World Newsletter 1991 Fall by International House NYC

VOLUME 27 NUMBER 1 FALL 1991

Above:Dr. Kissinger conducts a foreign policy seminar with House residents prior to delivering the 16th Marshall Visitor Address.

Henry Kissinger Speaks on New World Order as 16th Marshall Visitor “We always talk of peace as if on some magic date peace will appear.In fact, this has never been the case. If we think so, the next

decade will be extremely disappointing for us.” This was one of many obser-

vations about the so-called “New orld Order” ‘by the 16th Marshall

to the present day. Asan illustration

Kissinger

America’s

spoke

error,

of a friend

who believes “there is no such

thing as an English accent and

that the English assume their accents for the sole purpose of in- _ timidating Americans.” The friend — believes that if only a Briton could

be caught unawares, if one were

‘stance, he wold Geeake like

1973 Nobel Prize for Peace, con-

normal person.” The anecdote, Dr. Kissinger said, is illustrative of the basic American assumption in the conduct of foreign policy -- that no

ducted a Mural Room seminar for

opposing political system is so

)

lige PRE

in Davis Hall

. on October 2:

Dr.

Kissinger, recipient of the

30 residents chosen by lottery and,

alien that its leaders, if properly

following dinner, addressed some

cajoled, could not be made to act

400 I. House residents, Trustees, alumni, and friends in the restored auditorium, Davis Hall.

in a manner acceptable to Americans. :

Dr. Kissinger is working on a book which deals with the New World Order, and said the concept deserves to be questioned

and

probed

much

rigor-

ously than it has been in recent months. In making foreign policy, he said, “the United States has

to learn to distinguish between what is desirable and what is essential, and in the essential, what

is in our power to affect.”

Dr. Kissinger took questions at the seminar and after his address from I. House residents representing such countries as Finland, France, England, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, India, Syria, and the United States. He stressed

the need for American leaders to approach foreign policy with greater realism, especially in the new world emerging in the wake

of the collapse of the Soviet empire.

Below: |. House Alumnus Jerzy Kosinski addressing | residents at the January 27th © Sunday Supper. Memorial tribute, page 5 inside.

International Houses Enterprises International House is a “city within a city,” according to Director of Enterprises Martin Turkewitz.

The nine International House enterprises under Turkewitz’s supervision do form a miniature

business district within the I. House community, and one which offers services to alumni as well as the resident population. The International House Enterprises consist of: ‘““The Bazaar,” a convienience store; “The Pub,”

an after-hours watering hole; the twenty-four hour laundry room; the International House parking garage -- invaluable in a city in which parking space is worth its weight in gold; the printing and

eign policy for 120 years. Europe

“The world that is emerging will have many power centers,” he said, adding that America’s primary problem at present is to define “exactly what its national security interest is.”” He said that the declaration made by President Bush during the recent Persian Gulf War -- that America was con-

had been at it for 300 years.

Yet

ducting “a disinterested foreign

Wilson proclaimed the eternal verities of foreign policy--verities

policy” -- was a dangerous statement for a president to make. He

for which there was nota

and the most recent addition, the noted that he strongly supported the President’s position on the | Chateau Laura Travel Agency. The 15 guest suites, attracGulf. tively decorated and featuring “A great nation cannot afford ‘private baths and color televito conduct a disinterested foreign _ Sions, are available to alumni year- Continued on Page 3.

“Americans,” he said, “have historically had the notion that history was working inevitably toward their ideas. When Woodrow Wilson appeared on the international scene in 1918, America had not conducted for-

shred of

evidence ... He was expressing a hope, not a truth.” Dr. Kissinger said that Ameri“| cans have continued in this _ Wilsonian vein of policy-making _

copy center, which can produce

everything from brochures to resumes; the in-house telephone system; and dining services.

Of particular interest to I. House alumni

are

the

competitively-

priced, hotel-quality guest suites,

round, and offer an affordable alternative to high-priced Manhattan hotels. Alumni who plan to visit New York for short stays and extended visits are urged to call the guest suite manager, Glenn Rosanov, at (212) 316-8436 to make reservations in advance. Chateau Laura, created in re-

sponse

numerous

requests,

opened September 1, 1991. It is located, appropriately, right across from a gigantic world map in the International House North lobby. It is proving to be a new hub for the comings and goings of the mobile, multinational resident and visitor population of the House. As a full-service travel agency, it can get customers to a Swiss Alp, a Brazilian carnival, ora midwestern American town. It offers residents, alumni, non-residents and guests assistance not only with airline tickets but also with bus and rail transportation, hotel reservations, car rental, travel information and passport and visa transaction data.

The introduction of Chateau Laura, as with the other services, - Continued on Page 4

From the President As Pe

ae House nears the

completion of seven decades of service, we look back with pride upon all that we have done to realize our mission.

We owe it to

| coming generations of residents, however, to take measures which will insure the future, continued

success of the institution. While the House is in fine shape in every respect, we want to enter the next century as a more powerful force than ever before.

alumni is greatly appreciated. The only reason International

House exists if for and because of people. With that in mind, I would like to pay tribute to two extraordinary human beings who have

left

our

midst

at his home in New York. International House has had very few friends as devoted as Bob Purcell, who joined the Board in 1958,

ership role in every major fund drive of the last three decades. Bob was a tireless supporter

in recent.

