The national celebrity profile of South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg,’05 (subject of a North American Pembrokian profile last year), keeps increasing.  Fresh off an overwhelming re-election victory in November, Pete is, according to New York magazine, one of 10 young leaders cited by the magazine as the future of the Democratic Party, and possibly […]

Pembroke’s Tim Griffin ’90 was overwhelmingly elected Arkansas’ Lieutenant Governor on November 4. Tim defeated Democrat John Burkhalter and Libertarian Chris Olson. Tim, a two term congressman, succeeded former Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who resigned last year amid an ethics investigation. Tim is keeping up something of a Pembroke tradition – Win Rockefeller ’69, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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/ […]

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 […]

When Michael Ponsor ‘69 arrived at Pembroke as a Rhodes Scholar, fresh out of Harvard, his plan was to become a medievalist and a novelist. Some 45 years and a distinguished legal career later, he has returned to the youthful ambition from which he was diverted with the publication last year of his first novel, […]

Congressman Tim Griffin ’90, R-Ark., has announced he is running for Lt. Governor of Arkansas. Tim, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 and re-elected in 2012, currently represents the 2nd Arkansas district in Congress. He had previously announced he would not run for re-election for that job. Tim told The […]

Sen. Dick Lugar ’54 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on November 20, 2013, by President Obama, who praised Dick  for being a pragmatic voice in a time of “unrelenting partisanship.” “Dick Lugar’s decency, his commitment to bipartisan problem solving, stand as a model of what public service ought to […]