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resident Emeritus Howard A. Cook, who led International House for 25 years and traveled the world as its chief fundraiser and ambassador, died July 29th at his home in Chatham, New York.
Cook, who had undergone surgery for cancer last year, became ill in July during a visit to France with his wife, Diane. The trip was cut short, and the couple returned to New York, where they learned his condition had worsened. After spending two nights at International House, they returned to their home in Columbia County, NY, where he died peacefully six days later. As news of the death spread, messages of grief and condolences poured in from around the world. Alumni and friends expressed shock that the energetic Cook, whose spirit and vitality belied his 81 years, had passed away. In its obituary, The New York Times noted Cook's work “‘to improve understanding among nations” and cited the highlights of his long career. “International House has lost its finest leader, and we all have lost a great friend and a true citizen of the world,” said President Donald L. Cuneo, Cook’s successor and friend of 30 years. “We are all stunned and saddened by this incalculable loss.” A memorial service will be held at International House on Monday, September 16 at 4 p.m. in Kathryn & Shelby Cullom Davis Hall.
Christie’s Benefit
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When he arrived at the House in 1955, Cook found an enormous staff of maids was retained to clean resident rooms daily. “I said, hell, 1 make my own bed, and I don’t know why a student can’t make his or her bed,” he recalled in later years. The maids were cut back, and the budget was balanced. More alarming than the maid surplus was occupancy: the new President discovered that an entire floor was empty. “There was no admissions promotion at all,” he said later. “One of the first things I did, having come from the Department of State, was to make sure that all the USIS libraries and all the student affairs people in State were apprised. I made sure
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each resident hall; guest rooms were added; music practice rooms and a resident kitchen & dining room were constructed; automatic elevators were installed, and the pub and television lounge were created. Programmatically, Cook’s presidency saw the creation of the first Programs Committee of the Board in 1956. As President, he welcomed to the House such renowned figures as Eleanor Roosevelt, Dean Acheson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Aaron Copland and Margaret Mead. He was responsible for bringing Herman Rottenberg and the Performing Arts Foundation to the House in the early 1960s, an association which continues to this day. Encouraged by Executive Committee Chairman David Rockefeller, Cook visited other I. Houses, organizing and serving as
to
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for a number of years. Howard Cook chats with IL House founder Harry Edmonds at 40th These moves were the Anniversary Alumni Homecoming in summer, 1964. As President, while maintaining its first in a series of new initiatives led by the greatest traditions, Howard Cook helped 40-year-old President. Driven by a sizable transform International House from a gift from founder John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a genteel establishment whose budget was large scale renovation was undertaken: new funded almost entirely by the Rockefeller furnishings were purchased and walls family into the financially sound, contemreceived a fresh coat of paint; linen closets porary organization it remains today. were removed to create floor lounges on
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co-chair of the first world conference of International Houses and Centers in Paris in 1961. He was also a member of the Youth Activities Commission of the 1965
House, where it remained {
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headquarters from Greenwich Village to I.
30th Anniversary Meeting of Council of World Members Held in Singapore
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While he was enthusiastically supported by the Board of Trustees, then led by Chairman John J. McCloy and David Rockefeller, some of Cook’s more ambitious ideas did not come to fruition. A proposal to add two floors to the House in the late 1950s, and one to operate a student center near the Juilliard School in the late 1960s, were tabled. “We were about to launch our 50th Anniversary capital campaign, and the Trustees were not interested in getting
involved,” he said of the latter project. continued on Page Five
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~ ow often in our high-tech, cyberspace lives do we
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take the time to devote an evening to just sitting around telling stories over a shared meal? In our 4_rushed and hurried days, the internet now
I. House,” said Dean Curtis 4.
Bear Claw, a Native American resident from the Crow Nation, one
connects us in ways we never dreamed possible. We can see
of the great Northern Plains tribes
of Montana.
and read about people’s cultures and thoughts with just a few keystrokes, and broad groups of people can talk to each other instantaneously through e-mail. Certainly without the daily flow of faxes and e-mail to and from alumni around the world, we would not have been able to carry out the World , Council Meeting in Singapore. Because we live great distances from each bes such means of communication are a very positive opportunity for international understanding.
With his tall frame
folded comfortably into an armchair, Dean’s face breaks easily into a soft grin. “This place is great! It gave me an opportunity to
make friends with people from all
over the world and to be exposed to _ New York City’s exciting, creative environment.
It’s a great feeling.
2°47 Bear Claw at I. House Reception Desk.
_ There is constant energy and stimulation here that I have learned to thrive on.’
“I come from rural Montana which is fairly isolated from the rest of the United States. Iwas born and raised on the Grow Indian Reservation, 15 miles from the site of the Battle of Little Big Horn, and living on the Reservation imposes an additional layer of isolation. , The Closest population center, Denver, is 7 hours away. Montana is a great state, but we
live in our own little world and that’s not good.
_ “With a population of 8,000, the Crow Nation has no LV. station, no radio station, or : newspaper of its own,” explained Bear Claw. “Whatever comes into the reservation is
beamed in by satellite from non-Indian media. We are forced to see images of ourselves as others want to interpret us, and it is not accurate.
In addition, the English and Crow
_Tanguages are the only ones we hear, so we are not exposed to diversity.” __ Language is a key thread for this lecturer/historian, archival researcher and four-time award-winning documentary filmmaker. For Bear Claw, it is synonymous with one’s culture, one’s history and identity. Thus, when asked how he describes I. House to his family in Montana, he explains that language is the clear indicator of the difference between the Crow
_ reservation andI. House. “At I. House I hear so many languages. I'd never met someone _from Paris, or from China, or Palestine—or from Russia or India until I came to I. House,”
Yet, when I reflect back over the Singapore conference and my trip to Japan, excited by the productive working sessions and renewed dedication and energy of Council Members and alumni for the work of the House, I keep thinking of what made the greatest impact on me. It is something all 1. House alumni know and have experienced personally. ‘The greatest memories of my trip will always be the smiles I saw, the handshakes I felt, and the warm sound of friendly voices blending together over a shared meal. “Breaking bread together” has always been at the center of the I. House experience. The original idea for the House grew out of informal dinners that founder Harry Edmonds and his wife shared with graduate students in the early 1900’s. Today, when many alumni return to the House, they speak warmly and movingly of lifelong relationships that began in the dining room and of things they learned there about other people and cultures. A current resident expressed it to me as follows: “Perhaps the most meaningful activity | participate in...is also the most common—the conversations I have in the dining hall... these talks are really the essence of learning and these dialogues are a singular phenomenon of International House.”
And the same experience occurred there at the Council
meetings in Asia. Taking time to laugh and remember, to sit down and tell stories over a shared meal, we alumni kept giving and receiving the gift of community and friendship to each other and to all the guests and friends who joined us. We came to the conference from over 22 countries with a shared vision and purpose, just as we came to I. House in New York as residents.
Some of us had never been to Asia, some were returning.
