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Council of World Members in Berlin The International House Council of World

Members held its 14th meeting June 11—15 in West Berlin, and the gathering was the best-attended in the Council’s 20-year history and one which saw a strong showing of

participation by young alumni. The Berlin meetings included a number of productive sessions by the Council, meetings with officials from both West Berlin and the German Democratic Repub-

lic, and a rare opportunity to visit both sides of the infamous wall. The Council, established in 1966, is an organization of 92 distinguished alumni

representing all regions of the globe who promote the goals of I. House throughout the world and act as a liaison between the House and its former residents.

A record 69 participants convened at the Hotel Steigenberger, where they were given an opening reception hosted by Mrs.

Paul Soros of the United States. Mrs. Soros and Sigurdur Helgason of Iceland. cochaired the four-day meeting. New members were introduced at the opening session, after which the Council was addressed by Shepard Stone, Direc-

tor of the Aspen Institute in Berlin and an honorary

citizen of the city.

His

talk,

which focused on the history of modern Germany and drew upon his own experiences since the 1930s, proved a valuable

introduction to the group. A luncheon that day was hosted by

of alumni relations and fund-raising since the last Council meeting in New York in

1984. That evening, a lively discussion period and memorable dinner were given by the Axel Springer Publishing House, a mammoth complex overlooking the Berlin Wall. German alumni and current residents were the stars the next morning as

Co-chairman

Helgason chaired the ses-

sion. Recollections of positive I. House experiences were given, and the young Ger- |

mans told of their plans to form a German Alumni Association, starting with a small

group of dedicated alumni and expanding into a larger entity. The group adjourned for a crosstown Berlin, where they were given an extensive

President Evans told the Foreign Minister

that East German students would be welcome as residents of International House, and encouraged East Germans to come live in the House. The group attended the Berlin Philharmonic that evening, and toured West

Berlin the following day, during which time the most moving experience of the trip occurred. At the Plotzensee Memorial, the site ef many executions during the Third Reich

need for physical improvements and expansion of existing programs.

Klaus Moessle, spoke movingly about the

annually to support the programs of the House.

Also during the afternoon session, Council members representing 17 countries reported on progress made in the areas

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audience with Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer of the German Democratic Republic.

of Adolf Hitler, the group paused to pay homage to the many victims of the Nazi regime. As everyone stood at the windswept

alumni, only three percent of the entire alumni body contributes less than $40,000

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trip through Checkpoint Charlie to East

West Berlin Mayor Eberhard Diepgen at City Hall. During the afternoon session, President Evans addressed the Council on the state of the House, and stressed the

It was noted with some concern that, in spite of the warm spirit of I. House

I. House trustees and staff and New York Parks and recreation officials (left) cut the ribbon as Sakura Park (below) is rededicated.

site, one

of the

young

German

alumni,

feelings of his generation and vowed “This will not happen again.” At

the

final

session,

praise

was

heaped on Co-chairmen Soros and Helgason and Nancy Cooper, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs at International House, who had planned the meeting.

The next meeting of the Council will take place in New York in October 1987.

Sakura Park is Rededicated The weather was unusually warm for early

autumn, but the sunshine seemed quite appropriate as Sakura Park was officially rededicated in a September 30 ceremony that followed an extensive one-year restoration.

Parks and Recreation Commissioner Henry J. Stern conducted the pleasant, informal ceremony, which included remarks

by I. House President Gordon W. Evans and other invited guests. “This is a fine day on which to dedi-

cate this magnificent, refurbished park,” said the commissioner, and few would dis-

agree. offered

an overview

of the

park’s history, telling the audience that the two-acre site had been acquired from John

Consul General of Japan, Nicholas Quennell of Quennell Rothschild Associates, the firm which redesigned the park, and Manhattan Parks Commissioner Patrick J.

I. House

trustees Paul D.

Carter, Kathleen Burns Buddenhagen and Mrs. Daniel P. Davison were also on hand,

along with a number of residents and staff members.

when cherry trees were planted there in 1912. ler Jr. financed a major overhaul of the park in the late 1920s, a few years after the

what used to be the main entrance of International House, had fallen on hard times in recent years. Overgrown and littered, it was considered unsafe and studiously avoided by all but the bravest residents.