While an appreciation of Edmonds Award recipient Jerzy_ Kosinski appears elsewhere in this newsletter, I would like to pay. tribute to this outstanding artist |

With that in mind, we are in

Purcell passed away on August 9

served as Chairman of the Executive Committee and played a lead-

months.

the process of preparing a strategic plan which will take the House through a five-year period beginning in FY 1993 and ending in FY 1997, shortly before the 75th anniversary of the founding of the House.

Toyota Gift of a

World Council at our meeting in Prague in August. Your input as |

_of the House, and both Howard

Cook and myself relied on his guidance and friendship. I often told Bob that he was my ‘New York godfather,’ so helpful was

and devoted alumnus of Interna- _ | he

when

tional House. When Jerzy spoke

first

came

the

House and in the years since. at Sunday Supper last January, his How wonderful that continuwas a positive message of hope _ ity onthe Board is being provided for the future. We were deeply '| by Bob’s great-nephew Tim Purcell, saddened by the death on May 3 | and that the two of them sat sideof this talented writer, who was so by-side at the Board meeting in devoted to the cause of peace and _ May of this year. We miss Bob

We are in the process of

receiving input for the plan from all the House’s constituencies, and

are especially interested in hearing from our alumni. A thorough

understanding among the peopls of the world.

review of the proposed plan will

_ very much, but will never forget | his fine example

of generosity

We are also saddened to note | and quiet leadership over a pethat Honorary Trustee Robert be riod of many years.

be presented to members of the

Tercel Boosts 1991 Festival of Nations The

generous

gift of a Toyota

Tercel from Toyota Motor Corporate Services of North America, Inc. transformed the Festival of Nations 1991 into the most successful resident-run fundraising endeavor held at I. House. The experiment this year of splitting the Festival into a com-

bined

two-day

event -- with a

Thursday evening Grand Auction and Dinner added to the all-day

Saturday ‘around thé world carnival’ -- proved more successful than the organizing committee had hoped.

The Gala Auction held on April 4th, at which the Toyota Tercel was raffled, was a remarkable event, with over 250 guests enjoy-

ing an evening of dinner and music. Thanks to Trustee Kathleen Burns Buddenhagen, the renowned New York auctioneer WilliamJ. Doyle returned for his third

year at the gavel, leading the assembled guests into energetic bidding on packages of items rang| ing from Laeaey eo to trips to

n. The Bristo

“Co. generously underwrote din- * ner sierra gor

Year One: The Women’s Intemational Leadership Program As we work to solve the complex

many different countries and are.

and urgent problems facing the . studying various disciplines. The

world today, we cannot afford to | program, which takes place week- —

draw our leaders from only onehalfof the talent pool. Few women

| participate } most

ends and evenings, commenced in mid-September with a week-

in policy debates. in

countries

Kathleen Mullinix, President — Opportunities be open to them

can we restructure our societies to

of the Neurogenetic Corporation, and that society benefit from their Elba Montalvo, Director of the ; | wisdom.” Committee for Hispanic Children. An Advisory Council has been

take advantage of this largely untapped human resource, and how can we train more women themselves to come forward -- to think

and Families, and Thelma Awori working with Ms. Spiegel on this of UNIFEM shared with the women |. program, providing oversight, and their personal stories about how | selecting the participants. Serving

of themselves as leaders and assume leadership roles?. national

-Leadership

working, it’s critical that these

town Heights, N.Y.

| in business, or in academia. How

With its new Women’s

| their own vision of how they can | be effective. Particularly when

end orientation seminar held at — women are increasingly dependBeaver Conference Farm in York- - ent on their own resources, and

the world,

| whetherin the halls of parliament,

WILP coordinator. “It has to do with cultural norms, women’s own perceptions of their abilities, and

they became leaders, about the | on the Council are Pat Cloherty, I.

Inter-

challenges and problems they | House Trustee and alumna; Barfaced. Dr. Larry Lewis, Directorof bara Evans; Vreni: Hommes, I.

Program

[WILP], International House hopes - Teacher's College Center for Psyto do its.part toward improving

chological Services, helped each

this imbalance. The program, | woman identify her own uniqn begun in September, 1991, is leadership style thr

| designed to enhance the leader-

and exercises.

ship skills of women selected to participate, exposing them to new ideas and challenges,

The subseq ent

five weekend seminars will dea’ with such issues as: gender differ. ences in leadership style; womer

“The seventeen women, ‘$e

aitid ®

lected for Class I of this. three-year }

as s sokge tenes.

ee ot

House Trustee and alumna; Dunja Pastizzi-Ferencic of the United

Nations; Digna Sanchez; Peggy Stevens; and Patricia Taylor.

_. The women chosen for the program include: Theresia Wawa

Adam

of Indonesia; Adeyinka

Moronke Akinsulure of Senegal,

Angana Banerji of India; Paula rini of Italy; Lucylee Chiles.of

a Prearamateheen

the

United States;

Lisa Marie

olberry of the United States;

| are. eit sorintermns.They ome—

ofoa

= Ly

anda. Salah El-Batal of Syria; »-Lee Garner of the United nnifer

Green of the United

States; Nazia Hassan of Pakistan;

Olivia Le Horovitz of France; Sonia Kelsick of Trinidad and Tobago; Tal

Klausner

of Israel;

Desiree

Laborde-Sanfiorenzo of Puerto Rico; Annika Gunilla Thunborg of Sweden; Meredith Wadman of the

United States; and Laila Wazneh of Lebanon.

