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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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