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ALUMNI BULLETINS
ARLEDGE JOINS
TRUSTEES: Roone Arledge '52, television innovator and
chairman of ABC News, has been elected University Trustee. In 1998
Arledge was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal, the College's
highest honor, for his contributions to the College. Arledge, who
became president of ABC Sports in 1968 and ABC News in 1977, has
received 36 Emmy Awards and 20 Peabody Awards during his
broadcasting career and was named one of Life magazine's 100
Most Important Americans of the 20th Century.
ACHIEVING ALUMNA:
Columbia College Women is currently seeking nominations for the
ninth annual Alumna Achievement Award. The award is presented
annually to a College graduate who has demonstrated excellence in
her field and has made a significant contribution to the Columbia
College community and the community at large. If you are interested
in nominating an alumna for the 1999 Award, please call the CCW
hotline at (212) 870-2745 or send an e-mail to ccw@columbia.edu.
Please include the name and class of the nominee, as well as your
name and daytime phone number.
For all other
inquiries about CCW, contact Gabrielle Kleinman '91,
executive committee chair, at gabby9@concentric.net.
NEW GOVERNOR:
Victor Futter '39 was elected as a member of the American
Bar Association Board of Governors at the organization's 1999
meeting. Formerly the chair of the ABA Senior Lawyers Division,
Futter serves on the division's council. He has been active in the
Association's Business Law Section and is a fellow of the American
Bar Foundation.
Futter has
worked at Allied-Signal for more than 30 years, serving as vice
president and secretary from 1978 to 1984. Previously, he was an
associate at Sullivan & Cromwell and served of counsel at Sills
Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross. He has been a
special professor of law and special consultant to the Dean of
Hofstra University Law School since 1997. He is the general editor
of Nonprofit Governance: The Executive's Guide and appears
in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and
Who's Who in American Law.
Futter is a
former president of the Columbia College Alumni Association who
received the Association's President's Cup in 1999. A member of Phi
Beta Kappa, he earned his law degree from the Law School, where he
was a James Kent Scholar and served on law review.
GEHRIG IS NO. 1:
Lou Gehrig '25, who attended Columbia for one year and hit
home runs for the Lions when they played their games on South
Field, was the leading vote-getter in the fan balloting for
baseball's All-Century Team. The Hall of Fame first baseman
received 1,207,992 votes, out-polling New York Yankees teammate
Babe Ruth (1,158,044). Hank Aaron, Ted Williams and Willie Mays
completed the top five.
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