We
said Bear Claw, continuing to name countries.
were welcomed by fellow alumni and their host countries, and we learned much about
= Dean, who speaks Crow fluently, stated that 75% of his generation knows Crow, but only t 25% of high school students, the next generation, can speak it. Schools on the Crow Reservation only teach in English, and Crow childrén begin to learn English in daycare and kindergarten. By 7th grade, most students have completely lost their onpath in Crow. fe“My ancestors are buffalo hunters, warrior chiefs and holy men,” explained Bear Claw. i “We lived in tepees and followed the buffalo herds. In the 1880's we were forced to give up much of our traditional way of life, settle on farms and adapt to the ‘white man’s
each other and the world from each of our perspectives. Together we effortlessly recre-_
ated the special bond and joy we first developed as residents. That is the wonderful gift that I. House alumni keep giving each other, no matter what year or decade we lived at the House, no matter where we are or when we meet.
a uring the Roaring Twenties, will contain major portions of Crow dialogue.
If I felt a bit shy when I first walked into the I. House dining room as a new resident back in 1966, nothing felt more comfortable in Asia. Each time we meet, each time we personally re-connect, it only gets better. Council Members and fellow alumni have pledged to plan ‘shared time together’ at alumni gatherings in each of their countries this coming year. I encourage you to respond to their invitations and take part. The news of Howard Cook's death arrived as this issue was going to press. A celebration of Howard's extraordinary life will take place at International House
Finishing his Masters at NYU’s Gallatin School of the Arts this summer, Bear Claw plans to
on September 16, 1996, at 4 p.m. If you plan to attend, please call my office at
pursu e his doctorate at the University of California Berkeley in Comparative and Ethnic
(212) 316-8478. I hope you will join the 1. House community in remembering this remarkable human being.
buffalo’, or cattle. Now our language is endangered and we cannot afford to lose it. Once language is gone, you lose your history, your link to the past.” He added that his Master's Thesis film project, Collecting Culture: George Heye, Crow Society and New York City
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Studies in the fall. Receiving a BA in Communication Arts from Eastern Montana College in
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conduct research on the history of the Crow people at the Smithsonian, the National
hives, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In 1991, he researched and cted ‘Warrior Chiefs in a New Age which won numerous awards, and was selected to creened at the prestigious 1994 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. In 1995, he served on D n : of Native selectors for the National Museum of the American Indian’s Film and Video
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erration s of Crow, as well as non-Indians. Pursuing this mission, Bear Claw said ped he was able to give something back to fellow residents during his 2’. years e . Presenting a screening of his film Warrior Chiefs, and participating in a Native
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Cultural Hour last October were particularly rewarding. “One of the most impor-going opportunities afforded me during my stay at I. House was that I was the first American most of the foreign students had ever met. Almost all of them said that they ved their information about Native Americans from Hollywood films that portray ; as demons, or at best, romanticized ‘noble savages’.
may be noble, but I’m not a savage,” said Bear Claw with intensity, “I have a heart, wart like everyone else, | am human with my own sense of identity. I have made ri¢ ! id here at I. House, and I hope I have made an impact.”
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CHRISTIE’S AUCTION BECOMES TOP FUNDRAISER EVER n April 2nd friends and supporters © of International House gathered at a Benefit Auction at the renowned ' Christie's auction house and raised an unprecedented $145,000 for resident scholarships. Chaired by I. House Trustee
Mr. and Mrs. French, who co-chaired last year’s Harry Edmonds Awards Dinner and
Mr. John
III and Mrs. French,
Ambassador of Australia to the United Nations
Trustees and friends of the House put in an enormous effort, making this a record for the House’s recent special events. Underwriting for the event was provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and a 1996 Camry LE for the raffle was provided by
and Mrs. Evans Butler; The Honorable
Toyota Motor Corporate Services of North
Yoshio Karita, Consul General of Japan in New York and Madame Karita; The Honorable Dag Sebastian Ahlander, Consul General of Sweden in New York and Ms. Gunilla von Arbin. Development Committee Co-Chair and Trustee Leah Rush Cann, who was responsible for coordinating the Silent
America.
French
Numerous
items
were
donated
for both a live and silent auction, including
trips to London, Paris, Ecuador, Nice, Berlin, Morocco and Southern Africa with
business class tickets for two provided by British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, Royal Air Maroc and South African Airways. Daimler-Benz of North America and Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation donated a three-year lease of a stylish Mercedes C220 W sedan, and I. House Trustees donated glamorous tropical villas, exciting voyages on sailing ships and an
Dance at the Rainbow Room, were assisted in
this year’s effort by the Honorary Chairs for the event: The Honorable and Mrs. John C. Whitehead; The Honorable Richard Butler,
Ahmed Snoussi, Ambassador of Morocco to the United Nations and Mrs. Snoussi; The Honorable Dr. Erhard Holtermann, Consul
General of Germany in New York and Mrs. Holtermann:
The Honorable
Ambassador
Chairs Richard Butler,
Australia’s
U.N.
Ambassador,
and
Mrs. Evans-Butler.
Auction, assisted in the logistical planning
and setting up for the evening, and oversaw the raffle campaign. Two hundred and twenty guests enjoyed the evening as tables humorously vied with each other over the bids. The Camry LE was won by alumnus Dr. Robert A. Wolsch (‘56).
aerobatic aircraft ride. Overall the value of
The
items contributed exceeded
Christopher Burge, the President of
tickets for two to Sydney on Qantas Airlines, were won by guests at the event, Mr. and Mrs.
Christie’s, was the auctioneer
Peter von Siemens.
$200,000.
Honorary
door
prize,
roundtrip
business
class
Wé L. to R.: Mr, & Mrs. Peter von Siemens; Trustee Charles A. HeimboldJr, Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company which underwrote the evening; Christie’s representative Sue Railley; benefit chairs Mrs. John French III and Trustee John French Il.
me Honorary Chairs (1. to r) Japanese Consul General Ambassador Yoshio Karitas Mrs Holtermann,; Madame Karita; German Consul General Dr. Erhard Holtermann
18 Vincente Chiaverini, ‘43 -Brazil
Henrietta R. Ornstein, ‘44 - The Netherlands Georgia H. Coleman, ‘46 -USA. Farid A. Fuleihan, ‘48 - lebanon
Mrs
Richare
donated
by
Corporate
Karl Glad, '63 - Norway
Mireille Ciani,'75 - France | Abdelgader O. Elshabani, ‘75 - Jordan
Roswitha Eisendle, ‘76 - Austria Barry Edward Brown, ‘77 - USA Dianne Bernadette Chin, ‘78 - Jamaica
Leon N. Hurvitz, ‘52 - Canada
Lars H. Jensen, ‘68 - Denmark
Johannes H. De Loor, ‘53 - South Africa
Josefina Villanos Opena, ‘68 - Philippines Sunday M. Elango, ‘68 - South Africa
Germaine F. De Pierre, ‘53 - France
Fernando H. Fuezalida, '68 - Chile
Nils E. Ingman, ‘53 - Finland
Andras Nylias, ‘68 - Hungary
Lerena De Vedia, ‘59 - Argentina ‘59 - Guatemala
Laura F, Collantes, ‘59 - Chile
1980s
David F. Ellis, ‘67 - Australia Hiroshi Hayakawa, ‘68 - Japan
Mary Chen, ‘80 - Peoples Rep. of China Chritian Hadjiminas, ‘81 - Greece Ottaviano De Biaso, ‘81 - Italy Petra Wolgard Hagemann, ‘81 - Germany Sujit Kumar Datta Ray, ‘81 - India Augustine E. Ejimatswa, ‘82 - Nigeria
Linda Anne Brocco, ‘69 - USA
‘54 - Panama ‘55 - Belgium
of North America.
