Columbians Ahead of Their Time

Columbians Ahead of Their Time is a list published by the university during the year of its 250th anniversary, celebrating people associated with Columbia who have "shaped the world and how we see it". The list includes faculty, administrators, and alumni.

Adolph Augustus Berle, Jr. Alexander Hamilton Alfred Abraham Knopf Alfred Kazin Alfred Thayer Mahan Allan Nevins Allen Ginsberg André Frédéric Cournand Anna Caroline Maxwell Anna Quindlen Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany Arthur Burns Arthur Ira Garfunkel Arthur Sulzberger Barry Commoner Baruj Benacerraf Benjamin Cardozo Benjamin Spock Bennett Alfred Cerf Bhimrao Ambedkar Brander Matthews Carolyn Heilbrun Charles Austin Beard Charles Evans Hughes Charles Frederick Chandler Charles Wright Mills Chien-Shiung Wu Clement Clarke Moore Clifton Fadiman Constance Baker Motley DeWitt Clinton Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. Donald Clarence Judd Dwight D. Eisenhower Edward Stephen Harkness Edwin Howard Armstrong Emanuel Ax Enrico Fermi

Eric Kandel Eudora Welty Federico García Lorca Frances Perkins Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franz Boas Fred Friendly Frederick A. P. Barnard George Elmer Pataki Georgia O'Keeffe Gilbert Arthur Highet Gouverneur Morris Hamilton Fish Harlan Fiske Stone Harold Clayton Urey Hazel Bishop Helen Kim Helen M. Ranney Henry Demarest Lloyd Herman Hollerith Herman Mankiewicz Herman Wouk Hu Shih Irwin D. Mandel Irwin Edman Isaac Asimov Isamu Noguchi Jacqueline Barton Jacques Barzun James Francis Cagney Jr. James Howard Meredith James Marston Fitch James Patrick Shenton James Renwick Jay Martin Enoch John Corigliano John Dewey John Erskine

John Jay John Purroy Mitchel John W. Burgess John Werner Kluge José Raul Capablanca Joseph Heller Joseph Mankiewicz Joseph Pulitzer Kenneth B. Clark Koji Nakanishi Langston Hughes Laurie Anderson Lawrence A. Tabak Lawrence Arthur Cremin Lionel Trilling Lorenz Hart Lou Gehrig Louis Lawrence Little Madeleine Korbel Albright Mamie Phipps Clark Margaret Mead Marie Tharp Marjorie Hope Nicolson Mark Van Doren Mary Calderone Meyer Schapiro Michael Idvorsky Pupin Milton Friedman Milton Moran Weston II Mortimer J. Adler Moses Hadas Nicholas Murray Butler Niles Eldredge Oscar Hammerstein II Otto Luening Paul Robeson Pixley ka Isaka Seme Randolph Bourne

Rexford Guy Tugwell Richard Hofstadter Richard Rodgers Robert King Merton Robert Moses Roone Arledge Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Fulton Benedict Salo Wittmayer Baron Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany Seth Low Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm Sid Luckman Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Wise Story Musgrave Telford Taylor Terrence McNally Theodore Roosevelt Theos Casimir Bernard Thomas Howard Kean Thomas Hunt Morgan Thomas Merton Tony Kushner Twyla Tharp V.K. Wellington Koo Virginia Apgar Virginia Kneeland Frantz Walker Percy Warren Edward Buffett William Barclay Parsons William Joseph Donovan William Maurice Ewing William Orville Douglas Zora Neale Hurston