The Philolexian Society of Columbia University
Tao Tan
Investment executive; Columbia College Alumni Association Board; trustee of the Museum of Chinese in America.
From Notable Alumni · Foundation editorial
Investment executive; Columbia College Alumni Association Board; trustee of the Museum of Chinese in America
Vital
- Full name
- Tao Tan
Columbia & the Society
- Columbia
- Class of 2007 (Columbia College)
- Society role
- Presented the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement to Wm. Theodore de Bary '41 at the Society's annual dinner.
Works (4)
- 2025 “Legislation Can’t Solve All of Academia’s Problems” · AEI Center for the Future of the American University
- 2025 “Private Universities Can’t Survive Without Public Support” · AEI Center for the Future of the American University
- 2026 “How a Few Foundations Shape American Higher Education” · AEI Center for the Future of the American University
- 2026 “Introducing SOURCE” · AEI database tracking foundation funding to higher ed
Primary sources
Columbia College Today & other articles
Columbia College Today — vol. 51, 'Around the Quads: De Bary Honored'
Tao Tan '07, '11 Business, a former student of de Bary's, presented the award.
CCT names Tao Tan as the presenter of the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement to Wm. Theodore de Bary '41 at the Society's annual dinner (Union Theological Seminary, April 17). A former student of de Bary's. Society role: award presenter at an annual dinner — presumes active Society membership/participation.
The Foundation's research archive
correspondence
Tan, Tao · Confidence: CERTAIN
other_printed (philolexian roll of members 1963-2021)
struck through by hand · Confidence: CERTAIN
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