Janis A. Connis, ‘74 - Australia
Mohamed M. El Kafrawy, ‘3 - Egypt
Andreas Henke, ‘67 - Switzerland
Jeanne M. Gobeaux-Thonet,
Services
Carlos H. Daza, ‘62 - Dominican Republic
Gervasio Collar, ‘66 - Spain
Jost E. De Kursell, ‘53.- Peru
3. rw Chair, announces the raffle winner of the 1996 Toyota Camry,
Mosaye sh Funahashi, ‘61 “Japan ay
Leiba L. Brown, ‘65 -USA
1950s
Briones,
Motor
Rosalind M. Griffin, ‘65 - United Kingdom
Marit W. Nyrud, ‘50 - Norway Maria L Haunalter, ‘50 - Austria
Henry
Toyota
Sergio D. Costa-Ribeiro, ' 65 - Brazil
Luis Callejas, ‘48 - Colombia Manu M. Chudgar, ‘49 - India Mei Yu Chow, ‘49 - Taiwan
Victor Gomez,
sae jvans-Butler, an Honorary
Gina Maria Capella, ‘82 - Colombia
Valerie Elliot, '69 - Canada
Dirk J.A. De Groen, ‘82 - The Netherlands
1970s
Charles-Louis De Vaulx, ‘83 - France Kurt Brosi, ‘83 - Switzerland
Gillian Hatch, ‘70 - USA
Silas Wright Campbell, ‘83 - USA
Hiroko Furusawa, ‘70 - Japan
We have lost contact with the above alumni. If you know how to reach them, please let the Alumni Affairs office know their address. NOTE RON AR TA
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Master Classes with Matitiahu Braun
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
As part of I. House’s Link Program, designed to put residents in touch with alumni and trustees for professional and personal enrichment, Matitiahu Braun (‘63-’65) gave a Master Class in violin and viola early this spring. Braun, who is a member of the Musica Aeterna Orchestra, the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, studied violin, viola and chamber music at Juilliard. He plans to give additional Master Classes in the coming year, and his May 20th recital for I. House patrons, which had to be postponed, will be rescheduled during the 1996-97 academic year.
Continuing the notable list of creative talent in I. House’s Leadership in the Arts Series, world-renowned artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude had dinner and a spirited dialogue with residents and guests on April 18th. Residents, alumni and friends packed the Mural Room for the talk and slide presentation which reviewed the couple’s extraordinary career. Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been international figures in the arts since the late 1950’s. Born in 1935 to a Bulgarian industrialist family, Christo studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia (1953-56) and later spent a semester at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy. Jeanne-Claude, born into a French military family, received her Baccalaureate in Latin and Philosophy from the University of Tunis. In 1964 the couple took permanent residence in New York City. As a team, Christo and Jeanne-Claude are best known for their projects involving the use of both urban and rural sites. In addition to “Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971-95”, some of their other well-known works include “Running Fence, Sonoma and
Black History Month Celebrated at I. House In celebration of Black History, I. House hosted a series of prominent, African-American speakers early last spring: Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Senior Pastor of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, was the guest speaker at February 4th’s Sunday Supper. Author of 17 books and a leader of international delegations for government and religious groups, Dr. Walker and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were seminary students together and soon became close friends. When Dr. King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he asked Dr. Walker to serve on its Board and two years later invited him to head the organization. Dr. Walker has also served as President of the Negro Heritage Library and as Special Assistant on Urban Affairs to the Governor of New York. On February 12th, Dr. Curtis Stokes, a
noted
scholar
and
teacher
who
currently serves as Assistant Director of
the
Institute
Research
of
African-American
at Columbia
University, gave
an International Forum address on African-American History. On April 1st, Bernard A. Harris, Jr. M.D., the first African-American astronaut to walk in space delivered the John J. McCloy address on “International Dr. Bernard A. Harris, J7. Space Stations”. Dr. Harris is the current Director of Astronaut Training for the International Space Station. He became an astronaut in 1991, and flew his first mission in 1993, conducting research in physical and life sciences. During the flight, he logged over 239 hours in space. He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications.
I. House North Bonds Reissued A six-month effort to refinance the 1989 bonds issued by the State Dormitory Authority for the purchase of I. House North was completed this spring. A complicated process involving great effort on the part of staff and Trustees, the refinancing was done to take advantage of a lower interest rate environment. The closing culminated an effort that results in average savings of over $95,000 per year for each of the next fourteen years. Particularly significant were the efforts of several Trustees, especially the officers of the Board—Chairman John Whitehead, Executive Committee Chairman Bill Rueckert, Treasurer Don Kummerfeld, and Secretary Joe McLaughlin and his colleagues at the international law firm of Shearman &
Marin
Counties,
California,
1972-76”
and
“The
Umbrellas,
Japan-U.S.A.,
1984-91.”
Following the program, Christo and Jeanne-Claude donated four signed posters of “Wrapped Reichstag” to the House. They were hosted at the event by their friend, I. House Trustee Timotheus Pohl, President of Damiler-Benz of North America.
Ongoing and Upcoming
Renovations
Among the numerous renovation projects at I. House, plans have been made to move the Mailroom and mailboxes—located near the Claremont entrance for a number of years— up the ramp from Claremont to the “B” level, off the T.V. Lounge. Claremont has the highest concentration of traffic of all entrances to the House. The reception desk is very busy, and individuals being assisted by staff often block entry and egress at the Claremont door. Contributing to the crowding, the Facilities Management office is nearby, as are a number of vending machines, and the mailroom and the mailboxes are too small to be efficient and functional. When the mailboxes adjacent to Claremont Reception are removed, the space will become an open counter for use by residents and staff, alleviating congestion by the entrance. The work is scheduled to be completed this fall. As part of the ongoing renovations of resident floors in both buildings, the refurbishment of the third floor resident hallways in I. House South was completed this spring, and work on the fourth floor hallway was finished earlier this summer. The balance of I. House South resident floors will be upgraded over the next two years and the remaining 4 of the 12 floors in I. House North will be renovated this summer. The hallway project includes painting, carpeting, and light fixtures providing much brighter lighting. The Davis Hall Foyer is in the final stages of its renovation. Begun last January, the project includes new woodwork, doors, hardware, flooring, painting and plastering. In addition, the roof above the Foyer, a source of leaks in the past, was completely replaced.
The instal-
lation of permanent memorabilia displays, furniture and area carpeting is scheduled to occur later this fall. The entire Foyer and Home Room will be made available to residents, alumni and guests, a goal that President Donald Cuneo has avidly pursued since arriving three years ago.
All Nations’ Celebration On April 13th and 14th, I. House presented an “All Nations’ Celebration”, a musical, artistic and culinary journey around the world. “Celebration” was an experiment that replaced the traditional Festival of Nations (FON) on a trial basis. In recent years, FON had experienced lower attendance and operating deficits, and the Programs & Resident Life Committee of the Board of Trustees asked the staff to propose an alternative. “Celebration” is
a more
modest festival geared toward residents, yet retaining FON’s
Sterling, which did all of the legal work on a pro bono basis.