“The Kellogg Foundation selected International House as the site for this first program because it is a unique community,” Ms Spiegel says, “offering residents

such a marvelous opportunity to — meet and learn from people very | different from themselves and— encouraging residents to mater ce a global vision.” Each participant will receive a $1,200 stipend, but is otherwise

responsible for her own expenses. Applicants for Class II, which will beginin September 1992, will be available from the: Programs Office of: International’ House ‘on December1, 1991; (ci 7). Si _ Alumniand friends who iinow of a women who: may be inter: ested) in receiving an-application or further information are encour. aged to contact Ms. Ellie Spiegel,

: saa

Office, (212) Pisses

- Cyprus: “Tama victim ofthe | Kissinger... From page 1

policy,” Kissinger said. “We are not a philanthropic organization. We are a country.” What, approach, then, should America take? There are two possible modes, he said, of international organization. _The first is hegemony, which is

“beyond the current moral, material and political capabilities” of the United States. The second mode is that of equilibrium among political powers. “Much opprobrium,” Dr. Kissinger said, “has been heaped

on the balance of power idea -yet that isthe world! into which we are heading. . In response to residents’ questions at the seminar and after the

Davis Hall lecture, Kissinger of-. fered the following remarks on the manner in which America ought to view problems and opportuni-

ties in or with respect to: |

+ The Soviet Union: “The United

| States cannot determine or fundafe

in every international crisis and try to settle it. “T would ease up on the adoration of Gorbachev. [By respond-

ing to Bush Administration arms

break-up

of the Soviet Union,] I’m

not concern

the

United

was Macarius.... A strong Greek anda strong T tel areBirise res to : settle it. |

all the standard phraseology are a

no great fan of Russian centraliza- | Currently, Japan’s military budget tion. . . : Centralized Russia is a -- one percent of the GNP -- is menace to its neighbors: [Russian _ already the third-largest in the cohesion has traditionally been. world. ” achieved in Russia by inculcating _- Germany: “I’m wary of a |

| strong, centralized Germany. I’ve

overshadows the threats posed by

once

- The Middle East: ain i peace,’ ‘direct negotiations,’ and — misconception.

States.]

a] belief in foreign threats that

For years the Is-

raelis have been asking for things they thought they'd never get [as

a way of avoiding, say, land for peace deals.] Golda Meir said that if I got her direct negotiations I

would be surprised by what she said on television that if | did. I got her direct negotiations | | Germany were not united in my and.I was surprised by what she ily expanded since the time of | lifetime I would not die unful-— did: nothing. There is ‘no reasonPeter the Great and it did not do ‘ filled. ‘Europe has two choices: a © able solution to the Middle East soby plebiscite, but by conquest.” | - dominant Germany that is sepa- _ problem because both sides want “In present day Russia, we are | _ rate from the common market, or | the same territory.” witnessing two revolutions: —— 1 a common market dominated by “(Syrian President Hafez al-

| Assad] doesn’t even understand years and against: the

the phrase ‘genuine peace.’ I think

history of the last 400. et ye 2 American humanitarian aid such |. as food aid, though I favor: it,|.a NY IEE i

the:. 3

Bote

ce, Sib

”%a gre

ets

™

—

man who could have settled Cyprus —

| geniously in the world [and Japan need no longer rely on a United States security umbrella. Militarily as itdoes economically, Japan can “[As for the possibility of a fend for itself in matters that do

es rommmneates I “outcome of the ‘

the end of the Cold War,] security _| is no longer considered homo-

reduction proposals] Gorbachev is not reducing any threat to the United States. He is reducing an linternal] threat to himself.”

; Soviet crisis. Nolaw of nature says . | cannot BaP

rk,oem

- Japan: “Historically, it is inCyprus issue, so I know it someevitable that a rising, economi- - what.... No American should ever cally powerful Japan become a get between those two countries big military power as well. [With [Turkey and Greece]. The only

3e,

colleg +5 B oard ©

“The Soviets ak

Geneva,

up for the lack of livof

home-made

pizza. The wok station is intended for Asian residents, whose

Although all nine I. House

Enterprises

kewitz’s office, two of them, the

From page 1

vending Turkewitz says, was “driven by the fact that you have a population that needs

certain services

and you try to provide these serv_ices in a convienient fashion at prices competitive with those of area businesses.” Alumni who visit New York from other points domestic and abroad are encouraged to utilize Chateau

Laura,

needs were not met by the old cafeteria. The dining hall, Chateau Laura and the other services are “a way of marketing the House,” Tur-

enterprises are overseen by Tur-

which

can

reached at (212) 694-4494. Please

machine

service

and

dining services, are run on a handson basis by independent contrac- , tors. Nicolas Koutsoupolos, a familiar figure around the House, , runs the vending machines. He is.

also employed

kewitz

by the Interna-

tional House to manage the Pub, -

which supplies beverages for most

says, since students and

ing space in the House:” That extra something, which

ing people and, in the nine enter-

prises, a safe environment in which to shop, dine, wash one’s clothes, relax over a beer, entertain one’s

family, or plan a trip. NOTE - Rates for International House’s guest accommodations

interns who come to New York have “a number of options” in their choice of residence, ranging from university dormitories to

range from $55 per night for a guest room with private bath up to

apartment shares. “There has to be something,” he said, “to make

$100 per night for the two in the President’s Suite.

