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AROUND THE QUADSAlumni News
Larry Balfus ’55 and Conrad Lung ’72 were among 10 distinguished alumni who were awarded Alumni Medals by the CU Alumni Federation at its annual luncheon following Commencement. Balfus, who has served the Nassau County Alumni Representative Committee for a quarter-century and headed the group that interviews prospective students for the past 15 years, has been active in all class affairs, including reunion planning and fund raising. A retired director of anesthesiology at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Queens, Balfus, who has endowed the Adelle Phyllis Balfus Scholarship at the College, earned an M.A. in Jewish Studies in 2000 at the age of 66, and continues his studies at Columbia through the John Jay Colloquia. Lung, who received a 2002 John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement, is the president and co-founder of Sunnex, a New York-based apparel manufacturer and marketer in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Lung, co-founder and first president of the Asian Columbia Alumni Association, remains a driving force within the group and has created a scholarship for Asian students at Columbia. Wilfred Feinberg ’40, senior judge and former chief judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, received the American Judicature Society’s Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, the highest lifetime achievement award given to a U.S. judge. The three-member selection committee was headed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who described Feinberg as “a true ornament to the federal judiciary.” Feinberg was appointed by President Kennedy to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, in 1961, and five years later was named by President Johnson to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, where he served for 38 years and was chief judge from 1980–88. Robert K. Kraft ’63 and his wife, Myra, were presented with Columbia’s first Super Bowl at a luncheon on May 17. Kraft is the owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots, 2002 and 2004 Super Bowl winners. He recently completed a 12-year term as a University Trustee. Michael C. Brown ’80 received the Alumni Athletic Award for outstanding contributions to Columbia athletics since graduation at the annual Varsity “C” Dinner on May 5. Brown, who played baseball and football while at Columbia, chairs the Baseball Alumni Advisory Committee and is former president of the Varsity “C” Club.
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