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The '''University Medal for Excellence''' is awarded each year to an alumnus or alumna, under 45 years of age, whose record in scholarship, public service, or professional life is outstanding. Graduates from all divisions of the school (including [[Barnard College]] and [[Teachers College]]) are eligible. Recipients are honored at [[University Commencement]] with a citation and presentation along with the recipients of [[honorary degrees]].

It is somewhat like the [[w:Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?|First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence]].

The award has been conferred since [[1929]] and is given out by the [[Trustees]] committee on honors and prizes and the [[University Senate]] committee on honors and prizes.

== Past Winners ==
* [[1962]] - [[Robert Jastrow]]
* [[1963]] - [[Harold Brown]]
* [[1964]] - [[Daniel G. Hoffman]]
* [[1965]] - [[Louis A. M. Simpson]]
* [[1966]] - [[Edward Anders]]
* [[1967]] - [[Max Frankel]]
* [[1968]] - [[Arthur M. Okun]]
* [[1969]] - [[Norton D. Zinder]]
* [[1970]] - [[Daniel S. Greenberg]]
* [[1971]] - [[Julius L. Chambers]]
* [[1972]] - [[Eugene T. Rossides]]
* [[1973]] - [[Marina von Neumann Whitman]]
* [[1974]] - [[Jacob Neusner]]
* [[1975]] - [[Philip A. Lacovara]]
* [[1976]] - [[Franklin A. Thomas]]
* [[1976]] - [[Edgar Haber]]
* [[1977]] - [[Peter B. Kenen]]
* [[1978]] - [[Vilma S. Martinez]]
* [[1981]] - [[Ntozake Shange]]
* [[1982]] - [[Mark E. Josephson]]
* [[1982]] - [[Stephen Jay Gould]]
* [[1983]] - [[J. Emerson Moore]]
* [[1984]] - [[Emanuel Ax]]
* [[1985]] - [[Nathan Leventhal]]
* [[1986]] - [[Twyla Tharp]]
* [[1987]] - [[Evan A. Davis]]
* [[1988]] - [[Augusta Souza Kappner]]
* [[1989]] - [[Anna Quindlen]]
* [[1992]] - [[Jacqueline K. Barton]]
* [[1993]] - [[George Stephanopoulos]]
* [[1994]] - [[Ellen Victoria Futter]]
* [[1995]] - [[Noam D. Elkies]]
* [[1996]] - [[Helene Gayle]]
* [[1997]] - [[Joseph Greenaway]]
* [[1998]] - [[Rockard J. Delgadillo]]
* [[1999]] - [[Paul Sereno]]
* [[2000]] - [[Rolando Tomas Acosta]]
* [[2001]] - [[Neil Degrasse Tyson]]
* [[2002]] - [[George Yancopolous]]
* [[2003]] - [[Claire Shipman]]
* [[2004]] - [[Craig Steven Wilder]]
* [[2005]] - [[Jhumpa Lahiri]]
* [[2006]] - [[Sallie Krawcheck]]
* [[2007]] - [[Suzanne Malveaux]]
* [[2008]] - [[Alicia Graf]]

[[Category:Alumni awards]]
[[Category:Commencement]]