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Cristina
Teuscher '00
Is Honored
as the
National
Collegiate
Woman Next stop
for Cristina
Athlete of
Teuscher '00
the Year is Sydney,
Australia,
and the 2000
Olympics
Mark your calendar...
FALL SEMESTER
SPRING SEMESTER
For more information on College alumni events, please contact the
Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs & Development at [phone].
Table of Contents
COVER STORY DEPARTMENTS
12 Going for the Gold 4 Around the Quads Also
Honored as the National Collegiate Woman Athlete of Broadway dorm opens
the Year, Cristina Teuscher '00 heads for Sydney, Aus¬ on schedule — Hartley, 2 Letters to the Editor
tralia this month seeking Olympic gold. Wallach become Living 3 Within the Family
By Jonathan Lemire '01 and Learning Center —
Surveying alumni — K-8 15 Bookshelf
FEATURES school planned for facul¬ 26 Obituaries
ty residence — Welcome,
10 Class of '00 Steps Forward Class of '04 — Summer 34 Class Notes
Photo essay: Class Day and Commencement 2000. of stars at Biosphere 2 —
By Eileen Barroso Fund on the rise — Alumni Profiles
Campus bulletins, alumni 36 Daniel J. Edelman '40
18 Young Lions of Stage and Screen updates, transitions and 38 Robert M.
Numerous young College alumni are winning much more. Rosencrans '49
faithful fans and gaining critical acclaim with their 28 Columbia Forum 44 Ernie Holsendolph '58
performances in film, television and theater.
By Sarah Lorge '95 Excepts from the much- 46 Michael M. Gunter '64
praised From Dawn to 49 Nick Garaufis '69
22 Crew Rows at Henley Decadence by University 53 James P. Rubin '82
By winning the Eastern Sprints, Columbia's light¬ Professor emeritus
weight crew earned a trip to England for the Henley Jacques Barzun '27, and 56 Christine Herron '91
Royal Regatta, the crown jewel of racing. the Class Day remarks 64 Alumni Corner
By Bill Steinman delivered by Rhodes
Scholar and valedictorian There are so many ways
With a look at the pageantry that is Henley, by former Brandon Dammerman to become an active mem¬
Columbia oarsman Dan Richman '98 '00 — Finding his own ber of the College's inter-
32 Welcome Back! way, the artwork of generational community.
Jacob Collins '86. By Gerald Sherwin '55
Photo essay: Reunion Weekend 2000.
By Eileen Barroso and Nick Romanenko '82
48 Alumni Sons and Daughters Cover photo by Derek A. Wittner '65
Columbia College Today
Letters to the Editor
Columbia College
TODAY An Epiphany to the lavish praise that is bestowed
Thanks for your May, 2000 issue—such upon you and your associates, as each
wealth to select from, inviting commen¬ issue seems to be better than the previ¬
VoSluempete 2m7b Neru 2m0b00e r 1 tary; what I found most fascinating was tooursia ol nceo. nBteensitd gee anlel rtahtee dtr bemy eynoduor ussta effd,i ¬
Ian Bent's "Textures as Metaphor,"
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER which was an address delivered to the just the voluminous Class Notes section
Alex Sachare '71 Fall graduating class, "the first proud speaks reams about the new interest
you have ignited among the previously
ASSOCIATE EDITOR graduands of 2000..."
Timothy P. Cross His application of the perceptual moribund alumni in sending in and
disseminating their news.
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER concepts of monophony, polyphony Many thanks and congratulations on
Donna Satow and homophony to the procedures of a magnificent issue!
character analysis, although stereotypi¬
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Stuart M. Berkman '66
cal—something he himself drew to the
Shira J. Boss '93 readers' (listeners') attention—was very Atlanta, Ga.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT interesting, a major epiphany.
Laura Butchy While I grapple with social proce¬ And A Suggestion
DESIGN CONSULTANT dures, I shall attempt to use these Keep up the great work!!
