Columbia University Club of New York

Columbia University Club of New York
Formation 1901 (1901)
Type University alumni club
Location
Area served
 New York metropolitan area
Website http://www.columbiaclub.org

The Columbia University Club of New York is a university alumni club that extends membership to all graduates (and their families) of all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University, as well as Columbia undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty[1] and administrators. The Club has more than 2,500 Columbia members representing all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University.

Members benefit from numerous business and professional opportunities,[2] and use of the Princeton Club of New York in Midtown Manhattan, which contains a lounge, business center, library, bar, formal and casual dining rooms, conference and meeting rooms, event rooms, overnight guestrooms, a complete athletic facility with two international squash courts, and reciprocal use[3] of various clubs throughout the world.

Annual dinner to the retiring governors of the Columbia University Club. April 24, 1928.

History

The Columbia University Club was founded in 1901 by recent graduates of Columbia University.[4] The Club had 1,000 members in 1910 and moved to a large clubhouse in Gramercy Park until 1915, when it moved to 4 West 43rd St. It remained there until 1973, when, in need of capital, it sold the building to the Unification Church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. It subsequently entered into agreements for its members to use first the Women's National Republican Club and then the Williams Club, before finally doing so with its present arrangement with the Princeton Club (detailed below),[5] which also allows members of the New York University Club,[6] and the Williams Club[7] to do the same. Due to renewed interest in the Club from Columbia University’s alumni, the Club has experienced significant growth in recent years. As of December 2005, it has over 2,500 members.[8]

Affiliation with Princeton Club

For the past several years, the Columbia University Club has operated under an affiliation agreement with the Princeton Club, which allows the Columbia University Club to reside and maintain operations at the Princeton Club and allows its members full use of the Princeton Club's facilities. In early 2012, the Club entered into to an amended 3-year affiliation agreement with the Princeton Club, which resulted in, among other things, significantly lower dues for Columbia University Club members and increased Columbia branding throughout the clubhouse, such as more Columbia photos and paintings in the clubhouse and several rooms named after notable Columbia alumni. The Columbia University Club is administered by its Board of Governors and maintains its own administrative committees, which are separate and distinct from the administration of the Princeton Club.

Membership

Membership at the Columbia University Club is open to all alumni (and their families) of all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University, as well as undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and administrators.

Notable members have included:

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stblaw.com/siteContent.cfm?contentID=3&itemID=76&focusID=3449
  2. ↑ Eduard Lindeman, "Wealth & Culture", Transaction Books, (1988)
  3. ↑ http://www.columbiaclub.org/reciprocal.htm
  4. ↑ "A History of Columbia University", Columbia University Press (1904)
  5. ↑ http://www.columbiaclub.org/History.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.princetonclub.com/nyualumni
  7. ↑ http://www.williamsclub.org
  8. ↑ http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2005/12/09/columbia-club-new-york-settles-down-and-takes
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