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2011 HONORARY DEGREES AND MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS

 

Columbia University conferred five honorary degrees and one Medals for Excellence at its University Commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 18, 2011:

Ornette Coleman
Doctor of Music
Joan Argetsinger Steitz
Doctor of Science
Martin Meisel
Doctor of Letters
Keith Thomas
Doctor of Letters
Eleanor Jackson Piel
Doctor of Laws
Lydia Polgreen
Medal for Excellence
 
2011 PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
 

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching are awarded to current Columbia faculty who have had a significant influence on the intellectual development of students at the University. These awards recognize teaching excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Mary Sheila S. Coronel
Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in
Investigative Journalism
Graduate School of Journalism

Kenneth B. Frampton
Ware Professor of Architecture
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Richard A. Korb
Senior Lecturer in German in the Department of Germanic Languages
Department of Germanic Languages

Richard Locke
Professor of Professional Practice in Writing
School of the Arts

Jill S. Shapiro
Lecturer in the Discipline of Ecology, Evolution and
Environmental Biology
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
 

2011 ALUMNI MEDALISTS

 

Columbia University presented 11 Alumni Medals at its University Commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 18, 2011:

Lisa Phillips Davis
1976 B.A. Barnard College
Neil L. Selinger, Esq.
1975 B.A. Columbia College
Susan K. Feagin
1974 B.A. School of General Studies
Kaspar F. Speckle
1964 M.B.A. Columbia Business School
Margot H. Jaffe, D.D.S.
1980 D.D.S., 1981 D.M. and 1985 D.M. College of Dental Medicine
Jian Ni "Nina" Sun
2001 M.I.A. International and Public Affairs
Gertrude G. "G.G." Michelson
1947 LL.B. Columbia Law School
Dale Chakarian Turza
1974 M.A. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Mark Albert Momjian
1983 B.A. Columbia College
1986 J.D. Columbia Law School
Martha G. Welch, M.D.
1971 M.D. College of Physicians & Surgeons
Daniel V. Schiavello
1975 B.S. and 1976 M.S. Engineering and Applied Science