World Newsletter 2008 Fall

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I. House Tutorial Program Celebrates 40 Years of Serving Local Children “It not only helps the child with academic work, but friendships develop that last even after the people leave 1. House” —Bob former

Bitler ’86

IHTP Coordinator

Joshua Friedman

'68 with students of the Tutorial Program

in its inaugural year

ineteen sixty-eight. Modern historians have called it a pivotal year and one of the most tumultuous of their lifetimes.

The Vietnam

War raged and contentious student

protests rocked Paris, Mexico City, Tokyo and nearly every industrial nation including, of course, the United States. In the Morningside Heights neighborhood where I. House resides, community and student anger were high after Columbia University announced plans to build a gymnasium, which would have excluded local residents, in Morningside Park. At the same time, the Peace Corps and its idealistic outreach and spirit of volunteerism was gaining traction, especially among America’s youth. For a young law student named Don Cuneo, who had recently

arrived at International House, these societal trends served as his inspiration to reach out beyond the ivory tower of I. House and into the local community. He put forward the idea of a tutoring program through which I. House students would

welcome children from the local Morning-

side Heights and Harlem communities to the House and help them with math, reading and other areas of academic need. As he envisioned it, the program, which would be called the Harlem Tutorial Program, would have several purposes. It was a way for both American and international students living at I. House to combat some of the societal negativity within the local community and to meet a real need in the New York City educacontinued on page 10

Residents Implement Davis Peace Projects Around the World .

this past year, residents of International House were invited to participate in the Davis Projects for Peace, a program

coordinated by I. House New York, were funded at $10,000 each.

initiated by I.

The nine approved projects from I. House New York were selected

House alumna Kathryn W. Davis ’32 which encourages young people

from 38 applicants by a special committee.

to find creative ways to promote a more peaceful world.

Last spring

taken around the globe over the summer, were innovative efforts to in-

twenty proposals from members of International Houses Worldwide,

spire peace at the grass roots level. From yoga classes to the bricks and

These projects, under-

mortar of a new library, I. House residents found a variety of innovative methods to forge peace and common

ground across cultures.

Residents focused their efforts on providing communities with the structural capacity to help them overcome the difficulties they face. Amini

built “A Library

of Hope”

Mujda

in Afghanistan.

Returning to her native land, Amini wanted to promote literacy in Afghanistan by building an educational resource center in Mazar-e-Sharif,

a rural part of Afghanistan often overlooked by

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The site where the “Library of Hope” would be constructed in rural Afganistan.

INSIDE Sakura Patio Named for Trustee Abby O'Neill

NGOs Mujda Amini with Afghani students at the completed “Library of Hope”.

and mainstream civil society actors.

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Alumni Profile: Manjeet Kripalani

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A Publication of International House Office of Development & Alumni Relations 500 Riverside Drive

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STAFF John A. Wells Director of Development & Alumni Relations

Nicole Davidson Assistant Director of Development; Director of Alumni Programs Philip Greven Assistant Director of Development for Institutional Giving Tom Minior

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hundred twenty-five new residents, selected from a strong pool of nearly 1,400 applicants, arrived and took part in activities and programs designed to advance the process of building a strong, active and engaged community. Initial training for the -

Program

Fellows, Resident Fellows

and Residents’ Council has taken place and will continue throughout the year through the International Leaders Program (ILP). Orientation activities and the Programs Fair provided a comprehensive introduction to living at International

Assistant Director of Development for

by currency movements, competitive real estate pricing,

and significant decreases in personal assets, may adversely affect the quality and numbers of applicants. Some of this impact on our financial picture may be

House and the many ways to become involved in a mean-

counterbalanced.

ingful way. Other events, such as Community Weekends and Sunday Supper, offered opportunities to form and explore the bonds and connections that are a hallmark of the I. House experience. This year the I. House Tutorial Program (IHTP) celebrates its 40th anniversary while the McLaine Program turns 15. Challenging this upbeat environment is the global financial crisis. On the positive side, the continuing relevance of I. House could not be clearer. What better environment in which to be exposed to the globalization of markets, to hear directly from political and business leaders, and experience the kind of cross-cultural give-and-take that will prove invaluable as our residents enter the changed world that awaits them? Our alumni and friends can feel confident that our Mission remains steadfast and up-to-date in the face of this and other important global challenges. Regarding the impact of this crisis on our operations,

could reduce our annual expenditures for utilities. We are currently in a solid cash position and anticipate a positive

Database Manager Nancy Tran

we have conducted a comprehensive re-assessment of all aspects of our operations and our financial outlook. While the demand for graduate school education is likely to be counter-cyclical, there are serious questions about what financial resources will be available to fund these studies as corporations, foundations, governments and individual donors cut back. A drop in Annual Fund contributions will seriously affect our operating budget. In addition, an inability to provide scholarship assistance at a time when our residents have less access to financial resources, exacerbated perhaps

For example, falling commodity prices

cash flow. We are actively engaged in the process of debt reduction. We continue to assess all budgetary assumptions and identify areas for potential savings in both the operating and capital budgets, should cuts become necessary. We are also re-evaluating our fundraising capacity and activities, which face a dramatically different environment and pose many issues. This will be a challenging year on the financial front. We need to be nimble and take action where warranted, protecting ourselves and stepping up our response, as necessary. With prudent management and the continuing support of our constituencies, we will weather the storm.

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Sakura Park Patio Named for Longtime Trustee Abby O’ Neill

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Abby O'Neill and her son Peter O'Neill '92 on the newly named Abby O'Neill Patio.

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embers of the International House community gathered on June 10th to pay tribute to Honorary Trustee Abby M. O'Neill, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of her joining the I. House Board. Scores of well wishers, including her fellow Trustees, alumni, residents, and staff attended the celebration, which due to high heat and humidity was held in the air-conditioned comfort of the Cleveland E. Dodge Room. In a carefully orchestrated surprise to Mrs. O'Neill, Chairman Paul A. Volcker announced that the Sakura Park Patio was being named the Abby O'Neill Patio. Mr. Volcker noted Mrs. O’Neill’s long association with International House, and the support by her and the Greenacre Foundation, established by her mother Abby

Rockefeller Mauzé, of nearby Sakura Park. “Between the two, there lies a patio,” said Mr. Vol-

cker, who then proclaimed that the space — in front of the original 1924 entrance to International House — was being named in her honor. President Don Cuneo recalled Mrs. O’Neill’s influence on him both as a resident member in the late 1960s, as a Trustee, and as President.

Trustee Peter M. O’Neill 92 presented his mother with a resolution of appreciation from the Board which expressed gratitude for, among other things, “her concern for the educational and cultural opportunities of young people from around the world, and her peerless contribution to interna-

tional understanding.” The Abby O’Neill Patio, fronted by a wrought-iron

fence and shaded by mature elm trees, is the site of many resident gatherings and activities in the spring, summer and early fall. New furniture and plantings were installed in preparation for the renaming. “Of all the diverse and important institutions that my grandfather started around the world,” said Mrs. O'Neill, “I believe that International House has to be the most effective in developing people-to-people understanding.” Abby O’Neill was elected to the International House Board in 1958, and was elected an Honorary Trustee in 2001. During her 43 years of active involvement, she served with distinction on the House, Nominating,

Devel-

opment and Executive Committees and numerous subcommittees of the Board of Trustees. Mrs. O’Neill’s uncle David Rockefeller, another Honor-

ary Trustee, was first elected to the Board in 1940. Other family members have served on the Board, most recently Peter O'Neill, who lived at International House while in

graduate school at Columbia University. “The future success of world peace will depend on the respect and understanding which underpins the I. House mission — that brotherhood may prevail,” Mrs. O'Neill told celebrants. “Thank you for honoring my service and allow-

ing me to be part of this extraordinary effort.”

