Gifts of Estate

Many Columbia College alumni and friends have made bequest provisions as a way of giving back to Columbia and its students. In Fiscal Year 2015–2016, Columbia College, Arts & Sciences, Athletics and the Columbia Libraries were the beneficiaries of bequests from the estates of the following alumni, widows, widowers, relatives and friends.

Daniel S. Ahearn ’49, GSAS’61
William H. Atkinson ’49
Lillia M. Bearns
Elizabeth J. Bogen GSAS’07
Roger E. Boxill ’52, GSAS’66
William Cheung
Richard S. Clarke ’33
Vera B. David
Sheila Edmunds GSAS’61
Vivian H. Frey
Franklin N. Gould ’40
Ronald M. Hall ’50
Eugene Higgins
Hamilton Le Viness ’25, LAW’27
Audrey E. Lee BC’65
Charles W. Linder Jr. ’58
Edith M. Magonigle
Walter R. Martin
Ruth B. McQuesten
Dora P. Meeker
Jeanne Metzner
Henry L. Moses
Lucy G. Moses
Jeffrey A. Newman ’67, LAW’71, P: ’02, ’04
Josephine M.Y. Oehlers
Ellen C. Oppler GSAS’69
Herbert E. Poch ’49, PS’53
Robert A. Reynolds ’54, BUS’55
Charles M. Scholz ’23, SEAS’25
Hortense Stiefel
Patricia K. Tsien
Richard T. Wamser ’59
Hayden W. Ward Jr. ’61, GSAS’69
1754 Society

The 1754 Society is an honorary society for alumni, parents and friends of Columbia who have made plans for the University through trust, estate or other future gifts. Named for the year in which King’s College was established, the Society recognizes the vital role benefactors have played over the centuries in Columbia’s emergence as a preeminent educational institution and the role they play today in ensuring its continued preeminence. The following list includes members who have made plans for Columbia College, Arts & Sciences, Athletics and the Columbia Libraries. New members in Fiscal Year 2015–2016 are indicated by an asterisk.

John N. Ake Jr. ’63
William C. Albert ’65
Reverend A. Gary Angleberger ’57
Guillermo E. Aragon ’43
Kamel S. Bahary ’54
Allan E. Bahrs ’63CC ’65BUS
Daniel P. Baker ’76, P: ’07, ’10, BUS’14
Livia and David J. Bardin ’54, LAW’56, SEAS’83, SEAS’87
Michael L. Barnett ’64, DM’67
James L. Bast ’58, SEAS’59
Bruno J. Bellinfante ’52
Christine T. and James H. Berick ’55, P: ’84, ’92, LAW’97, SOA’85
Stuart M. Berkman ’66, BUS’68, P: ’05
Robert Berne ’60, BUS’62
Peter R. Bierstedt ’65, LAW’69, SIPA’69
Dutro Blocksom ’52
Roy Boelstler ’56, DM’59
Thomas C. Bolton ’64
F. Elias Boujaoude ’13
Paul A. Brooke ’67, GSAS’72
Thomas W. Brunner ’66, P: ’95 *
Stephen L. Buchman ’59, LAW’62
Arnold D. Burk, ’53, LAW’55
A. Bruce Burns ’41, SEAS’41, SEAS’42
Robert Burstein ’54, LAW’56
Jose A. Cabranes ’61
Roberta Campbell TC’69, P: ’04, ’13, SIPA’08
Charles R. Cantor ’63
Stephen H. Case ’64, LAW’68, P: ’92, BUS’02
Bret A. Charipper ’54, GSAS’56
Daniel S.J. Choy ’44, PS’49