I. House parties.

Dining services has been managed since May 1, 1991, by

Marriott Management Associates, which manages dining halls for

mention that you were referred by International House. The Bazaar is managed by resident Michele Boucher from

universities, health care facilities and businesses across the United —

Quebec. Ms. Boucher is an opera

Service director, has overseen a

singer who has performed at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and

renovation

who, when the spirit moves her,

tions in the menu. Marriott's fu-

treats Bazaar customers to a free note or two from the voice that opera buffs pay to hear.

ture plans for the dining hall, she says, include the installation of a five-wok station and the serving — Above: Martin Turkewitz joins President Evans and Laura Brennan of Chateau Laura.

States. Lisa Inserra, Marriot Food

of the

also available to I. House alumni worldwide, is a safe setting in which to meet a world of interest-

‘sj

serving line |

facilities as well as some modific

Alumnus Jerzy Kosinski: A Tribute On May 3rd, 1991 International House alumnus Jerzy Kosinski, one of America’s most celebrated authors, passed away at his home in New York City at the age of 57. The Polish-born Mr. Kosinski was the author of numerous novels,

Yale, as well as serving two terms as the President of the American Center of PEN, the international writers’ organization.

human rights.”

There,

and

Steps,

for which

won the National Book Award in 1968. He had taught on the faculties of Wesleyan, Princeton, and

program Following

aed

actively promoung reer

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teceived M.A. degrees in Political Science and History from the University of Lodz, and came to

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the United States and International House in 1957 to complete his postgraduate work in sociology at

Columbia University. After writing two collections of essays under the pseudonym Joseph Novak, Mr. Kosinski published his semiautobiographical first novel, The Painted Bird, in 1965, to both

; fe)

Kissinger From page 3

about what you are doing, you can make deals with Assad. [Assad is pragmatic.) He doesn’t believe that there is any permanent final solution for the situation in the Middle East. - The People’s Republic of China: “The United States will have to make a decision as to what extent we want to insist on the implementation of our values all over the world...and [to what extent we want to] pay the economic price. How can the United States conduct a serious foreign policy without a dialogue with the leaders of the People’s Republic

sete fo Sach eae

antes dents

me of 4d stinctive

the hand in tWO ‘st :Office k, but also cin: walking

critical and popular acclaim. In 1979, his novel Being There

oe the City ; ghbo rho

[were thrown together in the same

country.] I cannot make a proper analysis. I don’t know the solution.... Africa runs the risk of becoming the backwater of eco-

progres-

of China, regardless of our views

_ the past [of the 1950s and 1960s.]” The Pentagon Papers: [The revelations they made] were an

of colonization in the sense that...the colonial boundaries were drawn in such a way that people with little to do with each other

outrage then, and it is even more

of an outrage now... .You cannot

know what such papers mean — unless you know what bureau-

—

cratic fight was going on when

they were written.... I can’t be-. lieve that after 20 years nobody [in the media] has the guts to exam-

ine the journalistic responsibility [regarding the publication of such

-- International

House’s

Board of Trustees, working with Mrs. Kosinski’s support, seeks to establish a permanent program |

papers]. Iam an unrepentant public official.”

the fundamental factors are in flux simultaneously, when the institu-

tions,

- The Gulf War: “If Iraq had

war in which the American military is paid for by other countries. We cannot constitute our forces as mercenary forces. “ _ -The present political climate: “Tt very rarely happens in history that the canvas is so open...that all

Our

Prevail

ment issues.

- The United States: “I think the cohesiveness of American society is beginning to weaken. There is a rise in ethnic conflict... America is sliding into looking like a developing country. We have no progressive philosophy moment....

founded -- That Brotherhood May

‘Zinoviev in Warren Beatty’s Reds.

Latin America.”

sives are trapped in the slogans of

motto upon which the House is

for residents studying in the Hu-manities, particularly First Amend-

can never fight another war like the Gulf War. We cannot fight a

at the

In recognition of his life-long commitment and service to the

later, Mr. Kosinski himself made a cameo motion picture appearance as the Bolshevik leader Grigory

of the moderate states. [The war had to be fought because] a blockade wouldn’t have worked.... We

that the most constructive American policy at the moment is in

House for the last time giving an eloquent and moving Sunday Supper address to residents, alumni, and staff assembled in Davis Hall.

| and scholarship fund in his honor.

gotten away with annexing Kuwait, it would have been the end

nomic development in comparison with, say, Mexico. I believe

On January 27, 1991 Jerzy Kosinski returned to International

was turned into a successful film

starring Peter/ Sellers; two years

tours=

of its internal policies. China is a society that governed itself for 5000 years...without conspicuous advice from the United States.” - Africa: “I have great difficulty understanding what the United States can constructively do in Africa, because Africa is a victim

Jerzy Nikodem Kosinski was

born in Lodz, Poland in 1933. He

now augmenting

mained a vigorous polo. player, and was active as the President of the Jewish Presence Foundation. In May, 1990, Jerzy Kosinski was one of the inaugural recipients of International House’s Harry Edmonds Award for outstanding life achievement. In presenting this award ata gala benefit held at the Pierre Hotel, Executive Committee Chairman Stephen Eyre paid tribute to Mr. Kosinski’s “notable contribution to the world through his achievements in the areas of literature, film, education and

including The Painted Bird, Being

In recent years Mr. Kosinski re-

This fund would provide’ either ~ program support or scholarships

the

means

of interaction,

the principles of justice change -for the most~part because of American initiative. We have al-

ways thought of some terminal date to our efforts. We always talk of peace as if on some magic date peace will appear. In fact this has never been the case. If we think so, the next decade will be ex-

tremely disappointing for us.” The Marshall Visitor Program was established in 1959 by then I.House Chairman John J. McCloy in honor of George C. Marshall.

