Preservation Alumni is an independent organization of friends and alumni of the Columbia University Historic Preservation Program. For more than 20 years, PA has worked to support and enrich the Historic Preservation program at Columbia University by advising and assisting students, faculty and alumni of the program. PA also seeks to advance preservation as a diverse field of public and professional endeavor.

PA provides a number of specific benefits to students in the program, including grants for program support and the rare book collection at Avery Library; student grants and awards; a student mentoring program and the largest alumni network of preservation professionals in the country. We provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and dissemination of information concerning the program, the field, and current preservation topics and issues by means of e-mail updates, newsletters, annual meetings, conferences, lectures and notification of employment opportunities.

Next Preservation Alumni event:

PA Spring Party - May 8th, 2008 @ 6:30 pm

Merchant's House Museum - 29 East 4th Street