AROuNd ThE quAdS <strong>Columbia</strong> CollEgE Today aluMni in the newS n robert K. Kraft ’63 has donated $20 million to Partners HealthCare, a Boston-based nonprofit health care system. The owner of the New England Patriots hopes his donation will galvanize states and philanthropists to invest in programs through which doctors and nurses impact a broader community, instead of specializing and joining private practices. In an interview with Boston.com, Kraft noted that while patients arrive from overseas <strong>for</strong> Boston’s elite medical care, “people living in our own communities aren’t treated properly” due to lack of access. The funds will create the Kraft Family National Center <strong>for</strong> Leadership and Training in Community Health, supporting medical practitioners caring <strong>for</strong> more than 200,000 patients. It also covers up to $50,000 in medical student loan debt in exchange <strong>for</strong> two to three years of service providing care <strong>for</strong> the community. n Goldman Sachs lost a star executive with the retirement of richard ruzika ’81, head of the Special Sit- CaMpuS newS n sciEncE: Amber D. Miller, the Walter LeCroy Jr. Associate Professor of Physics, has been appointed Dean of <strong>Science</strong> <strong>for</strong> the Faculty of Arts and <strong>Science</strong>s. Nicholas Dirks, e.v.p. <strong>for</strong> Arts and <strong>Science</strong>s, said when announcing Miller’s appointment on March 1, “Amber will be charged in part with figuring out how to make sure the core departments are fully supported and make sure the newer initiatives feed back with an organic continuity in relation to the departmental needs.” Since Miller joined <strong>Columbia</strong> in 2002, she has worked on the Faculty Budget Group, the Space Planning Committee and the Academic Rev- iew Committee, and chaired the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and <strong>Science</strong>s. Her current re- uations Group, in April. Ruzika had spent nearly 30 years at the Wall Street firm. Only one year after graduating from <strong>Columbia</strong>, Ruzika joined J. Aron, which was acquired by Goldman in 1982. He climbed up the ranks, beginning as a silver and gold trader, and was named head of Global Commodities in 2000 and co-head of Global Macro Trading in 2006 be<strong>for</strong>e his final appointment leading the Special Situations Group in 2007. In announcing his retirement, The New York Times noted that Ruzika’s division “is known <strong>for</strong> its typically profitable deal on everything from golf courses to Texas wind power companies.” Ruzika received a John Jay Award <strong>for</strong> distinguished professional achievement in 2006. n To wish Elliott schwartz ’57 a happy birthday, the Portland Symphony Orchestra commissioned a score by him that premiered in January. His reflective composition, Diamond Jubilee, looks back on his 75-year journey through music. A resident of Maine, Schwartz search involves a 6,000-lb. telescope that will capture light from the hot plasma, near Antarctica, that was left over from the big bang. Miller has received an NSF Career Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and the <strong>Columbia</strong> Distinguished Faculty Award. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and recently was the chief science adviser to the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau. n indigEnous: This spring, the Center <strong>for</strong> the Study of Ethnicity and Race (columbia.edu/cu/cser) presented a public <strong>for</strong>um <strong>for</strong> speakers on indigenous rights. CSER Director Frances Negrón-Muntaner called it “a milestone both <strong>for</strong> the <strong>University</strong> and the larger commu- Tracy V. Maitland ’82, president and chief investment officer of Advent Capital Management, received the Black Alumni Heritage Award at the Black Alumni Council’s annual reception, held at Faculty House on February 24. PhOTO: COLIN SuLLIVAN ’11 MAY/JUNE 2011 10 Elliott Schwartz ’57 PhOTO: ERIK JORgENSEN has taught at Bowdoin since 1964, where he is the Robert K. Beckwith Professor of Music Emeritus and has been president of the <strong>College</strong> Music Society and national chair of the American Society of <strong>University</strong> Composers. Schwartz’s work has been acquired by the Library of Congress <strong>for</strong> its permanent collection. n Matthew fox ’89, who starred in the TV series Lost, made his stage debut in London’s Vaude- nity.” The <strong>for</strong>um was part of CSER’s Native American/Indigenous Studies Project and hosted three speakers — one each in February, March and April —working in academia, the arts and the political sphere. The <strong>for</strong>um was made possible through the funding of Daniel Press ’64, who <strong>for</strong> the last four decades has practiced Indian law and has worked on Native American economic issues on behalf of tribes throughout the country. n longEVitY: The International Longevity Center, a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 by the late Dr. Robert N. Butler ’49, ’53 P&S, an expert on aging who’s credited with coining the term “ageism,” will be trans<strong>for</strong>med into an interdisciplinary center on aging headquartered at the Mailman School of Public Health. Discussions were under way <strong>for</strong> the move at the time of Butler’s death last July (college.columbia.edu/cct/ sep_oct10/obituaries1). n 100 YEars: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the <strong>University</strong> Archives commenced a yearlong, three-part exhibit, “<strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong>: 100 Years of Collecting,” on February 15. Part I, open until Friday, May 27, is “Alma Mater: Origins,” which explores the beginnings of King’s <strong>College</strong> and feature ele- ville Theatre in March. Fox played Bobby in Neil LaBute’s latest play, In a Forest Dark and Deep. The play was billed as a “dark comedy of sibling rivalry” that “escalates into a psychological thriller bursting with savage conflict.” Fox’s intense per<strong>for</strong>mance with co-star Olivia Williams was well received by British critics. n dennis hirsch ’85, a law professor at Capital <strong>University</strong>, was featured in an interview in Columbus Business First in January. Hirsch specializes in privacy and environmental law, and was awarded a Fulbright Senior Professorship Grant last year to lecture at the <strong>University</strong> of Amsterdam and research Dutch in<strong>for</strong>mation privacy regulation. In the interview, Hirsch shared his views on the challenges and recent innovations in privacy regulation, including Internet privacy, and suggested that the United States can learn a great deal from the system in place in the Netherlands. Atti Viragh ’12 GS ments from student life, the origins of the Core Curriculum and the movement to coeducation. Items on view include a lottery book that recorded the funds raised to establish the <strong>College</strong> in 1748 and The Book of Misdemeanors, used to record student infractions in 1771. Two distinguished international alumni, Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Class of 1906) and V.K. Wellington Koo (Class of 1908, Class of 1912 GSAS) are profiled. The full exhibit will close on Fri - day, December 23. For more in<strong>for</strong>- mation and updates on Parts II and III, visit library.columbia.edu/news/ exhibitions/2011/20110323_univ ersity_archives_origins.html. n said rooM: Room 616 in But ler Library is now the Edward W. Said Reading Room, in memory of the late <strong>University</strong> Professor. The collection houses nearly 3,000 volumes ranging from classic literature, music and fine arts to politics, religion and history. In addition to the Reading Room, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library is opening a selection of Said’s notes and marginalia <strong>for</strong> public viewing. Said taught at <strong>Columbia</strong> from 1963 until his death in 2003. He wrote more than 20 books, among them the classic Orientalism, an in-depth examination of how the West per- ceived the East.
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