Jean-Claude Suares insights to interpret data of a social I think some more
ART DIRECTOR nature. investigative/expository work would
Gates Sisters Studio Byron Noone '66 be wonderful. CCT should inform,
Garden City, N.Y. teach, intrigue and expose us to new
CONTRIBUETiIlNeGen PBHaOrrTosOoG RAPHERS P.S.: Also nice to hear Pro¬ ideas and debates—
Nick Romanenko '82 fessor Shenton '49 is still | Q just like our years at
Derek A. Wittner '65 going strong—even in ■ * I Columbia. It shouldn't
retirement. merely be an organ for
the College—dispensing
Published quarterly by the An Eye-Opener just blissful news and
ColumAbffiaai rCs oalnledg De Oevfefilcoep omf eAnltu mni NCoicleu mstboiray (oMna fyi,l m20 a0t0 ). proEpliazgabaentdha R. . Pleshette '89
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF Just saw what they did Austin, Texas
COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT to "Ferris Booth" when I
Derek A. Wittner '65 was in N.Y. last weekend. To the Point
for alumni, faculty, parents, and friends Wow! What can I say? Colum¬
of Columbia College, founded in 1754, Dr. Jon S. Berlin '74 bia College made me.
the undergraduate liberal arts college of Milwaukee, Wis. to select from" Professor Reginald M.
Columbia University in the City of New York. _ Call '33
Address all editorial correspondence Thank You Springfield, Ohio
and advertising inquiries to: The new CCT continues to exceed all
475 Riverside Drive—Suite 917 hopes and expectations. Congratulations Our Mistake, Not His
TeNleepwho Ynoe:r k(,2 N12.Y) .8 71001-21755 2 to you and your colleagues. It vividly Andy Coakley Columbia's basketball
Fax: [phone] shows why we can be more proud than coach? Where did you get that scoop?
E-mail: [email protected] ever before of our affiliations with this From those who ignored him when
great "liberating arts" College—which is selecting Columbia's five greatest coach¬
ISSN 0572-7820 surely on a roll, even though still on an es? Certainly not from me. Please reread
Opinions expressed are those of the uphill leg! The high percentage of my my Feb. 24 letter. Believe me, Andy
authors or editors, and do not reflect classmates who give $ to CCT is evi¬ coached baseball. I had the good fortune
official positions of Columbia College dence of the benefits we feel we receive. to play for him in 1937.1 would be most
or Columbia University. Donn Coffee '55 grateful for a suitable correction in
New York Columbia College Today's next issue lest
© 2000 Columbia College Today
my contemporaries think I'm senile.
All rights reserved. You do a good job—articles keep a high John McCormack '39
standard and I feel proud to show them Dallas, Texas
to friends here in Sweden. P.S.: I still think you publish a fine mag¬
CCT welcomes letters from Tryggve Hansen '53 azine, even if your editing of my letter
readers. All letters are subject Bromma, Sweden was weird to say the least. Good luck.
to editing for space and clarity.
Please direct letters for My copy of the superb May 2000 issue Editor's Note: Guilty as charged, but with
publication "to the editor." of Columbia College Today arrived today an explanation. The fault lies in the editor's
By now, you are undoubtedly inured typing, not his editing. After having spent
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 3
Within the Family
No More Joy on Broadway
//' oast beef hero and watching the
with lettuce, sandwich-makers while
I tomato, salt, pep- waiting on line re¬
I per and lots of mained one of the bet¬
.JL. ^Li Russian dressing." ter shows on Broadway.
That was my sandwich of choice at "After 46 years in
Mama Joy's, which became a part of the community, I have
Columbia and Morningside history decided to take time
on April 30 when it closed its doors out to smell the flow¬
for the last time. Its passing did not ers," Herbert Estrin o
go unnoticed. wrote in a letter that u
It was the lead news story in the was posted in the
April 26 edition of Spectator, as well window of Mama
as the topic of that issue's main edito¬ Joy's and reprinted in 6
rial which concluded, "Within the an ad in Spectator. "I, o
walls of Mama Joy's is a long history as well as my daugh¬
that includes virtually all of us and ter Maritza, cannot express enough at the University Food Market, in
our friends, and in many cases, gen¬ our gratitude to all of you who have which he has an interest. And while
erations of Columbians." supported us through the years. If the sandwiches there are good, they
When I first revisited Mama Joy's a Mama Joy (my mother, Lillian Estrin) are not quite as good, and the experi¬
couple of years ago, 27 summers after was still alive she would want me to ence is not the same.
my graduation, I noticed some changes thank each and everyone of you for I'm glad I juggled my schedule so
but felt a welcome familiarity. The loving her as much as she had loved I could order one last "roast beef hero
aisles were more cramped, to be sure, all of you." with lettuce, tomato, salt, pepper and
and there were more upscale products Estrin, whose commendable ser¬ lots of Russian dressing." It was the
than I remembered. The lone cashier vice to the community includes the best sandwich I've had in years, and
had been replaced by tollbooth-like endowment of several College schol¬ one I won't forget.
