Membership
Membership in the Penn Club is restricted to alumni, faculty, full-time staff, and students over the age of 21 of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as alumni of a short list of affiliated schools, such as Franklin & Marshall College, Johns Hopkins University, MIT, the University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Richmond. The Club offers legacy memberships to spouses, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren and siblings of University of Pennsylvania-affiliated members.
All members enjoy full use of the clubhouse facilities and its services, except for the gymnasium for which the Club outsources the operations and charges additional fees. The club includes two bars, two restaurants, five banquet/meeting rooms, 39 guestrooms, a business center, and massage and athletic facilities. Members may use the squash courts at the Yale Club of New York City. Members also have access to more than 150 reciprocal private clubs worldwide.
Today, the Penn Club has more than 5,000 members around the world.
The Penn Club is owned by its members, although The University of Pennsylvania owns the clubhouse building and leases it to the Club. The Club is a 501(c)7 not-for-profit entity.
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