MacArthur Fellowship Presented to Rutgers-Camden History Professor

CAMDEN – Jacob Soll, a professor of history at Rutgers University–Camden and a global expert on Machiavelli, is one of 22 Americans selected as 2011 MacArthur Fellows, according to an announcement issued by the MacArthur Foundation today.

Soll’s MacArthur Fellowship is the only one awarded to a Delaware Valley recipient in 2011.  It is the first received on the Rutgers–Camden campus.

Sometimes known as the “genius grant,” the extraordinarily competitive MacArthur Fellowship celebrates individuals who show exemplary creativity in their work and the potential for still more in the future.  The five-year, $500,000 grant also awarded on the basis of a clear record of significant achievement.

Recipients are nominated anonymously by leaders in their respective fields and never notified of their candidacy.  Awardees must be citizens or residents of the United States and must not hold elective office or advance positions in government....