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HONORED: In its January issue, Washingtonian Magazine named
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg '59, president of the George
Washington University, one of 16 Washingtonians of the Year 2000.
Trachtenberg was recognized for creating a scholarship program
(originally known as the 21st Century Scholarship Program, but
recently renamed the Trachtenberg Scholarships by the GWU Board of
Trustees) that since 1989 has given more than $5.3 million to
deserving District of Columbia high school students.
HONORED II: Cristina Teuscher '00, the greatest swimmer in
Columbia and Ivy League history, was honored at a dinner on
February 8 in Low Rotunda to celebrate the founders of the Cristina
Teuscher Women's Intercollegiate Sports Endowment. Funds raised for
endowment will be used for women's sports at Columbia, with 10
percent dedicated to the women's swimming program. Director of
Athletics John Reeves indicated in January that the
first-year goal of raising $250,000 already had nearly been
achieved.
GOLDEN: On January 22, Brian Dennehy '60, who won a Tony
Award for his Broadway portrayal of Willy Loman in Death of a
Salesman, won a Golden Globe for his performance in the same
role in the Showtime production of the Arthur Miller
masterpiece. That same week, NBC announced that it would air,
beginning in March, the first six episodes of Dennehy's new series,
The Fighting Fitzgeralds, about a retired firefighter's
relationship with his children.
SILVER: New York: A Documentary Film, which was directed,
co-written and co-produced by filmmaker Ric Burns '78,
received a 2001 Alfred. I. duPont-Columbia University silver baton
for overall excellence in broadcast journalism. The 10-part PBS
series, produced by Burns's Steeplechase Films, was hailed for
making "an outstanding contribution to the genre of history on
television." Burns, a 2000 John Jay Award winner, accepted the
baton at the annual duPont-Columbia Awards ceremony, which was held
in Low Rotunda on January 17.
ELECTED: L. Stephan Vincze '82, president and CEO of Vincze
& Frazer, LLC, of Montgomery, Ala., was elected to the National
Board of Directors of the Health Care Compliance Association
(HCCA). The election took place in New Orleans in September, when
Vincze was also one of only 29 professionals to be certified by the
organization in health care compliance. Vincze, who has a J.D. from
Southern Methodist University and an LL.M. from Georgetown, was
previously counsel to the Committee on Government Operations of the
U.S. House of Representatives.
ELECTED II: George Kolombatovich, who has been either head
coach or co-head coach of Columbia fencing since 1979, was elected
to the Arbitrage (Refereeing) Commission of FIE, the international
fencing association, in Paris on December 9. Kolombatovich has
teamed with co-head coach Aladar Kogler in leading Columbia
to two NCAA men's/women's championships, three NCAA men's
championships, and 14 Ivy League men's or women's titles. He was
selected as a referee for the 1984, 1992, and 1996 Olympics; served
as Bout Committee chair for the 1996 and 2000 Paralympics; and has
officiated at three Pan American Games, three World Championships,
two World University Games, and numerous Junior and Cadet World
Championships and World Cups.
LEADER: Joseph A. Sullivan '80, a specialist in commercial
litigation and professional malpractice litigation, has been
elected to the Philadelphia Bar Association's Board of Governors.
Sullivan, who earned his law degree at Columbia, works in the
litigation services department of Schnader Harrison Segal &
Lewis in Philadelphia and directs the firm's pro bono
program.
FOR
THE RECORD: The following note about Bob Kraft '63, owner of
the NFL's New England Patriots, appeared in a sports column by
Dan Shaughnessy in the Boston Globe of Sunday, Dec.
17: "According to the Patriots press guide, 'While attending
Columbia, [Kraft] played football for the Lions.' (Right, and I was
an astronaut in the Apollo program.)"
Well, Dan, how did you enjoy your space journey? According
to Bill Steinman, our life-line for Columbia sports
questions, Kraft played lightweight football for Columbia and was a
starting running back for the entire 1960 season. He also played
part of the 1961 season before suffering a knee injury, which
apparently ended his gridiron career - as a player, that
is.
Kraft is one of two College grads who own NFL teams. The
other is Al Lerner '55, whose Cleveland Browns defeated the
Patriots 19-11 on Nov. 12 in what we like to think of as the Lions
Bowl.
KANSAS REVISITED: Fame may be fleeting, but so are dot.com
millions. The New York Times noted that the 151,515 shares
of TheStreet.com held by
editor Dave Kansas '90 (November 1999 CCT) had
plummeted from a high of $9 million the day after the stock's IPO
to $379,000 as of January 15. The Times observed that
Kansas's paper wealth had been a hot topic among fellow print
journalists and dubbed their interest "the P.E. (price-to-envy)
ratio."
"If my aim was to massively enrich myself, I had lots of
opportunities," observed Kansas, whose major extravagance seems to
have been the purchase of a titanium road bike. He also bought an
apartment whose décor he described as "very
minimalist."
His focus remains on making TheStreet.com, which has
undergone a major personnel shakeup since its IPO, a leader in the
unsettled field of online business information. "We feel we have an
above-average chance," he told the Times, "and if you make
it out of this, you're a hero."
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