Gordon N. Ray, 1963-86 (President, 1963-85); President Emeritus, 1985-86<br/> John A. Peeples, 1965-74; Trustee Emeritus, 1974-77<br/> John M. Schiff, 1965-76; Trustee Emeritus, 1976-87<br/> John N. Irwin II, 1966-73<br/> Frederick Seitz, 1973-83 (Chair, 1976-83)<br/> Roger W. Straus Jr., 1973-89; Trustee Emeritus, 1989-2004<br/> Carl M. Mueller, 1974-85<br/> Ralph E. Leach, 1975-83<br/> Lewis Thomas, 1975-85<br/> Richard W. Couper, 1975-94<br/> Lewis M. Branscomb, 1976-78<br/> William T. Golden, 1976-81<br/> W. Clarke Wescoe, 1976-91 (Chair, 1983-91)<br/> Helene L. Kaplan, 1981-97<br/> Malcolm B. Smith, 1982-95<br/> Edward E. David Jr., 1982-98<br/> Robert V. Lindsay, 1983-97 (Chair, 1991-97)<br/> Charles Ryskamp, 1983-2010<br/> Jean Strouse, 1987-2004<br/> S. Parker Gilbert, 1990-96<br/> Theodore L. Cross, 1991-96<br/> Charles A. Sanders, 1991-96<br/> Leon Levy, 1990-2003<br/> C. Nicholas Potter, 1995-2001<br/> Wendy Wasserstein, 1997-2006<br/> Kenneth Lipper, 2000-02<br/> Peter A. Nadosy, 2006-08<br/> Alphonse Fletcher Jr., 2007-2010<br/> <br/> <br/> *Before May 1961, the title of President meant Chairman of the Board, and the chief executive officer (Henry Allen Moe) was called Secretary (1925-37) and Secretary-General (1937-61). Before June 1973, the title of Vice President meant Vice Chairman of the Board.<br/> </p> </div> <div class="ClearFix"><!-- do not remove --></div> </div> </div> <!-- END: main column --> <!-- BEGIN: right column --> <div id="RightColumn"> <div class="wysiwyg-output"> <table class="feature-photo"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><img height="215" width="215" src="/web/20121006140821im_/http://www.gf.org/system/assets/0000/2342/Ryskamp_Charles_215x215BW.original.jpg?1282244096" alt=""/></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="caption"> <p>Charles Ryskamp received a Guggenheim Fellowship for eighteenth-century English literature in 1966. 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