Tag Archives: Columbia sports information
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison (Sportswriter. Born, McKeesport, PA, Aug. 4, 1895; died, New York, NY, Oct. 6, 1931.) A prominent sportswriter in the 1920s, James Renwick Harrison covered the “Murderers Row” 1927 Yankees for The New York Times. Harrison wrote for the campus daily (the Spectator) at Columbia and became its managing editor as a senior in […]
Philip J. Burke
Philip J. Burke (Public relations. Born, Yonkers, NY, Jan. 11, 1935; died, Millville, DE, Aug. 23, 2000.) A Fordham graduate who became Columbia’s sports information director, Philip John Burke was sports editor of the Sunday Sun of Teaneck, N.J., from 1958-60. Burke was with Columbia for over four years (1960-64) before joining the public relations staff […]