U.N.’s Fiftieth Anniversary Honored by Gillian Sorensen Gillian Martin Sorensen, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s Special Adviser for Public Policy, called on I. House residents to support the work of the United Nations as employees and as citizens at the Holiday Sunday Supper on December 3rd. Ms. Sorensen served as the overseer and coordinator on matters relating to the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations in the fall of 1995. Under-Secretary General Sorensen’s work in international affairs and public policy has spanned many years. Most recently (1990-93) she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the U.S.’s oldest human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in
America. From 1978-1990, Dr. Sorensen worked as New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and Consular Corps, the City’s liaison office with the diplomatic community during the tenure of Mayor Edward Koch.
Kazakhstan
Ambassador
Gives
Mural Room Address In honor of Women’s History Month, and in celebration of International Women’s Day, Kazakhstan’s U.N. Ambassador, Akmaral K. Arystanbekova spoke to residents and guests in I. House’s Mural Room about her life experiences and personal vision of leadership under the auspices of the I. House International Forum Program. One of only seven women representatives to the United Nations, Ambassador Arystanbekova has held numerous diplomatic
positions over the last ten years, including Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Presidium of the Kazakh Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations, and Deputy Chairman of the Kazakh Friendship Society. Before entering the political arena, Dr. Arystanbekova served as a faculty member of Kazakh State University and conducted research work in chemistry. Her appearance at I. House was coordinated by 1995-96 Women’s International Leadership Program participant, Eleonora Omarova, a three-year resident from Kazakhstan.
I. House residents display All Nations Celebration t-shirt at in front of AT&T poster, a sponsor of the event.
fundraising goal of scholarships for residents and the spirit of community-building and cooperation. “Celebration”, which went on through the night until a 6:00 am pancake breakfast, was enjoyed by hundreds of residents and raised $1,400 for scholarships. The evening began with a performance by the ALLNATIONS Dance Company and then residents and guests tried it themselves as Davis Hall was filled with traditional and dance
music from around the world. Tables of tasty treats and cultural displays emphasized the unique contribution of many countries, while international films were presented in the Dodge Room, karaoke and jazz were offered in the Pub.
Raffle tickets were sold and
prizes included prepaid calling cards donated by AT&T, wine, CD’s and gift certificates.
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Meal Plan Re-instituted for Fall 96
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Most would agree that dining together is one of the most significant ways I. House can promote cross-cultural exchange.
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At International House, a vibrant, active Dining Room with
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a satisfying environment contributes significantly to achieving its mission. However, usage of the I. House Dining Room has declined, seriously harming its programmatic impact on the I. House community. At present, it is estimated that only one-quarter to one-third of all residents use the Dining Room on a regular basis, with many students living in I. House North using it in avery limited way or not at all. There are a variety of reasons for this: a proliferation of moderately-priced alternatives, changing resident eating patterns, the sameness of the current food service company, the availability of kitchens in I. House North, and others. To help remedy the situation, following consultation with Trustees and resident representatives, the House administration determined that a meal plan that would encourage everyone to use the Dining Room be established. The plan gives maximum choice and flexibility, and would be the appropriate direction to take in keeping with the goals of the House. Therefore,
merican painter and I. House alumnus Leon Polk Smith (‘36-’38) recently donated 8 lithographs and 2 posters to be permanently hung on the walls of - International House. Last January, Smith's distinguished career was honored by a retrospective of his work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. In March,
MA Smith invited Marian Newsom, Director of Alumni Affairs, to his Manhattan and helped her select the 8 lithographs and 2 posters for the House. An exhibif his donated works will be held at International House this fall in early November. fond: memories of his living at I. House while he attended Teachers College, and lition his exceptional gift to the residents of I. House, he autographed a book
in the fall of 1996, I. House will charge residents a dining room credit of $50 a month to be
life and work for the I. House library,
used at any time during the month for all foods and beverages served in the Dining Room. In explaining this decision to residents, President Cuneo noted that throughout the years the House has had a variety of meal plans, varying from ones that included a specified number of meals, to limited plans for continental breakfast. At other times, resident membership fees had a dining room subsidy built into the cost of a room. “In one way or another the House always had to subsidize the Dining Room because of the limited population that uses it,” Cuneo said. “The International Houses at Berkeley and Chicago have had to develop meal plans to deal with the same issues. The budgeted subsidy for this year we have nearly completed is approximately $180,000. The actual subsidy for this year is projected to be $240,000. Therefore, we expect the Dining Room to be over budget by approximately
was born in 1906 near Chickasha, in Indian Territory, which a year later was incorporated into the state of Oklahoma. Both of his
parents were part Cherokee, and most of their
neighbors were Chickasaw and Choctaw.
learned to speak Chickasaw as a child and speaks _ warmly about the Indian stories, songs and rituals _ that he learned growing up which developed in him a deep
“Many people say, ‘if you just make the food better in the Dining Room people will come.’ It is true that the quality of the food can always be improved. This year a number of improvements have been made with no apparent positive effect on usage levels. On July Ist, I. House changed to a smaller, but well-established, food service company with the expectation of creating a stronger partnership in developing the Dining Room’s programmatic impact. “The House will make ongoing efforts to increase the diversity of foods that are offered,” Cuneo continued, “realizing that it cannot meet the individual requirements of each palate of 700 residents from 100 countries. We are also going to do more programming of events in the Dining Room. Although the meal plan charge provides value, we are increasing scholarships next academic year to meet individual needs if a resident is adversely affected.” sw
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communal life. After working as a rancher in Oklahoma and receiving a BA in English from
$60,000.
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Cook created the first alumni effort at International House and upgraded the development office. With financing from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he sent I. House originator Harry Edmonds around the world, where the 80 year-old was enthusiastically received by alumni in Tokyo, Paris,
Bangkok and Rome. The successful trip foreshadowed Cook's own world travels for International House in the years which followed, raising millions of dollars in program funding and scholarships for residents. Howard Alexander Cook was born in New Rochelle on April 4, 1915, son of the late Howard B. and Blanche Gibbs Cook. In 1922, at the age of 7, he sailed with his parents and three sisters to Norway and spent a year in Europe. The family lived near Charlottesville, VA, from 1923 on a farm once owned by a granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. In 1926, they moved to Paris, and Cook enrolled at The Elms, later The MacJannet School, and attended the MacJannet camp on Lake Annecy in France. Cook graduated from the Northwood School at Lake Placid, NY and with honors from Harvard in 1937. That year he joined the financial department of Haskins & Sells in New York, leaving three years later to sign up with Squadron “A” of the New York National Guard. He served as an officer in the Pacific during World War II, rising from second lieutenant to major, and taking part in the Saipan and Okinawa campaigns.
