Pamela B Buffett

Pamela Bartling Buffett, the lead donor on the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, was one of 10 people inducted into the Omaha Central High School Hall of Fame on Oct. 7 2016. A 1960 graduate of Central High, Pamela was recognized for her support of the cancer center and for starting the Rebecca Susan Buffett Foundation in memory of her late daughter. Pamela and her late husband, Fred Buffett, had two daughters, Sarah and Rebecca. The foundation supports many organizations that serve people with mental illnesses, provides scholarships for higher education and serves underprivileged children through the Northstar Foundation and Girls Inc. in Omaha. Motivated by a deep connection to serving mankind, Pamela Buffett has been particularly drawn to social justice organizations, scholarships that connect students to an education, and improving the quality of life for people with special needs. Buffett is a 1964 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences. She was a kindergarten teacher in the Chicago area for 25 years. Fred Buffett was a humanitarian and a passionate marathon runner. He died in 1997 of kidney cancer. He was a first cousin to Warren Buffett. Their fathers, Fred W. Buffett, and Howard Buffett, respectively, were brothers. Pamela Buffett lives in Beverly Hills, Calif., with her husband, Dusty Fleming, also originally from Omaha.