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[[Image:Obamacollege.jpg|thumb|right|Boermer (right), in the apartment he shared with Obama. Inset: Boermer today]]

'''Phil Boerner''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1984|84]] was [[Barack Obama]]'s roommate during the Fall of [[1981]]. Both students transferred to Columbia from Occidental College, and lived together in a third-story walkup on 109th St. between [[Amsterdam Avenue]] and Columbus. They also hung out at [[Tom's]], the [[West End]], and in New York's bookstores and museums. After their first semester at Columbia, Obama was only able to find another apartment with room for one. He continued to hang out with Boerner, watching and talking sports, until the two lost contact in [[1985]]. Boerner now lives in California, where he is communications director for a veterinary association.

==External links==
*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan_feb09/alumni_corner Boerner's account of living with Obama] in ''[[Columbia College Today]]''

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