INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Fall - Winter TIMES 2008 - 2009 The Newsletter for Friends & Alumni of International House

Programs on Peace & Politics Spark Debates and Dialogue at I-House Inside esidents, alumni, and community members are filling I-House to capacity for an expanded schedule of high-profile events focusing on peace and politics worldwide. Prominent officials, activists, artists, authors and academics have shared insights Enclosure R on their work to promote peace, and, “World of Difference” Donor Wall combined with public screenings of U.S. 2007-2008 Honor Roll of Donors Presidential Debates and Election Night results, have sparked dialogue on a range of global challenges. Officials Provide Perspective President Michelle Bachelet of Chile spoke to a standing-room only crowd New grant at I-House in June as part of her UC supports Berkeley visit exploring green technologies for energy independence. “In contrast “greening” to the 1960s and 1990s, Chile has not interns. President Michelle Bachelet of Chile addressed an admiring come here to ask for aid,” President Page 3 crowd at I-House in June. Bachelet told the audience…“[but] to form an association between Chile and California as part of a new relationship.” Following her I-House remarks, which also addressed her unique status as the first woman to be elected to the Chilean Presidency, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau presented Batchelet with the Berkeley Ephrem Shifa, a Civil Enginering student from Ethiopia, Medal, the campus’s highest honor. was one of ten students who released doves prior to the October 12th Sunday Supper honoring the Peace Projects of I-House residents. Doves symbolize hope for world Congressman Tom Campbell was the peace and the release ceremony affirmed the mission of Edith Coliver featured speaker at a resident-alumni I-House to promote tolerance and peace. Festival of Lodestar Dinner held two days after the Cultures set for elections. The former Congressman, Residents Complete current professor, and former Dean of April 18, 2009. the Haas Business School, attracted 200 Peace Projects Page 3 attendees who appreciated hearing his In the summer of 2008 four I-House insights on the topic: What the U.S. residents completed international Peace Election Results Mean for America and the Projects, each made possible by $10,000 World. awards from Kathryn Wasserman Davis, a 1931-32 alumna of I-House New York, Elections Spur Discussions Vangie Canonizado Buell (left), a retired I-House which graciously facilitated the peace grants. U.S. Elections and speculation about staff member, and Evelyn Luluquisen (right). Reunions: ground-breaking firsts in the Presidential and Vice-Presidential contests fueled Filipinos in the East Bay authors Vangie Silicon Valley, Canonizado Buell and Evelyn Luluquisen 1970s, DC & active participation in the House’s public screenings of Presidential Debates and joined co-authors Ellie Hipol Luis and Callaghan Hall. Election Night Coverage, where residents Lillian Galedo to reflect on the lives Page 4 engaged in vigorous discussions and of Filipino immigrants at a September debate with a panel of resident and program. Speakers discussed the expert commentators. hardships, achievements, and activism of Filipino immigrants and their families. Activists, Artists, Authors, Academics Professor Daniel Kammen, UC energy Kennedy Family and resources expert, addressed Climate member Bobby Change and Peace in September and Author Chitra Shriver came explained the work of the Nobel Prize Divakaruni is to I-House in winning Intergovernmental Panel on October to address Climate Change. Alumna of the I-House resident, Ana Villareal, Mexico with debt relief and Cambodian and Vietnamese children during Peace Year. AIDS in Africa Spring 2009 programs will include Queen Noor of Jordan, Camp, her Davis Project for Peace. Page 5 and the lessons co-sponsored he has learned by with the Blum Center for Developing Imran Kahn Recipients shared stories of their adventures uniting politicians, Economies, and , Pakistani Bobby Shriver Cricket legend and political activist, with at the October I-House Resident Sunday celebrities, Supper. Ana Teresa Villareal from Mexico corporations, and governments around the Center for South Asia Studies. Visit http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/calendar for details. reports, “I think the most important the world in innovative ways. outcomes of my project are the friendships that were started among children from Remembering Professor George Lakoff discussed his book, The different nationalities and the development Betsy Bacon. Political Mind: Why You of their own interest in going to school and Page 5 Can’t Understand 21st learning each other’s language.” Her Peace Century American Politics Camp in Cambodia promoted friendship with an 18th Century among Cambodian and Vietnamese Brain in September. children in a town where communities were historically at odds. Jim Berk, filmmaker and producer of An By promoting cross-cultural play as a means Inconvenient Truth and for teaching tolerance, Villareal’s initiative Syriana, addressed the eased some of the tensions and cleared the topic of Film and Media way for healing through bilingual education Alumni News and Notes as Tools for Social Change in the context of sports and friendship. Over Page 6 in October. 200 children from both communities enrolled I-House Programs are coordinated by student Program Coordinators under the in a four-weekend football, volleyball, and art guidance of Program Director Dr. Liliane Koziol. Pictured (back row, from left): camp with one condition: to sign up, each In Memory Bahador Jafarpur (USA/Iran), Dake Li (China), Kylan Schroeder (USA), and Koichi child had to find a partner from the other Page 7 Tsunoda (Japan). Front row, from left: Pauline Loh (USA), Berengere Pedeprat- Lamenchinou (France), Dr. Liliane Koziol, and Lisa Fleming (USA). Continued on page 5. Executive Director’s Message

Navigating Across Cultures: Bridges to Opportunity Martha Hertelendy dedicates room honoring I was once counseled to wear a tie so Donna Rosenthal, former first lady of I-House people would conclude that the I-House Executive Director is a serious person. On Friday, June 27th Donna Rosenthal (IH Anyone who caught a glimpse of me at 1969-71), along with her husband, former I-House Executive Director Joe Lurie, came our fall orientation retreat as I trembled at the invitation of Board Member Martha on a steel cable suspended between Hertelendy to celebrate the unveiling of a two redwoods would have concluded plaque dedicating Donna’s former resident otherwise even if I had been clad in a room, #497, in her honor. A recent generous tuxedo! gift to the I-House Architectural Heritage Fund made by Ms. Hertelendy reserved this The activity was designed to demonstrate naming opportunity, a practice that was the importance of community. Frankly, launched four years ago and which has resulted the challenge looked impossible: two in thirty room dedications throughout the residents start from opposite ends, each House, raising $600,000 to support critical capital improvement projects. The text of clinging to a shaky lifeline which they the plaque now hanging outside room #497 exchange as they try to move past each is below. For more information on room other on the rope. There is no way to dedications visit http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/naming. accomplish this gracefully and there is no way to accomplish it without the help Dedicated to Donna Rosenthal of newfound friends who are lined along both sides of the rope to sustain and In honor of Donna Rosenthal (1969-71), author and encourage. My turn came: “Hey, Martin international journalist, whose mind and world were opened in Martin Brennan, Executive Director would you like to go?” extraordinary ways through experiences and friendships in this global village. In room 497, she imagined marrying a future I replied with great exaggeration, trying not to reveal my hesitancy, “Of course!” It I-House Executive Director. Donna’s dream came true when was only when I was virtually horizontal, yet still on the cable, that I fully realized the her husband, Joe Lurie was appointed I-House’s third Executive beauty of allowing the I-House community to sustain me. Director, serving from 1988 to 2007. This room dedication was made possible through the generous support of Martha The rope walk provides an apt metaphor for I-House. Our experience of learning to Sam Hertelendy, Vice Chair of the I-House Board of Directors move across cultures with respect and understanding is not a solo endeavor but the (2004-2008) who lives the I-House vision. fruit of many interactions within a supportive community. We learn to trust and accept. No need for a tie. Up from Down Under and Under the Dome The grace our residents demonstrate in navigating the challenges of crossing cultures is remarkable – even as they open new worlds of possibility for themselves and others Alumni couple Valerie Lank Forbes (IH through this path. This newsletter profiles the stories of many with such grace: Peace 1969-70) and Mel Forbes (IH 1969-70) Project scholars (pg. 1), Sustainability Interns (pg. 3), Alumna of the Year Chitra visited I-House from Australia in October and posed near their inscribed brick on Divakaruni (pg. 5), the founder of the Blum Center for Developing Economies, and the cafe patio (see below). The Forbes' I-House residents working with the Blum Center (pg. 5). son, Benjamin, lived at I-House in 2007- 08. To dedicate your own brick see the A former resident, Denny Gulick, now a Math professor, wrote to me recently about enclosed envelope or visit http://ihouse. his warm memories of I-House in the early 1960s, observing berkeley.edu/naming.

