1947

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1947 Columbia vs. Yale football program

1947 in Columbia history:

• The School of General Studies is created
• The football team hands Army its first loss in four years
• Nicholas Murray Butler, CC 1882 is awarded the first-ever Alexander Hamilton Medal, and then dies
• Columbia and neighboring institutions create "Morningside Heights, Inc.", an organization devoted to stopping white flight from Morningside Heights