2021 Alumni Medalist Awards

Columbia Alumni Medalists are recognized for building Columbia's community - whether regionally, online, in specific Schools, or in cross-campus initiatives. Recipients are honored at University Commencement and at the Alumni Medalists Gala during Columbia Alumni Leaders Weekend. For more information about this award, visit the Columbia Alumni Association.

Michelle Estilo Kaiser
Michelle Estilo Kaiser

1987 Columbia College
1992 Mailman School of Public Health 
1997 Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ralph S. Kaslick
Ralph S. Kaslick

1956 Columbia College
1959, 1962 College of Dental Medicine 

Stanley Shih-Chieh Ko
Stanley Shih-Chieh Ko

1999 Business School

Thomas Lo
Thomas Lo

2008 Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Paul Neely
Paul Neely

1970 School of Journalism
1970 Business School

Nina Rothschild
Nina Rothschild

1986 Barnard College
1990 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
1992, 2000 Mailman School of Public Health

Yiting Shen
Yiting Shen

2001, 2002 The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Cynthia S. Stuen
Cynthia S. Stuen

1987 School of Social Work

Pavan C. Surapaneni
Pavan C. Surapaneni

2006 School of General Studies

Kyriakos Tsakopoulos
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos

1993 Columbia College