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* [[1959]] - Mark Van Doren
 
* [[1959]] - Mark Van Doren
 
* [[1960]] - Ward Melville CC 1909
 
* [[1960]] - Ward Melville CC 1909
* [[1961]] - Edward Calvin Kendall CC 1908 (Nobel Laureate)
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* [[1961]] - The College honored its Nobel Laureates: Edward Calvin Kendall (CC 1908), Polykarp Kusch, Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr., Joshua Lederberg (CC 1944), Herman Joseph Miller (CC 1910), John Howard Northrop (CC 1912), Isidor Isaac Rabi, Harold Clayton Urey  
* [[1961]] - Polykarp Kusch (Nobel Laureate)
 
* [[1961]] - Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (Nobel Laureate)
 
* [[1961]] - Joshua Lederberg CC 1944 (Nobel Laureate)
 
* [[1961]] - Herman Joseph Miller CC 1910 (Nobel Laureate)
 
* [[1961]] - John Howard Northrop CC 1912 (Nobel Laureate)
 
* [[1961]] - Isidor Isaac Rabi (Nobel Laureate)
 
* [[1961]] - Harold Clayton Urey (Nobel Laureate)
 
 
* [[1975]] - [[Meyer Schapiro]] CC '24
 
* [[1975]] - [[Meyer Schapiro]] CC '24
 
* [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]]
 
* [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]]

Revision as of 13:07, 24 October 2009

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.