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COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY
WWII & COLUMBIA
(Opposite) Columbia
competes against the
Midshipmen’s School
during winter 1943–
44. (Clockwise from
top left) John R. Dunning
’34 GSAS (right)
describes to George
Pegram (Class of
1903) his “atomic
pinball machine,”
which he used to explain
atomic energy
to the public; Army
reserve students
take an exam prior
to going on active
duty, May 1943;
Frank D. Fackenthal
(Class of 1906), who
was acting president
of Columbia from
1945–48, receives
a plaque from the
Navy Department
“for effective cooperation
in training
of naval personnel
during World War
II”; students buy
war bonds in 1942;
children study a 1948
exhibit dealing with
Columbia’s role in
the atomic energy
program; Valentine
Diehl ’41, a Marine
lieutenant, recruits
students in February
1942.
PHOTOS: (OPPOSITE)
PHILIP S. LACY; (CLOCK-
WISE FROM TOP LEFT)
COLUMBIA PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICE;
ALUMNI FEDERATION OF
COLUMBIA UNIVER-
SITY; MANNY WARMAN,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY;
JOHN MLADINOV ’43,
’43E; MANNY WARMAN,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY;
JACK M. LEWIS ’42,
’43E, ALL COURTESY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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