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From A Resident Perspective and

With a heavy schedule of work studies, it’s all too easy to

possibility for greatness in our community is made more clear when we discover the impact that

become a slave to daily routine. The long-term goals we’ve set for ourselves are often obscured and

temporarily misplaced in stacks of books and piles of papers and assignment deadlines. So it’s no that we’ve been somewhat unconscious of our surroundings and the community we’re a part of -until we’ve left, and have time to

reflect on our past experiences. House,

are members of a diverse community made up of many of the world’s cultures. Each person here is as interesting and different as we ourselves are, with the same

emphatic desires and goals and personal objectives. Unfortunately,

tial of our friends, of our housemates, of ourselves. From time to time, I’ve found

little untouchable,

it’s nice to realize that these prominent persons were once just like

have

Did

someone look on Jerzy

us: students who stayed up late,

- Kozinski, reading a book in the

stood waiting for the elevators,

A full-time graduate student Main Lounge, and realize that he’d and an employee of the offices of come to write such highly-acInternational House, I was pre- — claimed novels as Steps and The sented a project by the Office of © Painted Bird? Did someone see Alumni Affairs that I thought would Sookja Hong, an International be most interesting: to research Affairs student at Columbia, in the and compile information concernelevator or walking to class, and ing the most prominent and influ- | realize that she’d not only be the ential alumni of International first female ever to run for the House. The task sounded fun and presidency of her male-dominated . government of Korea, but that her not too difficult and I was anxious to get started. But after hours and dedication and beliefs would spark hours of digging through library | a movement towards the equality files and magazines and volumes for women throughout the coun-

participated in outings and sport-

had

in the past and

are

Who,

I realized

how

try?

Who

ing events, ate their meals in the same cafeteria and slept in the same single bed in the same rooms. It’s nice to know that the our more famous alumni were once hopeful students like us; and that we as dedicated students are not that far

from realizing our dreams. So now when I get a very rare

moment to fhink about something other

than

studies,

I look

around me and wonder how many of the people I share my life with

knew that a theology

at International House are poten-

_ student named Dietrich Bohnhof-

tial Sookja Hongs or Dietrich Bon-

_ fer would return to Germany and _in the early 1940's have the deter-

hoeffers, how many of my friends and neighbors will go on one day . to join the ranks of the famous

the microfiche and the fine print, - _ mination and humanity to speak

alumni of International House.

I began to uncover a list of suc- - Out against Hitler’s regime, an act powerful and thought-— - that led to his execution? Who provoking personalities whose qs knew that Burl Ives would go on hard work and dedication have | to win the Oscar for his performmade a significant contribution in | -ance in the film Cat on a Hot Tin

myself witha rare and unexpected

cessful,

break from studies, and have found it interesting to imagine the career

_ potentials of the people surround| ing me. How many of my friends

| here at the House will go on to b come influential and pore

thing: Who’s going to do the

tedious and extensive a project I had undertaken. And just when I thought I'd go blind from reading

often don’t understand the poten-

them seem a

shaping of the world?

of Who’s

time moves too quickly, and we

Though their elevated status in their respective fields may make

many International House Alumni continuing to have in the present.

suprised, as busy as we are, to find

At. International

past years at International House, students like myself looked around themselves and said the very same

these very rooms of I. House? The

Roof? |

their respective fields of endeavor.

of the goals we’ve set for our-

Have we forgotten that many

| The project was no longer a | job. for 3 found myself taking

selves offer the possibility for

research, , looking

atness?

Pager I look aro n d to

and wonder: Who will

Amb. Masamichi Hanabusa

Kaisa Broner-Bauer

Mr. & Mrs. Charles

Amb. Kenneth D, Taylor

Mrs. Wenke Thoman

Elizabeth M. Brothers

Phyllis Head

Dr. Kaspar Speckle Robert M. Spire

Dr. Herold May

iota

Matthew C. Spooner

Catherine A. Mayer

Charles McLoughlin

Arnold Stalder. —

_ | Simon D. Strauss

Dr. Max Bruggman

Jerry Hill

Donald'V. Mehus .

| Mr. Frances L. Tyau | Anthony Ukoli

Ruth P. Bucher Elena Canellas

Margaret G. Van Kirk

T. Irving Chang

Felicite L. Hoffman Susan$.Holland =

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Mr. & Mrs. Frank Melville Dorothy J. Messenger

Meeta Vyas

Herschel B. Chipp

John I. Howell

1 Filip Moerman.

Mrs. John Suydam

Phillip Crawford Lucy Gillman Crockin Robert M. Cutler Alexander Dake

| Markus & Sapte F Henry C. Jadow : . V. Jorger

| Karen Munch-Ellingsen | Kenjiro Muramatsu | Alexandra C. Nichols | Peter E. Nijman

Cheng Tao & Ay Ling Lin’ _| Frank C. Taylor Marc Thomas . Mary A. Thompson

Dr. Robert Wolsch

_ Frank H. Wyman Anonymous [3] | |

Mrs. Kay Corinth |

World Members [$100 - $250]

Ae ;

Dominique G.Homberger

Lucie Hribal

Karl 1. Danga Sylvie Dariosecq

Esther Dartigue

Heratenatiola

John Dartigue Samaroo Deonarine_ Robert H. Dexter

T.S. Khatri. Jeong Kil Kin Nyong-whai Kim

David S. Dickenson Rainer M. Dumke.

