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→ August 14, 2024
Quick bit of news regarding another esteemed Pembrokian “on the move”. Pembroke College Foundation Trustee, Congressman Josh Gottheimer ’96 recently told Axios that he is “strongly considering” running for Governor of New Jersey. Read more about Axios’ scoop here — https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/josh-gottheimer-new-jersey-governor North America’s Pembrokians wish you well, Josh! Good luck!
→ August 11, 2024
ON THE ROAD WITH SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG ‘05 U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg ’05 was joined by Pembroke College Foundation president Tom Herman ’71 in Freeport, Maine, in August as Buttigieg visited a highway bridge construction site funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. “Maine is the 50th state I’ve visited as Secretary – and being […]
→ May 20, 2024
One of Pembroke’s very own has perhaps the most important and sensitive job in the United States government this year: protecting the security and integrity of the 2024 elections. As Director of the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency , or CISA, Jen Easterly ‘90 leads the U.S. government’s efforts to understand and reduce […]
→ October 23, 2023
GREAT NEWS…HOT OFF THE PRESS! The World University Rankings are out…and Oxford University was just named the world’s top university for a record, eighth year in a row. You can read a bit about this amazing accomplishment via the university’s alumni portal. Or you can see for yourself here…and also check out how the […]
→ January 16, 2023
Cong. Josh Gottheimer ’96 (D-NJ), a trustee of the Pembroke College Foundation, is a leader of a bipartisan group of centrist representatives in Congress and is expected to play a key role in getting any legislation passed in today’s sharply divided congress. Josh is the subject of a flattering profile in Politico Magazine. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/13/josh-gottheimer-congress-power-player-00074987
→ November 15, 2022
Mid-term election day, November 8, was Victory Day for Pembrokians Josh Gottheimer ‘96 and Tim Griffin ‘90. Josh, a Democrat representing New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, convincingly defeated his Republican opponent with 54% of the vote in a “purple” constituency in a suburban and exurban district stretching north and […]
→ April 3, 2022
Congratulations to the Blues for ending a 4-year drought and beating Cambridge’s men’s crew in The Boat Race this morning! For photos of the race….click here For a recap of the historic win…click here Oxford’s women’s eight gave it a valiant effort, but came up just short this year. …And now the training for 2023’s race […]
→ March 20, 2021
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 […]
→ March 8, 2021
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 […]
→ February 4, 2021
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 […]