rows of checkout counters. But the arships for underprivileged students
roast beef sandwich was still the best. from the city, often may still be found
more than two decades writing about bas¬ had with me (Hans Reichenbach's Expe¬ reflections about her stay in Ghana
ketball, the word just dribbles off the fin¬ rience and Prediction) and, on its inside were thoughtful and informative. The
gers, sometimes where it doesn't belong. surface, drew a pencil portrait of Pro¬ article about Spectator's choices for
fessor Steeves and gave it a teasing Columbia's "greatest athletes of the
A Portrait of Professor Steeves title: "Professor Harrison Steeves About 20th century" was entertaining. Howev¬
After enjoying my classmate John F. to Refute a Student of Contemporary er, it was disappointing to see that the
Steeves '48's letter about his late uncle Novels." At the end of the hour, I asked selection panel limited itself to physical
Harrison Ross him please to sign it, and he did so, athletes. Overlooked were some of the
Steeves on with a touching addendum: "A hard greatest teams, and the individuals
page 2 of your visage, but a tender heart." making up those teams, that Columbia
February 2000 The next and last time I saw him has ever had. I am referring to the chess
issue, I sent was in 1959, when I visited him in teams of the early 1950s.
John a copy of retirement, and even though I had The classes of 1952,1953, and 1954
a pencil por¬ taken only one course with him, he included some of the strongest chess
trait I drew of remembered me, in keeping with his players in the nation. The captain, Eliot
Professor claim, reported in his nephew John's Hearst '53, was New York state champi¬
Steeves on letter, that he remembered every one of on at the time. Second board was Jim
May 13,1948, his students in his 45-year career teach¬ Sherwin '53, who at one time was
during the last ing English at Columbia. ranked third of all U.S. chess players.
hour of the last Theodore Melnechuk '48 Hearst and Sherwin were already
course he Amherst, Mass. ranked as Masters while at Columbia.
taught at Third and fourth boards were manned
Columbia, on my last day as a full-time Greatest Athletes by Francis Mechner '52 and Karl Burger
undergraduate. Wanting to capture the Your February 2000 issue was, as '54, both of Expert strength. As I recall,
occasion, I took the jacket off a book I always, engrossing. Dani McClain '00's (Continued on page 63)
4 Columbia College Today
Around the Quads
TBroadway Dorm Opens on Schedule
Fewer seniors than expected opt for first new residence hall since 1988
he Broadway Resi¬ to assemble the site, which formerly
dence Hall, Colum¬ included a garage, a bank branch and
bia's first new dorm a barber shop, a process that delayed
since Schapiro Hall the start of construction by two
was completed in months. Also, building plans were
1988, welcomed its modified after meetings between com¬
first occupants this munity leaders, the architects and
month, opening on schedule and University officials headed by Emily
within budget. Lloyd, executive vice president for
The mix of residents, however, is administration. The height of the
not quite what administrators expect¬ dorm was reduced from 21 to 14 sto¬
ed. The vision was for the new dorm ries and a tan-colored brick was cho¬
to be part of a three-building senior sen instead of red, so the building will
complex along Broadway from 113th blend in better along that part of
to 114th Streets, with Hogan and Broadway. The entrance to the library
Watt. But more seniors than expected was moved to the comer of Broadway
have chosen to live elsewhere, open¬ for greater access, and the fagade of a
ing much of Broadway to juniors and townhouse on 113th Street — once
sophomores. home to baseball legend Lou Gehrig
The 14-story facility contains 371 '25 — was incorporated in the design
beds, 80 percent in single rooms and of the building, a process that
the rest in doubles. According to Ross "worked out very successfully, I think,
Fraser, director of residence halls, the for all parties," according to Burstein.
singles are split evenly between AS.
seniors and juniors while the doubles The fagade of the new Broadway Residence Hall is a tan
are occupied by juniors with some color that blends in well with nearby buildings. Hartley, Wallach
sophomores — meaning fewer than PHOTO: TIMOTHY P. CROSS Form Living and
half the students in what was original¬ HLearning Center
ly projected to be a senior dorm, and they're all connected nicely together,"
which includes the Senior Class Center observed Mark Burstein, vice president, artley and Wallach this fall are no
on the first floor, are seniors. facilities management. longer just residence halls. They
Many seniors opted for the recently The first two floors of the new build¬ have been transformed into a Living
refurbished Fumald, according to Fraser, ing will house a branch of the New and Learning Center, open by application to
while others chose to remain in groups York Public Library as well as a retail students of all years who will plan and par¬
and went for suites in East Campus rather space, neither of which is ready for ticipate in events meant to foster an outgoing
residential community.
