Summer 2015
Around the Quads
Alma Honors
Faculty and alumni were honored this past spring with awards given by members of the University community. Listed below are the College recipients.
Columbia University Alumni Medal
Awarded by: Columbia Alumni Association
For: Distinguished service of 10 years or more to the University
Honorees
William V. Campbell ’62, TC’64
Robert L. Kahan ’69
Roxann Sherri Smithers ’99, LAW’02
Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching
Awarded by: Columbia College Student Council’s Academic Awards Committee
For: A faculty member’s humanity, devotion to truth and inspiring leadership
Honoree
Austin E. Quigley , the Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature and Dean Emeritus of Columbia College
Lionel Trilling Book Award
Awarded by: Columbia College Student Council’s Academic Awards Committee
For: A faculty member whose book was published in the previous year and upholds a level of excellence commensurate with the work of Lionel Trilling ’25, GSAS’38
Honoree
Zainab Bahrani, the Edith Porada Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology, for The Infinite Image: Art, Time and the Aesthetic Dimension in Antiquity
Great Teacher Award
Awarded by: Society of Columbia Graduates
For: To honor outstanding members of the faculty
Honoree
Brent Stockwell, professor of biological sciences and chemistry
Gershom Mendes Seixas Award
Awarded by: Columbia/Barnard Hillel
For: Those who have made outstanding contributions to Jewish life at Columbia
Honoree
Michael Lustig ’86