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1960s Alumni

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he 2008-09 Media Series continued —“

with Chrystia Freeland, the U.S. Managing Editor of the Financial Times, who spoke about the U.S. presidential elections and the global financial crisis

on October 21st. In front of an enthusiastic audience of nearly 100 I. House trustees, staff, and residents, Freeland said the “presidential campaign was about change” with the whole world watching. Not only was the

US. feverishly caught up in the race to the White House, but the entire international Chrystia Freeland

community was also thirsting for news about the campaign. “The world is intensely focused and intensely knowledgeable about what’s going on here,” she said.

An accomplished journalist and editor at the FT and for publications like The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post and The Economist, Freeland was introduced by Trustee Adam Quinton who noted her self-proclaimed status as a “Ukrainian matron and third-generation feminist.”

Freeland said she felt the turning point of the election came with the September 15th announcement of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy. She said that Sen. Barack Obama should thank Lehman’s Chief Executive Richard Fuld Jr. for failing to find a buyer and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. for allowing Lehman to go bankrupt. “This was the single decision that tripped the credit crunch into a fully fledged financial crisis,” she said.

As a result of the crisis, Freeland said some key issues have emerged that have not been addressed by the candidates. The relationship between government and business is shifting with the state controlling much more nowadays, she said. In addition, emerging markets in countries on the periphery are suffering because of mounting pressures from the U.S. credit crisis. “The saddest consequence of this,” she said, “is to cast into doubt the most inspir-

ing event of my lifetime: the collapse of communism.” Freeland made three predictions for the future, no matter who was elected president. First, she said that the U.S. will return to a Keynesian mindset after a focus for the last 25 years on balancing the budget. Second, she believes that, following an “extreme expansion of household debt, the U.S. is entering a new age of frugality in which people cannot easily borrow money and will shift spending habits.” Third, she said that Wall Street’s image has been badly tarnished which, coupled with a great disparity in income, could result in a “politics of vengeance” in the near furure.

“It’s a fraught moment in the economy and in the world,” she said. Freeland ended her speech on an upbeat note, saying that despite the recent excesses and current crisis, capitalism will prevail. Holding aloft a copy of the next day’s Financial Times, she quoted the columnist Martin Wolf as saying “a long and deep global slowdown is still likely.” “But,” Freeland added, “it could be worse.”

Loretta Wu ’63, Milind Gadkary '62, Henrietta Whitcomb '65, Valerie Takai '64, David Whitcomb ’65 and Lolita Libaek ’60 at the Saturday Supper.

he early 1960s was a time of historic significance at I. House. It was during this time that I. House celebrated its 40th anniversary and hosted its firstever alumni homecoming, an event out of which the alumni program as it is now known was born. During the weekend of June 6-8, International House welcomed back alumni

from this eventful period for the 1960-1965 Alumni Reunion. Seventy alumni and guests, who had traveled to the House from seven different countries and eight U.S. states, attended the weekend-long event.

The reunion kicked off with a President’s reception where President Don Cuneo announced

that alumni from the period had donated more than $130,000 in honor

of their reunion to International House in 2007-08. Following the reception, alumni enjoyed a Salon Night where current residents put on a display of amazing talent and Mati Braun

’65, former violinist with the New York Philharmonic, dazzled the

audience with a performance of Bach. Anker Buch ’63 treated alumni and guests to a surprise performance of his signature violin and comedic act. Braving an early summer heat wave, alumni relaxed at a picnic on the Sakura Park

Patio on Saturday and later perused photographs of the time period exhibited in the Main Lounge. That evening, alumni gathered for a Saturday Supper. Modeled after the traditional candlelight Sunday Supper held every May, alumni enjoyed a delicious meal and recommitted themselves to the I. House motto by reciting the candlelight pledge. Reunion Co-Chairs Henrietta and David Whitcomb ’65 led the pledge and a special toast to all the alumni who had returned for the weekend. Richard Kimball 63 aid Anxci Buch concluded the supper with a piano and violin rendition of Auld Lang Syne. The weekend came to a close with a champagne brunch on Sunday where alumni shared memories of Maria’s Pizza, lost violins, old romances, the clothing shop and

much more. After many hugs and photographs, alumni parted ways, promising to stay in touch and keep the spirit of the reunion and the House alive.

Residents Implement Peace Projects Around the World continued from page 1 down communication barriers and exposing people to the complicated issues and cultural complexities involved in the conflict. Other projects also employed the arts to great effect. Marianne Lemieux, also from Canada, addressed the cultural tensions in Eastern Europe with music in “Joining Together Through Song”, a two-week vocal program which brought together singers from Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia to help break down walls of prejudice on a personal level. Vandana Sood addressed the underlying ethnic conflict in the Balkans through “Stretching Towards Peace: Yoga and Mediation Counters Violence” in Serbia. “Stretching for Peace” attempted to use yoga and meditation to address the issues of violence, drug abuse and depression within Balkan youth culture. Andreas Ring in front of the well being drilled for the “Water Peace Initiative” in Uganda.

The well in use after its completion.

“For me, the community's support of the new library illustrated the power of mobilizing communities at the grassroots level to create change even in the most impossible circum-

stances,” Amini said. Surmounting tremendous obstacles, both physical and cultural, the

library is now complete and contains over 2,000 volumes. It is also open to both boys and girls, helping to address issues of gender segregation in Afghan culture. In Africa, Andreas Ring of Denmark set out to provide clean water to refugees in northern Uganda. “The purpose of the Water Peace Initiative was to support the budding

peace process in the war-ravaged region of Northern Uganda, where decades of fighting has displaced millions of villagers into destitute refugee camps and laid waste to their former communities,” noted Ring in his final report. His goal in providing villagers with this fundamental necessity was to improve health, reduce mortality, and to encourage resettlement and development in the community.

