the return of the college
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The Return of the College. Lecture # 15 March 11, 2014 Alma Mater/Spring 2014. Edward Harkness (1879-1940), Yale 1899, Columbia Law School; benefactor of elite educational institutions in interwar period, including residences at Yale, Harvard; also Butler Library . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Edward Harkness (1879-1940), Yale 1899, Columbia Law School; benefactor of elite educational institutions in interwar period,
including residences at Yale, Harvard; also Butler Library
Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943), Harvard president, 1909-1933; critic of research university model and PhD
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977), Oberlin College, Yale Law School; head of University of Chicago, 1929-1950
Ben Johnson (CC 1933-35, 1936-38), Track star, world record holder in 60 yard dash, greeting Olympian Jesse Owens, 1937
Columbia basketball team, 1930-31, included Captain George Gregory, ‘31 and Lou Bender, 32’ Law ‘35,
All-American 1931.
George E. Woodberry, Columbia English Department, 1891-1904, early critic of professorial professionalization
Jacques Barzun (1907-2012), CC 1927;Columbia cultural historian, 1930-1969
taught “Colloquium on Important Books” with Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling (1905-1975), CC 1925, PhD 1932Columbia English Department, 1934-1975,
taught “Colloquium on Important Books” with Jacques Barzun
Theodore Wm. De Bary (1919-), CC 1941Columbia East Asian East Asian scholar, 1953-
Helped create Oriental Civilzations course in 1950s