Salutatorian
A Salutatorian, typically 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 more likely, it could be because Columbia College makes no academic distinction between the Salutatorian and the Valedictorian.
List of Columbia College salutatorians
- 2013: Yoshiaki Ko
- 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)
