Difference between revisions of "Alexander Hamilton Medal"

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* [[1997]] - [[Alfred Lerner]] CC '55
 
* [[1997]] - [[Alfred Lerner]] CC '55
 
* [[1998]] - [[Roone Arledge]] CC '52
 
* [[1998]] - [[Roone Arledge]] CC '52
* [[1999]] - Columbia Professors: [[William Theodore de Bary]], CC'41, James Shenton, CC'49, [[Richard Axel]], CC'67
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* [[1999]] - Columbia Professors: [[William Theodore de Bary]], CC'41, ][[James Shenton]], CC'49, [[Richard Axel]], CC'67
 
* [[2000]] - [[William Campbell]], CC '62
 
* [[2000]] - [[William Campbell]], CC '62
 
* [[2003]] - [[Emmanuel Ax]] CC '70
 
* [[2003]] - [[Emmanuel Ax]] CC '70

Revision as of 19:06, 12 March 2008

The Alexander Hamilton Medal is presented each year by the Columbia College Alumni Association to an alumnus/a or faculty member for distinguished service and accomplishment in any field of endeavor. The Alexander Hamilton Medal, first presented in 1947 to Nicholas Murray Butler, is the highest tribute awarded to a member of the Columbia College community.

Recently, Herman Wouk's was sold on eBay as a paperweight.

Past Winners

Previous winners also include Columbia President Dwight D. Eisenhower and alumni William Joseph Donovan, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.