House was built, and it was officially dedicated as Sakura Park in 1934. The commissioner noted that, as

During the 1985-86 academic year heavy equipment arrived, trees were pruned, and truckloads of brush and debris

| part of the $580,000 restoration, 18 new

were removed from the site, leaving the park in a state of upheaval for several months. Late in the summer, however, big rolls of sod were laid out like an emerald

I. House Founder John D. Rockefel-

and Weeping Japanese

leyball court,

Cherry

additional

benches,

and_a

play area for small children were also added.

f for outdoor

concerts

and

other

events,

which was used as a platform for the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“Sakura is a brand new park,” said Stern.

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The park, once a well-tended space that provided a picturesque avenue toward

carpet in the park, and what wasn’t covered was seeded, fertilized and irrigated prior to the dedication. Even as ceremonies were being con-

The most visible new element in the park is an octagonal Victorian-style gazebo

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urban setting;” he said. Also attending the ceremony were Consul Hideo Nomoto, representing the

D. Rockefeller in 1907 as an annex to nearby Riverside Park. It became known as “Sakura,” the Japanese term for cherry,

trees were planted, duplicate paths were replaced with lawn, and a protective shrub border was planted along the massive retaining wall on Claremont Avenue. A vol-

those who have worked to make possible the restoration of our front yard in this large

Pomposello.

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In his remarks, President Evans said that I. House’s 530 residents had been enriched by the restoration. “We salute the commissioner and

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the southwest corner of the park floated on a warm breeze to the gazebo, helping usher

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= iL House Alumna Elected to Head : International Council of Women : Foie Saoka Hong 11. House: 4962-88, 1969) of Seoul, South Korea was elected

U.N. Ambassador Vernon Walters Addresses Residents President Reagan’s personal envoy to the United Nations, Gen. Vernon A. Walters,

—

President of the International Council of

(ICW) during the group’s general ee ‘Women meeting in London April 25.

An active I. House alumna who also he “serves on the Council of World Members, “Winston Churchill once az that | Dr. Hong has been involved in ICW affairs the Marshall Plan was the most unselfish as President of the Korean National Counact by any one nation ever.’ cil of Women and, since 1982, Vice Presi-

spoke at I. House just days after returning On Terrorism end the Liby, from Europe where he had consulted with : dent of ICW. bombing: allied representatives regarding the U.S. She is the twelfth woman to be “Article 51 of the U. N: Chatter sper elected president of ICW since its founding air raid on Libya in April. Speaking in the auditorium, which cifically authorizes actions in self-defense. | in'1888. The organization brings together was packed to capacity with residents, | Britain and France could be called the ag- ‘women from all parts of the globe to proGen. Walters touched on a number of gressors in World War II; they declared 1 mote world peace and human rights, and global events since World War II and conon Germany, not the other way around.’ fight discrimination through representa“Victims aré generally people who tion within the United Nations system. | sistently defended U.S. policy. Before andon’t have anything to do with the policies | swering questions, which were often emoIn accepting the presidency of the tional, he dwelt on terrorism and the terrorists dislike.” ICW, Dr. Hong noted the founding of the then-recent bombing of Libya. On Cuba: organization 98 years ago “to liberate Here are some quotes from the U.N. “They say Cuba is the largest cout | women of the world to be equal in the painAmbassador’s remarks. in the world. The president is in Havan i ful struggle of humanity. to attain world On World War II and the Marthe government is in Moscow, the arr 5 | peace . . oY in Africa,.and the population is in Sou shall Plan: “Te is true that nearly a hundred years en pst “The U.S. was catapulted to power Florida.” | later, the idea of ensuring women’s equal very swiftly. Most other countries moved to On powling: 2 tatus is still a new one,” she said. “It is one “It looks different aes the in | power gradually, About 1900, the U.S of the great causes in which the women of zs had influence like that of Brazil today.” — than from the outside. ira aae the world are called to become involved.”

Equality has been a topic of great

“The United States is still the only |

country that has financed its competitors ro Smee with ap one chien

the deck, not the dock.’ ath ae

concern tosep ene for mane years. After.

ence from Ewha Woman’s University and

Boston University, she applied for the sta-

tus of diplomat

in her country but was

refused because of her sex.

After fighting the discriminatory policy for six months, she became Korea’s first female diplomat, working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at overseas Korean embassies until 1969. Since then, she has devoted much of her time to the women’s movement.

In fact, in response to an I. House Alumni questionnaire earlier this year, Dr. Hong filled in the space beside “occupation” with “women’s movement.”

