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Columbia College alumni award
The John Jay Award is presented annually by
Columbia College of
Columbia University to its
alumni for distinguished professional achievement. It is named for
Founding Father of the United States
John Jay , Columbia College Class of 1764.
[1] The first awards were handed out in 1979. As of 2020, the awards have been presented to 220 honorees.
[2] Notable former recipients are shown below and are grouped in cohorts by the decade when they received the award. The list of recipients include many well-known professionals in a wide variety of fields.
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[4] Among the recipients are eight
Pulitzer Prize winners, five
Nobel Prize laureates, five
Tony Award winners, five billionaires, four
Academy Awards winners, three
Golden Globe Awards winners, two
United States Attorneys General , a
President of Estonia , a
Chairman of the
Federal Reserve , an administrator of the
National Aerospace Development Administration , a
United States Secretary of Defense , a
Senator of the United States, and numerous other accomplished businessmen, journalists, politicians, athletes, playwrights, and literary figures.
1979–1989
1979
Roone Arledge (1952), former president of
ABC News and winner of 36
Emmys ; creator of
20/20 ,
Nightline ,
Monday Night Football ,
ABC World News Tonight and
Primetime
James C. Fletcher (1940), president of the
University of Utah and
administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Max Frankel (1952),
Pulitzer Prize winning executive editor of
The New York Times
Mark N. Kaplan (1951), CEO of
Drexel Burnham Lambert and
Engelhard
Arthur Levitt Sr. (1921), longest-serving
New York State Comptroller ; father of
Arthur Levitt , Chairman of the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Franklin A. Thomas (1956), former president of
The Ford Foundation
1980
1981
Sidney Sheinberg (1955), head of
MCA Inc. and
Universal Pictures
George Segal (1955), star of
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ,
Ship of Fools and
Just Shoot Me! , winner of the
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1965 and
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in 1973
Armand Hammer (1919), philanthropist, chairman of
Occidental Petroleum , namesake of
Hammer Museum and
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West , great-grandfather of actor
Armie Hammer
Robert F. Blumofe (1930), producer of
Bound for Glory , nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture
S. Marshall Kempner (1919), American investment banker and founder of
Bank of the West , brother-in-law of
Peggy Guggenheim
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990–1999
1990
1991
Robert A. M. Stern (1960), traditionalist architect, dean of the
Yale School of Architecture , designer of
15 Central Park West ,
30 Park Place ,
520 Park Avenue ,
220 Central Park South ,
Comcast Center in Philadelphia,
Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta ,
Tour Carpe Diem in Paris, the
George W. Bush Presidential Center , and two new
residential colleges of Yale University .
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1935), winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physics
William Campbell (1962), chairman of the board of
Intuit , former board director of
Apple Inc. ; founder of
Claris
José A. Cabranes (1961), judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals ; first
Puerto Rican to sit in a
U.S. District Court ; current Trustee of
Columbia University
Gedale B. Horowitz (1953), former executive committee member of
Salomon Brothers , founding chairman of the
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Paul Marks (1945), geneticist, president emeritus of the
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , former editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Eric Holder (1973),
United States Attorney General under
Barack Obama ,
Deputy Attorney General under
Bill Clinton ,
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia , judge of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Henry S. Coleman (1946), former dean of students of
Columbia College, Columbia University held hostage during the
Columbia University protests of 1968
Philip L. Milstein (1971), American real estate developer, former chairman of
Emigrant Savings Bank , son of
Seymour Milstein
1997
1998
1999
2000–2009
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010–2019
2010
2011
2012
Li Lu (1996), former student leader of the
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 , and American
investment banker , founder of Himalaya Capital
Daniel S. Loeb (1983), billionaire, hedge fund manager, founder of
Third Point Management
Ben Horowitz (1988), technology entrepreneur, co-founder of software company
Opsware and venture capital firm
Andreessen Horowitz , son of conservative writer
David Horowitz '59
Ellen Gustafson (2002), businesswoman, social entrepreneur, food activist, co-founder of
FEED Projects and former spokesperson for the
World Food Programme
Dede Gardner (1990),
Academy Award -winning producer of
12 Years a Slave ; president of
Plan B Entertainment
2013
2014
2015
2016
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2017
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2018
2019
2020–2029
Controversy
A dinner, during which the award would be bestowed upon the recipients, is usually held to raise scholarship and support money for the John Jay National Scholars Program.
[2] The dinner was cancelled in 1989, when alumni awardee
Frank Lorenzo , then Chairman of
Eastern Air Lines , was widely criticized for his treatment of
Eastern Air Lines ' striking machinists and for his controversial managing techniques.
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In 2004, the award was given to American real estate businessman
Peter Kalikow , who was serving as chairman of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and was the former owner and publisher of the
New York Post . Kalikow's son graduated from the college in 2002 and he had been a major donor to the university. His selection marked the first time since 1979 that the award was given to a non-alumnus of the college.
[11] His receipt had generated controversy among professors and alumni, among them Professor Michael Rosenthal and former Alumni Association President Harvey Rubin, an independent publisher who is the father of college alumni
James and
Elizabeth Rubin . Since then, only alumni of the college are eligible for the award.
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