Te P. King’ 36 Klaus Kirchesch

AustinC. Amalu Sam Armstrong

Michel P. Arnaud

Leonie M. Dunlap

~ | Daniel E. Aron ‘| Feher Arthur Mr. & Mrs. Peter Avazis

Agapito Duran David Durand Maurits Edersheim

‘| RadeC. Awana

Kate S. Elman

_| |

Dr. & Mrs. Edward F. Habbod Stewart F. Babbott

Martha G. Ensher Mika Fatourou

Junji Kitadai

SvavaBernhardsdotter. Gladys Leuba Bernheimer ~ Helen L. Bird me Mr. & Mrs. Lee Black -

‘| lajean Feldmiller .. . ‘| John C. Fiske . . ;t{ Hector Flores”... y ; ' | Merle M. Foeckler

r. & Mrs. Alan H. Booth

Rachelle Bradt

Evandro F. Braz

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George S. Franklin,

Phoebe F.Gedge

Sheila Kelley Ginsberg

Vassilia Petsas —

Gordon Doong Chong Tya0

. | Margaret Pillsbury Robert W. Polak — - | Eumelia V. Pretel

RobertW. Van Zweiten’ . Carlos Velasquez Blanche T. Vessels.

Bibudhes Rautray | Sheila D. Ray

Edda B. Vidiz Dr. Masaaki Wada

| s -.

Kaarin HI. Taipale

Richard Tierney Martin Turkewitz

Hoyt-C. Reed

| Mr. & Mrs. William Ridenour _» | Stephen Robinson. doee! 17 Sam Roe

R. Scott poliperen

|James Wilkins 5 #) Richard Bradford Willett | Betty A. Wong »

Root.

_| Stephanie Rosenblatt _ | Charles S. Rotenberg

. | Frederick M. Rothenberg '

“4 Victor Yen .- -<. ar ‘| Mrs. Mihoko Yoshida

_| Dr. Suengpil Yu. / |

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Angela Sigward |). %

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Antti Siviranta

Daniela Passal _ ‘Mrs. Charles G. Peterson

| Nandini Shah

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James Latimer _ | Michael R. Lavin

| Mr. & MrsyJeybalan Subbiah.»

| Margaret L. Montgomery

'| Elizabeth L.

Sabra Feldman.__

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Blaugrund

aes

DavidJ. Klock — Durmus Koch Ann Kuhlmann

Prof, Georgia J. Bernard

Mervin Block... .-

BengtJulin Yoshi Kawashima

Sjamsiah Achmad | Enrique L. Agios | Dr. Dieter Ahrens

—_—_} Shiro Miyawaki

}

James L. Broadhead

Dr. Gustav Szabo

| C. H. Mathews William B. Matteson

Sally Staley

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Sylvie Goyet _ : Phyllis Haberman — oe

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Adele Breech J. L. Brierton

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_ Dr. & Mrs. Hans Speigel _| Walter Springer

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got f

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penn

main lounge, lunch-

1 _ing sitng in inthethe cafeteria, occupying

‘the ones who will shape the realms _ beliefs on fant ion have led of arts and science, business and» | : towards the realization of © politics? And I wonder if, in the | i

If: |

the Decadey 1920s

institution in 1982.

Malcolm W. Smith (1964-67) is the Prin-

Canadian students of International House

Beverly Glenn Long (1944-45) lives in Providence, RI, and is currently a member of the Council of the Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. Eleanor Pierpont Suydam (1944-45) is retired and living in New Canaan, CT; she spent 38 years with Nestlé, where she was

in 1985. Miriam English Macdonald (1925-27), a longtime member of both the Programs and Admissions Offices at International

Mr. and Mrs. John K. Friesen (1946-48) and (1947-48) live in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they have founded an

Indianapolis. Mohammed Iqbal Dada (1965-1966) is the Chairman of the Tea Traders Association of Bangladesh where, since 1966, he has been the proprieter of Haji Ahmad Brothers Tea Exporters. Joanna Edgar (1965-67) is the Director of Communications of the Edna McCon-

International House.

nell Clark Foundation in New York City.

Felicité L. Hoffman (1924-27) of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is active in La Fonda-

tion d’Education globale Laflamme Inc. based in Montreal and organized by French-

House, is currently living in a retirement community in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

1930s Robert S. Tipson (1930-1932), of Kensington, Maryland, is the senior editor of

Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and

Biochemistry.

r. Theodore O. Yoder (1932-33) of

| cipal Oboe of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as well as the Teacher of Oboe at Bulter University and the University of

Manager of the Pension Department.

