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She remained president until 1988 and additionally, was chairwoman of the company's board of directors from 1983 [1] until her death in 2019. Starting in the 1980s, she appeared in a series of advertisements for Columbia Sportswear with her son, Timothy Boyle, often humorously testing the quality and durability of their products. She was also a ...
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 .
Joe Brandt was born in New York to Jewish parents, Daniel and Rosa Brandenburg. After obtaining a law degree from New York University and being admitted to the New York bar association in 1906, [2] Brandt spent seven years working for Hampton's Advertising Agency.
Fields was the first African American woman to earn tenure at Columbia University. She has also taught at Northwestern University , the University of Michigan , and the University of Mississippi . She is widely known for her 1990 essay, "Slavery, Race and Ideology in the United States of America."
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.
Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha (née Watkins) Clark (1806–1877). She moved with her family to Canandaigua, New York, when she was about two years old.
Katherine Williams Phillips (March 4, 1972 – January 15, 2020) [1] was an American business theorist and the Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character at Columbia University's Business School. She headed the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia, and was Senior Vice Dean. [2] [3] [4]
In 1928, the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center opened its doors in a building largely funded by Harkness. Set on land in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center was the first place in the world to provide facilities for patient care, medical education, and research all under one roof. It was the ...