Pforzheimer House
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Pforzheimer House, nicknamed PfoHo (FOE-hoe) and formerly named North House, is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. It was named in 1995 for Carol K. and Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr, major University and Radcliffe College benefactors, and their family.
Pforzheimer House | |
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Residential House at Harvard University | |
Harvard University | |
Location | 56 Linnaean Street |
Coordinates | 42°22′55″N 71°07′29″W |
Motto | Latin: Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat (sometimes stylized as "pFortes pFortuna Adiuvat") |
Established | 1970 (as North House) |
Named for | Carol K. and Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. |
Previous names | North House, Radcliffe Quadrangle |
Colours | Red, Black, White |
Faculty Deans | Erica Chenoweth Zoe Marks |
Undergraduates | approx. 400 |
Called | Pfohosers (also: Pfohomies) |
Website | pfoho |
Located in the Radcliffe Quadrangle, PfoHo comprises Ada Louise Comstock, Daniel Henry Holmes, Mary Buckminster Moors, and Wolbach Halls, in addition to Faculty Row and the Jordan North and South buildings.
PfoHo's shield features black and crimson squares on a crimson and black field; its mascots are the polar bear and the Pf bigram. The current Faculty Deans are Anne Harrington and her husband, John Durant.