ALUMNI UPDATE
HAMILTON
MEDAL: William V. Campbell ’62, chairman of the board
of Intuit, Inc., will receive the 2000 Alexander Hamilton Medal at
a black tie dinner to be held in Low Library Rotunda on Thursday,
Nov. 16.
Campbell was captain of Columbia’s football team in 1961,
when it shared the Ivy League championship with Harvard — the
only time Columbia has finished atop the Ivies. Although he weighed
only 175 pounds, he was a three-year starter at offensive guard who
was described by his coach, Buff Donelli, as “the best
captain I ever had.” In a 1974 interview, Donelli said of
Campbell: “He’s a person who’s made more of an
imprint on people who know him than anyone I’ve
known.”
Campbell served as Columbia’s head football coach from
1974 through 1979. He worked for J. Walter Thompson, a New
York-based advertising agency, and Eastman Kodak before joining
Apple Computer in 1983 as vice president of marketing. He was
Apple’s executive vice president, group executive of the
United States, when he left the company in 1987 to launch the
Claris Corp., a software company later acquired by Apple. He was
president and CEO of the Go Corp., a pen-based computing software
company, from 1991 until it was acquired by AT&T in
1994.
Campbell then joined Intuit as president and CEO, assuming the
role of chairman of the board of directors in August 1998. During
his tenure as CEO, Intuit’s market value rose from $500
million to $11 billion as the company solidified its position as a
leader in tax, personal finance and small business accounting
software. Intuit is perhaps best-known for Quicken, the
best-selling personal finance management software.
The
Columbia College Alumni Association presents the Alexander Hamilton
Medal to an alumnus or faculty member for distinguished service and
accomplishment in any field of endeavor.
AWARDED:
Jonathan Rosand ’88 was awarded the 2000 American
Academy of Neurology Founders Award for Clinical Research by a
Junior Member. Rosand, a physician at Massachusetts General
Hospital and a fellow in critical care neurology at Harvard Medical
School, received the award for his investigations into hemorrhagic
strokes brought on by the use of the anti-clotting drug Warfarin.
Rosand’s research seeks to identify those at risk from the
drug in the hope that it can be used more widely.
NOMINATED:
Beyond the Narrow Gate: The Journey of Four Chinese Women from
the Middle Kingdom to Middle America by Leslie Chang
’92 was selected as a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand
Award for First Nonfiction. Chang’s book chronicles the lives
of four Chinese women (including her mother) who fled China and
their adjustment to life in America. PEN, a membership association
of prominent literary writers and editors, presents the award
annually to a distinguished book of general nonfiction by an
American writer.
HONORED:
On May 13, Saint Xavier University in Chicago awarded Marshall
B. Front ’58 an honorary doctor of public service degree
“in recognition of his outstanding career accomplishments and
his exemplary service to the community.” Front, who is
chairman of Front Barnett Associates LLC in Chicago, is a former
member of the College’s Board of Visitors and a former
director of the Columbia College Alumni Association.
CORRECTIONS: In the listing of the new CCAA Board published in the
May issue, Robert Fischbein ’60’s year of
graduation was listed incorrectly and Colin Redhead
’85’s name was misspelled. CCT regrets these
errors.
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