Nowadays, when the world is being split apart by nationalism and strife and misunderstanding, it is ever more important for young people of all cultures to be able to fraternize, understand, and appreciate each other.

This truth was honored when Denny and I joined with hundreds of guests and friends this September to remember Denny’s late aunt, the remarkable Betsy Bacon, who was a devoted champion of I-House through decades of service (pg. 5). Betsy’s life was a force for I-House. The fruit of her efforts still ripen as these comments from 2007-2008 resident Bruno Abreu Calfa attest:

…I-House has made a colossal change in my life. I have made friends from Campus Campaign Kicks-Off all over the world with whom I want to keep in touch for all my life. I understand much better what it is to respect other cultures. I have become UC Berkeley has announced a more interested in giving a helping hand to those who are in need and have ground-breaking campaign with a recently engaged in a community service as a volunteer. Now, I feel much $3 billion dollar fundraising goal more that I am a citizen of the world,…all thanks to I-House! Please, wish that represents the largest ever for a my compliments and acknowledgements to all those who make I-House an public university. The Campaign unforgettable place! for Berkeley kick-off for fundraising and alumni relations staff was held at International House on I am happy to extend my appreciation for all who keep the mission of I-House so September 9, just prior to a week vital and who make I-House “an unforgettable place.” Thank you to the alumni of public and private events to who carry the I-House community into their lives far from Berkeley. Thank you to highlight the aims of the campaign. the donors who support this community. Thank you to those who leave I-House Says Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, with the tolerance, respect, understanding, and international friendship that form the “We seek to raise $3 billion over the foundation of a more peaceful world. next five years to attract and retain Alumni relations staff from across campus heard Chancellor Birgeneau the country’s most distinguished announce Cal’s new campaign and its “Thanks to Berkeley” theme in faculty, expand opportunities for I-House’s Chevron Auditorium. exceptional students, support creative collaborations needed to solve pressing world issues, and strengthen UC Berkeley’s core mission to serve the societal good.” The campaign will involve all of the campus's 14 schools and colleges and numerous departments. Although I-House is a separate non-profit with 501(c)3 status, gifts made during the 2008 – June, 2013 campaign Martin Brennan timeline which are directed to I-House and credited through the UC Berkeley Foundation Executive Director will be included in campaign tallys and entitle donors to Campaign giving benefits. The “Thanks to Berkeley…” campaign theme enables the broad Cal community to share individual stories that together paint a portrait of the tremendous pride and gratitude so many have for Cal’s impact on creating opportunities, transforming lives and shaping a better world. Funds raised will also close the funding gap between UC Berkeley and its elite private peers, which have grown large endowments, and use them, in part, to compete for the nation's top students and professors. While UC Berkeley's endowment was $2.9 billion in 2007, Harvard University's was $34.9 billion. To learn more visit http://campaign.berkeley.edu.

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Grant Supports I-House “Greening” Projects Festival of Cultures A recent grant from the Chancellor’s batteries, & Cal Day are April 18 Advisory Committee on Sustainability is electronic helping I-House become more “green” and devices, and The Festival of Cultures at I-House and Cal Day on campus sustainable. Funding will compensate two clothing. He combine to make April 18, 2009 a great day to visit Berkeley. student interns each working five hours a also cites a Traditional dance performances, music, an international fashion week to research, promote, and evaluate recent donation show, consular tables, crafts, and tempting treats from around I-House projects to reduce energy, water of 600 compact the world are highlights of the Edith Coliver Festival of Cultures. and food waste, increase recycling, and florescent light Details at http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/springfest. heightened awareness of sustainability issues bulbs which and practices. Aman and Wanyi will help Student interns, Aman Goyal, an ensure residents environmental engineering grad student install to replace from India and Wanyi Zhao, a public policy less efficient Bret Strogen, member of the grad student from China, will also work standard bulbs “Green Team.” in conjunction with the campus Advisory in student desk Committee on Sustainability and the new lamps. UC Vice Chancellor for Sustainability Lisa McNeilly, in order to promote best practices “Most of us came to I-House in hopes of from residence halls and other universities learning to understand and help solve global with similar initiatives. Campus recently A UC Berkeley Sustainability grant is providing challenges,” says Green Team and Resident committed to reducing its greenhouse gas funds to employ residents Aman Goyal and Wanyi Council member, Bret Strogen, a Ph.D. emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2014. Zhao to promote “green” behavior at I-House. student in environmental engineering. “At I-House we have a strong calling to live “I’m looking forward to determining things “trayless dining” in August, eliminating lighter on the earth. It is important to like how many gallons of water or kilowatt- trays used for carrying plates in the I-House remember that today more than one billion hours of energy are used per resident each dining hall. Just two months after the The campus also opens its door to the community for Cal Day on members of our global community lack April 18 with free lectures, tours, and special activities. For more month,” says Aman. Wanyi says, “Together project’s inception, Director of Dining clean water, energy, food, and sanitation. information, see www.berkeley.edu/calday/. we’ll work with residents to promote Services, Gary Beitch, estimates that food Learning to be conscious of natural messages around sustainable practices and waste has decreased by approximately 30% resources, and to appreciate how much we create goals with fun incentives to inspire and kitchen use of hot water has decreased rely on them, is a first step.” and measure change…we can’t wait to get by more than 12,000 gallons per week by started!” not washing trays. Through these efforts I-House hopes to improve conservation and recycling activities Bay Area Hosts Needed Aman and Wanyi will also meet with Greg Rodolari, Director of Physical at I-House while educating residents on Friends and alumni of International House are invited resident and staff members of the I-House Operations, reports that recycling practices sustainability practices they can share in their to extend the hand of friendship to an international “Green Team” which was organized earlier at the House have expanded to include home communities around the world. student far from home by offering a holiday meal, this year. That group helped initiate collection of printer cartridges, cell phones, outings to local attractions, and, most of all, friendship. Support I-House greening goals by sharing advice To receive more information about the International and the stories of alumni who are leaders in the Friendship Program, please return the RSVP panel on Athletic Center Will Be North of I-House sustainability field. You can also reduce paper use by page 7 or email [email protected]. Construction to begin as early as January signing up for the I-House Times by e-mail. Visit our web site or write [email protected] for details.

