Salutatorian
A Salutatorian, judged to be the second most worthy degree candidate in his or her school's respective graduating class by GPA and other measures, and, at least at Columbia College, gives the speech at Class Day, rather than the Valedictorian. A possible explanation for this may be that often the Valedictorian is just too much of a nerd. Or it might be that the terms used to be reversed; at least one Spec article noted that Nicholas Murray Butler was both "Greek salutatorian" of his year and "top of his class".
List of Columbia College salutatorians
- 2012: Zachary Levine
- 2011: Elizabeth Lyon
- 2010: Jeff Spear
- 2009: Mollie Schwartz
- 2008: Julia Kalow
- 2007: Nick Klagge
- 2006: Julia DiBenigno
- 2005: Alexander Prescott-Couch
- 2004: Tienmu Ma
- 2003: Denise De Las Nueces
- 2002: Daniel Immerwahr
- 2001: Lauren Monacell
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- 1882: Nicholas Murray Butler (also listed in some sources as valedictorian)
