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Among Columbia's oldest prizes, the '''Washington Prize''' was endowed to the [[Philolexian Society]] by alumnus [[J. Ackerman Coles]] (CC 1864) on the occasion of its centennial celebration. The prize was originally a bronze replica of Jean-Antoine Houdon's bust of [[George Washington]] to be imported from France, was to be awarded once every four years to the member of the society deemed to have delivered the finest oration on a patriotic theme. The society now administers the competition, open to all undergraduates at Columbia University and Barnard College in conjunction with the Office of the Dean of Columbia College. The last competition was held in 2013 on the theme of public service.

==Prize Winners==
* 2013 - [[Will Tant]], GS
* 2009 - [[Adam Hoffman]] CC '09, "Hedgehogs and Foxes"
* 2005 - [[Andrew Liebowitz]] CC '06, "Of Mystics and Social Workers"
* 2000 - [[Carson Cistulli]] CC '00
* 1951 - [[Robert Gottlieb]] CC '52
* 1947 - [[Donald Friedman]] CC '48, "Children have the alarming habit..."
* 1939 - [[James O'Connor]] CC '40, "An Appreciation of Justice Brandeis"
* 1931 - [[John Burke]] CC '32
* 1927 - [[Jacques Barzun]] CC '27, "The Gospel of Loyalty and the International Mind"
* 1919 - [[Archie O. Dawson]] CC '21
* 1915 - [[Douglas M. Black]] CC '16
* 1911 - [[Dixon Ryan Fox]] CC '11, "Balance"
* 1907 - [[Fremont A. Higgins]] CC '08, "The Patriotism of the Fathers" (Runner up: [[A. Joyce Kilmer]] CC '07)

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