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ALUMNI UPDATESArt Garfunkel ’62 Recieves I.A.L. Diamond AwardArt Garfunkel ’62 says he has “many sweet memories” of his time at Columbia, which he describes as “a school that really took its books seriously. People would sit around at dinner and talk about books, and I just thought that was fabulous.” Garfunkel, who performed in Europe June 17–July 9 and began a U.S. tour on July 15, received the third annual I.A.L. Diamond Award at a Lerner Hall reception prior to the April 29 performance of the Varsity Show. The award, named after I.A.L. Diamond ’41, the only person to write four Varsity Shows and later the screenwriter of Some Like It Hot, honors an alumnus for contributions to the performing arts. Garfunkel, who as an undergraduate sang with the Kingsmen, told of the time when his childhood friend, Paul Simon, burst into his room with the lyrics to “Sounds of Silence.” He also recalled when he and Simon brought recording equipment into St. Paul’s Chapel “under the cover of night, to record the ending of ‘The Boxer.’ We stayed there the whole night, singing all 16 li-la-lis.” 
Art Garfunkel '62 accepts the 2006 I.A.L. Diamond Award on April 29 in Lerner Hall, just prior to a Varsity Show performance. Enjoying the moment with him are the show's producers, Grace Parra '06 (left) and Olivia Gorvy '08. Photo: Masha Volynsky '06 
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