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Sunday Supper, President Don Cuneo announced the establishment of the Howard A. Cook Scholarship Fund to provide outreach scholarships to residents from underrepresented countries. In March of this year, the Cooks participated in the 19th conference of the Council of World Members, which he had helped establish in 1966. The President Emeritus was in good form, greeting old friends, sharing news, reminiscing, leading a conference session and exhibiting his characteristic charm and grace while addressing the Council’s 30th anniversary banquet. Cook was also President and a director of the MacJannet Foundation, a past president and Board member of NAFSA, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member and former director of the the Association of Ex-Members of Squadron “A”. He was the first president
and having had several brushes with
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death himself, Howard Cook began to devote himself to furthering the cause of international understanding. He went to California, where he earned a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Stanford University in 1947. Following graduate school, Cook joined the staff of the World Affairs Council, first in Cleveland and then in San Francisco, where he was named director of the Council's Talloires, France, June 1996. Northern California branch. In 1952 he went to Washington and the U.S. Department of State, serving as Chief of the Public Services Division for Secretaries Acheson and Dulles. He became President of International House on October 1, 1955, and upon his retirement in 1980, was elected Life Trustee and President Emeritus. Last fall, Cook was honored by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the entire International House community on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his association with the House. At the ee
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and a charter member of the Upper Manhattan Rotary Club. His many other activities and affiliations included The Japan Society, The English Speaking Union, The Foreign Policy Association, Sports International and Youth For Development, and the Columbia County Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Cook’s first marriage, to the former Diana Pattison, ended in divorce. He is survived by his wife, Diane; three sons, Anthony, of Los Angeles, Timothy of Ghent, NY, and Jonathan, of Boston; three daughters, Lee, of Los Angeles, Jennifer of New York City, and Yvonne, of Royal Palm Beach, FL; and three sisters, Mary Forester and Blanche Forester, both of Ghent, NY, and Lawson Jenkins of Tuscaloosa, AL. A service held on August 3rd at St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church in Spencertown, NY, was attended by family and friends as well as I. House Trustees, alumni, and current and former staff members. Among the many tributes, President Cuneo recalled one of Cook’s favorite sayings, “It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” Cook’s eldest son Tony remembered his father as “an idealist, a humanist and a builder of bridges.” sz 0
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"Named Room" Honor Surprises Herman Rottenberg on 80th Birthday \y cople have been telling me that I’m now eighty years old,” said Life Trustee Herman ie Rottenberg at his birthday party June 29th. “If that’s true, I can’t imagine how ~ it happened. I think there’s a typographical error on my birth certificate and I’m a investigating.” HR had beautifully planned everything for his birthday party, great food, great entertainment, and alumni, family, and friends had come from all over the United States and abroad to celebrate. What HR didn’t know, however, was the surprise wellwishers had in store for him. —
A few months earlier, alumna and World Council Member Maya Speelmans-Slutz started
wondering about a special present to honor HR on this occasion. As Director of Programs, Maya worked closely with HR for ten years and their ties of friendship have remained strong during the ensuing ones. With the help of Chuck Golden, artistic director of The ALLNATIONS Dance Company, Maya began writing to as many of HR’s friends as possible from her home in Madrid. “Because of HR’s longtime affiliation with, and commitment to the goals of I. House, the occasion of his birthday is an ideal time to honor him,” she wrote. “I would like to invite you to participate in establishing a Named Room for HR so that a specially designed, handpainted ceramic plaque with HR’s name will be installed outside a designated student room. This will allow future generations of residents to be aware of his special and substantial contributions to I. House.” Since 1975, resident rooms have been named for over 100 individuals, foundations and corporations, and several states and countries. In order to offer student rooms at a price residents can afford, I. House must subsidize each resident to the extent of one-third of their total costs. Currently the cost of naming a room in perpetuity is $25,000, the cost of endowing a room and establishing a partial scholarship or program fund is $50,000, and the cost of endowing a room and establishing a full scholarship or program fund is
“HR” and
Design of “Named Room” plaque Herman Rottenberg
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for
as I. House Cultural Director, and established the Performing Arts Foundation and the ALLNATIONS Dance Company. Through Howard Cook, ALLNATIONS made its first overseas tour to Puerto Rico in 1967, and today, ALLNATIONS has performed in over 46 countries— sometimes 3 or 4 times in each country, and in countless schools and communities in the United States. ALLNATIONS carries the I. House banner and spirit wherever it goes, expressing “Joy in Every Land” through dance and intercultural understanding. Elected to the Board of Trustees in 1971 and as a Life Trustee in 1990, HR continues as President of PAF and Director of the ALLNATIONS Dance Company. He is a consultant to the Office of Programs & Resident Life, and every week leads I. House’s enormously popular ballroom dance program. PAF sponsors the Fall and Spring Balls, as well as the annual Fall Fiesta in October.
“My role is to help bring out the ‘internationality’ of International House
for all to see. Residents feel a great deal of pride when they have the programmatic opportunity to celebrate their customs, costumes, dance, and folkways.” Those who know HR will
$100,000.
As the evening’s entertainment concluded, alumna and Trustee Vreni Hommes presented the gift to an unsuspecting HR on Maya’s behalf. He was given a scroll listing the names of all those who had contributed to the Named
Maya
say his role is much greater.
Never missing a training weekend or a World Council meeting,
providing PAF scholarships for needy students, and performance opportunities for ALLNATIONS’ young dancers, HR never misses a chance to lend a friendly ear or give a word of
Room gift, and John Naughton, Director of
Development, announced that over $29,000 had been received to date. “T can’t think of anything which could have pleased me more,” said an astounded HR. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I am almost speechless. My life has been incredibly enriched by the lifelong friendships I have formed with beautiful people like you who are now scattered around the globe. The money received will be placed in a fund to support the cultural programs which mean so much to me.” Teaching folk dancing was an avid hobby when HR retired from the business world in 1964 and approached President Howard Cook about teaching it at I. House. After a year of classes, HR fell in love with I. House and vice versa. He was hired
encouragement.
He notes with joy that he has probably attended more I. House weddings
around the world than anyone else. More than once, the bride has asked him to walk her down the aisle. Because Maya's appeal could not reach many alumni and friends in time for his birthday, the New York Area Alumni Council will honor HR at their fall cocktail reception on September 26th at I. House to which all are invited. Contributions can still be sent to the “Herman Rottenberg Named Room Fund” care of the Offices of Development and Alumni Affairs, 500 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027, (212) 316-8423 or 8425. = sé
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evening’s cocktail reception at the Bertelsmann Building in midtown Manhattan. Current resident Bjorn Schulze-Geissle from Germany, one of 35
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during the year-long celebration of Singapore’s 30 years of independence, one month after the Chinese and Malay New Years coincided for the first time in 30 years, members of the World Council celebrated the Council's 30th anniversary with fellow alumni, Trustees and friends of International House. The conference attendance of 128 participants was an all-time record and included eight Trustees, 32 Council Members, five Alternate Alumni Members, 83 other alumni and friends from 22 countries, staff members, educators from a dozen of Singapore’s prestigious institutions of higher education, and the Directors of the United States Information Service/Singapore and the United States Educational Information Center/Singpore.
To celebrate the Council’s 30 years of service to the I. House alumni effort, and the extraordinary contribution of alumnus and Trustee L. W. “Bill” Frohlich, President Donald Cuneo and Council Co-Chairs and Trustees Sigurdur Helgason, James T. Barton, and Vreni A. Hommes extended an invitation to Bill Frohlich’s Niece, Trustee Kathleen Burns Buddenhagen, who attended the Singapore conference as the honored guest. Generous, long-standing supporters of I. House, the Lee Foundation of Singapore and Singapore alumnus John Bing Sing Pek, donated
with a very important and dynamic part of the world and vice versa, and promoted the formation of an active alumni group in Southeast Asia. Members of this group gave indepth commentary and conference presentations on the
Southeast Asian alumni perspective, and proffered strategies on how Southeast Asian alumni and I. House can work
together to increase networking, recruitment and fundraising efforts. Singapore alumnus Bien-Kiat Tan, Chief Operating Officer of Ometraco, a corporate conglomerate in Jakarta, gave a particularly informative presentation on
“Asia’s Potential and Mindset and Implications International
House.”