The Arab-Israeli conflict was the subject of two projects, Salim Al-Jahwari and Liat Shetret’s “People Building Peace: Rallying Youth for Intergenerational Change in the ArabIsraeli Conflict” and Jean-Olivier Begin’s “A Piece for Peace”. Al-Jahwari and Shetret, who are from Oman and Israel respectively, held a four-day workshop at the University of Illinois to help students, mostly first or second generation Americans of Middle-Eastern descent, gain a deeper understanding of the Arab-Israeli con-

flict as well as develop a solid and transferable skill set necessary to become active in their colleges and future professional paths. Jean-Olivier Begin, a Canadian native, took another track and created a musical composition and recording initiative to encourage communication among children from diverse backgrounds in Jaffa, Israel and Quebec, Canada. Both efforts achieved success in breaking

Sood, who is from India, chose Sombor, Serbia, a unique town on the border of Croatia,

Serbia, and Hungary and said, “I believe that giving youth the capacity to feel peaceful and good about themselves lays a foundation for creating a society of mature, intelligent and wise adults who make decisions that are beneficial for humanity.” Additional projects from I. House New York included Americans Marie Auyong and Cyrus Luhr’s “Hasso Hit: Remembering Us - Preserving Guam’s Indigenous Language and Cultural Memory.” The pilot youth development project taught young people to collect and create oral narratives from their community elders. The resulting products documented a significant community experience and promoted a language whose usage has been severely curtailed over the past 50 years. Another youth program was Indian resident Nikhit D’Sa’s “From Apathy to Action: Educating Against Child Abuse in Jamaica.” Local youth were employed as advocates to

film a 15-second public service announcement, but their compelling stories ended up in an hour-long documentary aimed at parents. “No longer is it a bureaucrat, politician, foreign aid worker, or social worker asking them to treat their children with respect, now their very

children stand up on stage and sign and act about what it is and was like to live in an atmosphere of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse,” stated D’Sa, who reported on the project to

the I. House Board of Trustees at its October 21st meeting. Finally, Michael Haperin’s “Peace Through Safe Drinking Water: Quelling Structural Violence in Lima, Peru” is an ongoing project with an expected completion in January 2009. All of these important projects attest to the motivation and imagination of I. House resident members and the House is honored to have again been selected to participate in the Davis Projects for Peace this year. Once more, thanks to the creativity and generosity of alumna Kathryn Davis ’32, resident members will have the opportunity to submit proposals for grassroots projects that address the goal of improving the prospects for peace in the 21st Century.

ALUMNI

Richard Garland ’66 is a retired physicist who enjoys hiking, climbing mountains and

the School of Public Health at the Univer-

sity of Saskatchewan.

running races.

Margot Harrison ’67 took a trip to Sydney, Australia with one hunrded and twenty musicians from the Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra in June.

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Jean-Pierre Mpina ’83 is the Director of Economic Control and Competition at the Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency of Cameroon. Birgit Schulte ’87 has been working as a certified simultaneous conference interpreter

(member of AIIC) since leaving I. House. Shalini Ganendra ’89 is a fine arts consultant and gallerist, based in Malaysia with an

advisory presence in London. More information on her work as a fine arts consultant can be found at www.shaliniganendra.com ot www. theprivategallery.com.

1990s Todd Martin ’90 has been living and working in South Korea for the last two years as an EFL English Teacher. He is the proud father of a ten year old son. D.D. Jackson ’91 submitted a song he Roger Blanpain ’57, his wife, his five children and fourteen grandchildren on their yearly vacation in Menerbes (Provence)

France.

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(NY) where he also devotes some of his time

Eva Karl ’52 is keeping active at age 86 by teaching English to African students four hours a day.

World Council Member Milind Gadkary '62

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Edward Gingold ’68 completed thirty years of service as an attorney with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in

visited Vidula Safft and Karl-Detlef Safft ’88 in Zurich in June 2008.

to teaching. Kimilee Bryant ’92 released a CD, My Favorite Things, in August, which includes songs from musical theatre and opera. You can find it on her website at www. kimileebryant.com.

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the California Writers Club. World Council Member Dan Besjakov ’89 and his wife spent the summer in Greenland where they went dog sledding.

Paul Aaron ’76 is a psychotherapist licensed and accredited by the State of New Karoti Mohan ’60 visited the Himalayan moun-

York.

Please consult his website,

Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith ’93 and

tains in Northern

www. Manhattan-therapist.com, for more information.

Hawk Smith ’90 welcomed Anastasia

pictured here at the Gorson Top (12000 feet) he traveled on horseback from Auli.

Loretta Wu ’63 was elected Vice District Governor in Lions International District 20-

Herman Curiel ’76 is the editor and author of Outreach and Care Approaches to HIV/Aids Along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

R2 (New York State & Bermuda) for 2008-

George Worthington 77 is the new Presi-

2009. Next year she will be District Governor.

dent of The M.B.A. Council of Houston.

Harriet Garland ’65 taught science at UNIS for seven years. Now retired, she represents the International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples, a non-government organization, at the U.N.

Charles Zupsic ’77 hopes all his old friends from the ‘76-77 era are doing well. His career has taken him to Portland where he is COO and Co-Owner of Evo, Inc., a

manufacturer of unique social / presentation cooking appliances.

1980s Austin Amalu ’81 has formed a non profit organization named The Triangle, which, among other things, seeks to deal with poverty erradication issues at the grass roots

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Nimat Barazangi ’69 (left) was invited by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs to participate in an invitation-only conference on Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Dialogue from Gender Perspectives. She is seen here with the Austria’s Minister for European and International Affairs Dr. Ursula Plassnick (right).

rural level in villages around Enugu, Enugu State Nigeria through the empowerment of women, micro credit/revolving funds arrangement, food security initiatives, HIV/

AIDS awareness workshops and rural animal husbandry. Rein Lepnurm ’83 has moved from the College of Commerce, where he was Department Head of Management & Marketing, to

Queenstown, New Zealand.

Elinor Winkle ’96 and Enrico Boerger ’98 welcomed son Matteo Valentino in Geneva on July 14.

Catherine Heins ’97 lives in Paris where she is teaching and expecting her second child.

‘74 has been appointed Centennial Chair of Holly Neumann ’75 has moved to Ogdensburg, in New York’s St. Lawrence County.

Gloria Pfaue '99 and her husband Michael took a sabbatical from work and enjoyed a six- month trip around the world with visits to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and China. Along the way, they became qualified snowboard instructors and are pictured here in

ships.

Donna (Kruger) McCrohan Rosenthal

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Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Nino Davitaya ’97 recently started work as the Chief Economist at the National Bank of Georgia (Central bank). She will be dealing with commercial bank regulations, methodology and international relation-

Washington, D.C.

Hasna Moudud ’71 is completing her book Where Women Rule: South Asia.

He is

Richard Tierney 94 is now an Associate

wrote to the “Hockey Night in Canada” new theme song competition.

He has performed on various continents both as a soloist with orchestras or as a recitalist. He lives in Westchester county

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India in October 2007.

his historical research, “Showdown at Doha:

The Secret Oil Deal That Helped Sink the Shah of Iran,” was published in the October 2008 issue of The Middle East Journal.

Serge Bonnaire ’92 has achieved recognition both as a concert pianist and professor.

Aldo Busot ’49 and his wife Adriana celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on September 21, 2008.

House.

nists?: U.S.-Iran Relations, the Oil Shock, and the Nixon, Ford and Carter Administrations, 1973-79.” The first installment of

Diana Bickley ’92 is looking forward to retiring in July 2009 so that she is free to visit I. House and her fellow alumni in the U.S. after far too long.

Marlys Waller ’46 reports that her textbook Dance A While is now in its tenth edition.

Mary De Bruyn ’60 celebrated her 75th birthday with a visit to New York which included a trip down memory lane at I.

Patricia Salomon ’84 (right), who lives in Paris, and Martina Schmitz ’86 (left) got together in Zurich in August.

Morenike Akinsulure-Smith into the world on June 17, 2008.

Andrew Cooper ’94 returned to New Zealand in July 2008 after sixteen years to pursue a Ph.D. in history (U.S.-Iran relations)

at Victoria University of Wellington. The title of his dissertation is “Allies or Antago-

Genevieve Oger ’97 works as a journalist in Paris.