Mark Mathabane (1985) and his wife

49) lives in Belvedere, CA where she is an

Nicholas Della Pelle (1965-66) has been

illustrator of children’s literature.

dents’ Council of the Retirement Commu-

Mr. Dickinson T. Guiler (1949-50) has

involved in dental public health activities in the Philadelphia area for the last 25

nity where he lives with his wife Ruth.

recently established an International Scholar

years.

Rosalie Regen (1934) is a freelance writer and playright living in Medford, NJ. Robert M. Cutler (1935-41) is a consult-

Room Ohio. Peter

Evandro F. Braz and Darline K. Ryther

ant in international affairs and professor

Quebec is recently retired from the faculty of McGill University.

of Political Science at Laval University in

Braz (1966-67) live in Chappaqua, New (1948-49)

Manic

Quebec City, Quebec.

Forrest H. Kirkpatrick (1935-36, 194041) of Wheeling, West Virginia, is recently

Sigrid Leube Snell (1950-52) is married

| Bengt Julin (1936-37) returned to Swe-

with two

den in Fas

Sak in the

orming |

; Stockholm for Design dinei helio Art.

- Lois-Neal Hamilton Tennent (1938-39) of Spartanburg, South Carolina, lead a group to China in September, 1989 and one to Australia and New Zealand in April, 1990. Dr. R. Alberto Casas (1939-42) has retired from teaching Humanities at the University of New Hamshire, and now spends his time traveling, painting watercolors and playing tennis in the New England Circuit (where in 1989 he was ranked number one in doubles). He met his wife of forty-eight years at I. House.

1940s KatherineC. Corinth (1940-41) isa selfemployed writer who has recently moved to Evans, Georgia after living fifty years in

New York City. She met her husband, Thomas Corith, who passed away on March 1, 1988, while at I. House.

Claire Holcomb Walsh (1940-41) of Sandy Spring, Maryland, isa writer, editor and director of publications for a college printing company. Caroline Augur Schneider

recently

retired

from

Ernst H. Rosenberger (1953-1955) was recently re-elected to another 14-year term on the New York State Supreme Court.

Dr. John E. Rexine (1955) of Hamilton, New York, is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Classics at Colgate University. Dr. Robert Wolsch (1955) is Emeritus Professor of Communications and Educations at Western Connecticut State University. Karen-Margarethe Munch-

(1955-56) of Tromso, Norway, is recently retired after 33 years spent working inthe field of psychiatry. She is a former pollitician and plans to serve again on the Tromso City Council, representing | Pe elderly.

Chizuko Nagasawa (1959) is a living in Mitaka-City, Tokyo, Japan.

(1941-42)

teaching

art

Okemos, Michigan.

Miss Edith Hermann (1942-43) has recently retired from her position as Senior Librarian and Head of Technical Services at the Public Library of Hillside, NJ.

Director

the

Masters

Program

for the World Council of Churches. Masanobu Taniguchi (1977-79) lives in Tokyo where he is the vice president of a Japanese Religious Organization, SeichoNo-Le.

Frank Melton (1924-1926) of Norman, OK Anthonie Leeuwenburgh (1925-29) of

Jamaica, WI Vera Cole (1929) of Winter Park, FL

Austin Amalu (1980-81) has served in Zaire, Rwanda

and Sierre Leone for the

UNDP. Ms. Ann Mary Stanton (1980-82) is the Director of the Speech and Language Department of the Montreal Children’s

Hospital.

Dr. Thomas O. Nitsch (1981) has recently organized the Sixth World Congress of Social Economics, Nebraska.

held

Omaha,

Bernard Van Horne (1937-38) of Carmel, CA Helen Wolfe (1938) of Twin Falls, ID Catherine Needham (1939-44) of Rockford, IL

Lucile Aly (1941-42) of Eugene, OR Bernice Lamb (1941) of Eugene, OR Robert Fox, Jr. (1943-44) of Hummelstown, PA Ruth Wilcox (1943-44) of Ashville, NC Abbie Hawk (1944) of Akron, OH

Commerce de Lyon and the University of

Saskatoon, Canada Lucille Gustafson (1953) of Batavia, IL Fern Staggs (1953-54) of Newburgh, MD Jerald Bobrow (1955) of Easton, PA

as a Junior Professional Officer for UNDP in Suva, Fiji.

ens’ Studies Departments of the California

projects.

State University, San Marcos.

Tony Chapelle (1983-84) is currently an

83) live in Caracas,

Venezuela, where

International House World Newsletter Vol. 27 No. 1, Fall 1991 A newsletter for alumni and friends of International House . John Srempessea and John Wells, Co-Editors; Michael Collins, Alumni News Special Assistant; Photography: Ken Klopsch, Reinhard Krumm Contributors: Douglas Century, Joseph Pusateri, Ellie Spiegel por

Helen Baker (1934-46) of Winter Park, FL

James L. Daugherty (1936-40) of Venice, FL Carmen Sanguinetti (1937-44) of NYC, NY

Margaret Magee (1947) of Rochester, NY

Professor Mary Gegerias (1960-63) of

As « nonprofit organization, a copy of ou last annual nancial Ee ne Fe RAI

Margaret Leckie (1932-33) of Pinedale, NY Robert Tifft (1932-33) of Hightstown, NJ

Sylvie Goyet (1982-83) has earned MBA degrees from the Ecole Superiore de

ria, and simultaneously awarded an hon-

orary doctorate of literature by the same

Mary Duerson (1926-27) of New York, NY Carmen Phillips (1926-27) of Pipersville,PA Vahan Vartanian (1926-30) of New York, NY Ruby Meredith (1928-29) of Highgate,

1980s

Texas at Austin, and is currently working

rently living in Escondido, California, where she is teaching in the History and Wom-

Amsterdam, Netherlands Eric Menke (1925-26) of Washington, DC

Grace Covey (1927-28) of Golden Bridge, NY

1960s

Leslie Meyers Zomalt (1964-65) is cur-_

In Memoriam Aagot Tharaldsen (1920-25) of Rye, NY

they have a daughter; Jey directs the worldwide sales activities of an aluminum company and Eucaris works as an educational consult in several school

Prince

president of a commercial society.