than singles in Broadway. occupancy. Both will have separate In focus groups held during 1997-99 about
"Seniors tend to be risk-aversive entrances and be sealed off from the residential life, some students complained
about their housing," Fraser noted. "I dormitory part of the building. Also on about a lack of community. "The same people
think once this [Broadway] is more of a the first two floors are the Senior Class you met on your floor [as first-years] in John
known quantity, the numbers will Center, a computer room, four music Jay are who you're still hanging out with
change. You'll see more seniors opt for practice rooms and a seminar room. senior year," said Tricia Beckles '01, presi¬
it a year from now." Student housing is on the third through dent of the Undergraduate House Council.
The student entrance to the Broadway 13th floors, with separate lounges and The LLC was designed to give students
Residence Hall is on 114th Street across kitchen facilities plus four bathrooms on the option of living with students of all
from the Carman Hall gates, behind each floor. There are two airy lounges years and in an environment that has more
interaction among residents. Students are
Hogan. The first floor is an expansive, on the top floor, one envisioned for encouraged to mingle during a full schedule
nicely appointed lobby, not unlike that to meetings or other programming and the of events and some Core classes that may be
be found in an upscale hotel. There is an other for more informal use. held in Hartley and Wallach lounges or sem¬
attractive staircase leading from the Designed by world-renowned archi¬ inar rooms. In turn, students must commit
lobby into Hogan, and the hope is to cre¬ tect Robert A.M. Stem '60, the Broad¬ to helping organize two or three events per
ate access to Watt as well. "Although way Residence Hall was budgeted at $53 semester for the LLC community, some of
you only have maybe 60 percent of the million, according to Burstein, and there which will be open to the campus as a
senior class, it's the largest concentration is some money left for contingencies. whole.
of seniors in any three buildings and This despite the fact that Columbia had "Rather than being brought together for one
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event, the same people come back again and
again and contacts and relationships get built TCollege Conducts Alumni Survey
on a deeper level," said Dean Austin Quigley.
Events will involve not only residents but he College is embarking on a study experienced marketing firm and with alum¬
also faculty, guests and alumni, some of of you, our alumni. We have long ni, we have developed a questionnaire that
whom already have committed to working felt that being informed about the will be used to examine the attitudes of a
with the LLC. "It's an experience that brings range of attitudes of our graduates will representative sample of alumni — repre¬
students, faculty and alumni together, so it's enable the College to improve its connec¬ sentative in terms of age, geography, gen¬
not only inter-class but inter-generational," tions with all of you. der, ethnicity, philanthropy and so on.
said Dean of Student Affairs Chris Colombo. The time for such a study seems right: the We have no pre-conceived notions about
Residents can stay for more than one year, College has made significant progress in a results. I am convinced that this undertak¬
and are encouraged to mentor members of number of areas, including admissions, deliv¬ ing can and will help us to better shape the
lower classes. "The idea is to help the resi¬ ery of services to students, its physical plant interactions between the College and its
dential environment be a place where com¬ and fund raising. What remains of great con¬ alumni. We will share the results with you
munity forms and interaction happens," said cern for its future health is the relatively in a future issue of Columbia College Today
Case Willoughby, a manager in the student modest number of alumni who participate in so that you, too, can see what your fellow
affairs office who helped organize the LLC. its affairs. If the College is to live up to its alumni/ae are thinking.
What it is not is a transition to a house- potential, we must reach out to all of you in To those of you randomly selected and
based system popular at some other colleges. meaningful ways. We are living in an age of willing to be interviewed, we offer our
"We don't like the idea of having one model constant change, so we, too, must adapt. We thanks for your time and your interest in
of how housing is offered," Quigley said. must leam to communicate using all of the the College. Together, we can make a differ¬
"We like variety. We're trying to add variety technologically sophisticated tools available ence in its future.
