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'''Dwight Carroll Miner''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1926|26]] [[PhD]] '[[1940|40]] was a history professor at the university. [[Valedictorian]] of his class (and a member of the [[Senior Society]] of [[Sachems]]), he went on to win the [[Mark Van Doren Award]] for teaching in [[1965]] and a [[Great Teacher Award]] in [[1971]].

Miner edited the 15 volume [[Bicentennial History of Columbia University]], which was published between [[1954]] and [[1957]], with volumes dedicated almost each of Columbia's constituent schools. In this regard, he is the forbear of Professor [[Robert McCaughey]], who wrote the 250th anniversary history of the University, "Stand, Columbia" in [[2003]].

Miner's daughter, [[Dorothy Marie Miner]], received degrees in both law (1961) and urban planning (1972) from the university and was counsel to the  New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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