Mirron (Mike) Alexandroff

Last updated
Mirron Alexandroff
Born1923
DiedApril 20, 2001
Other namesMike Alexandroff
OccupationPresident
Years active1961–1992
Employer Columbia College
Known for7th President of Columbia College

Mirron Alexandroff [1] (1923 - April 20, 2001) was an American educator and the sixth president of Columbia College Chicago. Succeeding his father, Norman Alexandroff, as the president of the college in 1961, Mirron Alexandroff is highly credited for reinventing the school as a liberal-arts college with a "hands-on minds-on" approach to arts and media education with a progressive social agenda.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barnard College</span> Private womens liberal arts college in the United States

Barnard College, officially titled as Barnard College, Columbia University, is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia University's trustees to create an affiliated college named after Columbia's recently deceased 10th president, Frederick A.P. Barnard. The college is one of the original Seven Sisters—seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that were historically women's colleges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Columbia University</span> Private university in New York City

Columbia University, officially titled as Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York, the fifth-oldest in the United States, and one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">School of the Art Institute of Chicago</span> Private art school in Chicago, Illinois

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and school, SAIC has been accredited since 1936 by the Higher Learning Commission, by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1944, and by the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) since the associations founding in 1991. Additionally it is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. In a 2002 survey conducted by Columbia University's National Arts Journalism Program, SAIC was named the “most influential art school” in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacques Barzun</span> French-born American historian

Jacques Martin Barzun was a French-born American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. He wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, and classical music, and was also known as a philosopher of education. In the book Teacher in America (1945), Barzun influenced the training of schoolteachers in the United States.

Columbia College may refer to one of several institutions of higher education in North America:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Columbia University School of General Studies</span> Undergraduate school of Columbia University in New York City

The School of General Studies, Columbia University (GS) is a liberal arts college and one of the undergraduate colleges of Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights, New York City. GS is known primarily for its traditional B.A. program for non-traditional students. GS students make up almost 30% of the Columbia undergraduate population.

David Bicknell Truman was an American academic who served as the 15th president of Mount Holyoke College from 1969–1978. He is also known for his role as a Columbia University administrator during the Columbia University protests of 1968. Truman was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lewis University</span> Private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university in Romeoville, Illinois

Lewis University is a private Lasallian university in Romeoville, Illinois. It enrolls around 6,800 students in more than 80 undergraduate programs, 22 graduate programs, and accelerated programs for working adults.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Columbia College Chicago</span> Private art college in Chicago, Illinois

Columbia College Chicago is a private art college in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1890, it has 6,493 students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roosevelt University</span> Private university in Chicago, U.S.

Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university enrolls around 6,000 students between its undergraduate and graduate programs. Roosevelt is home to the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Columbia College Hollywood (CCH) is a private college in Los Angeles, California. It is one of only 20 film institutions in the United States that have been awarded full membership by the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Judith Shapiro</span>

Judith R. Shapiro is a former President of Barnard College, a liberal arts college for women at Columbia University; as President of Barnard, she was also an academic dean within the university. She was also a professor of anthropology at Barnard. Shapiro became Barnard's 6th president in 1994 after a teaching career at Bryn Mawr College where she was chair of the Department of Anthropology. After serving as Acting Dean of the Undergraduate College in 1985-6, she was Provost, the chief academic officer, from 1986 until 1994. Debora L. Spar was appointed to replace Shapiro, effective July 1, 2008.

Stephen Beal is an American artist recognized for his colorful grid paintings. In addition to his artistic career, Beal is an educator and since 2008 has been the president of the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland, California.

Flashpoint Chicago was a campus of Columbia College Hollywood, a private liberal arts college with a focus on communication, media arts, and contemporary storytelling. Flashpoint Chicago was located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It closed at the end of the 2021–2022 academic year.

Ernestine Friedl was an American anthropologist, author, and professor. She served as the president of both the American Ethnological Society (1967) and the American Anthropological Association (1974–1975). Friedl was also the first female Dean of Arts and Sciences and Trinity College at Duke University, and was a James B. Duke Professor Emerita. A building on Duke's campus, housing the departments of African and African American Studies, Cultural Anthropology, the Latino/Latina Studies program, and Literature was named in her honor in 2008. Her major interests included gender roles, rural life in modern Greece, and the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.

Norman Alexandroff was Jewish-Russian immigrant to the United States who became known as a radio broadcaster in the early 20th century and a developer of the radio broadcasting curriculum at the Pestalozzi Froebel Teachers College and the Columbia College of Expression in Chicago, Illinois. When the Pestalozzi Froebel Teachers College and the Columbia College of Expression separated in 1944, Alexandroff became the fifth president of Columbia College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zafra M. Lerman</span> American chemist and humanitarian

Zafra M. Lerman is an American chemist, educator, and humanitarian. She is the President of the Malta Conferences Foundation, which aims to promote peace by bringing together scientists from otherwise hostile countries to discuss science and foster international scientific and technical collaboration. From 1986 to 2010, she chaired the American Chemical Society's Subcommittee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights. She has been successful in preventing executions, releasing prisoners of conscience from jail and bringing dissidents to freedom. She is the recipient of many awards for education and science diplomacy, including the 1999 Presidential Award from U.S. President Clinton, the 2005 Nyholm Prize for Education from the Royal Society of Chemistry (England), the 2015 Science Diplomacy Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the 2016 Andrei Sakharov Award for human rights from the American Physical Society (APS), the 2016 United Nations NOVUS Award for the 16th Sustainable Development Goal: Peace and Justice, and the 2017 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hardy R. Franklin</span> American librarian

Hardy Rogers Franklin was an American librarian and served as president of the American Library Association from 1993 to 1994.

Warrick L. Carter, PhD(néWarrick Livingston Carter; May 6, 1942 – July 15, 2017) was an American music educator, executive, and president of Columbia College Chicago.

References

Academic offices
Preceded by President of Columbia College Chicago
1960 - 1992
Succeeded by