rather than establish a new paradigm." to us, and we must do this being mindful of Derek A. Wittner '65
Colombo points out that whereas at other the numerous demands on your time. Executive Director
schools 40-100 students are grouped in a Our survey will explore these and other Columbia College
house and stay there for three or four years, issues with many of you. Working with an Alumni Affairs and Development
Hartley-Wallach is a community of about
460 students who can stay for as few or
many semesters as they want. resident faculty members will organize fellow ated school for approximately 700 elemen¬
Events in dorms now are organized by RAs teachers to give presentations and get tary students. The K-8 school, to be housed
or the Undergraduate House Council. "What involved with the LLC. "We want to build up in four floors of the building, will be mod¬
will be unique about the LLC is that the RAs to about a dozen faculty members who feel eled after the lab school at the University of
will help some, but the students will shape an affiliation with the residence hall and real¬ Chicago; 50 percent of the students will be
and mold the agenda," said Brian Paquette, ly take part," Quigley says. (Since the early children of Columbia faculty and profession¬
assistant dean of student affairs. There may be '90s, faculty have been living in Schapiro, al staff and 50 percent will come from the
career panels, alumni speakers, themed par¬ Hartley-Wallach and East Campus.) community at large.
ties, and mini-courses not for credit. "People Colombo noted that the center is eager to In preliminary planning, a public or char¬
assume that this is a glorified study hall. Far get alumni involved on many levels. "Alumni ter school was considered, but University
from it. This has to be fun!" Paquette said. don't have to come lead an event or be a officials opted for an independent school
Examples of events that applicants pro¬ speaker," Paquette said. "They can attend an instead. In a June 28 article in The New York
posed include an International Music and event, meet and mingle, sign up as mentors, Times, Jonathan Cole '64, provost and dean
Dance Night where students would teach hear a faculty member and mix with students of faculties for Columbia, said that many
one another foreign dances like Israeli and at a reception." factors supported this decision, including
Salsa, a literary magazine produced by the One idea Quigley suggested: "A promi¬ location and degree of University control
LLC, an art exhibition and critique in the nent alumnus brings a reading list and shares over hiring. The article noted that some
Hartley-Wallach lounges, and a discussion with the students five or six times throughout community members have said Columbia
roundtable for debate among campus the course of the year." Another of his ideas is should be strengthening local public schools
groups and faculty as well as LLC residents. for alumni to take LLC students behind the rather than competing with them by build¬
Through a "faculty affiliates program," scenes of their work, "to get inside a Wall ing a separate institution. University officials
Street business and see how it runs, or to see responded that the Columbia school, which
what goes on in a concert hall or theater is expected to help attract the best faculty to
besides what you see on stage." Columbia, would seek to collaborate with
The application for admission required nearby public schools.
students to write an essay describing why In early planning for the building, the Uni-
and how they would participate in the LLC
and its programming. For 155 slots this T Roskot Fund
semester, 282 applications were received. "It
was much more competitive than we had he family of Kathleen Roskot '02
anticipated," Quigley says. has established a scholarship fund
S.J.B. in memory of the popular College
student and lacrosse player who was
Proposed Faculty slain in February. Donations may be
made to the Kathleen Adams Roskot
Residence to Include Memorial Fund at Columbia College, c/o
TK-8 School Derek Wittner, Executive Director, Alum¬
ni Affairs and Development, 475 River¬
he University has announced that the side Drive, Suite 917, New York, N.Y.
12-story faculty residence planned for 10115. The family is hopeful of endowing
Hartley (left) and Wallach Halls form the the southeast corner of 110th Street a scholarship in Kathleen Roskot's name.
new Living and Learning Center. and Broadway will include a Columbia-affili¬
AROUND THE QUADS Columbia College Today
below 13 percent.
Southern Arizona
Of those 1,749 accepted students, 1,015
AColumbia Club promised to register — a yield rate of 58 per¬
cent, up from 55 percent a year ago and an
new Columbia Club has been indication that the College is increasingly a
launched in the Tucson/Oracle school of choice. Those 1,015 matriculants
area of Arizona. More than 100 (the exact number of class members was not
alumni, representing all schools including available when this issue went to press in
the College, attended the launch of the August) had a mean SAT verbal score of
Southern Arizona Columbia Club on May 701.3 and a mean SAT math score of 696.6.
