Alidad Damooei

Alidad Damooei CC '09 ran for the presidency of the CCSC as the head of the Connect Columbia ticket against George Krebs and the Experience Columbia ticket. Damooei ultimately lost the election. Earlier, he served as VP for policy on the council.

Damooei majored in Econ. From Thousand Oaks, CA, he is of Iranian extraction, and lists Herodotus' Histories as his least favorite book, due to "anti-Persian bias". Before entering campus politics, Damooei participated in Parliamentary Debate. He lived in Beta House.

Damooei graduated with the Milch Prize and attended Yale Law. After meeting at Columbia, he and Lauren Gentry CC '10 are now married[1].