Jeremiah J. Ciancia CP’39
William F. Claire ’58 *
Toni Coffee BC’56, W: ’55, BUS’56
Lila H. Coleman W: ’46, SEAS’46
Mark B. Constantian ’68
Edward Cowan ’54, P: ’90
Salim S. Dallal ’62, BUS’63, P: ’89, GSAS’91, GSAS’93, GSAS’97
Duncan N. Darrow ’71
Judith A. Dattaro NRS’78
Robert H. Davis Jr. ’83, GSAS’87, SIPA’87
Martha Dougherty W: ’42
Joseph S. Drew ’64, JRN’65
Anthony H. Dupee ’71 *
Milton R. Edelin ’54, GSAPP’57
Charlotte K. Ehrenhaft SW’57, W: ’54, LAW’57, SIPA’57, P: ’93
Daniel Ein ’59, P: ’03
Paul C. Eklof ’64 *
Nancy Elwood-Kuh W: ’39, PS’43
Robert P. Endelman ’91
Michele A. Esposito ’96
Howard Falberg ’54, BUS’56
Jeremy R. Feinberg ’92, LAW’95
Michael Fishbein ’63
David A. Foster ’64, GSAS’78, GSAS’79, GSAS’82
Arthur L. Frank ’64
Harold G. Freedman ’64, BUS’65 *
Margaret C. Freiman W: ’54, SEAS’55, SEAS’56, SEAS’61
A. Alan Friedberg ’53
Alan M. Frommer ’57, SEAS’58, P: ’86, ’91
Oscar Garfein ’61, PS’65, BUS’97, P: ’91, PS’00
Michael Garrett ’66, LAW’69, BUS’70, P: ’98
Michael L. Gelfand ’60, PS’64
Michael T. Gilbride ’76
Jeffrey M. Glassman ’76, SIPA’92
Thomas H. Glocer ’81
Arnold J. Goldberg ’61, SEAS’62, P: ’89
Thomas E. Gorman ’04
K. Ivan F. Gothner ’80, SIPA’82
Eugene L. Gottfried ’50, PS’54
Elliott A. Greher ’63, P: SEAS’94, SEAS’95
David R. Halperin ’65
Ira Hayes ’61
Eliot S. Hearst ’53, GSAS’54, GSAS’56, P: ’91
Alan Helms ’59
Melvin Hershkowitz ’42
Samuel L. Higginbottom ’43, SEAS’43, P: ’71, LAW’74
Leslie D. Hillis ’67, PS’72
Michael S. Hindus ’68, P: ’91
Allan Hoben ’56 *
Herbert A. Hochman ’66
Edward Horadesky ’51, GSAS’52
Steven M. Hornstein ’73
Donald J. Horowitz ’56, P: ’88
Vivian S.Y.W. Hsiung *
Steven C. Jenning ’72, JRN’74, P: SEAS’06
Dorothy D. Johnson GSAS’49, W: ’45
Norman Kahn ’54, DM’58, GSAS’64 and Dale Kahn GSAS’65
Richard C. Kandel ’49
Alan M. Kanzer ’65 
Theodore D. Karchuta ’50
Sonja P. Karsen GSAS’50
Robert D. Katz ’75, P: ’04, ’08
Stephen Katz ’65
Mark E. Kingdon ’71, P: ’09, ’16
W. Fred Kinsey III ’51, GSAS’53
Lawrence A. Kobrin ’54, LAW’57, P: ’92, GSAS’96
Robert Kovelman ’85
Michael Kronstadt ’68
Harvey Kurzweil ’66, LAW’69, P: ’95, ’00, LAW’97
Frederick G. Kushner ’70, PS’74, P: ’03, ’06
Ronald Kwasman ’53
Stan J. Lazusky Jr. ’80
Melvin N. Lechner ’58
Danny L. Lee ’95 *
Wendy and Steven R. Leff ’76, PS’80, P: ’04, ’12, LAW’07
Andrew S. Levine ’61, SEAS’62
Martin M. LeWinter ’65, P: ’91
Catherine L. and Alex C. Li ’73
Michael Licitra
David C. Lindeman ’66, LAW’69
William J. Lubic ’49 and Ruth W. Lubic TC’59, TC’61, TC’79
Sinclair R. Mackay ’53
Paul J. Maddon ’81, GSAS’85, GSAS’88, PS’88
John Maguire GS’50
Donald L. Margolis ’63, BUS’65
Theodore C. Martin `60
J. Philip McAleer ’56
Helen F. and H. Roy McArdle ’41, BUS’41
Michael F. McGuire ’68, PS’72
