U.S. Postal Service to Dedicate Columbia Postal Card, March 25
The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the 250th anniversary of Columbia University 's founding with a new postal card created in its honor. The event will take place at 3 p.m. , Thursday, March 25, at Low Memorial Library, Faculty Room. The Columbia University-stamped card is the 56th in the long-running USPS Historic Preservation series, which began in 1977 with the issuance of the 9-cent Federal Court House (Galveston, Texas) stamped card.
Ceremony participants include: Donna M. Peak, vice president of finance and controller for the U.S. Postal Service; Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia University; David Dinkins, former mayor of New York City; the Impact Repertory Theater; and Notes and Keys, an undergraduate a cappella group.
