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66 unusual facts about Columbia University


Al Frazier

After his football career ended, he earned a Master's Degree from Teachers College at Columbia University, and worked for over thirty years at York College in New York, where he was Assistant Dean of Student Development at the time of his retirement in 2006.

Albert I. Prettyman

After spending time at Columbia University and the Nicholas School in Buffalo, New York, Prettyman moved to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York to teach physical education and coach.

Aldo Donelli

In 1957 he was named the head coach at Columbia University where he would serve until 1967 compiling a 30-76-4 record.

Alison Frantz

Alison Frantz completed her undergraduate degree in Classics at Smith College in 1924 and continued her graduate studies at the Columbia University where she focused on the study of the Byzantine period.

Angel Chang

Chang received an M.A. in Modern Art: Critical Studies from Columbia University, where she studied with fashion historians Richard Martin (curator) and Valerie Steele.

Anthony da Costa

He has been attending Columbia University since fall 2009, and has already been active in the University's music performance scene, frequently performing at Postcrypt Coffeehouse which he now helps organize and book.

Arthur Braverman

In 1978 he returned to the United States and studied classical Japanese at Columbia University.

Bernard Semmel

He received his B.A. from the College of the City of New York in 1947, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1955.

Bosporus Germans

From the circle around Naumann came Ernest Jäckh (1875–1959), purveyor of Young Turk propaganda (and later professor at Columbia University.) Jäckh however did not live in Constantinople for too long and can't be considered a "Bosporus German" in the true sense.

Colleen Plimpton

She graduated from Lima High School and received a B.A. in Anthropology from Fordham University and a Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University.

Comic Book Project

, while at Teachers College at Columbia University.

Daniel Kevles

He is currently the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University (a position he assumed in 2001) and an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.

David P. Goldman

Goldman earned his BA in Columbia University in 1973, and completed his doctoral studies in economics at London School of Economics in 1976.

Dickinson classification

It was developed by George Sherman Dickinson (1886 - 1964), and is used by many music libraries, primarily those at University at Buffalo, Vassar, and Columbia Universities.

DuraSpace

Institutions including University of Michigan ICPSR, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, State of North Carolina Library and Archives use DuraCloud to preserve digital resources.

Elaine Madlener

After graduating from Columbia University, she married Otto Madlener and had two children, Richard and William.

Elizabeth Burchenal

Burchenal became a teacher at the Teachers College at Columbia University from 1902 to 1905.

Ernest Addison Moody

Columbia University, M.A., Philosophy (1933), Ph.D., Philosophy (1936).

Félix Aguilar Observatory

At about the same time Columbia University withdrew from the YCSO corporation it became the Yale Southern Observatory, Inc. on January 23, 1975.

Fondle 'Em Records

Bobbito formed the label after realizing that the many unsigned rappers making guest appearances on “The Stretch Armstrong/Bobbito Show,” a program Bobbito co-hosted with DJ Stretch Armstrong on Columbia University radio station WKCR 89.9 FM, didn't have a proper outlet for their talents.

George Alexander Kohut

He was educated at the gymnasium in Grosswardein, at the public schools in New York, at Columbia University (1893–1895), Berlin University, and the Berlin Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums (1895–97).

George D. Schwab

He then attended Columbia University, where he earned a M.A. in 1955 and a Ph.D. in 1968.

George Louis Beer

He studied at Columbia University and lectured on European History there from 1893 to 1897.

Halvor Stenstadvold

Stenstadvold finished his secondary education in 1962, and studied at the University of Oslo and Columbia University.

Heidi Hadsell

She received a bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley, a master's degree from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.

Henry Herman Meyer

He was educated at California State Normal School; German Wallace College, Ohio; the Drew Theological Seminary; Teachers College, Columbia; and at Jena.

Herbert Eulenberg

In 1923 he lectured in the United States, where he was invited as the “first German after Einstein” to speak at Columbia University.

J. Pearl

After high school, and while studying pre-Med in New York's Columbia University, she became part of the university's a cappella group called the Columbia Clefhangers.

