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[4] [5] Rosencrans served on the C-SPAN board for nearly 40 years and was designated its chairman emeritus until his death. [4] [8] Rosencrans' role at UA-Columbia was eliminated when the company split in 1984. He started the cable multiple system operator Columbia International, which sold in 1995 for an estimated $600 million. [1]
[2] [6] Oliver would retire from Fox the following year and afterward taught journalism at Columbia University, Hunter College and New York University. He died in a hospice care facility on November 11, 2016, aged 77, from complications of a stroke.
A History of Columbia University: 1754–1904. London, England: Macmillan Company. McCaughey, Robert (2003). Stand, Columbia : A History of Columbia University in the City of New York. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-13008-2. Moore, Nathanal Fischer (1846). A Historical Sketch of Columbia. New York, New York: Columbia ...
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, [8] is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States.
Michael H. Stone was born in Syracuse, New York, on October 27, 1933. [2] He acquired his B.A. from Cornell University in 1954, where he was mentored by Professor Harry Caplan in Latin and Greek, and completed medical school at Cornell University in 1958.
From 1978 to 1986, he was Chairman of Friends of Columbia Soccer. Presently, Columbia awards an Annual Men's Soccer Prize in his name. [26] On 12 October 2013, Columbia University named its soccer venue at the school’s Baker Athletics Complex as the Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium. [27] In 2015, he was named a NYC Soccer Gala Honouree. [28]
He was a founder of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club, [4] one of the leading amateur rugby clubs in America. In 1964, he obtained a master's degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. [5] He was head coach of Columbia's football team, the Columbia Lions from 1974 to 1979.
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.