5 at Biosphere 2 in Oracle. The first formal The mean combined SAT score of 1,398 was
meeting of the club is planned for late up a tick from last year's 1,394, and up sig¬
September or October. For information, nificantly from 1,303 five years ago.
please contact membership committee Columbia received 1,331 applications for
chairman Ed McAvoy '47 at (520) 896- early decision, up 15 percent from a year ago
5072 or by e-mail at [email protected]. and up 74 percent from 1996 — an indication
that the College is not just a school of choice,
versity hoped to maximize space by seeking a but a school of first choice.
zoning change from the City Planning Com¬ And if you were wondering whether
mission, which would have allowed a build¬ applying for early decision (and making the
ing up to 20 stories. However, after consulta¬ commitment to attend if accepted) increases
tion with local officials and community mem¬ a student's chances for admission, consider
bers, University officials decided that a 12- that the College admitted 474 early decision The Biosphere 2 Observatory features a 24-
story building would be a better fit within the candidates, 35.6 percent of all early decision inch reflecting telescope.
surrounding community. applicants — nearly triple the total admit
Although businesses currently located on rate, and more than triple the admit rate of what makes astronomy real to a student,"
the site, including D'Agostino and Mike's "regular" applicants. said astronomy professor David Helfand.
Papaya, will be displaced, the new building The Summer of Stars program took advan¬
will include ground-floor retail space, which ■ SUMMER OF STARS: Warm summer tage of southern Arizona's status as a premier
the University hopes will house either evenings under dark, starry skies were avail¬ center for astronomical observation. Guest lec¬
D'Agostino or another market. Construction able to College students in a five-week, five- tures featured world class astronomers, while
should begin in approximately one year and be credit summer astronomy program offered at field trips took students to the nearby Kitt
completed 18 months after groundbreaking. the University's Biosphere 2 Center near Tuc¬ Peak National Observatory and the famed
L.B. son, Ariz. Summer of Stars was an intensive Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona, where
immersion course in astronomy designed for
some of the most technologically advanced
the adventurous liberal arts major looking for
CAMPUS BULLETINS_ a serious introduction to the field. telescope mirrors in the world are produced.
■ WELCOME, '04: The first College class to Last fall, astronomy enthusiasts like uateS isntcued 1e9n9ts6 ,h aapvper opxairmticaitpealyte 6d5 i0n u tnhdee irngterar¬d ¬
number over 1,000 has arrived on campus, Madeline Reed '00, Kate Grossman '01 and disciplinary, hands-on learning experiences
and if there were concerns that increasing the Chelsea Ward '00 headed to southern Ari¬ offered at Biosphere 2.
class size (albeit only by about 50 students) zona for the "night life" at Biosphere 2 Cen¬ Kendra Crook '95
might result in a diluted talent pool, those ter for the Universe Semester. The very dark,
have been laid to rest. Admissions officers very clear night skies are even harder to ■ FUND RISES: For the third year in a row,
had more students than ever to choose from, resist during the summer months. "You the Columbia College Fund posted record
and the resulting group of matriculants has can't even see the Milky Way in New York," contributions. Thanks to the generosity of
the highest mean SAT scores in school history. one student said. alumni, parents, students and friends of the
A record 13,464 applications were The centerpiece of the astronomy program College, more than $7.5 million in unrestrict¬
received for the Class of '04, up 3.5 percent is the new Biosphere 2 Observatory, with its ed gifts was received, an increase of more
from a year ago and 55 percent since 1995. 24-inch reflecting telescope. Dedicated last than 7 percent over last year's $7 million. An
Of these, 12.99 percent were admitted — fall, the observatory provides students with additional $20 million in gifts were received
down from 13.6 percent last year and the research quality equipment to study astrono¬ for capital purposes at the College, chiefly
first time Columbia's admit rate has inched my. "Putting your hands on a telescope, learn¬ scholarship endowments and gifts for new
ing it, using it on a nightly basis — that's and renovated facilities, bringing total contri¬
butions to about $28 million.
D LaRaja Receives President's Cup The College Fund Committee, working in
conjunction with the development staff in the
alumni office, was led for the second year by
r. Raymond D. LaRaja '59
chairman Robert Berne '60, with six vice
(second from left) was
chairs supporting his efforts: Abby Black-
awarded the President's
Elbaum '92, Steve Jacobs '75, Conrad Lung
Cup for distinguished and out¬
'72, Evan Ratner '85, Larry Rubinstein '60
standing service to his class and
and Steve Schwartz '70.
