Hoyt W. Fuller was Managing Editor of «Negro Digest» and writes from Chicago, Illinois.
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi was Prefect of the Promulgation of the Faith. He writes from Castel Gandolfo and Vatican City.
Fr. Joseph Fusco was Chairman of the Departments of Modern and Classical Languages at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Paul Gabites was Consul General of the New Zealand Consulate in New York.
Gary Gagner, a former novice at Gethsemani, was applying for conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War and was being assisted by Jim Forest and the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Merton wrote a letter on Gagner's behalf (in the "Forest, Jim" file). Gagner was stationed at Fr. Dix in New Jersey.
John Francis (Jack) Gaither was from Evansville, Indiana. He is the son of Marice (Mimi) Gaither and donated a large collection of Mimi's letters to the Thomas Merton Center in 2001.
Marice "Mimi" Gaither was a long time supporter of Gethsemani and often sent money for Mass intentions. She writes from Louisville.
Sara Galbraith writes from Newry, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Gallagher was an editor with Magi Books in Albany, New York.
Br. Lawrence Gannon was a Trappist from Gethsemani writing to Merton while at the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Eagle River, Alaska, where Merton visited in 1968 and spoke at a series of conferences for the contemplative nuns there.
Leone Gannon worked in Gethsemani Abbey's guesthouse.
Juan García Elorrio was Secretary General of the Encuentro Latino-Americano Camilo Torres to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay on February 15, 1968, and invites Merton's contributions. He supported the Movimiento de Sacerdotes del Tercer Mundo (Priests in the Third World Movement) and was Editor of the magazine «Cristianismo y Revolución» in Argentina. He writes from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Margaret Gardiner writes to Merton from England to ask his support in making some opposition statements to the Vietnam War and in supporting US draft resisters for «The Times» of London.
Barry Garfinkel was an attorney from New York with the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom. Merton's friend John H. Slate had died in September of 1967.
Emilio Garrigues was the Spanish ambassador to Guatemala.
Garrison was a friend of a Sister Robert Vincent, who forwarded a letter by Garrison to Merton.
Hugh Garvey was a publisher and editor for Templegate and writes from Springfield, Illinois.
Fr. Jerome Gassner was a Benedictine monk writing from Sant'Aselmo College in Rome.
Ann Gates writes from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Bishop Caesar Gatimu was of the Diocese of Nyeri in Kenya.
Fr. Bernard Gaynon was a Trappist monk writing from Canada.
Dom Roger Gazeau was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint-Martin de Ligugé in France.
Henry Geiger was Editor of «Manas» and writes from Los Angeles, California.
Peter Geist writes from Matinicus Island, Maine and Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a professor of industrial design at Washington University in Saint Louis and designed books and corporate logos. Merton contacts him to design a books of pictures about Gethsemani Abbey, «Monastic Life at Gethsemani» (1965, softcover) and «Gethsemani: A Life of Praise» (1966, hardcover).
Fr. Agostino Gemelli was a Franciscan writing from Milan, Italy, to pass along thanks from Msgr. Dell'Acqua for Merton's contribution to a book in honor of Pope Pius XII's 80th birthday. Gemelli authored books on such subjects as Marxism, psychology and Franciscan spirituality.
Rabbi Everett Gendler was a Jewish religious leader involved in the anti-war movement and the Civil Rights movement who worked closely with Rabbi Abraham Heschel and Martin Luther King in the later. He was later described as "the father of Jewish environmentalism".
Sr. Genevieve of the Eucharist was from a Carmelite monastery in Baltimore, Maryland.
Michael M. George was Program Officer for the Council on Leaders and Specialists (CLS) and writes from Washington, D.C. He was trying to arrange for Dr. Alberto Caturelli, an Argentine philosopher, to meet Merton. Merton agreed but Dr. Caturelli later cancelled due to a heavy schedule.
Sandra George writes as Librarian for the Bruce Publishing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Fr. Georges was a member of the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of Orval in Belgium.
Fr. Gerard was a Trappist monk of Genesee Abbey in Piffard, New York.
Sr. Marie Germaine Du Sacre Coeur was a Dominican from Oullins, France.
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist and brother of composer George Gershwin.
Sr. Gertrude Anne was a Sister of the Holy Cross writing from St. Mary's Convent in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Fr. Afonso Gessinger was a Jesuit priest from Curitiba, Brazil.
Aly Abdel Ghani writes from Alexandria, Egypt.
Robert Ghelardi writes from South Bend, Indiana.
Dom Anselmo Giabbani was Prior General of the Camaldolese and writes from Italy. He served as Camaldolese Prior General from 1951-1963. He died in 2004 at the age of 96.
Therese Giahieu writes from Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Robert Gibney was one of Merton's closest friends from Columbia University. He filed as a conscientious objector for World War II, but was drafted. He married another of Merton's friends after the war, Nancy Flagg, who was a graduate of Smith College in Boston. (Source: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, pp. 178-179.)
Jane Gibson was writing on behalf of «Jubilee» magazine.
Tom Giering was a former student of Berea College in Kentucky who had visited Gethsemani. At the time of writing to Merton, he lived in New York.
Br. Matthias Gill was a Trappist monk of Gethsemani Abbey. He was also a contributor to the fourth edition of «Monks Pond» (incorrectly listed as Mathias Ginn).
Dom Ignace Gillet was Abbot General of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) from 1963-1974.
Etienne Gilson was a medieval scholar that was influential in Merton's early conversion to Catholicism while at Columbia University. Especially important to Merton was Gilson's book «The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy». Gilson was educated at the Sorbonne, taught throughout Europe and was later admitted to the Académie Française. He was instrumental in the founding of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, where he was at the time of his correspondence with Merton. (Source: «The School of Charity», p. 30.)
Kenneth Seeman Giniger was head of the Layman's National Bible Committee, publisher of "The Catholic Bible in the St. Peter's Edition."
Robert Ginsberg is a Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He included Merton's essay "War and the Crisis of Language" in a book he edited, entitled «The Critique of War: Contemporary Philosophical Explorations».
Robert Giroux was one of Merton's friends from his Columbia University days. While Giroux was with Harcourt, Brace publishers, he reviewed and rejected some of Merton's early novels. After seeing «The Seven Storey Mountain», he decided to take a chance on this book which turned out to be a surprise best seller and launched Merton's career as a writer. In 1955, he joined Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, which became Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1964. He later took the role as a trustee for Merton's literary estate.
Alberto Girri was a poet, prose writer, and literary translator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Like Jorge Luis Borges, he used metaphysics and mysticism in his writings, but uses these as a tool of contemporary criticism. He published many volumes of poetry and was a regular contributor to Victoria Ocampo's magazine, «Sur».
At the time of writing, Rochelle Girson was Book Review Editor for the «Saturday Review». She writes from New York.
Martha Gisi writes from Schaffhauserrheinweg, Switzerland.
At the time of writing to Merton, David Glanz was an Editor of the Washington University student publication, «Freelance».
Tommy Glover was a former monk of Gethsemani Abbey, known as Br. Joshua, and one of the few African Americans at the monastery.
Wilbur Glover writes as Director of Shaker Community, Inc. in Hancock, Massachusetts, informing Merton of the death of Edward Deming Andrews.
Banks O. Godfrey, Jr. writes from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
A. Goettman writes from Saint-Avold in France.
Don Gold writes as Assistant to the Editor of «Holiday» magazine.