The first Pan American Round Table (PART) was founded by Florence Terry Griswold in San Antonio, Texas on October 16, 1916. Mrs. Griswold never relinquished her vision of having many Pan American Round Tables established in every Republic of the Western Hemisphere. She zealously urged that the organization advance from the local Table, to a strong state structure and then to expand into a united framework in which the women of the Americas, "would forge an unbroken chain of friendship reaching the length of the hemisphere."

The Pan American Round Table

Louis Terry Marchbanks

        The second Table was founded in Laredo, Texas, in June 21, 1921, followed by El Paso, Texas in November 1921. Today the institution includes 17 countries and Puerto Rico. Pan American Round Table promotes education, fosters mutual knowledge, understanding and friendship among the countries of the Americas. Our objective is to increase the formation of Pan American Round Tables in the Americas and serve as a liaison between affiliated Tables in matters of common interest.