A Wish Fulfilled! I-House Welcomes Alum Donates Projector and Screen 2008-2009 residents

An anonymous alumnus recently granted For 78 years, International House has opened a wish from the “Resident Wish List” (see its doors to students and scholars from below) included in our last newsletter. around the world. Some facts about this year’s Residents had asked for a quality screen residents: and film projector that would enhance the • 574 residents represent 65 countries House’s capacity to screen cross-cultural • 156 residents are from the USA films. After several meetings to select the • Men outnumber women, 57% to 43% most appropriate equipment, a state-of-the- art screen and high resolution projector with • 37 students are from China long range lens were installed in November • France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Norway and 2008. The new equipment will replace a Taiwan each have 19-36 residents screen damaged by years of heavy use and • Our diverse community includes students enable high-definition screenings in the from Burkina Faso, Estonia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Chevron Auditorium of films on Blu-ray Coast, Lebanon, Pakistan, Peru, Russia and disc format. “For the first time, I-House Thailand. will be able to use our projector booth at • 59% are grad students or visiting scholars the rear of the Auditorium to show high • 41% are undergraduates resolution films,” says Tim Lynch, Events • 18% receive I-House financial aid Manager. “After years of hoping we’d have this kind of technology, I’m thrilled that • 300 residents learned about the House and met fellow residents by participating in fall our residents’ wishes were fulfilled with this retreats An artist’s sketch shows the view of I-House from the new plaza on the rooftop of the Student-Athlete High generous gift.” The Resident Council is Performance Center. planning a film series in the spring to make Soon after tree-sitters gave up a 21-month with the campus through the planning and use of this much-appreciated new resource. protest to impede the removal of trees north construction processes and together we are of I-House in September, University officials aiming to minimize impact on I-House Country Contacts announced plans to speed up repairs to residents. The Athletics Department Resident Wish List Memorial Stadium and launch construction has been helpful in making presentations http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/countrycontacts of the Student-Athlete High Performance at I-House so everyone understands the The following list was compiled by residents as Center. Phase I of the project includes process.” items that would contribute to the quality of life of Are you looking for a contact in another construction of the $140 million center residents of I-House. Contact the Development Office country? The alumni listed on the website “Ultimately, we hope the House’s beginning as early as January, slated for for details if you might contribute or to help make noted above have volunteered to receive prominence next to such a popular venue completion in 2011. Phase II is retrofitting these dreams come true: inquiries from alumni living or traveling in should increase interest in and awareness and modernizing the stadium’s west side and  Film Projector and screen for Chevron Auditorium their area. of our mission and programs,” says is expected to be completed in 2014. • Wireless access technology for resident floors Development Director Shanti Corrigan. To volunteer to be a Country Contact or to • New concert grand piano for performances I-House Physical Operations Director Greg update your listing, contact Bethann Johnson at • Natural gas line to allow fires in the Great Hall Rodolari says, “We are in close contact [email protected]. fireplace • New sofas and drapes for the Great Hall • More field trips, like the trip to Google

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Silicon Valley reunion Connect to I-House Online! More than seventy alumni gathered Attendee and poolside in the stunning gardens of Board alumnus John member Atef Eltoukhy and his wife Fofa’s Pietrzyk (IH 1967) Woodside home for the first reunion said, “What a convened by I-House in Silicon Valley. fabulous venue and Guests included alumni from the 1950s to fascinating program! 2007, who enjoyed one another’s company, It’s always a pleasure international appetizers, and remarks from to re-connect with Board member Jawahar Gidwani (IH 1973- I-House…a place 76), Founding Chairman and CEO of many of us in Silicon NeoKismet, L.L.C. on Nanosolutions to the Valley can attribute Energy Crisis. Mr. Gidwani holds numerous to shaping our lives If you are a current or former resident of patents for nano-clean-energy generation in important ways. Alumni gather at the Woodside home of Board member Atef Eltoukhy. International House Berkeley you are welcome systems and was accompanied by his wife, I myself would never to join I-House@cal – a unique online Catherina Paolina (IH 1976), whom he met have joined the Peace Corps if not for my for another reunion in the area in 2009. community where you can: at I-House. I-House experience.” Enthusiasm among Check http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/reunions for participants has sparked initial planning updates. • Meet or re-connect with fellow alumni • Make new I-House friends in your area or while traveling 1970s Friends Hold Reunion • Share photos Stay at I-House • Plan reunions I-House alumni from 1976-1980 came shared stories of how I-House impacted • View or sign-up as an I-House Country together on June 21-22 for a weekend of their lives and enjoyed learning more about Plan a stay in one of two guestrooms Contact and re-experience International • Post announcements and job opportunities reunion activities including dim sum in San current and future projects on a tour of the • Share or ask for tips on navigating cultures Francisco, a walking tour of campus, and House. Kathryn and Maura and I-House House! Contact the Events Office at • Read blogs or add your own blog brunch with Executive Director, Martin look forward to welcoming an even larger (510) 642-0589 or email ihevents@ • Join an alumni club or create your own club Brennan and Director of Development, group for a scheduled 2010 Summer Solstice berkeley.edu. Guestrooms are popular Shanti Corrigan. The reunion, which weekend! so reserve well in advance. The site is affiliated with UC Berkeley so a was coordinated by Kathryn Anthony (IH Interested in planning your own alumni single sign-in connects you both to fellow 1976-79) and Maura Mack (IH 1976-78), reunion? Contact Shanti Corrigan at I-Housers as well as alumni from your brought together 35 alumni from around Alumni Gather in academic unit at Cal. [email protected] or (510) 642-0124. the globe. During brunch at I-House, they Washington DC The site includes access to the @calcafe – with many fun social networking tools – even the Karl Landstrom, who lived in the House chance to map your contacts world-wide. during its inaugural year in 1930 (see photo pg. 6), attended the Washington DC To Register for I-House@cal, visit: reception in May and recalled, “My year http://ihouseonline.berkeley.edu at I-House influenced me toward observing • For those with PINs printed on their mailing equality with others of different backgrounds address label of this newsletter, click on Sign in a lifetime involving various kinds of Up Today. (Your PIN is a unique number organizational and social relationships.” assigned to you by UC Berkeley when you complete a degree at Cal.) “There are so many of us – ‘The Ghosts of I-House Past’ – who are gathered behind • If you don’t have a PIN, click on Verify your you, cheering and urging your continued I-House residency to request an account. success,” remarked Alumna Joan Williams • Once you log in, join the I-House Berkeley Hoover (IH1949-53) at the gathering Alumni Group (see screenshot below) and of nearly fifty I-House alumni held in use other features of the @calcafé. Washington D.C.’s International Student House in May. The reception allowed former residents spanning 1930-2007 to connect with Karl Pister speaks at 65th anniversary of one another and to reminisce about their Callaghan Hall individual experiences of I-House. Martin Brennan, who hosted the event, recalls, From 1943-1945, International House was Professor and Dean of Cal’s College of “The vibrant emotional attachment to the rented to the Navy and renamed Callaghan Engineering and Chancellor Emeritus of UC House through every decade was palpable. Hall. Between 800 and 900 students in the Santa Cruz. It was very moving to see how quickly we V-12 Navy College Training Program then came together as family with I-House as the Dr. Pister unveiled a plaque commemorating lived in the House while completing their catalyst.” Callaghan Hall that states: degrees before being commissioned into the Navy and Marine Corps. During this era, “International House honors the service of the traditional I-House community moved these men to forge a world in which the Need help or want to provide feedback or to several fraternity houses. comments? Email [email protected]. spirit of brotherhood and the principles of I-House might be renewed.” We look forward to seeing you online! Callaghan Hall alumni gathered at I-House for an afternoon tea on July 31 to celebrate The plaque is mounted in the Dining Hall the 65th anniversary of Callaghan Hall. and the full text can be viewed at: http:// I-House’s popularity Dr. Karl Pister, who lived in Callaghan ihouse.berkeley.edu/a/events/callaghanhall/ Hall, was the guest speaker. He is a former grows across the Web