Jan Westerhoff

He was previously a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the City University of New York, a Seminar Associate at Columbia University, a Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College and a Junior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

Jane Eisner

Eisner received a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism and graduated from Wesleyan University cum laude in 1977, where she was the first female editor of the college newspaper and was a member of the board of trustees.

Jason Garrett

His father Jim Garrett was an assistant coach for the New York Giants (1970–1973), New Orleans Saints (1976–77), and Cleveland Browns (1978–84) and head coach of the Houston Texans of the World Football League (1974) and at Columbia University (1985).

John Myrdhin Reynolds

At Columbia University Reynolds pursued Islamic Studies under Arthur Jeffrey along with Iranian Studies under J. Duchesne-Guillemin.

Joseph Ransohoff

He went on to teach at Columbia University and practice surgery at the New York Neurologic Institute at Presbyterian Hospital.

Joshua R. Sands

Sands was preparing to enter Columbia College when the War of 1812 broke out.

Kasım Gülek

After receiving a letter praising Kasım Gülek from the Dean of Columbia University, Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, called upon him and offered him to become a Member of Parliament.

Lambros Comitas

A product of Columbia University, he received the A.B. from Columbia College in 1948 after service in the United States Army, and was awarded the Ph.D. in anthropology in 1962 from the Columbia Faculty of Political Science.

Lawrence Sargent Hall

He retired as a Henry Leland Chapman professor in 1986 and was a visiting professor at Columbia University in 1956.

Lynn Verlayne

She wrote her first album, Drifter, almost entirely on Columbia University's Medical School concert piano, which had been donated by Rachmaninoff, because she could not afford her own.

Matt C. Harris

Glass was the producer of On Common Ground, a film about reconciliations of former German and American soldiers from World War II, and Swimming on the Moon. Glass received her bachelor degree from Harvard University and her MBA from Columbia University.

Max Poulter

He studied for a PhD at Columbia University in New York, winning his doctorate in 1952, after which he became a lecturer in education at the University of Queensland.

Meadow Soprano

She was active in extracurricular activities in high school (playing on the championship girls' soccer team and singing in the chorus and school pageants), attended Columbia University, performing well in her classes after a poor first-year performance, and volunteered regularly at the South Bronx Law Center.

Michael M. Crow

By 1991, he had become an Institute Professor there and had also worked as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy and Columbia University.

Midnight at Minton's

The album is taken from private recordings made by Columbia University student Jerry Newman on a portable acetate disc recorder.

Mike Shuster

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for coverage of the Iraq War (2007 and 2004); September 11th and the war in Afghanistan (2003); and the Gulf War (1992)

National Database for Autism Research

The GUID is the result of a collaboration between NDAR, the Simons Foundation, and a team of researchers from Columbia University.

New York Hospital

The origin of the New York Hospital can be traced to the commencement address of Dr. Samuel Bard, Professor of the “Practice of Medicine”, delivered to the first two medical doctors to graduate from King’s College (Now Columbia College, Columbia University) in 1769 titled “A discourse upon the duties of a physician, with some sentiments on the usefulness and necessity of a public hospital.”

Octavius Winslow

It is suggested that Winslow began his ministerial training in Stepney, London, but then moved to Columbia College, New York.

Paul Laikin

Returning home in 1947, he studied English at Columbia University and began writing for leading comedians, including Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Jan Murray, Ed Wynn and Alan King.

Pete Nice

After graduating from Bishop Ford High School in 1985, Nash majored in English at Columbia University, where he hosted a hip hop radio show.

Portia Sabin

While getting her Ph.D. in Anthropology & Education from Columbia University she played drums in several NYC bands before moving to Olympia, Washington to do her dissertation research.

Preston Washington

He earned a Master's degree in Divinity at Union Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in education from Columbia University.

Research to Prevent Blindness

Over a span of years, RPB organized capital campaigns for the construction of modern eye research centers in large population areas: University of California, Los Angeles, The Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, University of Louisville, Medical College of Wisconsin, Baylor College of Medicine and Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.

Richard Douglas Lane

He later received a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii in Japanese and Chinese literature, and continued his studies at Columbia University, where he earned a master's degree and a Ph.D in 18th-century Japanese literature.

