Memories tagged “Reunion”

50th Class Reunion On May 18-19, 1999, the Class of 1949 celebrated our 50th graduation ceremony. On May 18, 1999, I was nominated to give out the 1999 graduation pins to all the seniors of the graduating class of 1999...

Columbia College 1999

Financial Aid: Thanks, `55 Without substantial financial aid, I would not have been able to attend college. About a third of my education was underwritten by a most generous scholarship sponsored by the Class of 1955. Whenever I meet a...

Columbia College 1965

Financial Aid Quite simply, I could not have even considered coming to Columbia but for having qualified for a Ford Foundation grant in 1952. The program sought high school juniors a year or more younger than their classmates (I had...

Columbia College 1956

First Mother at the J-School Can youthful dreams come true? In my case, yes. When I was a student at the Philadelphia High School for Girls, I heard of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and dreamed of going there. But...

Graduate School of Journalism 1960

Inflation As I remember it, my Columbia tuition in 1935 was $300. I appreciated what inflation meant when I paid $500 for my 50th reunion in 1985 at Harriman House!

Columbia College 1939, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science 1940

Taps Columbia was probably more interesting than other university campuses musically not just because it was in the middle of a thriving musical marketplace but because musical things happened so serendipitously and had such unexpectedly pleasant consequences. As a freshman,...

Columbia College 1967

The Beauty Part For me, now celebrating the 50th reunion of the College’s class of 1956, the most beautiful site on campus was and remains the Casa Italiana in general, and its Teatro in particular. I was honored to serve...

Columbia College 1956