I-House's presence is expanding all across the Web. Not only is I-House ranked in the top 10 in Google for search phrase "Berkeley student housing" but we're also seeing an increased I-House couple Elvis Dieguez (IH 2000-02) and Satomi visibility on many social networking sites. You Tarumizu (IH 1999-2001) at the DC Reunion. can now view comments and testimonials from many of our residents, alumni and the Alumni Relations Director Shanti Corrigan public. Below is a sampling of sites that have screened the winning resident video from communities or information about I-House: 2007 in encapsulating “The I-House Experience.” An impromptu post-reunion • Facebook: www.facebook.com dinner kept more than a dozen participants • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com talking late into the evening. Shanti notes, • My Space: www.myspace.com “I’m lucky to be able to help alumni keep • Wikipedia: wikipedia.org connected to the mission of I-House, and • Yelp!: www.yelp.com am thrilled that our online community • YouTube: www.youtube.com/IHouseBerkeley and the initiative of alumni worldwide are

shaping new friendships – our world still We invite you to participate and keep us needs more understanding and peace.” posted about other networks that celebrate Contact Shanti at [email protected] or I-House Berkeley. See you on the Web! From Left: Joseph Woods (IH 1943-44), Richard Heggie (IH 1943-44) , Featured Speaker, Karl Pister (IH 1943-45), Al Garren (IH 1947-48), Zeph Rose (IH 1943-45), L.R. Cameto (IH 1943-45), Paul Grunland (IH 1943-45), C. Reed Robbins (510) 642-0124 to track or suggest future (IH 1943-45), Charles Tateosian (IH 1944) , Fred Lange (IH 1944-45), John Williamson (IH 1943-1945), Kirby West (IH reunions. See sidebar about joining the 1943-44). I-House @cal online community. 4 International House Times

