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* [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]] | * [[1979]] - University President [[William McGill]] | ||
* [[1980]] - [[Herman Wouk]] CC '34 | * [[1980]] - [[Herman Wouk]] CC '34 | ||
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*[[1986]] - [[Joseph Mankiewicz]] | *[[1986]] - [[Joseph Mankiewicz]] | ||
* [[1991]] - [[John Kluge]] | * [[1991]] - [[John Kluge]] | ||
Revision as of 23:43, 27 September 2009
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.
Recently, Herman Wouk's was sold on eBay as a paperweight.
Past Winners
- 1947 - University President Nicholas Murray Butler CC 1882
- 1952 - Carlton Hayes CC 1904
- 1975 - Meyer Schapiro CC '24
- 1979 - University President William McGill
- 1980 - Herman Wouk CC '34
- 1983 - Franklin Thomas
- 1986 - Joseph Mankiewicz
- 1991 - John Kluge
- 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
- 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)
- 1997 - Alfred Lerner CC '55
- 1998 - Roone Arledge CC '52
- 1999 - Columbia Professors: William Theodore de Bary, CC'41, James Shenton, CC'49, Richard Axel, CC'67
- 2000 - William Campbell, CC '62
- 2003 - Emanuel Ax CC '70
- 2004 - Robert Kraft CC '63
- 2005 - Richard Witten CC '75
- 2006 - Bob Berne CC '60 BUS '60
- 2007 - Mark E. Kingdon CC '71
- 2008 - Columbia College Dean Austin Quigley
- 2009 - Conrad H. Lung CC '72
Previous winners also include Columbia President Dwight D. Eisenhower and alumni William Joseph Donovan, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