to the College and University at
the annual luncheon meeting of One highlight was the record participation
the College Alumni Association by the Class of 2000, with more than 20 per¬
cent of graduating seniors choosing to sup¬
on May 5 in Low Rotunda. Join¬
ing LaRaja are (from left) Dean port the College Fund. Young alumni giving
Austin Quigley, Victor Futter '39, also was stimulated by last year's launch of
last year's Cup recipient, and the Hamilton Associates honor society for
President George Rupp. PHOTO: EILEEN BARROSO youGnigft sa ltuom thnei /Fseunnido ra lclolawss Ddoeanno rAs. ustin
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McGill Portrait Comes Home
or the first time tional impact on me... in Faculty
in over a quarter a way that can only be
century, a por¬ rationalized by saying
trait of former that I have lived through
University President a species of hell, and House
William J. McGill by somehow Stan's feelings
noted artist Stanley on canvas capture my
Wyatt' 43 will be on feelings," McGill wrote a
public display. Commis¬ colleague in 1976.
sioned by the Class of McGill treasured the
1943 as gift for the Uni¬ painting. "The portrait is
versity, the painting was very precious to me. I will
completed in 1974. How¬ not let it out of my sight,"
ever, except for a brief said McGill, who took it
exhibition that year, the with him when he retired
portrait remained in PHOTO: LYNN SAVILLE from the University in
McGill's possession and 1980.
out of public view ever since. After McGill's death in 1997 at the age of
It is hardly a conventional academic por¬ 75, the portrait returned to Columbia. Begin¬
trait. Rather than situating his subject in a ning this fall, it will be on permanent display Weddings &
familiar interior space and choosing sub¬ in the President's Room of Faculty House.
dued tones, Wyatt placed the image of This is something McGill probably expected. Special Events
McGill in the lower left quarter of a bril¬ "After I am dead, when visitors come to the
liantly colorful canvas. McGill's visage University, perhaps then this curious portrait Columbia’s Faculty House,
looks over a seemingly chaotic series of of the bedeviled 16th president of Columbia
familiar symbols (including the Columbia will suggest more than words the character located on Morningside Drive
Lion, Alma Mater and the University seal), of his responsibilities and the view which the overlooking the park, offers
vividly rendered. man took of himself," he once wrote. the beauty and traditions of a
McGill, who was president from 1970 to There will be a reception celebrating the
1980, led Columbia during a period when return of the portrait on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at University setting and excep¬
the University was recovering from the stu¬ 4:00 p.m., in Faculty House. At the recep¬ tional food and service by one
dent unrest of the late 1960s and deep tion, Barnard history professor Robert of the city’s leading caterers,
financial distress. He was immediately McCaughey, co-director of the University
taken by the way the painting captured the Seminar on the History of Columbia, will Restaurant Associates.
mood of his first few years as president. speak on McGill's presidency.
"The portrait creates instantaneous emo¬ T.P.C. During the day light streams
through tall windows and in
Quigley and his staff to pursue initiatives to Agence France-Presse and published in the the evening the city sparkles
improve the services and resources offered to New York Daily News and the Columbia Sum¬ against the night sky. On
students of the College. Unrestricted gifts are mer Spectator, among other media outlets. weekends the whole house can
those which give the dean the most flexibility Said claimed he did not aim the stone at
to use where he sees the need, providing cur¬ Israeli soldiers, and according to an account be devoted to your celebration.
rent and immediately usable funds for the in the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir, it did
College's many programs, including financial not hit anyone, but rather struck a barbed ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦>
aid and student services. wire fence in front of a watchtower from
which Israeli flags were flying. The action
■ WE'RE NO. 1: A recent article in The New received significant media coverage in the Catering By
York Times looked at the way universities are Middle East: critics labeled it inflammatory, R
trying to turn more of their intellectual capi¬ while Said described it in a written state¬ estauruntbssociates
tal into financial capital and reported that
Columbia leads the nation in income from ment as "a symbolic gesture of joy that the For information &c
occupation had ended."