Dr. Hong lived at I. House in the early 1960s as a Carnegie Fellow, and again

in 1969 when she left the Korean Foreign — Service and pursued her Ph.D. in interna-

tional affairs at Colum University.

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The last several months at International

know ing,

theit

second rhe' it

board has committed itself to facing the | needs of International House well into the

eventful, and point to a very bright future

next century. They agreed to raise $5 mil-

lion over the next few years, and have acsion of this house. | knowledged that the House will actually In June, Barbara and I attended the need as much as $9 million to operate Council of World Members meeting in soundly over the next decades. Berlin, and felt that the gatheringwas a The implications of this decision are grand conclave. Not only was the attendfar-reaching. With trustee support, we can

d loss 10 § just it 1s 1 4“ An d how eea frusratel

House have been especially exciting and fot all who cherish and believe in the mis-

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ance the highest ever for a CWM

meeting,

but it was a meaningful, productive session

during which everyone involved gained

frie endly rivé days of aie

new perspectives and reaffirmed their commitment

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to our mission.

Following

the

timein Berlin, we visited the capitals of Norway and Denmark, and had the pleasure of spending even more time with wonul members of I. House’s global family, as we had done in Iceland prior to the Council meeting. | We are extremely fortunate to have a rd of Trustees which remains hardand dedicated to I. House in many

Returned f° and Main petal

ared iin ane

set about

raising the.funds

to meet

| | |

our

needs and can begin to plan creatively and | constructively for the longer term. Looking ahead, I see only positive developments. In one specific area, the fine arts, we are already making great strides in the current academic year. The International House Chamber Orchestra has exciting new leadership and potential, and a series of very special art exhibits in our new gallery promises to enrich the lives © of everyone who lives and works at. I. House.

With continued a sslaiine and leadership from our board, a talented and devoted staff, a house full of bright, eager stu¢ Stephen C. Eyre, collectively de- dents from: around the world, and dreds of hours to the restatement | committed alumni, we look forward to new pe

This year, for instance, an

ission, planning for the renovation

horizons as we near the end of the twentieth century, and recommit ourselves to our

renewed mission: providing leadership in | the global community.

Leslon Bh Spano

fron matches al semi- 2am President Evans in Copenhagen — with Danish ‘alumni.

Mark Mathabane’s Book Is Published

Ruth Messinger Visits |-House

The social work and activist background of _ International House alumnus Mark ee Ruth W. Messinger, New York City Counbane, a South African who grew up in cil member, were apparent on Sept. 23 Alexandra, the black township outside Jo- | it when she gave an informal speech to Interhannesburg, appeared: at I. House follow- | | national House residents about how New ing the publication of his book this spring. York runs. The book, Kaffir Boy, was published ig “Why is housing so-scarce and exby Macniillan and quickly received enthu-

| pensive here?” asked one student. Ms.

siastic reviews from Publishers Weekly and

Messinger described New York as a city | where power rests to an unusual degree in its real estate, with a unique, little-known | feature, startling even to natives: New

Kirkus Reviews, among others. Mr. Mathabane, who lived at International House

in 1984—85 while he attended Columbia University’s School of Journalism, is now

York is alone among American cities in lacking any limits on campaign contributions in the elections of local officials. “If | wanted to run for president of | the U.S., you could give me only a few thousand dollars,” she explained. “But if | | ran for mayor, you could give me hundreds | of thousands of dollars—no limits,” she said, describing relations between city de-

_ | velopers and elected officials, and the city’s

at work on a sequel, covering the time after he arrived in the United States at age 18 | with a tennis scholarship at a ‘South Caro- e lina college.

Mr. Mathabane is a

to seule fre 7

quently about his book and his experiences, occasions on which politics are fre-

| role asa landlord. South Africa, Mark said, “I don’t think we | Another feature of the city, ihe said, South Africans are going to bother with _| responding to a question about demograph- - liberals in America. President Reagan ics of city residents, is that voter participathe most loved president by white South tion is “terrible.” “In the city as a whole, Africans.” only 50% of the people are rruisteted to | In Kafe a! Mr. Mathabaneives vote. but in last week’s primary, only 13% : (of the 50%) turned out to vote,” she said. About 30 residents attended the ralk, which. Was. held in the Home Rae

| Calendar of Events nthFoe I accompanied my grandto pes geriesing job and met a

Please mark the following in your calendar, particularly i you jive in the New York area. ;