House Honors Divakaruni and Blum at Gala Remembering Betsy Bacon Elderhostel 2009 Betsy Bade Bacon, Residence Director of International House for 27 years, passed The Berkeley Forum: The Power Triangle of away peacefully in Berkeley on May 30, India, China and the U.S. 2008, surrounded by her loving family. May 31-June 6 International House will host an Elderhostel Friends, family, and alumni gathered at program open to seniors ages 55 and better, International House on September 14 for a at which UC professors will explore the new celebration of Betsy Bacon’s life. geopolitics that drive relations among India, Executive Director Martin Brennan noted China, and the U.S. Co-sponsored by I-House, the UC Center for South Asia Studies, and the that Betsy did so much to make I-House Berkeley China Initiative. Field trips, classes, a home for thousands of students, “The meals, and accommodations are included in Chancellor Robert Birgeneau presents Alumna of the Global Citizen of the Year Richard Blum with I-House I-House family is grateful for the gift of the fee of $734 for the program, May 31-June 6. Year Chitra Divakaruni with a lifetime supply of Jell-O, resident Lia Marshall, a public health student at the UC Betsy Bacon.” in honor of her student days working in the Dining Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies. W. Sheridan Warrick, Executive Director Room where her favorite job was cutting Jell-O servings. Emeritus who worked with Betsy for a Two hundred and fifty guests gathered for Internationally renowned business leader, quarter century, recalled that Betsy loved the 20th Annual Celebration and Awards Richard Blum, was recognized for his the residents of I-House. “In her reserved Gala on April 16, 2008, honoring author dedication in combating global poverty but gracious and insightful ways, Betsy Bade Chitra Divakaruni as the Alumna of the Year and advancing educational opportunities in Bacon was a major figure at I-House and in and Richard Blum as Global Citizen of the developing countries for over three decades. the campus community. She was filled with Year. spirit for International House and for all that The night featured remarks from both it represents.” Chitra Divakaruni (IH 1978-79), award- honorees as well as performances by talented winning author and poet, was honored I-House residents who closed the evening for her work promoting cross-cultural with a lively Bhangra dance. The event Bob Wright (IH 1947-50) and Gene Hendrix (IH 1961-64) understanding through her best-selling raised more than $90,000 to benefit the were among the many I-House and Cal alumni who books and her work to combat violence House and its work in fostering cross- attended the June 2008 Elderhostel program on the Middle East. against women in India and the US. cultural respect and understanding. Elderhostel registration opens in January. Sign up early as the June 2008 program was fully enrolled with 55 “students,” including 30 Cal Letter from: Mason Gaffney (IH1948-52) alumni. For more information, visit the I-House web page or sign up to receive a flyer on the RSVP panel, page 7. “It has taken us 21 years to get to our wedding day,” says Stuart Gaffney. “My Mom and Dad, an inter-racial couple, Betsy Bacon during her retirement party in 1989. were only able to marry in California New Board Members thanks to a decision 60 years ago that Upon her retirement, Betsy said, “Meeting overturned a state law banning interracial people from all over the world went along couples from marrying. We take a lot of with my own education and interests. I International House Board of Members welcomed four new members at its fall inspiration from my mom and dad.” really feel it’s a privilege to work in such a unique and interesting environment.” She meeting: Mason and Estelle joined Stuart and John served as Residence Director at International Michaele James returns to the Board after to celebrate their June 17th marriage, one House from 1957 to 1968 and again having previously served as chair of the day after the California Supreme Court from 1974 to 1989. Years later, she was Technology Committee. A past recipient From left: Mason Gaffney (IH 1948-52) and Estelle overturned the state’s same-sex marriage frequently greeted warmly by alumni who of the YWCA Tribute to Women in Industry Lau (IH 1952), at the marriage of their son Stuart ban. Says Mason, “In his recent majority were grateful for her assistance and support. Award, Ms. James has served as an appointee Gaffney and John Lewis. opinion, the California Chief Justice On the day before she entered the hospital, to the California State IT Commission and as followed the argument of Stuart and a man came up to her at the de Young Vice President of Information Technology at Sun Microsystems. She is an active member I-House alumnus Mason Gaffney, John’s brief, and based his ruling on the Museum and expressed his gratitude for her of the Keiretsu Forum, investing in companies originally from New York, speaks from precedent of Perez v. Sharpe,” the same help in finding a room for him at I-House. experience when discussing “outdated laws with high growth potential in technology, ruling that made it possible for Mason healthcare, life sciences and real estate. that deny marriage between consenting and Estelle to marry in 1952. Mason Mr. Warrick recalled that he had suggested adults.” His wedding to his I-House continues, “Indirectly, with a little effort to Betsy that she write her memoirs but she Richard Dishnica, founder and president sweetheart, Estelle Lau, from Hawaii, was but not too much straining, you could declined, in typical Betsy manner, saying, “I of The Dishnica Company, LLC, a Bay Area housing and real estate consulting firm, has impossible until they, as close followers trace this ruling back to I-House.” enjoy the past, but I revel in the present.” of the 1948 Perez v. Sharpe legal case in served on the local and national levels of Betsy grew up in Berkeley and in San Diego, The Urban Land Institute. He was Director California, benefitted from this historic graduated from Pomona College (1945), of the National Multi-Housing Council and ruling to legalize inter-racial marriage in and pursued graduate work in history at is currently director of BlackRock Apartment California. Recently, Mason and Estelle’s UCLA. Her lifelong interest in people Value Fund III. Mr. Dishnica served on the son, Stuart, filed an amicus brief to the from other cultures was inspired by a year Board of Trustees of Children's Hospital California Supreme Court with his life spent circumnavigating the world by ship Foundation Oakland as its Treasurer and partner John Lewis, which was ultimately and living on her father’s archaeological Chairman of the Investment Committee and as a Commissioner on the Berkeley Landmarks part of the Court’s ruling to legalize same- dig in 1935 in what was then Palestine. Preservation Commission. sex marriage. Betsy’s extensive travels began with a 1000 Alex (Donald Wayne) Alexander, is Estelle Lau and Mason Gaffney at their mile bicycle trip through war-torn Europe owner and founder of Donald Alexander, I-House wedding in 1952. in 1949. She enjoyed camping, hiking, skiing, and playing the flute and was an avid Interior Designer, specializing in long-term relationships with commercial and residential member of the Sierra Club. For the past five Letters From.... clients. Mr. Alexander previously worked at years, she served on the Advisory Board of Kneedler-Fauchere, a Northern California Do you have a unique I-House story or do you know an I-House alum who The Bade Museum of Biblical Archaeology wholesale representative for numerous is doing something notable or amazing? Send a message to the editor at in Berkeley. companies including Yale Burge, Baccarat Crystal, Jack Lenore Larson, and Thaibok [email protected] or send a letter to Editor, I-House Development Office. Betsy was devoted to her family. At Silks. Mr. Alexander served on the Board the service, nieces and nephews recalled of Directors for the Friends of Filoli, where the special trips she arranged and her he helped to create The Wallace Sterling determination to teach them to ski, no Horticultural Library. matter how severe the weather might be. Robert Wong is Vice President of San Davis Peace Projects Continued from page 1 In 1968, Betsy married Wilbur Bacon, a Francisco architectural firm, BSA Architects, community. The results and challenges Peace Project award winners were honored Foreign Service expert with experience in specializing in domestic and international of the Peace Camp were evidenced on at the October 12th Sunday Supper. Since Korea. Wilbur passed away in 1973. Betsy community and hospitality projects. Mr. Children’s Day, which brought together 2007, Mrs. Davis has generously supported is survived by her brother, Cal Professor Wong, who has served on the House Committee for 20 years, is a returning Board more than 600 children, families, and local nearly 200 Peace Projects conducted by William G. Bade and his wife Eleanor of member. An avid UC Berkeley supporter, government officials at the concluding I-House residents and students from selected Berkeley and nieces and nephews. The Mr. Wong received his B.A. in architecture celebration. colleges and universities. The summer 2008 family suggests donations to International from Cal in 1968. A former Trustee of the UC program marked the first year that awards Sina Akhavan from the U.S. taught House or to the Bade Museum of Biblical Berkeley Foundation Board, he co-chaired were made available to I-House Berkeley employment skills in Kosovo, Ayse Ercumen Archaeology at the Pacific School of the 30th and 35th Reunion Campaigns and is residents. To apply for next summer’s Peace from Turkey improved water quality in Religion. currently working on his 40th Reunion. Project Awards, contact the Program Office Mumbai, India, and Aaron Sorenson taught or watch the website for an announcement. A bench in front of I-House will be creative writing to young writers in remote dedicated to Betsy Bacon thanks to a areas of Cambodia. generous memorial gift from Al Garren. 5 News & Notes

1930s Phillipe Rouesse (below right), his wife, Sophie, and their three children enjoyed meeting Executive Director, Martin Brennan (left) and touring the House in August. Before their visit, lifelong I-House friend and Board Member Kwei Ü and his wife, Michelle, hosted them at their summer home in British Columbia. The Rouesse family lives in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France.

