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In 1983, Boyle became chairwoman of Columbia's board of directors [1] (a position she ultimately retained for 36 years, until her death in 2019). Boyle started starring in commercials for the company in 1984. [2] In the ads she stars as Ma Boyle, who is "One Tough Mother" and uses her son as a test dummy for new products.
Robert Agostinelli – co-founder of Rhone Group and Friends of Israel Initiative; His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Amedeo of Belgium (M.B.A.) – eldest grandson of King Albert II of Belgium and Archduke of Austria and Prince of Hungary [1]
Nancy Wexler (born 19 July 1945) [1] FRCP is an American geneticist and the Higgins Professor of Neuropsychology in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, best known for her involvement in the discovery of the location of the gene that causes Huntington's disease.
Whilst working at the Harlem Hospital Center Williams established the Stroke Center of Excellence. [4] Williams founded the Hip Hop Stroke programme, a National Institutes of Health funded initiative which developed a school-based stroke education programme to teach children about stroke. [3] [5] The school programme reached 12,000 children. [6]
Child was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on January 15, 1902, to Bertha Cushing and Charles Tripler Child. [1] When he and his twin brother Charles were six months old, their father died and their mother relocated them with her to her family's home in Boston.
The history of Columbia University began prior to its founding in 1754 in New York City as King's College, by royal charter of King George II of Great Britain. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in New York state , and the fifth-oldest in the United States .
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He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in June 2019. [1] He was the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West. [1] He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House US New York. He translated the Vimalakirti Sutra from the Tibetan Kanjur into English.