Alexander Hamilton Medal
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- Nicholas Murray Butler CC 1882
- 1980- Herman Wouk
- 1995- Columbia Science Nobel Prize 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)
- 1997- Alfred Lerner CC'55
- 1998- Roone Arledge CC'52
- 1999- Columbia Professor: William Theodore de Bary, CC'41, James Shenton, CC'49, Richard Axel, CC'67
- 2000- William Campbell, CC’62
Previous winners also include Columbia President Dwight D. Eisenhower and alumni William Joseph Donovan, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