Kathleen Shinners ’98 has graduated from the Delta II Core Leadership Class of Leadership in Rhode Island. She is currently the Community Volunteer Coordinator for the Newport Public Schools literacy and mathematics programs. Daniel Wolff ’98 has won, for the second

time, the Acorianos Prize for Best Arranger. The prize was given for the arrangements of Daniel’s new CD, New Transcriptions for 2 Guitars Vol. 1.

Kofi M. Amouzou '98 recently visited West Africa with his wife, Director of Admissions Megan Amouzou, and their two sons to work with The Children of Lavié, a non-profit

organization they founded in 2002 to promote primary and secondary education

in Togo,

Benin, Senegal and Burkina Faso.

Besides helping to pay

school fees, the organization strives to equip children in

the region with the ability to succeed and act as catalysts

for change and development in their communities.

It is

also planning the construction of the first ever library in the village of Lavié, Togo which would serve more than 35,000 students. Amouzou, center, is

pictured here with some of the 1,700 children the organiza-

tion has helped through tuition assistance.

Alma Lorena Zertuche ’98 and Mike

For further details, please visit

Zertuche were married on July 8, 2006 in

www.duruoz.com.

a nuptial mass celebrated in Houston at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. Jennifer

Mata ’00 was a bridesmaid. Lorena is Assistant Principal at Bear Creek Elementary in Katy ID, where Mike is a tax consul-

tant. They are expecting their first child in December.

Gabriela Buchelt Baerbel ’99 completed her Master's Degree at New York University

and worked for six and a half years as an art therapist at a hospital in the Bronx.

She

recently moved back to Germany. Christina Reed ’99 published her first book: 20th-Century Earth Science. This book provides an introduction to the history of earth science as it developed over the last century. To purchase the book, please visit www.amazon.com gp/product/08 16055335.

Hallie Fortt ’03 is an adjunct ESL instructor at Pierce College in Washington State. She has lived, worked and studied in France

and Italy, and traveled extensively since leaving I. House, most recently visiting the

East Coast of Australia and the Outback. Giorgi Meladze ’03 is representing the government of Georgia on a Council of Europe Advisory Committee overseeing imple-

mentation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

Frauke Thielecke ’03 has directed a film: “Dark Red. ” For a description of the movie, please visit www. visionaria.eu/eng/film. php ?idfi lm=32296&titolo=Dunkelrot_-_Dark_red.

Julie Averill 04 recently founded Kids at Work NYC, which presents programming

Happiness of Nations, a sociological analysis

in music, art, and science for children ages

that is available on amazon.com.

up to age five. Read more about it at www.kidsatworknyc.com.

2000s Gennaro Brooks-Church ’00 and Loretta Gendville announced the birth of their son, Cazimir Costantine Gendville-BrooksChurch, on July 3, 2008.

Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh ’04 and pianist Dinuk Wijeratne '04 made critically acclaimed Canadian debuts at the Atlantic Jazz and Musique Royale Festivals. They appeared with tabla player Mayookh Bhaumik.

Gert Schoonenberg 04 is currently working for Philips Healthcare in the Netherlands and studying for his Ph.D. He won the Young Investigator Award 2008 from

the MICCAI Society for his paper and poster presentation entitled: “The Effect of

Munir Kazmi ’00 is working as Chairman of the Department of International Affairs, Karakoram International University in

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Victoria (Jing) Guan ’01 joined Edelman’s Shanghai Office as a manager in the finance division of the corporate practice in October 2008. Victoria was a seasoned financial journalist before joining Edelman, writing for China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News and Newsweek Chinese Monthly.

Emily Duffill 05 is working in arts management for Musica Viva Australia and recently established a music agency called Ensemble Link. She has played solo cello for several Australian films and documentaries and has assisted in the music education

Alexander Laskin ’06 was appointed an assistant professor of public relations at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.

Joseph Zachary Silayan ’06 is engaged to Marj Salanga. They plan to marre in 2009

and settle in New York City. Sophie Waquet ’07 announced the birth of her son Raphaél on August 9, 2008.

Ogniana lvanova-Sriram ’04 and Raj Sriram ’04 are thrilled to announce the birth of their son,

Emil Aditya Sriram, on September 4.

Elsa Butler ’08 has been accepted as a fellow with the Times of India in New Delhi where she moved in September. Danielle Gaines ’08 was recently hired as the new education reporter at the Merced

and outreach programs of the Sydney.

Sun-Star in Merced, CA where she will cover

York City. He presented a series of new

Ryan Gawn 05 has been selected by the British Council to be part of the Transatlantic Network 2020, a network of young lead-

twenty-one local K-12 school districts, a community college district, and the newlyfounded University of California at Merced.

wotks for solo berimbarr-and electrontes

ers from across North Amezica and Europe.

Julia Tian ’08 is engaged to Paul Mann. Their wedding is planned for December 27 in Utah.

Gregory Beyer ’02 was delighted to be a part of July’s program at The Stone in New

Emily Nicklett ’05 was awarded a Hartford Fellowship for Geriatric Social Work for her doctoral dissertation entitled “Diabetic Health Trajectories: Race, Class, and Sex

Disparities”. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in both Public Health and Sociology at the University of Michigan and hopes to pursue an academic career. Matilde Almeida ’06 founded SPARK, an Zeina Hakim '04 went to Brussels for a confer-

arts consultancy company in Lisbon that

ence in October and met up with Mascha

focuses on audience development, market-

Matthews '05 and Aurélie Gerth '05, who both live there now.

ing and fundraising.

Sushma Joshi ’02 recently published “Art Matters,” a compilation of art reviews about contemporary art in Nepal. The book is available in bookstores in Kathmandu. She is looking for distributors outside Nepal, and writes that “if you know of any I. House alumni involved in publishing and distribution in other parts of the world, do please let me know who they are.” You may email her at subcontinental@ yahoo.com.

Channing Joseph ’06 is the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the The New Agenda: The Lifestyle Magazine for the Socially Conscious. To view the magazine online, please visit www. thenewagenda.com. Christian Kroll ’06 recently graduated from Hamburg University (M.A.) and is studying for a Ph.D. in Sociology at the London School of Economics. Earlier this year he published Social Capital and the

Nyasha Griffith 05 is currently pursuing a law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She spent last summer interning with the South African Human Rights Commission in Johannesburg. Ny also traveled to Kenya to spend time with former |. House roommate Susan Njeru ’05 (pictured here at at Fort Jesus, Mombasa). Next summer Ny will work with the law firm Skadden Arps in New York

City.

John Wendle ’07 covered the recent war in South Ossetia for TIME magazine, time. com, The New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, The Independent and various radio stations He is currently based in Moscow where he works as a staff reporter for The Moscow Times and as a contributing photographer for Atlas Press Photo Agency. His photos can be found at www. lightstalkers.org/john_wendle. Marla Bojorge Zuniga ’07 recently participated as a speaker in London for The First Global Immigration Seminar-UIA.

Isabelle O’Connell ’02 performed in

Marie Sandra Ramonjison '06, recently worked for UNICEF Madagascar as a National Consultant on the Juniors Reporters’ Clubs program in which she traveled around the country provid-

ing basic journalism training to young people from ages 13 to 18.

She is pictured here with

the students she trained in the Antsiranana province.