Robert A. Simon

A graduate of Columbia University, in addition to his original fiction he wrote opera and musical comedy librettos for several composers.

Robert E. Horn

Robert E. Horn is an American political scientist who taught at Harvard, Columbia, and Sheffield (U.K.) universities.

Robert M. Kingdon

He completed his undergraduate education at Oberlin College before moving on to Columbia University where he earned a doctorate under the noted Tudor historian Garrett Mattingly.

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Among many achievements, he was a professor at Columbia University, president of the American Mathematical Society, and Dean of Carnegie Institute in Washington.

Samuel Totten

Samuel Totten earned a master's degree and a doctoral degree at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Shanghai Kiss

Joe reminds Liam that it was Liam's decision to drop out of Columbia University to pursue a career in acting.

Stephen Porter Dunn

He was educated at Lincoln School of Columbia University, Columbia College, and Columbia University, where he received his Ph. D. in anthropology in 1959.

Steve Charles

Charles attended Columbia University in the United States where he was the 1979 Ivy League MVP and a 1979 First Team All American.

Swami Kuvalayananda

Dr. Josephine Rathbone, a professor of health and physical education, visited from Columbia University in 1928.

Thomas J. Carew

In 1974, with the Kandel group, he moved to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he became a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry.

University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine

The Research Center has been diligent in seeking funds to support research and has received an endowment fund of $ 15 million and has signed cooperation agreements with prestigious universities such as, for example, NYU, Columbia University, Seattle University, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and Indiana University.

Xavier Romeu

After receiving a law degree from Columbia University, he worked as a litigator for the New York law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell and Proskauer Rose.

Yves Lavandier

After receiving a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985.


A. James Gregor

He attended and graduated from Columbia University in 1952 and thereafter served as a high school social science teacher while working for his advanced degrees.

Bonnie Marranca

She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship in the UK, and Fulbright Senior Scholar who has taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, NYU, Duke University, the University of California-San Diego, Free University of Berlin, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona Institute for Theatre .

C. V. Vishveshwara

With initial interest in particle physics Vishveshwara joined Columbia University,where Robert W. Fuller was his mentor.

Cain Hope Felder

Dr. Felder holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Philosophy degree in biblical languages and literature from Columbia University in New York; a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York; a Diploma of Theology from Oxford University, Mansfield College in England; a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, Greek & Latin from Howard University in Washington, DC; and a diploma from the Boston Latin School.

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

Ambassador Richard N. Gardner, former US Ambassador to Italy and Spain, professor of law at Columbia University

David M. Crowe

He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and has taught at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.

Dennis Prager

He went on to study at the Russian Institute (now Harriman Institute) at Columbia University.

Don Armando

After completing a tour of duty with the United States Air Force, he graduated from New York University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, and later he acquired a Master's Degree from Columbia University.

Douglas Durkin

He taught creative writing briefly at Columbia University before turning to a full-time writing career with fellow-novelist Martha Ostenso.

Ernest Addison Moody

He served as professor of philosophy at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also served as department chair, and Columbia University.

Ernst J. Grube

Grube held a simultaneous teaching appointment as Adjunct Professor of Islamic Art at Columbia University, In 1968 he was appointed Professor of Islamic and Far Eastern art at Hunter College in the City University of New York,

Fabien Lévy

A former pedagogical advisor at IRCAM in Paris and professor of orchestration at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory in Berlin, he is currently assistant professor in composition at Columbia University in New York and senior professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany.

George Henry Fox

He was professor of dermatology at the New York Medical College for Women, Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio, Columbia University and the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

Hazel Carby

Carby has lectured at numerous colleges and universities worldwide including Columbia University, Stanford University, the University of Paris, and University of Toronto.

Hebrew High School of New England

Virtually all students go on to four-year colleges after graduation, and HHNE students have been accepted to top schools such as Cooper Union, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Barnard College, Brandeis University, Boston University, New York University (NYU), Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Yeshiva University.