Fl peecites -11—Hholiday Cheer fied Ree International House Chamber Orchestra, | under the direction of Ronald Braunstein, will present a program of seasonal music in the [. House Auditorium at 8 p.m. Call the Programs Office (316-8438) to confirm the y ‘ond ekg the eee of date: » against Bantu education’s at- ‘Holiday Home ‘Hospitality Be sturibe the limits of my aspira- dents who can’t go home for the holidays, rminemy place in South Af- | New York can be a dreary, lonely place. If | | you're interested in inviting a resident fora | eA gathering this fall, meal or a weekend, contact the Programs Office. February 1—Alumni Brunch This is" an opportunity to see old friends and keep pe te dete to pee me on my up with I. House. Alumni in the metro area | hat also created problems which will receive an invitation; if you live outcanes apartheid does. I survived to side the area and want to come, contact the. e who didn’ 2 but ‘also sur- Office of Development and Alumni: Affairs, 316-8423.

ap ara ends. T can never, | March 11—Career Networking Din- | as this eontinues.” ner This provides an excellent opportu- | alee sae came across to’ me in nity for alumni and residents to make valu- | able contacts in the field of International | Affairs. Call the Development Si for ae details. “teeinside ne Re d never fully ae . April ee

of ee

The sing

teachers of hearing impaired students, au- |

1920s

Wendell Wheeler (1925-28) has been working as a volunteer chaplain at General Hospital near his home in Los Osos, California. Leslie F. Smith (1928-32) of Norman, Oklahoma, celebrated his 85th birthday

last summer while visiting relatives in Norway. He recalls playing Louis XIII in a production of “Day of Dukes” at I. House during his time here.

1930s Elizabeth Linton Root (1929-31) of Columbus, Ohio, underwent a traumatic or-

deal during the Christmas holidays last year when she was wounded in the terrorist at-

tack at the Rome airport, but reports that she has recovered. Florence K. Pilgrim (1933-34)

is a re-

tired school librarian, and lives in Lanoka Harbor, N.]. Gabriel M. Ondeck (1934-37) is retired

“still going strong and learning about — everything that passed me by for 50 years of Dr. Turkan Kumbarace Gardenier | (1961-63) heads her own consulting comteaching.” pany in statistical analysis in Washington,

D.C. She lives in nearby Vienna, Va., with her husband John and two sons. James Barron Fitzpatrick ( 1940-41) isisa | Ferriando Raudales (1964—65) dropped social worker in the public school system of — by the House for a visit recently. He is currently living in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Portland, Ore., and jogs between 2 and

1940s

Richard H. Rosensweig (1965-68) and his wife moved from Providence, R.I. to

31/2 miles on alternate days, “but at a re-

duced speed.” Virginia Clemens Lowman (1944- 46) Menlo Park, California last year, and had their first child in April. Congratulations! of Green Lawn, N.Y., and her husband Rod, spent six weeks teaching Long Island Dr. Parviz A. Koushki (1967-68) folk dances to Girl Scouts in Australia, the stopped by I. House in June with his family, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and sev- en route to a vacation in Bolivia. Since eral other countries, and recording dances 1982, he has been teaching in the Civil Enfrom those countries to bring back home. _ gineering Department at King Saud UniCoy A. Patrick (1949) is senior therapist versity in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. at the Jewish Social Services Child Guid-

ance Clinic in Washington, D.C. and hasa

1970s

private psychotherapy practice as well. He

and living in Pensacola, Fla. C. Lowell and Agnes Harriss (1935-36) returned to I: House in June as part of ob-

lives in Rockville, Md. - |

serving

54-55) a turned to the U.S. following a two-and-aMary Jane Hanford Penzo (19 half year assignment with Chemical Bank skating with The Fabulous Forties, an adult which took her to London and mingapote precision ice skating team in Pasadena, | She lives in Manhattan. CA. James O’Higgins (1977—80) writes that Rev. James C. G. Greig (1955-56) writ he is a “former philosophy major now workthat he is the English translator*for the ing on Wall Street.” He lives on New World Council of Churches in London. York’s Upper West Side.

their Golden

Anniversary.

Dr.

Harriss is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at Columbia University.

Alice H. Streng (1937-38) has not been idle during 17 years of retirement from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

She's written two text booksen training

Summer

International House World Asa

House use,

(1972—73)

has

Hung

(1976—78)

recently re-

Janis Green (1982-83) is Marketing Pro-

grams Manager for Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. Patrick Von Aulock (1983-85) is a freelance journalist living in London. He re-

ports that his soon-to-be spouse is I. House alumna Paola Pistogini, an architect.

