Ellen B. Strickler ’78 Loan Assistance Fund Established
Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 have made a generous gift to Columbia Business School to establish the fund in honor of Ms. Strickler’s mother.
School Remembers Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
A 1949 Columbia Business School graduate and a member School’s Board of Overseers, the senior senator from New Jersey died on June 3 due to complications from viral pneumonia.
Annual Dinner Raises $3.2 Million
Held on Monday, May 6, at the Waldorf Astoria, the event drew 173 gifts in total, including gifts from 53 new donors.
Graduate Business Association Commends Five with New Award
The GBA Commendations were created to recognize students, faculty members, and staff members for outstanding contributions to the Columbia Business School community.
Ronald O. Perelman Pledges $100 Million Toward Manhattanville
Along with Class of 1969 alumnus Henry R. Kravis’s $100 million contribution, the gift is the largest in the School’s history.
Eccles Prizes Awarded to Three Professors
Daron Acemoglu of MIT and James A. Robinson of Harvard were recognized for their book, Why Nations Fail, while Columbia’s Paul Tetlock was honored for his research on finance.
Alumni Set New Attendance Record at Reunion
With the help of 526 class committee volunteers, this year’s event drew a record crowd: 2,400 alumni and guests for the three-day weekend, April 19–21.