Jemetha Clark Cosgrove and Rob Cosgrove (above) write, "We traveled for two years and then Jane Russell (above) met with Martin Brennan in traded travel for parenthood, until the two can June on a trip west to visit friends and enjoy the be more easily combined. Our son, Dashiell, is 9 San Francisco Opera. She said the visit “brought months old and I-House can definitely take some back terrific memories” and invites fellow alumni credit for him since Rob and I met at I-House!" now residing in Michigan to be in touch by e-mail More at: http://www.bazaarplanet.com to [email protected]. Prithvi Gandhi is Vice President of Corporate Arthur Stonehill Karl Landstrom (above), who lived in the House Peggy Hurley Smith who met her husband, writes, “During 1961-62, I Development for Zebra Technologies in Illinois during its inaugural year in 1930, attended the J. Bixby Smith, at I-House writes, “In September, was one of two graduate assistants and the other where he is responsible for corporate strategy and Rose Bird Washington DC reception in May and fondly 1948, a group of new I-House residents gathered was the late who became Chief Justice strategic investment activity. He lives in Chicago recalled dances in the Auditorium. “My year to go to the football game and I saw a man who of the California Supreme Court. I arranged with his wife, Tanya Menon, who is an associate at I-House influenced me toward observing looked familiar. It turned out that I had met him social and athletic activities and she did cultural professor at the University of Chicago Graduate equality with others of different backgrounds in a in the sixth grade in a small town near Prescott, programs.” He taught for 25 years at Oregon School of Business. State and after retiring, taught in Copenhagen lifetime involving various kinds of organizational Arizona. It is a small world! We became best John Hirsh, a professor of English at Georgetown and at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He and social relationships.” Among his many friends during grad school and were married in University, stayed at I-House during the summer returned to Hawaii in 2002 with his wife Kari, accomplishments, Col. Landstrom served as 1951 – and that was almost 57 years ago!” and initiated new program for I-House residents daughter, and granddaughter. Director of the Bureau of Land Management to volunteer as tutors in after-school programs in from 1961-63. Patricia Yee visited I-House in June. She recalled Oakland. Current resident Usree Bhattacharya 1960s her stay at I-House as well as the stories she had coordinates the program. heard from her aunt, Constance Lai Lim, who Thilo Maurer and Nicolien de Jager Maurer live lived in I-House in the 1940s. Patricia placed 1940s Michael Belton is retired from the National in Belgium, where Thilo works for the European the commemorative bricks that her family had Optical Observatory in Tucson and is President Commission as a budget officer. Nicolien writes, Robert Soule writes, “I well remember the great inscribed in memory of her aunt on the Café of Belton Space Exploration Initiatives, LLC, in “We met at I-House back in the fall of 1992, and days I spent at I-House in the late forties after Patio. returning from my stint in China during WWII. Tucson. Current projects include NASA’s NExT have been happily married for 11 years, with 6 It was a truly uplifting experience after being so and EPOXI missions to study cometary nuclei. wonderful children. We hope to show them the far away from home.” An expert in cometary physics, he specializes Send Us Your News! beautiful place where mommy and daddy met.” in ground-based telescopic and space-based Please send us YOUR news on the RSVP panel on page 7. Janet Wilson Owens was honored in May with a Congratulations to Chaitee Kusum Sengupta observations and interpretation. He participated Photos will be published as space allows. Lifetime of Achievement Award for her work with in the Mariner Venus/Mercury, Voyager, and and Berg "Pojken" Danielson who were married Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing for “her Galileo flight missions. on August 2 at I-House. Chaitee writes, “The effective, knowledgeable, and ceaseless activities in wedding was really wonderful and I-House was promoting affordable housing.” Janet served as a 1970s a perfect place to have it.” I-House has special part-time staff member, then President and board meaning for her family as Chaitee’s father, Dr. Richard Caldwell is the author of two new Sailes Sengupta, lived in the House in the sixties. member for the organization which provides books: Images in Juxtaposition and Journal of a Lay rental housing for low income families. Janet Contemplative (Authorhouse.com). Sonia Song, author of Donkey Baby: From Beijing also served as Executive Director of Non-Profit to Berkeley and Beyond (AuthorHouse, 2008), Housing of Northern California. Anthony Robinson is co-editor of Transformation: interweaves intimate personal experiences with A Journal of Literature, Ideas, & the Arts. major events in modern China. David Seaborg, author of Honor Thy Sowbug 1950s (Beatitude Press, 2008), writes, “I hope this 2000s volume, my first book of poetry, presents an alternative to American poetry of today.” Paolo Cioppa visited in August and recalled, “I always had a wonderful time at I-House and it was Deborah Sorondo writes, “This year I hosted two by far one of the best experiences of my life.” He is students from the U.K. as part of the I-House Manfred Eisenmann (above) and his wife, an associate in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Corporate Host Family Program - it was a great experience Department in New York. Veronica, enjoyed a visit to the House. He writes and wonderful way to re-connect with the House from their home in Ulm, Germany, “It was a after so many years. I hope other I-House alums Manolo Figallo will lead a Habitat for Humanity wonderful experience for me to be back ‘home,’ who live in the Bay Area will try it." construction trip to Braga, Portugal, in November. to meet the extremely friendly and helpful staff A computer professional living in the DC Metro people (who helped me find my name on the Note: See page 3 for more about opportunities area, he says, “I love leading these trips! I grew up donor sign) and, above all, to see the positive to host international students. in Pittsburgh, and this will be my fourth time to additions and changes within the building. Hidefumi Yamagami is a professor at the School Braga.” During dinner we talked to students from Peru of Economics at Kinki University in Osaka after a and Switzerland and loved the international Gunnar Engen and Maria Segaena Engen (above) 30-year career at the Bank of Tokyo and the Bank atmosphere.” As a student, Manfred was an Staff News met in I-House in 1956 and enjoyed returning of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. Stuart Pawsey with their daughter. They live in Plano, Texas, I-House Council member with . and Gunnar is retired from the U.S. Bureau of Dan Hoffman’s seventh book, That Summer Labor Statistics. of 1964 on the Island (PublishAmerica, 2008), 1980s recalls life as a marine biologist and professor at Bucknell University. Now a professor emeritus, Celebrate I-House he is writing Three Score and Ten: The Life of a Romance! Man which will include a short story about his experiences at I-House in the early 1960’s while Did you meet your spouse at I-House? We know of working on his master’s in zoology. more than 900 couples who met here and would love to add you to the list on the I-House Couples page: Eleanor Lew visited I-House in July and shared http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/a/notable/couples.html stories of the friendships she formed during her time in the House and the trips she has taken Welcome to Shirley Spiller, a Cal alum who Use the RSVP panel or email [email protected] to visit these friends. She enjoyed a reunion of joined the staff in March as Business Manager and and let us know when and how you met. I-House friends in Seattle. Khatharya Um (above), Associate Professor of Chief Financial Officer following an international Ethnic Studies, is Director of Berkeley Programs career in the private sector. She has served as Ron Olson, who lives in Rio de Janiero, traveled for Study Abroad and brings a passionate CFO for YUM Brand’s Latin America (the parent to Washington DC to see I-House friend, Irene commitment to international dialogue to her company for KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, among Kiyoaki Kikuchi served as Japan’s ambassador Bodrov Firsow who works as a Russian/English work. A specialist in Southeast Asian politics, others) and traveled the world as an international to the United Nations and President of the UN translator. He writes, “We last met 5 years ago conflict studies, and refugee issues, she was born auditor and financial analyst for PepsiCo. She is Security Council in 1987. He also served as when she came to see me in Rio. I also spent in Cambodia and fled with her family in 1975 fluent in Spanish and German and knows a bit Japan’s ambassador to the U.S., Canada, and time in London with another I-House friend, during the violent Khmer Rouge revolution. She of Portuguese. Shirley holds a BS in Business Mexico. His daughter visited in June to see the Christopher Ball. He continues to live in Cornwall earned a Ph.D. in political science at Berkeley, Administration from Berkeley and a Master’s in House and viewed her father’s original application near his 3 children and grandchildren. His becoming the first Cambodian-American woman International Management from Thunderbird from 1950. deceased wife, Gladys Krueb Ball, was also an to earn a doctorate in the U.S. School of Global Management. Says Shirley, I-House resident. I’m sure it’s not surprising to you Tetsuo Kondo, former Labor Minister of Japan, “Working in I-House is a marvelous way to use to learn how long-lasting I-House friendships are!” shared breakfast with Executive Director Martin 1990s my skills and gain new ones in an environment Brennan, Executive Director Emeritus Joe Lurie, that is connected to the whole world!” Christian Anheuser visited from Germany where and Board Member Martha Hertelendy during Gina Abrams, Human Resources Manager, he is Assistant Manager, Audit Commercial his April visit to Berkeley. He recalled close ties To find old friends received the Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award Clients, at KPMG in Frankfurt. with fellow Japanese students and venturing to sit Visit http://ihouseonline.berkeley.edu in April for her work as a member of the Berkeley with Americans to expand his connections with or send a note to the Development Office and we’ll Congratulations to Brian Clark and his wife, Initiative for Leadership on Diversity Steering students from different backgrounds. forward it. Address the envelope to your friend, c/o Michelle Sauve on the birth of their daughter, Committee. Chancellor Birgeneau presented the I-House Development Office. Breanna Anidawehi Clark-Suave on February award at a campus-wide gathering in the Chevron 24th. Their son, Micah, is three. Auditorium in I-House. 6 In Memory R.S.V.P. We hope to hear from you!

