The 76th San Francisco Boat Race dinner celebrates the 157th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. It promises to be a fine affair in the elegant ambience of the University Club atop Nob Hill in the heart of San Francisco. The University Club is located at Powell and California Streets, adjacent to the Fairmont Hotel.

Sheldon Rothblatt, Professor of History Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, will be the distinguished guest speaker. Professor Rothblatt is a renowned scholar of British and European History and author of many books, including "Education's Abiding Moral Dilemma", "The Modern University and Its Discontents", and "The Revolution of the Dons: Cambridge and Society in Victorian England".

Co-chairs are Dennis Bonney (Hertford, Oxford) and Peter Robinson (Fitzwilliam, Cambridge).

Cocktails are at 5:30 pm and dinner will be served at 7:15 pm. The Boat Race video will be played before dinner at 6:15 pm and again after dinner.

Dress - Black Tie Preferred

RSVP by April 3rd 2011

The dinner, including wine, is $95 for adults and $89 for seniors and students. Special rates are available for bookings made by March 12th 2011. Note that there is a limit of one accompanying guest for each Oxford or Cambridge alumnus.

If you have difficulty with the online payment system, please visit www.oxcam.org, print out the flyer and mail it with a check to the Treasurer, Alexander Driskill-Smith. For other queries about payment, contact him by email at treasurer@oxcam.org or telephone at (408) 807-4402.