Hell-Bent Fer Heaven

The choice sparked controversy in literary circles and the media because the prize jury had actually selected George Kelly's The Show-Off, but was overruled by Columbia University, which was administering that year's Pulitzers; Hatcher Hughes was a Columbia professor.

Herbert L. Osgood

He attended graduate school at Amherst and Yale, and spent a year in Berlin, before returning to the United States to teach at Brooklyn High School and resume graduate studies at Columbia under Burgess, who had recently moved there.

Herbert Southworth

He also took a master's degree at Columbia University, and formed an enduring friendship with the war correspondent Jay Allen.

Ira D. Wallach

With his wife Miriam, he created a charitable foundation whose beneficiaries included the New York Public Library, Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Isami Doi

Doi studied for two years at the University of Hawaii, went on to Columbia University for five years, and then continued his studies for a year in Paris.

J. McVicker Hunt

Before that he taught at a number of universities, including Brown University, Columbia University, the University of Nebraska, and New York University.

James E. Kearney

Kearney graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1901, and then attended the Teachers College of Columbia University, where he earned a Regents license to teach in New York State.

Jeanine Corbet

She has been a guest lecturer at several universities including Columbia University, Wesleyan, Earlham, Antioch, and SUNY Buffalo.

John Kendrick Bangs

He went to Columbia University from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines.

Katuutire Kaura

During the same period, Kaura attended the universities of Long Island and Columbia.

Klaus Segbers

As visiting scholar he has worked, amongst others, at Stanford University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Columbia University and Fudan University.

Marjorie Bean

She attended Wilberforce University (in Ohio), Columbia University's Teachers College (in New York City) and the Institute of Education at the University of London.

Mary J. Hickman

She has been Visiting Professor at: New York University, Columbia University and Victoria University, Melbourne.

May McNeer

May Yonge McNeer Ward (1902 in Tampa, Florida – 1994 in Reston, Virginia) was an American journalist and author of a variety of subjects, many of which were illustrated by her husband, Lynd Ward, whom she married a week after his graduation from Columbia University in 1926.

National Intelligence Service of Brazil

Alfred Stepan, a professor of political science at Columbia University, observed that the SNI differed from similar agencies in other countries.

Otto Marburg

Arriving in New York, he joined Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons as clinical professor of neurology.

Participatory design

The UN, Global studio involved students from Columbia University, University of Sydney and Sapienza University of Rome to provide design solutions for Vancouver's downtown eastside, which suffered from drug- and alcohol-related problems.

Performance Lab 115

The company was founded in 2005 by Columbia University School of Drama graduates Jeff Clarke, Rebecca Lingafelter, Shelley Gershoni and Elena Mulroney and has been a performer with the New York International Fringe Festival for several theatrical seasons.

Ralph E. Updike

Born in Brookville, Indiana, Updike attended the public schools of Whitcomb and Brookville, Dodds Army and Navy Academy, Washington, D.C., Columbia University, New York City, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

Social Science Japan Journal

SSJJ’s editorial board is located at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo, and supported by the international advisory board members including Andrew Gordon (Harvard University), Carol Gluck (Columbia University), Jomo Kwame Sundaram (United Nations), and J. Victor Koschmann (Cornell University).

Tamy Ben-Tor

Graduating from Columbia University's MFA Program in 2006, she lives and works in New York and shows with Zach Feuer Gallery.

Thom Mayne

He has held teaching positions at many institutions including Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London.

Varimax rotation

A technical discussion of advantages and disadvantages of various rotation approaches are discussed at the website of Columbia University.

Walter Duranty

In 2003, in response to an international campaign launched by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Pulitzer Board began a renewed inquiry and the Times hired Mark von Hagen, professor of Russian history at Columbia University, to review Duranty's work.

Who Controls the Internet?

As law professors at Harvard and Columbia, respectively, Goldsmith and Wu assert the important role of government in maintaining Internet law and order while debunking the claims of techno-utopianism that have been espoused by theorists such as Thomas Friedman.

Winston Dang

Dang did his undergraduate education at Taipei Medical University and then moved to the United States to pursue further education, successively earning an M.A. from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from the City University of New York, and a M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health.