1930s Alumni Bishara Lawrence Your news for the next newsletter: Stuart Dufour July 24, 2008 December 29, 2007 President of B.M. Lawrence and Company, an international trading President Emeritus of Hartnell Community College, he enjoyed enterprise and member of the I-House Board of Directors. Originally ______traveling the world, gardening and was an active member in the from Jerusalem, he studied business at Cal before teaching at the community of Salinas CA. He endowed the Willna Graves Dufour Monterey Language Institute where, in his spare time, he started a Financial Aid Fund at I-House in memory of his late wife, a Cal company that grew into a successful international trading company. alumna who had great interest in international relations. Martin Brennan recalls, “Bish epitomized the I-House mission and ______made the I-House experience available to many who otherwise would not have had the opportunity.” Survived by his wife, Joan Lawrence. Czerna “Peggy” Flanagan March 13, 2008 ______A mathematician with the Naval Weapons Center in China Lake, CA, Marisa Lusiardo De Leon she resided in Ridgecrest, CA and remained devoted to International May 2, 2008 House throughout her life. Her I-House room will be named in her Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, she came to the U.S. to further her ______memory in recognition of her generosity. education, first earning a degree in Texas before coming to Cal for graduate degrees in physical therapy and dance. She established a Bruce Garnsey school for people with disabilities in 1941 and worked with children with disabilities. ______November 29, 2007 Santa Maria, CA John Zumwinkel ______George Hanley April 1, 2008 March 22, 2008 A high school teacher in Colorado and Alaska. In retirement, he Taught math and science in Bakersfield, CA, and then, after earning a managed a summer resort in Colorado in addition to working as a master’s at USC, served as a principal for six decades. Survived by his volunteer editor and writer for the Allenspark Wind. ______children and grandchildren. 1950s Alumni Marguerite Hayward Lemmon Walter Crafford ______September 14, 2008 April 15, 2008 Enjoyed world travel, live theater, walks through the Berkeley hills, and Earned his Ph. D. in Economics at Cal and lived in I-House where he hiking, skiing, and backpacking in the Sierras. A physics technician at met and married his lifelong partner, Bobbie. His career took many ______the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and at Oak Ridge, TN. Remained turns including working as an economist at Crocker-Anglo Bank; active all through her eighties with a feisty interest in politics. overseas work establishing MBA programs in Karachi, Pakistan; and then at the Asia Foundation in Sri Lanka. Survived by his wife, Barbara Hyde Crafford. ______Margaret de Longpre Moruza June 4, 2008 Originally from New York, Margaret met her future husband Tito in Lester McAllister the Great Hall in 1939. They shared a lifetime of adventures together January 4, 2008 ______– living in Spain and the U.S., working in international trade, moving Noted author and historian, Bethany College professor, professor to Germany to aid refugees, and remodeling their historic home in emeritus of church history, at Christian Theological Seminary. He was Spain. Their longest separation was while Tito served with U.S. a founding member of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society and ______Army Intelligence during WWII. They raised their children with an author of numerous books on Christianity. appreciation of the cultures of Spain and the U.S. and shared their Spanish heritage with ten grandchildren. Survived by her husband of 66 years, Anne Karina Taylor ______Col. Tito Gandarillas Moruza and children Scott, Marcell, and Paul. June 17, 2008 Co-founded the Wonderland Nursery School, one of the first racially Howard “Toby” Wong Louis integrated pre-schools in the Bay Area, taught Norwegian at Cal, August 15, 2008 loved Greek dancing, enjoyed traveling, and remained active in the ______Remembered for his generous spirit, boundless vitality, and efforts to Scandinavian American community throughout her life. Active in educate the public about the history of Chinese and Chinese Americans organizations including Women for Peace, the NAACP, and the in San Luis Obispo. Among the first group of residents to live at Mental Health Association of Alameda County. ______I-House in 1930, Howard studied economics and transportation. He returned home after service in WWII to tend to the family business, the Ah Louis Store, the first and only Chinese historical monument in 1960s Alumni San Luis Obispo. Preceded in death by Yvonne, his wife and constant Thomas Burrows companion of 60 years, Howard passed away shortly after celebrating July 1, 2008 his 100th birthday. A Chinese tapestry hangs in the Great Hall with At I-House, he met his future wife, Lucy Grant, and enjoyed expanding Stay involved in International House! a plaque in Howard’s honor. His I-House room will be named in his his viewpoints while experiencing California living. His life’s work memory in recognition of his generous bequest. was as a nuclear physicist at the National Nuclear Data Center at  Send me information about hosting students (see page 3). Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Tom loved his Frances Burks Newman work, his family, history, camping, science fiction, and solving New  Send me news and announcements at the email address below. June 11, 2008 York Times crossword puzzles. Survived by his wife, Lucy. A longtime legal worker and widow of California Supreme Court  Include me in the mailing list for future alumni-resident Lodestar programs. Justice Frank Newman whom she met at I-House. Recalling I-House, Donald Kaplan she wrote, “Without those lively festivals–and songs and dances December 18, 2007  performed with such esprit and gusto–I would never have had an Earned his Ph.D. in botany at Cal, taught at UC Irvine, and in 1968 Send me an Elderhostel flyer for May 31 - June 6, 2009 (see page 5). excuse (audaciously) to ask Frank to accompany my singing efforts. returned to teach at Berkeley. His commitment to the field of botany Those encounters, together with later ones on the Auditorium dance and his passion for teaching was highlighted throughout his career  Add us to the list of I-House Couples floor, led to our Golden Wedding Celebration.” A dedicated supporter with numerous awards and distinctions. He also had a great passion of Human Rights Advocates, a nonprofit organization founded by her for classical music, the opera, and railroads. (see http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/a/notable/couples.html) husband and his students. Friends  I can identify potential corporate/foundation sponsors. Please Leonard Vicente Dos Remedios Clare Wisecarver Madocks October 12, 2007 September 15, 2008 contact me for details. Began his life-long love of travel at 10 when he sailed from Shanghai, Clare was the first Development Director of I-House, joining the China, to Europe. Earned his BA and MD at Cal and formed lifelong staff in 1965 after serving as Director of Development Director and  Send me the book, Vision of Hope. Enclosed is my check drawn