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The '''Alexander Hamilton Medal''' is presented each year by the Columbia College Alumni Association to an alumnus/a or faculty member for distinguished service and accomplishment in any field of endeavor. The Alexander Hamilton Medal, first presented in 1947 to [[Nicholas Murray Butler]], CC 1882, is the highest tribute awarded to a member of the Columbia College community.
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The '''Alexander Hamilton Medal''' is presented each year by the [[Columbia College Alumni Association]] to an alumnus/a or faculty member for distinguished service and accomplishment in any field of endeavor. The Alexander Hamilton Medal, first presented in [[1947]] to [[Nicholas Murray Butler]], is the highest tribute awarded to a member of the [[Columbia College]] community. Among alumni, Hamilton Medal recipients are rarer and tend to be more impressive on average than the winners of the [[John Jay Award]] alone, and is often a sort of next step up from that prize.
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Recently, [[Herman Wouk]]'s was [http://cgi.ebay.com/Fantastic-Rare-Columbia-University-Medal-Paperweight_W0QQitemZ7754432742QQcategoryZ39726QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem sold on eBay as a paperweight].
  
 
==Past Winners==
 
==Past Winners==
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*1947- [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] CC 1882
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* [[1947]] - University President [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] CC 1882
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*1995- Columbia Science Nobel Winners: Leon N. Cooper `51 (Physics 1972), Roald Hoffmann `58 (Chemistry 1981), Norman F. Ramsey, Jr. `35 (Physics 1989), Melvin Schwartz `53 (Physics 1988) Julian S. Schwinger `36 (posthumously) (Physics 1965)
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* [[1948]] - [[Frank Diehl Fackenthal]] CC 1906
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*1997- Alfred Lerner CC'55
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* [[1948]] - [[Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo]] CC 1909
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*1999- Columbia Professor: [[Wm. Theodore de Bary]], CC'41, James Shenton, CC'49, [[Richard Axel]], CC'67
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* [[1950]] - [[William Joseph Donovan]] CC 1905
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*2000- [[William Campbell]], CC ’62
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* [[1951]] - [[Harry James Carman]] (namesake of Carman Hall)
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* [[1952]] - [[Carlton Hayes]] CC 1904
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* [[1953]] - [[Arthur Hays Sulzberger]] CC 1913
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* [[1954]] - [[Frank Smithwick Hogan]] CC 1924
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* [[1955]] - Frederick Coykendall CC 1895
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* [[1955]] - [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge]] CC 1903
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* [[1956]] - [[Richard Rodgers]] CC 1923 and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] CC 1916
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* [[1957]] - University President [[Grayson Kirk]]
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* [[1958]] - Edmund Prentis Mines 1906
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* [[1959]] - [[Mark Van Doren]] PhD 1920
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* [[1960]] - Ward Melville CC 1909
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* [[1961]] - The College honored its Nobel Laureates: Edward Calvin Kendall (CC 1908), [[Polykarp Kusch]], Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr., Joshua Lederberg (CC 1944), Herman Joseph Miller (CC 1910), John Howard Northrop (CC 1912), [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]], Harold Clayton Urey
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* [[1975]] - [[Meyer Schapiro]] CC '24
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* [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]]
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* [[1980]] - [[Herman Wouk]] CC '34
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* [[1983]] - [[Franklin Thomas]]
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* [[1986]] - [[Joseph Mankiewicz]]
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* [[1989]] - [[Robert Pollack]] CC '61
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* [[1991]] - [[John Kluge]] CC '37
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* [[1994]] - Core Curriculum Faculty: Honoring the 75th Anniversary of the [[Core Curriculum]] by awarding the 75 tenured faculty teaching Core Classes. Accepted on their behalf by [[Jacques Barzun]] CC '27
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* [[1995]] - Columbia Science [[Nobel Prize]] Winners since [[1961]]: Leon N. Cooper `51 (Physics 1972), Roald Hoffmann `58 (Chemistry 1981), Norman F. Ramsey, Jr. `35 (Physics 1989), Melvin Schwartz `53 (Physics 1988) Julian S. Schwinger `36 (posthumously) (Physics 1965)
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* [[1997]] - [[Alfred Lerner]] CC '55
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* [[1998]] - [[Roone Arledge]] CC '52
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* [[1999]] - Columbia Professors: [[William Theodore de Bary]], CC'41, [[James Shenton]], CC'49, [[Richard Axel]], CC'67
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* [[2000]] - [[William Campbell]], CC '62
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* [[2003]] - [[Emanuel Ax]] CC '70
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* [[2004]] - [[Robert Kraft]] CC '63
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* [[2005]] - [[Richard Witten]] CC '75
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* [[2006]] - [[Bob Berne]] CC '60 BUS '60
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* [[2007]] - [[Mark E. Kingdon]] CC '71
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* [[2008]] - Columbia College Dean [[Austin Quigley]]
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* [[2009]] - [[Conrad H. Lung]] CC '72
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* [[2010]] - [[Michael Rothfeld]] CC '69 J'71 SIPA '71 Business '71
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* [[2011]] - [[Gerry Lenfest]] Law '58
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* [[2012]] - [[Jonathan Schiller]] '69, '73LAW
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* [[2013]] - [[Joel Klein]] CC '67
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* [[2014]] - [[Phillip M. Satow]] CC '63
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* [[2015]] - [[Eric Holder]] CC '73, LAW '76
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* [[2016]] -  Columbia Professors [[Eric Foner]] CC '63, GSAS '69, [[Ronald Breslow]], [[Kenneth Jackson]]
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* [[2017]] - [[Jonathan S. Lavine]] CC '88
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* [[2018]] - [[Lisa L. Carnoy]] CC '89
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* [[2019]] - [[Dr. George D. Yancopoulos]] CC '80, GSAS '86, PS '87
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*[[2021]] - Columbia College Dean [[James Valentini]]
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*[[2022]] - [[Claire Shipman]] CC '86 SIPA '94
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Previous winners also include Columbia President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
  
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Previous winners also include Columbia President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and alumni Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
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==External Links==
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*[https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/about/honors/alexander-hamilton-medal List of honorees]
  
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[[Category:Post-graduation]]
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[[Category:Alexander Hamilton Medal recipients|*]]
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[[Category:Alumni awards]]

Latest revision as of 17:28, 7 May 2024

The Alexander Hamilton Medal is presented each year by the Columbia College Alumni Association to an alumnus/a or faculty member for distinguished service and accomplishment in any field of endeavor. The Alexander Hamilton Medal, first presented in 1947 to Nicholas Murray Butler, is the highest tribute awarded to a member of the Columbia College community. Among alumni, Hamilton Medal recipients are rarer and tend to be more impressive on average than the winners of the John Jay Award alone, and is often a sort of next step up from that prize.

Recently, Herman Wouk's was sold on eBay as a paperweight.

Past Winners

Previous winners also include Columbia President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

External Links

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