patents and royalties — nearly $100 million reservations, please contact
last year, more than $144 million this year. ■ BROWN PUNISHED: Brown's football
the Catering Manager at
Columbia Provost Jonathan Cole '64 was team was ruled ineligible for this year's Ivy
quoted as saying it was possible to pursue League championship because some coach¬ [phone]
such revenues while safeguarding the es, alumni and staff were found to have vio¬
underlying values of the university: "I think lated financial aid rules. It is the first time
the dominant values are predominantly the the Council of Ivy Group Presidents has
same as they used to be. The income is only ruled a school ineligible for the title in the
a means to continue to pursue our mission." league's 56-year history. "The council is Columbia University
determined to make clear that the remedies
■ CASTING A STONE: University Professor Faculty House
for violations of this rule will be severe,"
Edward Said aroused controversy in July said Columbia President George Rupp, the 400 West 117th Street
wtrahyeend, dinu rai npgh oat voigsriat ptoh Lheubrlainnogn a, hseto wnea s por¬ council's chairman. The council also reduced New York, NY 10027
by five the number of players the Brown
toward the Israeli border. The photograph football program is able to recruit in each of
was distributed by the French news agency
8 AROUND THE QUADS Columbia College Today
Alumni in the board of Intuit, Inc., will receive acquired by Apple. He was presi¬ the award for his investigations
the 2000 Alexander Hamilton dent and CEO of the Go Corp., a into hemorrhagic strokes brought
Southeast Medal at a black tie dinner to be pen-based computing software on by the use of the anti-clotting
held in Low Library Rotunda on company, from 1991 until it was drug Warfarin. Rosand's research
he Columbia Club of Thursday, Nov. 16. acquired by AT&T in 1994. seeks to identify those at risk from
Atlanta wants alumni in Campbell was co-captain of Campbell then joined Intuit as the drug in the hope that it can be
Georgia (outside metro Columbia's football team in 1961, president and CEO, assuming the used more widely.
ASotluatnht aC)a, reoalsitnear na nAdl aebaasmtear,n wchhaemnp iito snhsahriepd w thiteh I Hvya rLveaargdu —e rdoirlee cotfo rcsh ianir Amuagnu osft t1h9e9 8b.o Darudr ionfg r■o wN OGaMteI:N TAheT JEoDur:n Beyey oofn Fdo tuhre CNhair¬¬
Tennessee to know that it is the only time Columbia has fin¬ his tenure as CEO, Intuit's market nese Women from the Middle King¬
smoarirlyin igt sc aanbnooutt itnhcel uadctei vyiotiue si no f wisheiegdh aetdo po nthlye 1I7v5ie ps.o Aunltdhso,u hgeh he v$2a.l5u eb irlolisoen f aros mth e$ 5c0o0m mpiallniyo ns otoli di¬ dom to Middle America by Leslie
the club, but would be happy was a three-year starter at offen¬ fied its position as a leader in tax, Chang '92 was selected as a final¬
to send you regular e-mail mes¬ sive guard who was described by personal finance and small busi¬ ist for the PEN/Martha Albrand
sages about all events. Please his coach. Buff Donelli, as "the ness accounting software. Intuit is Award for First Nonfiction.
contact Janet Frankston '95 at best captain I ever had." In a perhaps best-known for Quicken, Chang's book chronicles the lives
[email protected] 1974 interview, Donelli said of the best-selling personal finance of four Chinese women (includ¬
or Stuart Berkman '66 at Campbell: "He's a person who's management software. ing her mother) who fled China
[email protected] to be made more of an imprint on peo¬ The Columbia College Alumni and their adjustment to life in
placed on the club's e-mail list. ple who know him than anyone Association presents the Alexan¬ America. PEN, a membership
association of prominent literary
I've known." der Hamilton Medal to an alum¬
writers and editors, presents the
the next two years. The infrac¬ Campbell served as Colum¬ nus or faculty member for distin¬ award annually to a distin¬
tions reportedly ranged from bia's head football coach from guished service and accomplish¬ guished book of general nonfic¬
offers of financial aid in violation 1974 through 1979. He worked for ment in any field of endeavor. tion by an American writer.
of the Ivy League ban on athletic J. Walter Thompson, a New York- ■ AWARDED: Jonathan Rosand
scholarships to improper contact based advertising agency, and '88 was awarded the 2000 Ameri¬ ■ HONORED: On May 13, Saint
with prospects at an annual foot¬ Eastman Kodak before joining can Academy of Neurology Xavier University in Chicago
ball banquet. Apple Computer in 1983 as vice Founders Award for Clinical awarded Marshall B. Front '58
president of marketing. He was an honorary doctor of public ser¬
Research by a Junior Member.
Apple's executive vice president, vice degree "in recognition of his
ALUMNI UPDATE group executive of the United Rosand, a physician at Massachu¬ outstanding career accomplish¬
setts General Hospital and a fel¬
■ HAMILTON MEDAL: William States, when he left the company low in critical care neurology at ments and his exemplary service
V. Campbell '62, chairman of the in 1987 to launch the Claris Corp., Harvard Medical School, received to the community." Front, who is
a software company later chairman of Front Barnett Associ-
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