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Europe and New Zealand earlier in the year

and traveled to Australia in May to perform with the Crash Ensemble at the Canberra

I. HOUSE WEDDINGS

International Music Festival. Aude Delescluse ’03 is a volunteer near Salvador de Bahia, Brazil for Heart’s Home, an international Catholic NGO (www. heartshomeusa.org/).

Aude started her

fieldwork late August and will stay in Salvador through 2009. Cem Duruoz ’03 was on the cover of the June issue of the U.K. based Classical Guitar magazine. He was featured in an extensive article about his three solo CDs, as well as

his recent concerts including “Guitar in Turkey” at Carnegie Hall and the premiere of the “Concerto Anatolia” by David Hahn

at the Round Top Guitar Festival in Texas.

Jessica Bier 99 was married in San Francisco to Edgar A. Lopez on April 4, 2008. Edgar is bureau manager for the construction division of San Francisco's Department of Public

Works. Jessica works for Deloitte Consulting LLP, where she was promoted to Director last year.

,jmeric Vacher 02 married Zhdanova

Mariya

in Sevastopol on October

4, 2008. His first book, A Dictionary of Monsters, was published in 2007.

Tudor Pascu 03 and Monica (Hsiu-Yuan) Yang '03 were married in northwestern France near the Atlantic Ocean on August 8, 2008.

They recently moved to Taiwan where Monica

is an IP lawyer and

Tudor is a strategy consultant.

Marek Wolek 03 and Sarah Siddiqui 04 were married on August 31, 2008 in Washington, DC. They now reside in Chicago.

or Roll of Donor S. Ju ly 1, 2007-Jun30e , 2008 HOUSE BENEFACTORS ($100,000 AND ABOVE) The Estate of Dickinson T. Guiler ’57 Abby and George 0’Neill Performing Arts Foundation, Inc.

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($50,000 TO $99,999) Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen

Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Richard J. Jardine ’96 Ayman Jarjour 00 and Alyson King '00

John W. Jordan '72 Nancy M. Kissinger

Chaitanya Kadiyala ’95

Kenneth M. Kramer

Andrew Kalashnik ’05 Amit Karna ’07

Robert J. Krefting

Edward Anders '51

Thomas Kartzke '84

Clara C. Lahmer 44 Alexander and Constance Loke '93 '04

Avi A. Antman ’88 Faisal Ariff ’07 Victorien A. Assi 94 Marianna Astakhova '06 Edward F. Babbott ’55 Joel W. Baker ’64 Professor Muawia Barazangi 69 and

Bozena J. Katic '04 Louisa H. Kellie 90 David Kigonzi ’81 Mana Kimura '80+ Suzanne Kitscha-Lambillon ’83+ John W. Kooyman and Tracy L. Wilson '87

Dr. Nimat Hafet Barazangi ’69

Noriko 0. Kozai ’58 Jakub M. Kubicki 05+

Nicolaas and Angeline van der Kloot '83

Dr. Jonathan L. Kuhn and Ms. Michele H. Herman '85 Yoshiteru Kurokawa '58 Peter Laderman '45

Shirley Verrett ’58 and

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Von Pischke ’64

Ruth Bendetovitch '70

Francoise M. Lagoutte ’67

Andre Voss '00

Isabella Bertoletti Peggy Bidé '85 Thomas Bleha '58 John R. Blum Serge J. Bonnaire '92

Helen L. Laird 48

Meeta R. Vyas '84

Karim A. Lakhdhir '73

David H. Waddill+

Peter H. Landenberger ’88 Ms. Nancy L. Langston ’97 and

Anwar |. Walid '80 Douglas P. Warwick '63

Mr. George W. Brain

Margaret Watson+ Eugene and Marilyn Webb '65 Rivka R. Weinstein '73+

Catherine A. Mayer ’69 Susan McLaine ’56 Joseph T. McLaughlin

Alexandra Curran Nichols ’66

Mr. Peter M. O’Neill "92 Herman Rottenberg

Roy R. Pachecano ’91 Candace Browning Platt

Daisy and Paul Soros ’51 The Starr Foundation

Neil Radey Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. Mrs. Kent Rhodes Harry M. Rosen, Ph.D. ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Rueckert Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rueckert Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Melissa Salame+

Mr. Richard S. and Carol B. Booth+ Patricia M. Cloherty 67 DZ Bank Kathleen Burns

Matthew J. Sippel The Spiritus Gladius Foundation

The Estate of Eleanor Elliott Frank & Camille’s Keyboard Centers

Halvor Stenstadvold 68+ Sidney and Kathryn Taurel ’71

Freunde des International House, e.V.

Ambassador Kenneth D. and Patricia E. Taylor Bennett Theimann '92 and Isabelle Grinda ’90

The L. W. Frohlich Charitable Trust

Eleanor B. and Hans B. Spiegel Sidney Stark '51 Richard Strasser 92+ and Paola Cesarini '92 Nataphone Subsin '06

Karen Moore Alterman ’63 Austin C. Amalu ’81

Foundation

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Anonymous (11) Melinda Agyekum ’05

Catherine Isaacs '02 Robert Isaacs '00 Luc A. Jansen 04 ’07 Leah Jordano-Kudalis '06

Mehrzad Ajoodanian ’01 '03

Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.* Mr. and Mrs. John French, III Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.*

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Shearman & Sterling

Esther L. Barazzone '70 Desiree Baxter 98 Marc Beauchamp '69 Robert C. Beck Anja C. Becker ’88+

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Hwee Keng R. Lau 06

Darko Bosnjak '97 Rene and Maria Bourquin-Neves ’83 Rachelle Bradt ’81

Cheng Lee

Matitiahu Braun '65

Daniel Burton ’80

Renata de Gara Cafiero '56 Marc-Olivier Caillot ’07 Osman N. Canik’78 Mary L. Cantwell ’46 Mary Agnes Carey 84

Valerie Hoffman Takai 65 and Eiji Takai ’65 « Yoav and Er’ella Talmi 68

James C. Carney ’75+

Lucy Tan ’83 Frank Kui Tang '94

Trudy Chan '04 Ngee-Pong Chang

Tohru Taniguchi '06 Daniel Tenengauzer+

Shirley W. Chang ’50+ Martin A. Charwat ’65 Siu Fun Pun Choy '57

Richard J. Tierney '94

Vicki Caron '76

Cristiano Tiozzo '02+

Barbara J. Coleman '70

Unilever United States Foundation, Inc.*

Sinclair B. Coleman '67 Joyce Bodain Colfax 45 Dr. Dinos Constantinides '61 and Mrs. Judith Hursh Constantinides '61 Edward J. Conway ’51

Kris van Hamme '06 Louis F. Lomonaco

D’juro Villaran-Rokovich '94

Margery C. Coombs ’69 Amy E. Costello '98 Sylvia A. Costen '46 Covo Trattoria Sylvia P. Coward '56 William H. Crocker '50

William D. Crosby, Jr. '68 Alexander M. Dake 86 and Anita Genco

Karl |. Danga '72 Ms. Tanya Marie Datel '84

Wei Bing Lee 03+

Heico Wesselius '97

Barbara R. Daum '69

Mrs. Anna-Maija S. Lindholm '86 and

Robert N. Wickstrom '00+ Richard B. Willett '58 John R. Williams '87 Stephen T. Williams '61 Doryan L. Winkelman '86

