Herman Wouk
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Herman Wouk CC '34 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer famous for the novel The Caine Mutiny.
Wouk entered Columbia College at age 16, writing for Spec and Jester. He was also a member of then then-primarily Jewish (and now defunct) Columbia chapter of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. Wouk graduated at age 20 with the Richard H. Fox Prize. Wouk considered Professor Irwin Edman a mentor and later dedicated a novel to him.
In the 70s, he endowed Beit Ephraim, a Jewish retreat for Columbia students.
In 1980, Wouk won the Alexander Hamilton Medal. Someone recently claimed to be selling it on eBay as a paperweight.[1]
In 1989, he served as the Columbia College Class Day speaker.
The manuscript of The Caine Mutiny is preserved in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library inside Butler Library.
| Preceded by Anthony Lewis |
Columbia College Class Day Speaker 1989 |
Succeeded by Ralph Ellison |
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- ↑ Unfortunately, the link's now dead, so this can no longer be verified.