Conference
working
for
sessions
focused on strengthening alumni efforts in countries around the world, in particular on laying the groundwork for International House's 75th Anniversary in 1999. Prior to the conference, Tokyo alumni Mr. and Mrs. Rempei Mizuno, Choko Arai, and International Trustee Takeshi Nagano, held a reception for President Donald Cuneo and Howard Cook at I. House Tokyo. After the conference, the two Presidents, their families and 20 Council Members travelled to Central Java and Bali in Indonesia for a post-conference tour. i
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$30,000 to help underwrite the costs of the conference and
provide five travel grants to Council members from Eastern Europe and Africa. With the addition of major discounts from Singapore Airlines—the official airline of the conference—and
other
contributions,
total
conference
underwriting exceeded $45,000. Another important partner in securing the success of the conference was the Singapore International Foundation (SIF).
Headed by Executive Director Professor Chan Heng
Chee, sister of I. House alumnus Chan Heng Wing, Press Secretary to Singapore's Prime Minister, SIF’s extraordinary
assistance not only facilitated the execution of the conference, but their dramatic intercession and sponsorship three days before the start were directly responsible for the ability of alumni delegate Chanthol Oung from Cambodia to receive last minute clearance to attend the meeting. Set up to further Singapore’s efforts to “go global,” SIF programs, some of which are similar to the U.S. Peace Corps, enable Singapore to make cultural and humanitarian contributions to other nations. President Emeritus Howard Cook opened a conference session by taking an interesting look back at the early days of International House New York’s alumni movement. In 19604, I. House New York held its first Alumni Homecoming. The event was co-chaired by Bill Frohlich, who quickly understood the strong desire of former residents to have an on-going alumni program, and realized that such a movement would have a far-reaching effect on furthering the I. House mission around the world. In a decisive global effort, Frohlich invited 63 alumni to form a Council of World Members and they held their first meeting at the Rockefeller Villa Serbelloni on Lake Como, Italy in September 1966. With a current membership of 149 and alternating meetings every 18 months between New York and cities around the world, the Council has met 8 times in New York, 6 times in Europe, once each in the Far East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, South America, and Mexico. Some of the Council's achievements cited by Mr. Cook were the creation of the “International Trustee” category in 1979, the Berlin conference in 1986 which gave German alumni the impetus to form Freunde des I. House—one of the most successful I. House alumni groups, and the commitment to raise a scholarship endowment for the McLaine East/Central Leadership Program at the 1992 Prague conference. The Singapore conference was equally exciting and productive. The meeting allowed I. House to “re-connect”
oo Alumni lead panel discussion on Southeast Asian issues at conference working session. (From Lr) Kayloe Tjio (Singapore), Subur Wardoyo (Indonesia), Fong-Tat Chong (Malaysia), and Boon-Khim Yeo (Singapore).
Assoc. Prof. Cheong Hee Kiat (right), Director of International Relations at Nanyang Technological University chats with Council Co-Chair James T. Barton at World Council meeting luncheon for Singapore educators.
Travelling from Germany for the conference, alumna, International Trustee and World Council Member Karin Zinkann (center); alumnus Clemens Ktichler, Treasurer of Freunde des I. House; and I. House friend Beate Niebubr enjoy Council luncheon at Raffles.
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Marion Bay Gordon ('34-'36) retired as Concert
: Paul Brantley (‘8 1-83) lives in Syracuse, NY where he is a professor of music and conductor of the : orchestra at Syracuse University. He has been a sub: stitute performer with the Cassatt String Quartet on : their concert tour this past year, and was authorized : by Maya Angelou to set her inaugural poem to music : for soprano and orchestra. The work was premiered : by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in Wake Forest, - Ilinois.
Master for the Jefferson City, Missouri Symphony in 1994 after 36 years of service. She still performs on the violin but is more of an active harpist. She has lived in Missouri with her husband for the past 60 years. Mrs. Charles S. Keevil ('36-'37) is retired and lives in Seattle, WA. Roberta Lusardi ('36-'37] is retired and lives in Sea Island, GA. Kikuko Miyakawa Packness ('36-'39) is retired and lives in El Cerrito, CA.
: Beatriz Lopez-Pritchard ('55-'64) is retired from the New York City Board of Education and is currently employed as the Assistant Administrative : Director of the Bilingual Schools and Community
Princeton, NJ.
1940s Caroline s Holt (‘39-'41) is a retired music and French teacher. She lives in Westfield, NJ.
> Relations Program.
retired teacher and lives in La Jolla, CA. Mr. & Mrs. John C. Fiske ('39-'40) live in
Moscow, ID, and after 55 years, still keep in touch with Hugh Chase ‘40 and Marian Judell israel ‘40.
Thomas F. Bartlett (‘40) lives in New York City and
works as an international management consultant.
Miriam R. Lassman-Rosin (‘4 1-'46) is retired and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
: Camden, ME.
the fall of 1941. He died on February 16, 1995 in St. Petersburg, Florida where the Eng’s enjoyed their NY and St. Petersburg, FL and keeps in touch with Margaret K. Rice ('41-'43) of Mt. Pleasant, SC. Edith Herrmann (‘42-’43) is retired from the
Hillside, NJ Public Library and is in her sixth year (not 60th year, as previously printed in the June 1995 I. House Newsletter} at the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Elisabeth, NJ.
She resides in Elizabeth, NJ.
Emma R. Broisman ('45-'46) currently lives in Manhattan where she serves as a United Nations Representative for the International Council of Women and is an International House World Council Member. She chaired a panel discussing current Southeast Asian issues at the recent World Council Meeting held in Singapore.
: Australian Opera Company after 14 years. She performed a number of years in London at Covent - Garden and the English National Opera Co. : Hajean Feldmiller (‘60) is retired and lives in > Boardman, OH. : Hans Fischer ('60-'61) lives in Munich, Germany : and works for SYSTEMIX. He visited I. House with
: his daughter last fall.
School.
Aldo J. Busot ('48-'49) lives in Coral Gables, FL where he is an attorney at law. He paid a visit to I.
: employed as a Clinical Psychologist.
House this spring.
: and is in his 31st year of teaching social studies at Cold Spring Harbor High School, NY. : Paul Antoine Pellemans ('65-'69) lives in Lasne: Sauvagemont, Belgium where he is a Professor at the : Université Catholique de Louvain.
1992.
resides with her husband in Manhattan where she is a board member of outreach for seniors at Lincoln
Guild Housing Corp. She is a member of the Boricua College Chorus and is an occupational therapist for learning disabled elementary school children. Kenneth G. Miller (‘51-'52) lives in Estes Park,
CO and works for the YMCA of the Rockies. Henri M. Yaker ('52-'56) lives in Oberlin, OH where he is a retired professor. Nadia Ehrlich Finkelstein ('52-'54) has recently returned to her home in Niskayuna, NY after spending an "invigorating" four months in Japan. Marilyn Schuman Wertheimer ('52-'53) is a
retired Reference Librarian at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. For many years she taught a seminar on Soviet civilization for the University’s general honors program. Marcia R. Corwin ('52-'53) lives in New York City
and is a retired teacher. Hannah F. Zacher ('53-’54) is a social worker and lives in Fort Wayne, IN.