Nicole Davidson

Eloise De Lay Hayes ’62 F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Lee Foundation, Singapore

James S. and Haydee Sicart Toedtman ’67

Prof. William G. Brown '61

Mr. Pekka Lindholm Professor Cornelis A. Los '79 Robert C. Lugton ’59

Vinod Busjeet 74

Maureen MacGrogan '72

The Mitsui USA Foundation

Jaap L. Tonckens+

Aldo J. Busot 49

Lorraine Maikis+

Marc Wittmer

Sheila T. Dobbin

Mr. and Mrs. John Bing Sing Pek ’68

United States Bankcard Associates

Kathryn C. Maney '81+

The Estate of Edith Pohl

United Way of Canada

Mark H. Camel Luis S. Campos ’92 '03

Wallace W. Wong '31 Loretta Wu '63

Adam and Mandy Quinton

Frederick M. Van Sickle

Leah Rush Cann ’88 and

Yuan Zhao+

David Rockefeller

Mrs. Frances Willard von Maltitz 37

Ross S. Cann ’89

George W. Mapp Todd Martin ’90+

Kathleen Dooley '73 Isolina M. Douglas '06 Jennifer Nay Dowd '68

Anthony C. Spikes '96 Toyota Motor North America, Inc.* Paul A. Volcker

Kristian G. von Sydow ’41

Carlos De Mathias Martins, Jr. '93

The Honorable John C. Whitehead

Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wesley Steadman H. Westergaard ’80

Winifred R. Caraway ’61 John Caros '61 Arthur C. Carr 46 Gonzalo J. Casanova '85 You Seng Chang

Karin E. Zinkann ’57

Frank G. Wisner

Tina Chen

George L. McGeary '52 David E. McKinney

Frank C. Wong ’81

Victor M. Melendez+ Tanya Melich

DONORS ($124 AND UNDER) Anonymous (15) Mathias Aagaard '07+ Cyrus G. Abbe 67 Unalane C. Ablondi Mark A. Adelson ’75 Caroline M. Adkins '71'72 Olubukola Afolayan Jejeloye '06 Melina E. Aguilar ’97 Robin Ahrens '65 Dr. Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith '93 and Dr. Hawthorne E. Smith '90 Dr. Shirley Alcoe '70

Mr. and Mrs. Blaise Halluitte ’70

David and Henrietta Whitcomb ’65

Richard T. Wax ’51 Peter D. Weinstein 63

Karin N. Brown ’59

David C. Manier 92

Palliath George Mathew '04 Birgit W. Matzerath '00 John J. McDermott '56

PRESIDENT’S CLUB

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Wyman ’56

($5,060 TO $9,999)

Carlo R. Chiavistrelli 97+ Dr. Lucylee Chiles '92 Emeka C. Chinwuba '06+

Fareed Zakaria

Jacek Chowdhary '94

Sonia Meluk ’87 ’02

RIVERSIDE ASSOCIATES ($500 TO $999) Anonymous (2)

Wellington Pao-Chun Chu ’88 Dale S. Collinson '63 Karl J. Connor 95 Ms. Mildred Burroughs Cook '57 Mary P. Corcoran ’85+

Jorge L. Menendez, MD, FACS '87 Stephen Mercado '87 Sergei S. Mikhelson '94 '00

Arlene R. Barilec ’84

Dustin G. Craven ’93

William S. Moody Dimitar Moskovsky '06

Thomas H. Boast ’71 Maria Bonomi '59

John F. Crawford Kyra and Merve Cubukcuoglu

Yukio Murakami '79 Suzi A. Naguib '06

Kiyoko T. Cho ’42

Herman Curiel ’76 Mrs. James M. Davis '39 Thalif T. Deen ’73+

Tohru Nakaya '06 Lawrence N. Nartey '77

Juliet Wurr ’89

All Nations Celebration Hans W. Decker

Sigurdur 0. Helgason '45 Kikkoman International, Inc.

Dr. Adrian G. Looney ’92 and Ms. Ayesha Sitlani Mary F. Miller 66 Mitsui & Company (U.S.A.), Inc. Diana Crocker Nouri The Estate of Ella B. Pettee ’38

Pfizer, Inc.* Michael Plouf ’68 and Toni Robinson '68

Richard and Lee Ann Simonson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. van Zwieten ’88 Ross Charles Youngman ’91 and Veronica Espaliat

INTERNATIONAL SPONSOR ($1,000 TO $4,999) Anonymous (3) Robert C. Atkinson Mr. Charles A. and Mrs. Isabel M. Baker ’56 Gregory J. Barrett '06 Mrs. James T. Barton '56 Mervin J. Block 62

Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Carter Centennial Foundation Thomas J. Charters+ Donald and Bonnie Cuneo ’69

Mary and Larry Darby Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Davison

Richard and Barbara Debs Stephen M. DuBrul Ehrenkranz Family Foundation Tony and Marjorie Elson '67 Mary Kay Farley Courtney L. Fellowes 87 Fidelity Investments

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Fitzgerald ’68 Darren M. Fogel 98 Guenter Franke+ Scott and Icy Frantz Friends of International House United

Kingdom+ Frontiers Management Consulting Philomene A. Gates

Barbara and Peter Georgescu Stephen K. Grimm Julie L. Hale Shigeru Hayakawa+ Leo Hindery Thomas P. Hirschfeld

Markus Hugelshofer '87 and Martina Schmitz 86

Citigroup Foundation* Colgate-Palmolive Company” Nicole Comeau+ Katheryn L. Cranford '74

Donald V. Mehus ’66

Stephan L. Mintz, Ph.D. ’67

Deanna J. Nass John K. Naughton ’80

Joanna C. Lee ’88 James E. and Susan F. Lindsay ’57 Phyllis and Harry Manko ’50

Kate M. Detwiler ’07 Steve Deutsch Michel Dhur ’07 Phyllis Dickstein '64 Doris L. Dietschy ’61+ Mark Dijkstra 04 and Catherina Elisabeth De Roos 04+ Stephan Donelian ’89 Michael Dooley ’76+ Rainer M. Dumke '73 Mrs. Jennifer Durst ’99 and Mr. De Cong Tran Harvey Elman '69 Sandra M. Epps ’64 Gordon W. and Barbara S. Evans Christina Fez-Barringten '66 Nils Francke ’85 Nicola Frondizi ’90 Michael W. Galligan ’85 Helen M. Gebhard ’50 Bose T. George '88 Daniel Gersen '39

Jochen Harald May ’67

Fred Gerson+

RBC Capital Markets*

Dorothea B. Moore '77 Michael W. Morris+ NEMCO Brokerage, Inc. Peter S. Ness '63 Ruth G. Ornelas 80 David Risinger Nicholas Rostow+ Dan and Barbara Rottenberg Toru Sato ’61 Paul Shang Maya E. Speelmans '87 Ogniana lvanova-Sriram '04 and Raj Sriram '04 Sally J. Staley ’80 Lorenzo and Laura Stanghellini 95 Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Lois A. Goodell Arnow ’49 Zeina N. Hakim '04

