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ALUMNI UPDATES

Three College Alumni Receive Federation Medals

Geoffrey J. Colvin ’74, ’77L, ’78 Business, P’08, chair of the College Fund and member of the Board of Directors of the CC Alumni Association, was among 10 University alumni honored for their achievements and devotion to Columbia and presented with Alumni Federation Medals at a luncheon following Commencement. Two other College alumni also were honored: Arthur M. Delmhorst ’60, ’64 Business and Laurance J. Guido ’65, ’69 P&S, P’00.

A member of the Committee on the Future of the College and chair of the fund’s Development Council, Colvin also has been active in reunion planning and has served on selection committees for the John Jay and Alexander Hamilton awards. He is a partner in CEW Partners, a family investment firm with interests in publicly traded securities, private partnerships and companies and real estate. Previously, he practiced law at Proskauer Rose in New York.

Geoffrey J. Colvin ’74 (left) is congratulated by President Lee C. Bollinger ’71L as Alumni Federation President Paul M. Thompson ’74 GSAS, ’77 GSAS looks on. PHOTO: JOE PINEIRO

“Geoff has been a visionary leader for the College Fund,” said Susan Birnbaum, executive director of the College Fund. “He is a tireless worker who has been equally effective leading volunteers and partnering with the professional staff at the Alumni Office.”

Delmhorst is president of the Columbia University Club Foundation, past president of the Varsity “C” Club and chair of the crew committee. While attending the Business School, he was coach of the varsity lightweight crew. Delmhorst, a real estate consultant, has been on several class reunion committees.

A diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Guido has served as assistant director of the College Fund and director of the University Office of Alumni Relations. He is president of the Columbia University Club of New York and has been responsible for reorganizing and stabilizing the club’s infrastructure, its financial status and its relationship with the Princeton Club while strengthening and defining its affinty with the University.

Also receiving Alumni Federation medals were Melissa Bell ’93 GS, Helen Hartley Platt du Pont ’76 SOA, Bernard Fisher ’42 SW, James M. Li ’68E, ’70E, ’76E, Shearwood J. McClelland ’74 P&S, ’96 PH, Jacqueline R. Rivkin ’88J and Joyce Seidman Shankman ’55 Barnard.

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