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==Past Winners==
 
==Past Winners==
 
* [[1947]] - University President [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] CC 1882
 
* [[1947]] - University President [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] CC 1882
* [[1948]] - Frank Diehl Fackenthal CC 1906
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* [[1948]] - [[Frank Diehl Fackenthal]] CC 1906
 
* [[1948]] - [[Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo]] CC 1909
 
* [[1948]] - [[Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo]] CC 1909
* [[1950]] - William Joseph Donovan CC 1905
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* [[1950]] - [[William Joseph Donovan]] CC 1905
 
* [[1951]] - [[Harry James Carman]] (namesake of Carman Hall)
 
* [[1951]] - [[Harry James Carman]] (namesake of Carman Hall)
 
* [[1952]] - [[Carlton Hayes]] CC 1904
 
* [[1952]] - [[Carlton Hayes]] CC 1904
* [[1953]] - Arthur Hays Sulzberger CC 1913
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* [[1953]] - [[Arthur Hays Sulzberger]] CC 1913
* [[1954]] - Frank Smithwick Hogan CC 1924
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* [[1954]] - [[Frank Smithwick Hogan]] CC 1924
 
* [[1955]] - Frederick Coykendall CC 1895
 
* [[1955]] - Frederick Coykendall CC 1895
* [[1955]] - Marcellus Hartley Dodge CC 1903
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* [[1955]] - [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge]] CC 1903
* [[1956]] - Richard Rodgers CC 1923
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* [[1956]] - [[Richard Rodgers]] CC 1923 and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] CC 1916
* [[1956]] - Oscar Hammerstein II CC 1916
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* [[1957]] - University President [[Grayson Kirk]]
* [[1957]] - Grayson Kirk
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* [[1958]] - Edmund Prentis Mines 1906
* [[1958]] - Edmund Prentis CC 1906
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* [[1959]] - [[Mark Van Doren]] PhD 1920
* [[1959]] - Mark Van Doren
 
 
* [[1960]] - Ward Melville CC 1909
 
* [[1960]] - Ward Melville CC 1909
* [[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  
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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  
 
* [[1975]] - [[Meyer Schapiro]] CC '24
 
* [[1975]] - [[Meyer Schapiro]] CC '24
 
* [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]]
 
* [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]]
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* [[2010]] - [[Michael Rothfeld]] CC '69 J'71 SIPA '71 Business '71
 
* [[2010]] - [[Michael Rothfeld]] CC '69 J'71 SIPA '71 Business '71
 
* [[2011]] - [[Gerry Lenfest]] Law '58
 
* [[2011]] - [[Gerry Lenfest]] Law '58
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* [[2012]] - [[Jonathan Schiller]] '69, '73LAW
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* [[2013]] - [[Joel I. Klein]] CC '67
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* [[2014]] - [[Phillip M. Satow]] CC '63
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* [[2015]] - [[Eric H. Holder]] CC '73, LAW '76
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* [[2016]] -  Columbia Professors [[Eric Foner]] CC '63, GSAS '69, [[Ronald Breslow]], [[Kenneth T. Jackson]]
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* [[2017]] - [[Jonathan S. Lavine]] CC '88
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* [[2018]] - [[Lisa L. Carnoy]] CC '89
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* [[2019]] - [[Dr. George D. Yancopoulos]] CC '80, GSAS '86, PS '87
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Previous winners also include Columbia President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
  
Previous winners also include Columbia President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and alumni [[William Joseph Donovan]], [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]].
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/events/hamiltondinner/previoushonorees List of honorees]
  
 
[[Category:Alexander Hamilton Medal recipients|*]]
 
[[Category:Alexander Hamilton Medal recipients|*]]
 
[[Category:Alumni awards]]
 
[[Category:Alumni awards]]

Latest revision as of 12:37, 16 April 2021

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.

External Links