Jacqueline Y. Robinson '03 Stephen M. Robinson '63 Anja B. Rohmann '96

Hessam Hamidi-Tehrani 93

Charles S. Rotenberg ’61

Yaw Debrah+ Paul D. Downs+

Ford Foundation* Anil D. Gandhi 56+ Phyllis Haberman '72 Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Hoch Ta Chun Hsu ’45 Integrated Micro Systems, Inc. Helen Klaben Kahn '64 Yoshiyuki Kawashima '58

Te P. King '53 Harvey Kipnis Ann C. Knight Durmus Koch ’71 Michael P. Kopelman+ Judith B. Kostman '65 Kishor and Leslie Laud 95

Claudia Haese+

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Dr. Federico Rubli-Kaiser '80 David S. Sabih 57

Ove Haxthausen '96 Akiko Hayashi '72

Godfrey 0. Sackeyfio ’70+

Wendell Heddon ’87

Steve Salchow '90

Karl-Detlef Safft ’88 Maurice Samuels ’81

Gerald W. Hill 68

A. George Schillinger '50 David M. Schleicher 94 Roger W. Schoening '54 Herbert J. Schwarz '51 Suzanne Schwing '02 Yu Semba '54

Toshiaki Taguchi

Mr. Joachim F. Hinzen '87 and

Richard D. Simmons

Cigdem F. Tankut ’62+ Wolfgang von Malsen ’65 Mrs. James P. Warburg

Mrs. Parul Kapur Hinzen '85

Inna A. Simonova '00

David Ho

Alexandru Sirboiu '06

Michael Hochberg Age Hollander ’81 Ingo Holzwarth '04 Paul and Anne Hudrlik '65

Gunnar K. Sletmo '68 Mary M. Smathout Malcolm W. Smith '67 Sigrid L. Snell ’52

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Washburn ’50

John A. Wells Roy Wylie '73

Edward C. Andrews '61

William B. Ashley ’70 Hans Aspock '70 Huguette Auerswald ’60

Stephen P. Austill 51 AXA Foundation*

Alama Ayers '47 Virginia L. Bainbridge '68 J. R. Baker '68

Balthazar Restaurant Bank of America Foundation* Macon E. Barrow '08

Jonathan W. Battle '69 Donald Bechtold ’63 Kenton Beerman '05 Jean-Olivier Begin '08 Madeline Blum and Jess Benhabib '77 Mary L. Berridge '56 Stefano Bini '06 Dr. and Mrs. Amir H. Biniaz '54 Faith Black '30

Misty T. Hathaway '89

Warren E. Hewitt '47

Matching Grants Program*+

Dilip Phadnis '73 Gerard Pregenzer '03

Margot M. Harrison 67

Wolfgang Karl Heim ’85 Frances Bahner Hendricks '63 Lorraine Mohrman Hepler 56 Miguel A. Hernandez '98 ’01 Kelly A. Herrity ’97

American International Group Inc,

Yves Biry ’51

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George Dessylas Madan B. Dev '78 Ayn S. Dietrich '05+

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Chunli Quan ’06

Marcelo De Stefano '04

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Donald P. Brown Florence M. Brownridge '58 Max Bruggmann '56 Stephan Brunschwiler '95 Earl M. Bucci '54 Anker Buch '62 Eleanor H. Burke '63 Ms. Gladys Crane Burke '59

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Ruth J. Dyer 52 Karen Groshek Eben '87 and

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Sandra Edmonds Augusta |. Edwards '46 Michael S. Elledge '80 Misako Endoh '81+ Mamie Eng '77 Eric G. Erickson ’04

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John M. French 48 Joseph G. Fritsche '79 Elaine P. Frost '59 Marjorie K. Fryxell 53 Jane K. Fukuoka 49 Jean and Hubert Gabrielse '54 Rachel J. Gallagher '07 Dr. Turkan Kumbaraci Gardenier '64 '66 Christelle L. Garrouste '05 Jeannette Gates 49+ David F. Gawley '78 Victoria |. Geibel '83 Andreas Geiger '91 Cleomenes A. Generales '41 Gillette*+ Edward G. Gingold '68 Mark B. Goldfus Dr. Bob Gottschall '67 Thomas D. Graber '80 Mrs. Harriet Curtain Grass '48

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Margaret L. Montgomery ’49

Phyllis Moore ’50 Anne McGee Morganstern '60

David Klock ’66

Norman G. Knopf 63 Yumi Komatsu 93

Kenichiro Kono '91 Becky Kotake '08+ Sri and Malvika Koundinya '88 Bret Kraus '90 Professor and Mrs. Roman Kuc '79 Mark M. Kuchment '76

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Helen Levin '63 Jeffrey L. Levin ’70 Brenda S. Lewis Ernest E. Lewis '38 Marissa Licht '95

Christopher U. Light '62+ Sarno J. Lindberg '87+ Peter Lindenfeld ’51 Doreen A. Ludemann ‘81 Betty L. Lumby '55 Leinani Pat S. Lundberg '47 Anne Lundy '80 Herbert & Babette Frank Maccoby '47

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Nikhit D’Sa

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Amy M. Ellks

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Maria K. Wasienko ’03+

Jan Engartner Shirin S. Eskandani

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Jeanne Foote North 50 and William H. North '50 Andrea Nouryeh ’70+

Emil R. Nunez '06 Herbert F. Oettgen '59 Carol T. Ohta '65 Mr. Clarence W. Olmstead and

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Tom J. Kestens '99+ Catherine Key '57 Kisook Kim '07 Ruth K. King '50 Eric Kisch '62 Thomas J. Kleinert 92

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Yuzuru Nakabe ’68 Katherine S. Naughton ’80

Amos N. Jones '05

Katharine A. Keenan '08 Andrew G. Kemeny ’61

Gopal N. Yogi Mr. Ross Charles Youngman '91 and

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. O'Sullivan 80

Edward and Marcia Kaneshige '55 Mouhcine Kanouni '07+ Jessica Kantor+ Stanley N. Kanzaki '71 Marie W. Kasckow '50

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Roy Wiesner '05+

Yongjie Gao

Constance R. Williams '62+ John "Will" Willmann ’88 Craig R. Wilson 00+ Joel J. Winkin 81+ Oliver H. Woshinsky ’62+ Art Wyckoff '78 Hiroko Yamazaki 81+ David C.J. Yeh 67 Luthi Yves '96 Kashif and Sujatha Zafar Alma Lorena Zertuche '98 Misa Zgonec-Rozej '03 Min Zhang Mrs. Leslie Meyers Zomalt 65

Abdul Hamid M. Ghandour

Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos Adeola E. Oladele William E. Olander Heather Oliphant Heather O'Neill

Alejandra Gomez

Ana Ortigosa

from Ana Jakimovska '07

Ramya Gopalakrishnan

Maghnus 0’Seagh Pinar Ozbek

David K. Whitcomb ’65 from Judith B. Kostman ’65 Henrietta Whitcomb ’65

Marilyn S. Wertheimer ’53

Danielle Gaines

Liat Graber Nadia Griffith

Ashish Gupta Melanie Hale Michael Halperin

Shaila B. Parikh Oana C. Pascal

Benjamin Pellegrom Nimrod D. Pfeffer

Jung Min Han Christopher M. Hanks

Yana R. Pleshivoy

David J. Hardisty

Mara R. Plotkin

Rebecca J. Harshbarger Stephan A. Hartl

Ariadna Pop

Lukas Pieter

Dharshni Ponnampalam

Evelyn N. Alvarez Alejandro Amerena Carswell

Ghazanfar A. Hoti Tsung-han Hsieh

Sholpan Primbetova Eva Provedel Adam and Mandy Quinton Jeremy A. Rafal Anil Raj Faisal A. Rajper Greg Ramirez Remy Renaud Christina S. Renckens John W. Rhym Julio A. Rios Nicole Roberts

