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==Leadership== [[John E. Corbally]], the first president of the foundation and later board chairman from 1995 to 2002, was followed in 1989β99 by [[Adele Simmons]], who was the first female dean at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="presidents">{{Cite web |url=http://www.macfound.org/about/our-history/past-presidents/ |title=MacArthur Foundation: Past Presidents |publisher=MacArthur Foundation |access-date=July 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="johncorbally">{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/07/26/dr-john-corbally-79/ |title=Dr. John Corbally, 79: First President Helped Establish MacArthur Foundation Identity |last=Fellers |first=Li |date=July 26, 2004 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=July 14, 2015}}</ref> [[Jonathan Fanton]], president of [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], served as the foundation's next president.<ref name=presidents/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/people-in-the-news-4-20-14-appointments-and-promotions |title=People in the News (4/20/14): Appointments and Promotions |date=April 20, 2014 |website=Philanthropy News Digest |access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> [[Robert Gallucci]], formerly dean of [[Georgetown University]]'s School of Foreign Service, served as the foundation's fourth president from 2009 to 2014.<ref name=presidents/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Spector |first=Mike |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123665286020579843?mod=todays_us_page_one |title=Former Diplomat to Lead MacArthur Foundation |date=March 10, 2009 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=March 10, 2009 |page=A2}}</ref> Gallucci was fired in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Callahan |first=David |url=http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2014/5/3/why-did-mac-sack-bob.html |title=Why Did Mac Sack Bob? |date=May 3, 2014 |work=Inside Philanthropy |access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> Julia Stasch, who formerly served as MacArthur's vice president for U.S. Programs, was named the foundation's president in 2015.<ref name=AboutOurHistory/> Stasch had been chief of staff to Chicago mayor [[Richard M. Daley]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Callahan |first=David |url=http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/3/13/julia-stasch-atop-macarthur-change-or-more-of-the-same-maybe.html |title=Julia Stasch Atop MacArthur: Change or More of the Same? Maybe Both |date=March 13, 2015 |work=Inside Philanthropy |access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> She announced that she would step down in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Steve |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-macarthur-president-stasch-retire-0925-story.html |title=MacArthur Foundation President Julia Stasch to step down next year |date=September 25, 2018 |access-date=December 20, 2018 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In March 2019, [[John Palfrey]] was named president, effective September 1, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/john-palfrey-named-new-macarthur-president/ |title=John Palfrey Named New MacArthur President |access-date=March 15, 2019 |publisher=MacArthur Foundation}}</ref>
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