Director/Statistics Department of the International
Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. Marjorie is self| David F. Taylor (‘64-’65) lives in Huntington, NY
: Martha G. Duncan ('67-’69) lives in Atlanta, GA
: where she is a Professor of Law at Emory University. : Her new book Romantic Outlaws, Beloved Prisons : University Press.
: William D. Crosby, Jr. (‘67-'68) lives in McLean, : VA and is an Attorney/Chief Counsel for the : Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives.
: He is currently part of the effort assigned to balance : the budget of the U.S. Government. : Margaret M. Miyake ('68-’69) is a guest scholar : at the George Eastman House. She resides in : Fairport, NY.
: Henrick S.L. Beuth ('68) lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands where he
is a banker.
: Saipin Tuntivate Vongkitbuncha (‘68-’70) lives in Arlington, VA and works for the Peace Corps. Her
(Chile),
- Karl I. Danga ('70-'72) has retired from the U.S. : : : :
State viate Department : and now lives in, St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands. His last post was in Johannesburg. Robert J. Gottschall ('70-'72) was recently married to Yukiko Tani on April 14, 1996. The
He resides in Manhattan
: Representative for Malaysia, Singapore and Negara
: Brunei Darussalam. She lives in Kuala Lumpur, : Malaysia and attended the Singapore meeting of the > World Council in March.
Emerita
of
involvements included the American Farmland
Conservancy and the New York Philharmonic. While _ Servingon the I. House Board, the Rockefellers hosted ‘residents at weekends in the country and kept in touch | __ With manyof them through the years. : ; Nnamdi Azikiwe ('30-31), who became Nigeria’s
- first President in 1963, died May 11, 1996 at the age of 91. A lawyer, journalist, political scientist and
June. The Méssle family lives in Frankfurt where
Hunter ('84-'87) live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Margaret works in the communications department of
Novo Nordisk, an international pharmaceutical : company. Bjarne is on-leave, taking care of their two children Peter, 4 and Theresa, 2. Egon Zippel (‘85-'86) was in New York this July for an exhibition of his art work at a noted Soho gallery in lower Manhattan. He also attended the 80th birthday party for Life Trustee Herman "HR" Rottenberg. Sonja McLean Williams ('85-'87) was named “Teacher of the Year” for the 1995-96 school year at
: the Jacksonville Middle School in North Carolina University.
activist, Dr. Azikiwe became a national hero as a
- Vigorous champion of African independence from _ colonial rule. His tenure as President lasted three "years before he was displaced by a military coup. Dr.
_ Azikiwe was admired across national, regional and _
_
_ older sister_of the late Prime Minister Errol Barrow, ted IBarbados to independence from Britain in 1966. Before becoming Governor General in 1990, _Dame Nita, who was a nurse and public health expert,
: coffee emporium in Zurich, called “The Plantation”. : The establishment offers everything for coffee lovers from fresh brewed coffee, to coffee makers, to Plantation's own brand of coffee chocolate. She and : '87), both World Council Members, visited |. House this summer with their children Julius and Victoria.
: Lloyd T. McGriff ('87) is the Pastor of New Shiloh Baptist Church in Clinton, MD. Clemens Kichler ('87-'88) has accepted a posi-
: tion as Assistant to the CEO of a subsidiary of : Lufthansa Airlines. Clemens is the Treasurer of
: Freunde des |. House, the German alumni group and
Dame Ruth Nita Barrow (°37-'43), former - Barbados Governor General and the first woman to
- hold hat post died December 20, 1995. She was the
: Martina Schmitz ('83-'87) is a partner in a new
: husband, attorney Markus Hugelshofer ('85-
ethnic lines. As a journalist he founded five newspapers in Nigeria and Ghana, was a mentor to
Kwame Nkrumah, and while President of Nigeria, - introduced universal adult suffrage and extended _ schooling throughout the country.
: Lubica Benca ('86-’90) has transferred to London : to cover Eastern European markets for Chase : Manhattan Bank.
Served as the Barbados Representative to the United _ _
Nations, and was a former president of both the World ¥W.C.A. and the World Council of Churches. She was
_ knighted in 1980.
__ E. Prakash Kuruvilla (’50-'51) of New Delhi died _ April 21, 1996.
After obtaining an MBA from
resides in Frankfurt. He attended the meeting of the World Council in Singapore in March.
_ Columbia, he returned to India where he was active in
Gary Z. Wu ('87-'90) lives in New York, NY where : he is Director for the Center for International
ieesas rubber plantation management in India. — This summer, his son, E.P. Kuruvilla, honored his
: Exchange (USA).
: Christine Orto ('89-’90) lives in New York, NY : where she is an Associate Producer - Classical
: Recordings for the Bertelsmann Music Group. : Johannes Borsche (‘89) lives in Frankfurt, : Germany where he works for Deutsche Bank,
: where he works as an Investment Rate Risk Manager.
Denmark where he is an architect for Holm & Grut Architects.
1970s
Trustee
- Trust, the New York Botanical Garden, the National
: alumni group Freunde des |. House e.v., and wife : Irina welcomed the arrival of baby son Nikita in
: Investment Banking Division.
: Hans Aspock ('69-’70) lives in Charlottenlund,
Rockefeller,
: Klaus Méssle (‘84-'85), president of the German
> Thomas A. Schmidt ('89-’90) lives in Manhattan
: and is an active member of the New York Area : Alumni group. : Ameerah Hag ('72-'75) is UNDP Regional
mic position on the staff of the U.S.C. Doheny Eye Institute to devote full time to the Latvian-American Eye Association clinic in Riva, Latvia. The clinic provides free eye surgery, particularly for children with blinding eye diseases, as well as provides training for Latvian doctors specializing in ophthalmology.
Astorga
: the fall and will live at |. House.
: Medicine in Bronx, N.Y.
off from his practice in Claremont, CA and his acade-
Mario
: son Jack will be a graduate student at Columbia in
: Ajit Singh Dhawan ('70-’72) is Assistant : Professor/M.D. at Albert Einstein College of
John J. McDermott, MD ('54 -'56) has taken a year
CUndia),
Jonathan Riddle (USA), Susan Yates (England), Rahim Sharif (Babrain), Bien-Kiat Tan (Singapore) : and Sally Staley (USA) at the ALLNATIONS Dinner in 1980.
: will be published in November 1996 by New York
: Gottschalls live in Bethesda, MD.
Residents dine with John Hatter Dulles (conier) in 1949.
Misra
where she is also an Adjunct Instructor at Campbell
Chevy Chase, MD. Tony is employed as the Deputy
plants of the Wastch Range in Utah.
national pageant will be held this September 16th in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Aarons, who is 75 years young,
Madhav
Ryszard Dabrowski ('62-'63) lives Gdansk, > Poland. After 44 years of teaching civil engineering
: Mr. & Mrs. R. Anthony Elson ('64-'65) live in
Sarah Aarons ('51-'52) was crowned the 1996 Ms. Senior New York State last November. The
pa :
- Bjarne Albrechtsen ('84-'87) & Margaret L.
