Columbia University Club of New York
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| Formation | 1901 |
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| Type | University alumni club |
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Area served | New York metropolitan area |
| Website | http://www.columbiaclub.org |
The Columbia University Club of New York is a private university alumni club that extends membership to all graduates (and their families) of all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University, as well as Columbia undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty[1] and administrators. The Club has more than 2,500 Columbia members representing all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University.
Members benefit from numerous business and professional opportunities,[2] and use of the Princeton Club of New York in Midtown Manhattan, which contains a lounge, business center, library, bar, formal and casual dining rooms, conference and meeting rooms, event rooms, overnight guestrooms, a complete athletic facility with two international squash courts, and reciprocal use[3] of various clubs throughout the world.
History
The Columbia University Club was founded in 1901 by recent graduates of Columbia University.[4] The Club had 1,000 members in 1910 and moved to a large clubhouse in Gramercy Park until 1915, when it moved to 4 West 43rd St. It remained there until 1973, when, in need of capital, it sold the building to the Unification Church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. It subsequently entered into agreements for its members to use first the Women's National Republican Club and then the Williams Club, before finally doing so with its present arrangement with the Princeton Club (detailed below),[5] which also allows members of the New York University Club,[6] and the Williams Club[7] to do the same. Due to renewed interest in the Club from Columbia University’s alumni, the Club has experienced significant growth in recent years. As of December 2005, it has over 2,500 members.[8]
Affiliation with Princeton Club
For the past several years, the Columbia University Club has operated under an affiliation agreement with the Princeton Club, which allows the Columbia University Club to reside and maintain operations at the Princeton Club and allows its members full use of the Princeton Club's facilities. In early 2012, the Club entered into to an amended 3-year affiliation agreement with the Princeton Club, which resulted in, among other things, significantly lower dues for Columbia University Club members and increased Columbia branding throughout the clubhouse, such as more Columbia photos and paintings in the clubhouse and several rooms named after notable Columbia alumni. The Columbia University Club is administered by its Board of Governors and maintains its own administrative committees, which are separate and distinct from the administration of the Princeton Club.
Membership
Membership at the Columbia University Club is open to all alumni (and their families) of all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University, as well as undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and administrators.
Notable members have included:
- Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University (2002), President of the University of Michigan, Provost of Dartmouth College, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, named defendant in U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger
- Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University president (1902-1945), Republican presidential candidate, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, Columbia University president (1948-1953), United States president (1953-1961)
- Frank Hogan, district attorney of New York County (1924)
- Jack Kerouac, famous beat poet (1950)
- William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the New York City subway (1879)
- George Rupp, Columbia University president (1993-2002)
- David Stern, NBA commissioner (1984–2014)
See also
- Cornell Club of New York
- Harvard Club of Boston
- Harvard Club of New York
- List of American gentlemen's clubs
- Penn Club of New York City
- Princeton Club of New York
- Yale Club of New York City
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.stblaw.com/siteContent.cfm?contentID=3&itemID=76&focusID=3449
- ↑ Eduard Lindeman, "Wealth & Culture", Transaction Books, (1988)
- ↑ http://www.columbiaclub.org/reciprocal.htm
- ↑ "A History of Columbia University", Columbia University Press (1904)
- ↑ http://www.columbiaclub.org/History.htm
- ↑ http://www.princetonclub.com/nyualumni
- ↑ http://www.williamsclub.org
- ↑ http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2005/12/09/columbia-club-new-york-settles-down-and-takes