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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, philanthropic institution founded 1978 by John D. MacArthur (1897–1978), owner of a prominent insurance company and other businesses, and his wife Catherine T. MacArthur (1909–81) in order to assist groups and individuals who might make lasting improvements in the human condition. Headquartered in Chicago, it has assets of roughly $5.5 billion. The foundation's Program on Global Security and Sustainability deals largely with international issues; the Program on Human and Community Development focuses mainly on the United States; and the General Program concentrates on public-interest media. The institution is best known for its Fellows Program, which makes the so-called "genius grants"—large five-year awards, given each year to 25 Americans in the arts, social sciences, education, and other fields to promote the development of their creative, intellectual, or professional ideas and projects. In 2006 the foundation initiated a grant program to build and strengthen relatively small nonprofit organizations worldwide that are deemed both creative and effective.

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Wien is a supervisory director of George Soros' Quantum Funds and a member of the Investment Committees of Lincoln Center, The Pritzker Foundation, and the John D.

The Blackstone Group L.P by Real Estate Weekly

He is a Supervisory Director of George Soros' Quantum Funds and a member of the Investment Committees of Lincoln Center, The Pritzker Foundation, and the John D.

Byron Wien to Join Blackstone as Vice Chairman of Blackstone Advisory ... by Albawaba.com

He is a Supervisory Director of George Soros' Quantum Funds and a member of the Investment Committees of Lincoln Centre, the Pritzker Foundation, and the John D.

Byron goes to Blackstone by CPI Financial

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John Brown Farm State Historic Site

John Brown's Body

John Bryan State Park

John Bull

John Bunyan

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

John Burns

John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site

John Byron

John Calvin