on a U.S. friendships at I-House. He became one of the first physicians in the Public Relations at the New York I-House. She helped organize the then new field of nuclear medicine, founding the Department of first world conference of International Houses in Paris in 1961. A Nuclear Medicine at Kaiser. Cal graduate, Executive Director Emeritus Sherry Warrick recalls, bank for $10 or credit card number, expiration date, and security code. “Clare was known for her gregariousness, organizational skills, sense of  Bernice Warren Walton humor, and positive outlook on life.” She also served on the I-House Send me the I-House T-shirt. $15 US / $28 International February 26, 2008 Board. Clare once wrote: “I wonder if one ever leaves I-House, at least A school librarian for 51 years. At the celebration of her 80th birthday, in thought? There is something indefinable about the place and the (see above for payment details). the library was renamed in her honor. An active member of her people, a feeling that prevails. Perhaps its goal touches us more than community, she served as parish council president, PTA president, one acknowledges.” Survived by her husband Wallis Madocks. Women’s V-Neck __S __M __L __XL board member of Greater Richmond Interfaith Project, and was an avid Bears fan. Janine Rosenzweig Men’s Crew Neck __S __M __L __XL April 15, 2008 Barbara Levy Zelinsky A devoted mother of three children and active member of the Berkeley Child/Youth __2 __4 __6 __8 __10 March 26, 2008 community. She served as co-chair of the Centre which provides An active member of many organizations including the Cub Scouts assistance to the spouses of international students, sponsored by the Baby Onesie __ 3 - 6 mo. __ 6-12 mo. __12 - 18 mo. and PTA. Remembered for her steadfast opinions and great sense of University Section Club. Janine enjoyed traveling and visited more humor. than 30 countries. She was awarded the Ordre National du Mérite by the French government for her contributions to the French community.  Please send me the PBS documentary about I-House, $10 enclosed The family hosted many students from abroad, especially from Africa 1940s Alumni and China. Survived by her husband Prof. Mark Rosenzweig.   Roberto Octavio Jimenez (see above for payment details). I prefer VHS video or DVD April 7, 2008 Kuwako Takahashi  Send information on charitable estate and gift planning. After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Cal, he became a January 24, 2008 chemist for the City of Long Beach and joined North American Aviation in Downey (which later became Boeing). Bob’s passion for An influential teacher and master of Japanese flower-arranging, author  I have included I-House in my estate plans. aviation was evident in his pride in working on the space program of books on Japanese food, founding president of the Ikebana Teachers from its infancy through the launch of the space shuttle. Federation. David Kaplan Please Update your record June 23, 2008 Please send information for In Memory to: Served as Assistant Counsel and then as General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Sacramento Municipal Utility I-House Times Editor, 2299 Piedmont Ave. Please circle: Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr./Prof./other:______District until retiring in 1988. An avid skier who also enjoyed hiking throughout the Sierras and climbed in many countries including Berkeley, CA 94720 or email [email protected] Japan, Ecuador, and Mexico. ______Gifts In Memory First name Middle initial Last name The gifts below were received between March 2 and September 1, 2008. 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Mr. Richard Anderson Mrs. Ellina M. Golub Ms. Ann McGiffin ______Maj. Joseph Rodgers Ms. Susan M. Allen Mr. Paul McGiffin Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon Louis and Myrna Bauman Mr. George Murray, Sr. Name when enrolled, if different Vangie and Bill Buell Dr. Eleanor Blumenberg Mr. Ronald Murray Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brookfield Ms. Margaret Headley Dr. Vincent Peterson Ms. Aline G. Hornaday Mr. Robert Creveling Mr. Matthew Brady Ms. Bethann Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Davis Ms. Joanne Garrity ______Mr. Hellmut Meister Ms. Victoria DeGoff Dr. Marion Ross Ms. Jane Donaldson Mike and Wanda Reynolds Street address (if not printed on reverse) Miss Nancy P. Weston Ms. Shirley Fishbach Mrs. Gail Reynolds Natzler Mr. Peter Boesch Ms. Barbara Hickey Prof. Emeritus Stefan A. Riesenfeld Mr. Darril Hudson Kerr & Wagstaffe, LLP Prof. Dr. Ernst Pakuscher ______Dr. Thomas Burrows Maxine and Henry Klaput Mr. Rafael Rodriguez Mrs. Linda Beato Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Kline Ms. Enid M. Emerson Ms. Marilyn Mindel City State/Province Postal code Country Mr. and Ms. Dennis Curran Ms. Luanne Rogers Ms. Elizabeth Peiser Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Fullerton Vangie and Bill Buell Dr. Eve H. Gordon Mr. Fredric Tankel Ms. Janine Rosenzweig Ms. Elisa Hendrey Mrs. Nancy K. Hildenbrand Prof. Korkut Bardakci ______Ms. Jo Anne Joel Anonymous Mrs. Mary Butler National Nuclear Data Center Dr. Donald Hildenbrand Professor and Mrs. Didier de Fontaine Email Phone Dr. and Mrs. William Podolsky Ms. Grace Janlen Mr. and Mrs. W. Lockwood Haight Mr. and Mrs. Robin Reed Mrs. Lois Bueler Elizabeth Kanowitz Yasuko Sanborn Mrs. Sylvia McLaughlin Silver, Williams & Kleinman, DDS LLP Mr. Frank Jarrett Mrs. Jeanie Shaterian Years at I-House 19/20______to 19/20______Mr. Thomas G. Trice Ms. Marion Zehnder Jarrett Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tonsic Mr. William W. Jarrett Mrs. Lottie Salz Mr. Peter J. Wanderer Ms. Marion Zehnder Jarrett Mrs. Julijona Fraser Mr. David F. Winchell Mr. Bishara Lawrence Mr. Klaus Netter Occupation______Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Yabroff Dr. Marion Ross Ms. Mary Suzuki Ms. Mary Chacko Mr. Al Leonard Vangie and Bill Buell Mr. Jacob Chacko, Jr. Vangie and Bill Buell Prof. Robert Wijsman Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crafford Mrs. Constance L. Lim Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beetem Employer______Ms. Barbara Hyde Crafford Ms. Marcia Krasnoff Dr. Allan Wilson Mr. Richard M. Diamond Ms. Marilyn Lai Ms. Bonnie Wilson, Esq. Dr. Mason Gaffney Ms. Deborah Lim Mrs. Barbara L. Zelinsky Professor Theodore Eaton, Jr. Ms. Suzanne Lim Mrs. Virigina Friedman Spouse title: Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr./Prof./other:______Mrs. Lois Bueler Ms. Janet Simons Mr. John Yee Ms. Connie Farrow Ms. Lillian Yee Mr. Gene Hendrix Ms. Patricia Yee ______Col. Karl Landstrom Ms. Teresa Yee First name Middle initial/maiden name Last name Gifts In Honor Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis Ms. Bethann M. Johnson Dr. Michael A. Parsont Dr. Marion Ross Ms. Constance Fraser Mrs. Mina Parsont If applicable, his/her years at I-House: 19/20______to 19/20______Dr. Patricia Gathercole Mr. Clive Justice Dr. Sadie S. Salim Lorraine Fletcher Elliot Lorraine Fletcher Elliot Ms. Maura Mack Peggy (Post) Grunland Mr. Richard K. Palmer Mr. Herbert B. Smith Lorraine Fletcher Elliot Mr. Troy Griepp Dr. Richard Wheeler 7 

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