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Columbia's Steinman Honored by CoSIDA
Courtesy of CoSIDA.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Former Columbia
University Sports Information Director Bill
Steinman will receive his Lifetime Achievement Award from
the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on
July 5 in San Francisco, Calif.
The CoSIDA Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to members who
have served a minimum of 25 years in the profession and have
retired or left the field.
Steinman was employed at Columbia from 1970-2008, serving in the
sports information office for nearly 40 years. He rose to the
director of sports information and now serves as the historian.
During his nearly 38 years in the industry, Steinman attended more
than 25 CoSIDA workshops, beginning with New Orleans in the
mid-1970s.
Steinman is a living legend in the sports information field. His
encyclopedia-like knowledge of more than four decades of Columbia
athletics history is unparalleled and his passion for Columbia,
even in retirement, is as strong as ever.
Not only is Steinman fantastic at his craft, he is an equally
outstanding mentor. Assistant directors, interns and even student
workers have learned under his guidance and proceeded to become
legends in their own right.
The roster of his protégés reads like a Who’s
Who in the communications field: a national writer for the
Associated Press, head of communications at IBM, official scorer
for the New York Jets and Yankees, and director of internal
communications at Citigroup.
Steinman’s 40 years at Columbia have left an indelible
imprint on the athletics program and he is a true hall of fame
personality at Columbia.