Carl F. Meier ’52, PS’56, W: NRS’55
Arlene and Laurans A. Mendelson ’60, BUS’61 P: ’87, ’89, BUS’89 *
Robert E. Meyerson ’66
Evan Miller ’78
James H. Miller III ’70
Philip L. Milstein ’71, P: ’09, ’10, BUS’17 and Cheryl G. Milstein BC’82, P: ’09, ’10, BUS’17
James F. Minter ’73, GSAS’74
Joseph C. Moore ’43, SEAS’44, SEAS’48
W. James Murdaugh Jr. ’65
Louis R. Nardizzi ’59, SEAS’60
Russell B. Needham ’68
Randolph C. Nichols ’75, TC’79
Nancy J. Northup LAW’88, P: ’20 *
Irwin Nydick ’46, PS’48
Theresa Ornstein W: ’48, GSAS’49, GSAS’57
Vikram S. Pandit SEAS’76, SEAS’77, BUS’80, BUS’86, P: ’17
C. Ward Parshall ’63
Janet W. Paulsen W: LAW’49, P: ’80
George J. Peppas ’62
John P. Perfetti ’84, P: ’13
William L. Pollack ’73, SEAS’77
George B. Prozan ’51, P: ’82 and Sylvia Prozan BC’55, P: ’82 *
Martin J. Rabinowitz ’53, LAW’55, P: ’79, ’87, LAW’83
Abraham A. Raizen ’38
Maude S. and Victor J. Revenko ’63, SEAS’64, SEAS’68
Stephen G. Rice ’67
Francis J. Rigney Jr. ’44, PS’49
Megumi S. Rinaldi ’99 and Frank Rinaldi SEAS’99
Spencer E. Roberts SIPA’54, GSAS’61
James W. Robins ’70, JRN’73
James R. Robinson ’39
James K. Roros ’43, SEAS’43, SEAS’47, SEAS’55
Michael B. Rothfeld ’69, BUS’71, SIPA’71, JRN’71, P: ’06, ’08
Laurence H. Rubinstein ’60
Peter Rugg ’69, SEAS’70
Thomas D. Sanford ’68, BUS’72, P: ’98, ’00 *
Bruno M. Santonocito ’66 and Patricia P. Santocito LAW’79
Marjorie M. and Albert J. Scardino ’70, P: ’00, ’08
Kenneth P. Scheffel ’59
Alfred L. Scherzer ’49, PH’50, TC’54, PS’63
Jonathan D. Schiller ’69, LAW’73, P: ’01, ’06, LAW’08, SPS’13
Alois E. Schmitt Jr. ’50
Homer D. Schoen ’44
Peter W. Schweitzer ’60, P: ’90 *
Nicholas J. Serwer ’78, LAW’81
Gerald Sherwin ’55
James T. Sherwin ’53, LAW’56, P: GSAS’92, GSAS’96, GSAS’03
Walter A. Simson III ’77
G. Phillip Smith ’61, GSAPP’69 and Douglas N. Thompson GSAPP’70
J. Donald Smith ’65
Brenda B. and Charles S. Solomon ’55, DM’58
Stephanie J. Spencer ’89
Irving J. Spitzberg Jr. ’64
Frederick C. Stark Jr. ’51
Robert M. Steiner ’48, DM’52
Michael D. Stephens ’66, PH’70 *
Herbert B. Stern ’59, P: ’07, SOA’12
Warren R. Stern ’74
Dorothy V. Taylor W: ’39, BUS’39
Franklin A. Thomas ’56, LAW’63
Stephen J. Trachtenberg ’59, P: ’97, BUS’03
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos ’93
Jorge A. Uribe ’64
George L. Van Amson ’74, P: ’13, ’15, ’17
Robert B. Wallace ’53, PS’57
William B. Wallace III ’52
Bernard A. Weinstein ’65, P: ’06
Adam Weisler GSAS’91, GSAS’96, GSAS’97 *
Laura and Mark H. Willes ’63, BUS’67
Richard E. Witten ’75, P: ’10, BUS’15, LAW’15 and Elizabeth Witten TC’97, P: ’10, BUS’15, LAW’15
Jay N. Woodworth ’65, BUS’67
Elaine R. and Roger E. Yanow ’52
Arnold S. Zentner ’46, PS’48, P: ’83
Jay J. Zumeta ’66