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Columbia College, Columbia University alumni

  • Jay RasuloJames A. Rasulo grew up in New York before earning a degree in economics from Columbia University. He later pursued an MA in economics and an MBA at the…
  • Barack ObamaBarack Obama was born on the 4th of August 1961 at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, making him the only person to become…
  • Jack KerouacOn the 17th of May 1928, a six-year-old boy named Jack Kerouac knelt in a church pew in Lowell, Massachusetts. He made his first Confession that day and…
  • Joseph CampbellIn 1929, Joseph Campbell moved into a rented shack in Woodstock, New York. The structure lacked running water and relied on scattered wells for its supply.
  • Jerry FodorJerry Alan Fodor was born in New York City on the 22nd of April 1935. He grew up in a Jewish household and pursued his undergraduate studies at Columbia…
  • George Templeton StrongGeorge Templeton Strong entered the world at 50 Franklin Street in New York City on the 26th of January 1820. His family background placed him within the…
  • Sean LennonSean Taro Ono Lennon entered the world at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan on the 9th of October 1975. This date marked his father John Lennon's…
  • James S. ShapiroJames S. Shapiro was born in 1955 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Midwood High School before earning his bachelor's degree from Columbia…
  • William Ordway PartridgeWilliam Ordway Partridge entered the world on the 11th of April 1861, in Paris. His father served as the Paris representative for the New York City…
  • Richard G. Salomon (professor of Asian studies)Richard G. Salomon received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Oriental Studies from Columbia University in 1970. He added a minor in Religion to that…
  • Beau WillimonPack Beauregard Willimon was born on the 26th of October 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia. His father served as a captain in the United States Navy and moved the…
  • Eric FonerEric Foner was born on the 7th of February 1943 in New York City. His father Jack D. Foner worked actively within the trade union movement and campaigned for…
  • Nicholas Murray ButlerNicholas Murray Butler was born on the 2nd of April 1862 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. His father Henry worked as a manufacturing worker while his mother Mary…