1947

1947 Columbia vs. Yale football program

1947 in Columbia history:

• The School of General Studies, the successor to University Extension, 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

Preceded by 1946

History of Columbia University  1947

Succeeded by 1948