Victoria Manoukian (1921-32) of Rye, NY

of the French Republic.

Dr.

plan to live in Edmonton, Canada.

Edda Prezza Vidiz of Trieste, Italy is the

_ lives in Switzerland where he is working

Akwaeke Abyssinia Nwafor Orizu (194244), a prominent figure in Nigerian education and political life, was installed Chancellor of the University of Jos, Nige-

Honorable

since

Counselling at Hunter College. Ray Sheila (1971-72), a British citizen,

Jeyabalan and Eucaris Subbiah (1982-

Right

in Greece

1989.

Chestnut Hill, MA, was recently named a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and x habia

The

Star-News of Pasadena. Leda Petropoulou (1987-88) has been

Hans Peter Mayr and Wren MacLean (1990-91) were married in July. They

Enrique L. Agois (1970-73) is currently School Board Member. She is still active living with his wife Nilda Hatton (1971playing viola and violin in northern New | 72).and their three children in Lima, Peru; Jersey orchestras and —- Enrique is now the president of a major sembles. Peruvian publishing concer, and Nilda is Lucie W. Bourne (1951-52) is living in 4 starting a business specializing in the Washington where she is the co-chairof export of Peruvian cotton knits. the Geriatic Social Workers of Greater Ms. Caroline Adkins (1970-72) lives in Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. — | Greenwich, CT and is a Professor and

bourne, Australia.

Republic.. Annette Kondo (1986) of San Gabriel, California is working as a reporter for the

1990s

children and living in Haworth,

Phillip Mathabane on January 20, 1991 Dimitri Rupel (1985-86) has been appointed Foreign Minsiter of the Slovene

Wickersham & Taft.

New Jersey, where she has served as a

tired and living in Kent, England; she spent fifteen years involved in the management of a cancer institute in Mel-

Gail became the proud parents of Nathan

practicing architecture

1970s

Barbara N. Fawkes (1952-1953) is re-

Nigeria

York; Evandro is currently a Partner, specializing in project control services, with Coopers & Librand, and Darline isan Associate Attorney with Cadwalader,

1950s

retired after serving as Vice President of Wheeling-Pittsburg Steel Corp. and as _ | Dean and Professor at Bethany College. |

her husband atthe U.S. Embassy in Lagos,

for Metallurgy and Ceramics at the U.S. Department of Energy and is responsible for reasearch in materials science at

Maryland.

Pueblo, Colorado, is active in the Resi-

Landry

Dr. Masaaki Wada (1984-86) has been

Gaithersburg, Maryland is Branch Chief

Mary E. Fowler (1965-67) was married in July, 1990 and is living in Bethesda,

in Oxford,

in June, 1990. He lives in the Netherlands where he is the General Manager of BNP Finance B.V., a wholly-owned Dutch subsidiary of Banque Nationale de Paris.

Dr. Robert J. Gottschall (1965-67) of

Department of Energy laboratories and universities nationally.

University

1991. Mr. PeterE. Nijman (1983-85) was married

an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania since 1987. He and his wife live in Philadelphia with their two-year-old son. Amy Holman Casey (1985-87) was married in July, 1990, and is serving with

Dr. Gibson Gray (1947-49) of ia Se ton, N.C. is retired from the Department of Political Science Chair at Pembrook State University which he held from 198189. ’ Mrs. Norma J. Branson (1948-49) is semi-retired and living in Indio, California after thirty-five years in Clinical aoe Work. Dorothy Johnson Messenger (1948.

at Miami

Associate Producer for CNN in New York, as well as being the co-author of The Woman Who Took Back Her Streets, published by New Horizon in February,

is available from the Department of State Office of Charities Registration, Albany NY rere, a fea sco Vt age cg 10027-3916 j

12231,

Grant Williams (1950-51) of New Rochelle, NY

Myrtle E. Crawford (1952-53) of

Ferne Shipley (1955) of Tucson, AR Mary Saul (1957-58) of Marion, IN

Emilio Torres (1961-62) of Chevy Chase, MD John O’Brien (1965-66) of Bricktown, NJ Jacinto Fortunato de Veyra (1966-68) of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Roslyn Furman (1966) of Tamarac, FL Dulronain MacIntyre (1966- sks of Taynuil, Argyll, Scotland Hilda Warkentin (1967-68) of Calgary, Canada Madeline W. Cutler (1969) of Santurce, PR Frank Fairchild, Jr. (1977-78) of High Point, NC

Hsing-Hsu Ku (1981) of Cranford, NJ Endah Soebroto (1984-87) of Indonesia