: Thailand and is owner of the Metropol Commercial
Mr.
International House and wife of Honorary Trustee _ David Rockefeller, died March 26, 1996, at the age of 80. Mrs. Rockefeller joined the House Committee of the Board in 1946, the same year her husband was named Chairman of the Executive Committee. She was - elected Trustee in 1951, serving until 1956, and elected Trustee Emerita in 1965. Her many interests
: Kasemsri Anambutr ('60-’61) lives in Bangkok,
Lois Goodel Arnow ('48-’49) is the Curator Emeritus of the Garrett Herbarium of the University of Utah. She is currently revising a textbook on vascular
Herbert Schwarz, Jr. (‘50-'51) is a cultural historian living in New York, NY.
Peggy
: NJ and is a sales director for the Lander Company.
: at the Technical University of Gdansk, he retired in
1950s
1950, and the Programs Committee, in 1956.
Franklin also chaired the Nominating Committee for several years in the 1960s. An avid sailor, he won ‘many sailing races in Atlantic Class competition.
Michael J. Dotterer (‘84) lives in Oakland, CA : with his wife Michelle. He is a marketing representa-
: Harvey T. Leidy (‘60-'61) lives in Woodcliff Lake,
Margaret M. Currie ('48-'49) is retired and lives in Rhinebeck, NY.
Edward Anders ('49-’51) is retired and living in Bern, Switzerland.
Switzerland where he is a Trade Policy Analyst for
: the World Trade Organization.
Klaus is managing partner of DEGEF/DBAM, : lawyers for Deutsche Bank.
of roses at the Planting Field Arboretum State Historic - Eleanor Hunt Burke (‘62-’63) is retired and lives Park in Oyster Bay, NY, for the past 9 years. She is in Edgartown, MA. active in the I.House Long Island alumni group. Turkan Gardenier (‘62-'64) lives in Mclean, VA William J. Carey ('47-'48) is retired, spending half : and is Executive Director of the Profile Computer the year in Texas and the other half in Mexico. Institute. Laguna Niguel, CA.
daughter Domenica.
Dr. Henry Kissinger meets with residents (L-r) Nelida Rios (Puerto Rico), Ingi Caspi (Israel),
~ Rhonda Hutchinson-Brooks lives in Mt. : Waverley, Australia and retired in 1989 from the
such talk was
fashionable. At International House, he was the first Chairman of both the Development Committee, in
- Dale Honeck ('83-'85) lives in Geneva,
1960s
Ellen Minet ('47-’48) has been a volunteer curator
Marian G. Lent (‘48-'49) is retired and resides in
lives in Richboro, PA with her husband Mark and
: Emirates where they have been living and working. - James E. Reil ('57-'61) and Barbara : Macauley Reilly ('57-'61) currently live in - Southport, CT. Mrs. Reilly is an occupational thera: pist living in Southport, CT. Their daughter, Andrea, : recently received her M.D. from Harvard Medical > School.
> Evelyn L. Johnson ('58-'59) is retired and lives in
Ruth divides her time between Tivoli,
‘Mr. Franklin urged better relations with the Soviet _ Union and China long before
: Sara Coke Metcalf ('55-'56) and her husband will soon return to Texas from Al-Ain, United Arab
Tivoli, NY.
winter home.
Relations from 1953 to 1971, and later North American Secretary for the Trilateral Commission.
tive for Nextel Communications, a wireless carrier.
Mrs. Fred Eng (Ruth Hunter) ('42-'45) lives in Ruth met her husband, Fred, at !. House in
He was Executive Director of the Council on Foreign
Warren B. Petty ('55-'58) lives in New York, NY and is a freelance musician. He plays the double bass.
Mercedes Langlie Haroldson (‘39-'40) is a
Jr., Life Trustee of
York City. He was 82. Mr. Franklin was elected to the
Director of Scholarship and Recognition Programs at : Educational Testing Service of Princeton, NJ. She Howard Cook with residents Rosalyn Odera of Kenya and Ethiopis Ghebremicael of Ethiopia.
S. Franklin,
_I. House Board in 1946, and as Life Trustee in 1976.
: Marianne K. Ferrara ('83-'84) is Program
:
Irmgard C. Hormann (‘38-'39) is a retired librarian living in Aiea, HI. Ellen Neff Hoke ('39-’41) is retired and lives in
George
‘International House, died on March 5, 1996 in New
Peueinory with a donation of flowers for the
International House Main Lounge. Rene
G.
Nordmann
('36-'38)
of Zurich,
‘Switzerland died on April 28, 1996. Before retirement Mr. Nordmann was Vice President of Swiss Air.
‘Andreas George Papandreou ('40), former Prime Minister of Greece, died on June 23, 1996 in
1990s | Wolfgang Brickwedde (‘92) lives in : Hamburg, Germany where he is a recruiting : Consultant. Sonoko Tanaka
('92) lives in Hanawada,
: Japan where she is an English teacher. : Christian F. Weinheimer ('93-'95) lives in : Munich, Germany where he is an attorney at : Schiessl, Shrank and Partners.
Athens at the age of 77. A controversial figure whose Career was tinged with scandal, Papandreou was a
successful Greek statesman for more than two decades. Born in 1919, Papandreou came to the United States in 1940 with $14 in his pocket and
enrolled at Columbia University. He took various jobs _to support himself, some of them work-aid positions
> Karl Connor ('94-'95) and his wife Chimene : attended the World Council Meeting in : Singapore. Karl is currently clerking for Edward
at International House. In 1961, supported by a grant
: LeMelle, a federal judge in New Orleans, LA.
e new Center for Economic Research in Greece.
: Judge LeMelle, is the uncle of |. House alumna : Joyce LeMelle ('87-'89). : Aleksey Grigor’ev ('94-'95) has moved to : Princeton, NJ and taken the position of Program : Associate with the Project on Ethnic Relations at
from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, he set up 1964 he ran for Parliament under the auspices of is father, Prime Minister George Papandreou. He Yecame Prime Minister in 1981
and quickly
: Princeton.
Milton L. Charlton ('75-'77) is a foreign service : officer at the American Embassy in Lisbon.
introduced social reforms that benefitted low-income
: Kitty Kit Poon (Yeung) ('94-’96) lives in
: Helen Louise Rasmussen ('76-'78) is a social
: and economic consulting firm.
oups, promoted workers’ councils and farmers’ sooperatives, abolished censorship, lowered the
:: worker at the Veterans’ Administration Medical : Center in Bronx, NY. She lives in Port Chester, NY.
: : : : :
Toussaint Kongo-Doudou ('79-’81) is Director of the United Nations Regional Information Center in Ougadoudou, Burkina Fasso. Originally from the Central African Republic, he recently joined the Council of World Members. NOTE OR. ON: ATT
: Morristown, NJ where she works for a political : Elinor Winkle ('95-'96) works for the
: : : : :
Delegation of The European Commission in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Jorge D. Mogrovejo ('95-'96) has moved to Washington, DC where he will be taking on a sixmonth assignment at the International Monetary
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ting age to 18, and brought legal equality yomen.