Father Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C.
Professor of History& Political Science

Has been invited to speak to the National Congress of Mexico about American foreign policy which he did with his usual cheerful tart honesty. Fluent in Spanish. Legendary clarinet player. Once ran a college in Chile. Expert in Latin American politics. Teaches foreign policy and international organizations. Just back from Uganda. Often advises his brother-in-law on foreign policy, for which U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy is grateful, or so Leahy says when he visits classes on The Bluff. “In class I want to perform, learn, be excited, synthesize unusual things, create room for my students, challenge them, break them off familiar tracks, bring them to new spaces, let them realize how incredibly insightful they are,” says Claude. “They have no idea how creative they are. The classroom is an experiment and what happens there is like a fine wine — a great course here persists past the class, past graduation, into a life. It’s a precious start for something that may end up really extraordinary.”