IN MEMORIAM Adm. Hyman G. Rickover (1928-29), July 8, 1986, of Washington, D.C. Gordon Root (1929-30), Noy. 18, 1984 of Columbus, Ohio. Jean Crawford Haugen (1930-31), Jan. 12, 1986, of Oslo, Norway

Donatella Careccia (1936-44), May 21, 1986, of New York Anna Chambers (1938—40), 1986, of Sylvania, Ohio. Dr. Harry Plaskov, May 14, Schoharie, N.Y. Charles Campbell (1941-43), 1986, of Honolulu, HI.

April

1986,

May 20,

Margaret Rose Emery (1945-47), July , 1986, of Scotts Valley, CA. Claude Lewis, Jr. (1947—48), York City.

Dr. Georg

Dietrich

of New

Krumpelmann

(1953-54), April 15, 1986, of West Germany Minerva Morales Etzioni (1964-65), Dec. 20,,1985, of Washington, D.C.

letter Vol. 22 No. 4, Fall 1986

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Honor Roll of Alumni Contributors, 1985-8

Scott Huyette

moved from Saudi Arabia to England. Hsiomei

1950s

A newsletter for alumni and friends of International John A. Wells, Editor; Margaret Hunter, Alumni Ne

1980s

1960s

dited 45 classes since 1979, and says she’s

From the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

PRESIDENT’S CLUB Anonymous (1) Gerald E. Barsdorf Walther Casper Donald L. Cuneo

Arthur C. Carr Margaret H. Carr Win N. Chadha Daniel Chang Sheila B. Chapline

Shelby Cullom Davis Sigurdur Helgason

Elizabeth McKinney Chmiel Boyan Choukanoff

Carol Shipman La Pierre Mrs. Peter Choy Mrs. PaulSoros . Anna M. Cienciala Conrad Taff Mr. & Mrs. Dale Collinson Mr. & Mrs. Werner Valeur-Jensen | Paul P. Cooke ASSOCIATES

Dorothy W. Corwin Mr. & Mrs. Laurence G. Cowles

Patricia M. Cloherty Eleanor Clark French Thomas J. Gardner_

William C. Cruz John Dartigue Elizabeth J. Decker

Stephen Lee

Rev. & Mrs. Pieter deJong

Agnes Ng Anne Schager Kees Schager -Starlin Sims Eleanor Thom Mrs. Philip K. Thomas George Y. L. Wu

John G. Dennis Samaroo Deonarine Ajit Singh Dhawan Norma L. Dickey Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Dingman Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Du Bois Ranier Dumke David Durand Joyce Ellingson Margaret Emery

: PATRONS ichak Adizes Anonymous (2)

Mrs. Peter S. Bing Yukichi Chiba | James Davis Barbara Grace William R. Liesman Eleanor Lucy

Bona Malwal-Ring Catherine A. Mayer Mary F. Miller

Takeshi Nagano Henry C. Preston

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Rule John D. Von Pischke E. James Young

Gail S. Ernsberger

Julia F. Feist Mr. & Mrs. Dimitrios Fikioris Nadia E. Finkelstein

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Fiske Amelia E. Fletcher Mary E. Fowler Robert T. Fox, Jr. Robert J. Fraser Michael W. Galligan Mrs. Robert A. Gamble Turkan K. Gardenier Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Gasperoni Phoebe F. Gedge Laurie Glencross Lothar Glitzner

MEMBERS

Madhu S. Gokhale

Sjamsiah Achmad Jose T. Aguilar Lorraine Aldrich Mr. & Mrs. Donald Andrushko Anonymous (5) Marcos G. Avila

Rochelle Goldman Susan R. Greer Miguel Guilarte Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Harbortle Mrs. Hugh Haroldson Jean C. Haugen

Gabriela L. Baez

= |. Akiko Hayashi

Gabriel M. Beltramino David Hechler Dorothy E. Berendt Robert G. Hibbard Mrs. John E. Black Russell Hill H. Huntington Bliss Jerry Hill, Jr. Walter F. Boehme Daniel Hirsch Mr. & Mrs. Alan H. Booth Catherine L. Ho Mary Louise Bright Felicite Hoffman Emma R. Broisman Dorothy C. Hokanson Edward H. Brown h Susan S. Holland Leonard Brown K. G. Hrishikesan | Max Bruggmann Mrs. Frank H. Hutchins Nelle M. Brumelle ~ Summer Scott Huyette Mr.& Mrs. George L. Bunting, Jr. | Leatrice K. F. Ing ~

