HARVARD · EST. 1999
The Oak Club
The Oak Club is a collection of talented, diverse, and socially conscious individuals devoted to cultivating close relationships, developing character, and pursuing excellence at Harvard and beyond.
Member LoginA brief history of the Oak Club
Bringing together individuals across communities at Harvard since 1999, the Oak Club at Harvard University currently has over 300 alumni globally.
Originally founded as a chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity by Mike Tringe and Carmelo Tringali, the organization officially took the Oak Club moniker in 2005, maintaining the goal to bring together diverse individuals of strong character from across campus to develop deep and meaningful lifelong friendships. Originally an all-male club, in 2017 undergraduate and alumni members voted for the organization to embrace gender neutral admissions policies.
Oak alumni live and work in numerous states and countries and have thrived as leaders in finance, law, medicine, politics, and the arts.
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As an alumni organization we seek to create opportunities for Oak alumni to continue to deepen relationships, to offer alumni from disparate class years to get to know each other, and to offer mentorship relationships between alumni and between alumni and undergraduate students.
Annual events sponsored by the alumni organization include:
- A tailgate at the Harvard–Yale game
- A summer alumni retreat
- A reunion happy hour
- Monthly virtual “apps”
- An annual final dinner, in conjunction with the undergraduate organization
For any questions, or if you are a DU/Oak alum not currently on our mailing list, please email alumnioftheoak@gmail.com.