A Note from Dame Lynne Brindley- Master Dear PCFNA friends, We are still glowing here in Pembroke from the wonderful Blackstone lecture given by Lord Neuberger, the President of the Supreme Court on Saturday last, in the Pichette theatre.  The whole event was a great success, with attendance from some of the most distinguished […]

A Note From Tom Herman Dear North American Pembrokians:  It is with great sadness that I must report the death of the Pembroke College Foundation’s founding chairman, Jim Hester.  Jim died last Wednesday at his home in Princeton at the age of 90. In addition to his extraordinary professional accomplishments and many civic contributions (see below obituary for […]

Senator Richard G. Lugar Speech to the Fulbright Association on the occasion of the acceptance of the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding The George Washington University Jack Morton Auditorium November 10, 2016     *****   I am deeply honored to receive the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding. I thank the Fulbright Association and the […]

Our own prolific – and prodigious – Walter Isaacson ’74 is out with a great new book. The Innovators, something of a sequel to his best-selling biography of Steve Jobs, is the fascinating story of the people who created the computer and the Internet, or as Walter puts it in his subtitle, “how a group […]

Terry Slesinski-Wykowski ’82, was recently profiled in the Trinity 2014 issue of Oxford Today. Terry, who recently became a trustee of the Pembroke College Foundation, Inc., lives in Houston, TX, where she is a principal of the Oxford Consulting Group, a management consultancy, and is the Chair of the Houston Oxford Society.   To read Terry’s profile click on […]

Michelle Peluso ’93 has been named to the Board of Directors of NIKE, Inc., the Beaverton, Oregon-based designer and distributor of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. “Michelle’s leadership experience in marketing, branding, innovation and digital media for global brands makes her an outstanding addition to our board,” said Philip Knight, NIKE co-founder and chairman, in […]

Jimmy Fallon crashed the stage at the Montauk Music Festival last weekend to sing a song with North American Pembrokian, David Cavalier ’91. When not leading a cutting-edge biotech firm and various charitable pursuits, Mr. Cavalier plays lead guitar for the rock band, the East End All Stars. Here’s a video of the collaboration with Mr. […]

Tim Griffin (’90) won the Republican nomination for Arkansas Lt. Governor on May 20, decisively defeating two primary opponents.  Tim will face former Arkansas state highway commissioner John Burkhalter, who won the Democratic nomination unopposed, in November’s general election. For more, please see the following link connects you to Tim’s post-election interview on Arkansas’ WTHV TV. http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2014/05/20/arkansas-gop-picks-griffin-for-lieutenant-governor/9355965/ […]

Come meet the new Master! Pembroke College Alumni Evening in Palo Alto Dame Lynne Brindley, DBE Saturday 17th May 2014 at 6.30 pm Gravity Restaurant and Wine Bar 544 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA94301 Dame Lynne will give an account of her early impressions of Pembroke, touch on her career as CEO of the British Library and […]

Dame Lynne Brindley, Pembroke’s Master, was welcomed on her first US visit as Pembroke’s Master by several dozen North American Pembrokians at a New York reception during the Oxford University North American weekend on April 12. The affair was hosted by Chris Rokos ’89 at his beautiful SoHo apartment on a warm, early spring Saturday […]