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William V. Campbell '62, chairman of Intuit, former Columbia head football coach and captain of the Lions' 1961 Ivy League championship team, was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal before a spirited gathering of more than 400 alumni, faculty, students and administrators - as well as a troupe of bagpipers - in the rotunda of Low Memorial Library on November 16.

In presenting the College's highest honor before an audience that included many of Campbell's former teammates as well as athletes who played for him when he was coach, President George Rupp remarked that he had "never seen an equivalent amount of sheer enthusiasm" at a Hamilton Dinner. Rupp praised Campbell as "a powerful influence on our students" and added, "We hail Bill tonight as a true winner."

Just before the program ended, a contingent of bagpipers and drummers from the New York Police Department's Emerald Society marched into the Rotunda to serenade the honoree, a gift from Campbell's former teammate, Brian Dennehy '60, the noted actor.

The Alexander Hamilton Medal is awarded annually by the CC Alumni Association to an alumnus or faculty member for distinguished service and accomplishment in any field of endeavor.