The Pembroke College Foundation is very sad to report the death of Damon Wells, CBE, ’61,  An Honorary Fellow of Pembroke, Damon died in Houston, his hometown.  He was 84. Official obituary and funeral details can be found here  A philanthropist, businessman, and award-winning biographer of Stephen Douglas, Damon was one of the most significant […]

Stephen Tuck, Pembroke’s celebrated Professor of Modern History, joined Terry Slesinski-Wykowski ’82, at Hunter College for the third time this past April for Hunter Professor David Hodges’ class, “The Anthropology of the Civil Rights Movement”. Stephen was among other prominent voices in the study and struggle for racial equality as guests this past semester in […]

Please join us and help spread the word  to fellow Oxonians, as well as friends, family and other interested folks in your circle. Pembroke College, Oxford in partnership with Oxford University, is hosting an all-star panel of experts to discuss “Democracy in Crisis: Prospects for democracy in a post-COVID World” on May 20th at 1:30 pm Eastern time […]

A very public Pembroke alumni reunion was held on national television on March 18 when U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg ’05 was interviewed by Walter Isaacson ’74 on the PBS program, Amanpour & Co. Pete discussed with Walter his vision of the infrastructure opportunities the funds allocated to transportation by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan as the nation’s fourth […]

To complement his insightful biographies of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Ben Franklin, Walter Isaacson ’74 has authored The Code Breaker— an in-depth account of the life and career of scientist Jennifer Doudna, co-creator of CRISPR and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.   Walter’s biography is already receiving wonderful, advance reviews and […]

The leadership ranks of the Pembroke College Foundation are all the stronger with the recent addition of Marc Mezvinsky ’00 to the Executive Committee.  Marc graciously accepted the newly created role of Vice President, the first in our foundation’s history. When Marc isn’t chasing private equity deals for TPG’s Tech Adjacencies fund, he can be […]

“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” — Oprah Winfrey The intangible power of Pembroke has always resided in it’s uniquely “jolly”, earnest, authentic, multifaceted community. Help Pembroke harness this power and tap back into it yourself by volunteering to become a MENTOR. It’s easy.  All you have to […]

We are proud to announce that Walter Isaacson ’74 has graciously agreed to serve as the next Chairman of the Pembroke College Foundation of North America.   Walter will be only the second Chairman in the Foundation’s 37-year history, following in the footsteps of Senator Richard Lugar ’54.  Senator Lugar had originally accepted the mantle of […]

Approved by the Senate today (86-13), Pembroke’s own Pete Buttigieg ’05 made history as the first openly LGBTQ Cabinet member in US history. At age 39, Buttigieg is also the first millennial and second youngest Cabinet member in history –following a trail blazed by 35 year-old Robert F. Kennedy who was confirmed as US Attorney General in 1961. […]

Season’s Greetings We know that some American alumni would like to become a part of the new College History that is being prepared for our 400th Anniversary in 2024. To be listed in the volume as an Early Subscriber, please order your copy here. If you would like to tax-efficiently support the College’s future through […]