It was my great pleasure this last June to at-

Clifford L. Jackson Patricia L. Jackson Mrs. Harold F. Pettee, Jr. Joukje Jepsen Eleanor Phillips Harlan C. Johnson Florence K. Pilgram Roger Jollis Michael Plouf Harold J. Jonas Jan Pokorny Mrs. John P. Keith © John P. Pollak Mr. & Mrs. M. Javed Khan Martha E. Pollard Tekchand S. Khatri Amarante Pretel E David Kigonzi Anthony Predis Dorothy Knappenberger Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Pome William A. Knowlton ElaineI. Purcell Anna M. Koivukari Laura Quigg Bernard Krevitz Helen P. Reeves ‘| Georg Dietrich Krumpelmann Henry B. Refo Rudolf Kuhlmann Margaret K. Rice Piotr Kumelowski Evelyn Ritscher Vera F. Kwochka Mary Duncan Robinson Frederick W. Lantz Stephen M. Robinson Georgia P. Lash Harry M. Rosen ! Michael R. Lavington Ernest Rosenfeld j John P. Leidy, Jr. Bradley Rubin j Margarita Litean Robert Sachs ; Bagnee Alfred Liu Sergei A. Schelkunoff : Mr. & Mrs. Birger Z. Lofgren Vincent B. Schuman ~ Ruth B. Loomis SpencerS. Shannon, Jr. Lucinda M. Lord Rev. & Mrs: H. Norman Sibley Owen Loui Angela Sigward Mr. & Mrs. Roderic V. Lowman | Henry Clay Simpson, Jr. Scott Calvin Lyon Premalal Singh Eileen Macholl Melville Smiley Mr. & Mrs. Harry Manko Irene B. Smith Anna Mapp Arnold Stalder Dorothy Margolin SallyJ. Staley Pierre Mariotte Edna F. Stappenbeck Harald May M. LeSueur Srewart | Irene McCurry GeorgeD. Strayer John J. McDermott Wakako Tateda George Mesman IrmgardC. Taylor fe Roselma Messman Mrs.H.S. Telford Robert E. Meyer Thelma Tenn Sy Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Modlinger | Grace Thompson S Charlotte Moore Mary A. Thompson eu Alfredo T. Morales Therese Trudel ; Heinz Muller-Touraine

Frances Tyau.

Arthur Neumaier Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Ney Alexander O’Dood James O'Higgins Rita A. Ortiz Nellie M. Otte Esen Ozgener Mrs. James R. Parker James Peck Ronald H. Perry Mrs.-CharlesG. Peterson

Snoh Unakul Marguerite Van Hauwaert ~ Willibrord Van Nierop Meeta R. Vyas Mrs..Stanley Washburn, Jr. Mrs. Harris J. Watson ; a Wendell C. Wheeler : A. Geraldine Whiting Michael Wimberly John W. Wingate Joseph C. Wyman

tend the meeting of the Council of World Members (see page one) and to meet afterwards with alumni in The Hague and in

London. I was struck by the talents and achievements of former residents and also

by their universal enthusiasm

for the

House. How then can one explain the level

of support given to the House by its alumni? Perhaps everyone was not aware when they

lived here that the special experience which is I. House has always been made

possible by private support. Support from alumni, as shown on the accompanying

graph, represents less than 8% of the FY 86 annual fund. In academic institutions in this country over half the annual support customarily comes from alumni. The House continues to attract outstanding residents. Please show them that

you value the I. House experience. Gifts of all sizes are important—send yours today! —Nancy Cooper, Director

Alumni Contributions

This chart shows that alumni support

1985-86 Annual Fund

accounts for only 7 percent of the entire 1985-86 Annual Fund.

Se:

Trustee Barsdorf to Head New York Alumni Effort

President Gerald R. Ford, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at International This list of special donors is compiled from oubiler ’ House, has asked Trustee Gerald Barsdorf i

ords for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986. Ifitcon-

tains errors, pleasé contact us, so that they may be corrected. : 79

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to spearhead an effort to draw alumni of the metropolitan New York area back to the

| House.

A special committee will organize a series of events designed to’ strengthen alumni activity and respond to the interests of those who share a belief in the ideals of the House.