Mujde Amini Bianca A. Anastacia

Diana Hsueh Jinglei Hu Vicki T. Huang

Mariana Rodriguez Orte Joshua Rosaler Deborah Rosengaus

Brian Bassingthwaighte Jean-Olivier Begin Bharat Bhalla Rohit Bijlani Paulina A. Blaszczynska Reza Bosaghzadeh Elena Bouza-Ortin

Besnik Husejni Elmira Imambakieva Gisli H. Ingimundarson Alvin Irby Mehmet C. Isik Rengin lsik Andrew M. Jacobs Joseph Jailer-Coley Shruthi Jayaram Jinyuan Jin Ms. Kripa Joshi and Mr. Ravi Dani Chad Kampe

Joseph Rubagumya Sabina Rustamova Sigal Saar Shoaib Sarwar Nicholas Schiloff Katherine E. Schoenthal

Tomer Brenner

Zainab Kapadia

Ricardo D. Brito Monica Brooker Aline Brunet Nathalie N. Bruyn Valentin M. Burg

RESIDENT MEMBER GIFT CAMPAIGN DONORS Anonymous (109) Chudamani Acharya LaNysha Adams Ogbe Airiodion Frederic Albert Salim Al-Jahwari

Jimena Avalos Capin Jorge Avila Liceranzu Najiib Azad Zehra Bandealy Macon E. Barrow Imre Bartos

Kathleen Burns

Odgerel Byamba Michelle Cammarata Alexis Carlotti Christine E. Carter Elissa C. Cassini Colman J, Chamberlain Lori Chang Michael Y. Chang Richard Chang Rusudan Chantura loannis Chatzakis Caroline Chehade Szuhan Chen '03 Donna Chu Ashish Chugh Juan F. Clemenza James S. Cocks Mr. and Mrs. Alin Coman Anna C. Conlan Alan R. Cordova John S. Crimmins Donald and Bonnie Cuneo '69 Ravi Dani Bradley R. Daniels Mahreen Daruwala Nicole Davidson Ryan J. Davidson '07 Ramon J. De Bruyn Martijn G. De Jong Blanca De Lara Barreiro Bryan DeBono April Cande G. Dequito Chris DeRusha Carolyn Deuschle Ryan T. Devlin 03

Adriana Harvey

Tetsuya Hayashiguchi Matthew Haygood Julia A. Henderson

Ashleigh K. Hendrix Kyoko Hiraoka

Michelle Hodara Christina Hodel Brittany Holladay Ryan Holladay

from David K. Whitcomb ’65

IN MEMORY OF Paul E. Auerswald from Huguette Auerswald '60 Alan H. Booth ’33 and Dorothy B. Booth ’33 from Richard S. Booth Sheila Caros from John Caros ’61 Howard Cook from Todd J. Martin ’90 Roy B. Coward from Sylvia P. Coward ’56 L.W. Frohlich from Richard D. Wesley Ingeborg E. Gundersen '29

from Jon R. Gundersen '62 Dr. Ulrich C. Haese 60 from Claudia Haese Violet Hu from Judith B. Kostman ’65 Edith MacGrogan from Maureen L. MacGrogan ’72 Doris S. Melich from Tanya Melich Mary Y. Munford ’61 from Thomas Bleha ’58

Shirley O'Neil from Meghan 0’Neil 08 Elizabeth Parente from Thomas J. Parente ’75

Prof. Jan H. Pokorny 42 from James Boorstein Kinko Onodera Poulson

from Stanley N. Kanzaki ’71 Verlene Reese ’61 and Grace Epps ’60

Christian G. Schramm

from Eric Kisch 62

Kees J. Schager '69 from Bruce B. Parrott ’70 John J. Smalhout 40 from Mary M. Smalhout Philip Sudo ’83 from Victoria |. Geibel 83

Mahi Khallaf Suleman Khoja Onur M. Kiyak Pieterbas F. Klaas Anupam A. Kodangada Isankya N. Kodithuwakku '02 Maria N. Kordonowska

Johannes Schueler Martin Schwarting Patricia J. Seex Rajesh R. Senthil Kumar Sonal Shah Ellaha Shaheen Anjali Shamdasani '06 Liat Shetret Dirk Sievert Jared A. Simard Sandra D. Simon Carla Siri Glenn Sonntag

Madhav Krishna

Vandana Sood

Chetana Kulkarni Maria Lahuerta Camelia Lalani Felipe Landeo Charles D. Laurence

Homa Sorouri Najwan Stephan-Tozy Lyublyana Stoyanova Benjamin Strabo Matthew Stracker Ya Hui Sung Pawel Szaja Quoc Loc Michael Ta Alissa Tan Devy Tan Paul Tarussov Christiana E. Thanos Camillia M. Thompson Frithjof Tosonowski Trinayan Collective Francesco Trovo Jabulisile Tugwana Sayaka Uchikawa Eva T. Udvarhelyi Wessel J. Van Den Berg Rob Van Der Meulen

Shannon L. Lecompte

Mariane Lemieux '06 Assaf Levi Brenda S. Lewis Euna Lhee Juan Li Yang Liao

Anna E. Lindvall Yajie Liu Christopher Loh Dr. Adrian G. Looney '92 and Ms. Ayesha Sitlani Jessica-Louise Lopez Victor Lopez Fernandez Cyrus Luhr Jamie Luiz Lynn Lynes Wei Yun Ma Jennethul Noor H. Macan Markar Felix G. Macharia Jason Machowsky Nox Mafu Abhishek Maheshwari Marie P. Mainil Abhinandan Majumdar Kelly R. Martin Nobuntu Matinise Democritos T. Mavrellis

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. van Zwieten '88 Aakash Vanchi Nath

Daniel R. Venning Nicolas Vessiere Cesar Vichido Sophie D. Vigneron Joel G. Walsh Keith B. Weiss Thilo Weller Wim Weymans

Jean-Francois Willems H. Roz Woll

* Denotes corporations and foundations which also, or exclusively, provide matching gifts + New donors to the Annual Fund a Deceased

The Office of Development & Alumni Relations makes every effort to ensure that this Honor Roll of Donors is as accurate as possible in every aspect. Should we have fallen short in this effort, please do not hesitate to let us know right away so that we can make any necessary adjustment to the Honor Roll as it is posted on our website www. ihouse-nyc.org/honorroll.

IN

MEMORIAM

Life Trustee Jonathan Mason Dies onathan Mason, a

longtime Trustee whose ties to Japan and Korea aided International

House’s fundraising efforts in the 1970s, died

on June 22nd at age 92. He lived in Wellington, FL, and was a former resident of Manhattan and Southampton, NY. A native New Yorker, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School and Princeton, and served with

Army intelligence during World War II. After working with Bache and Company on Wall Street, in 1962 he helped launch the Japan Fund, the first closed end fund to invest in Japanese stocks, and served as its longtime Chairman. In 1970 he was elected to the International House Board, and in the mid-1970s, with then-Chairman

House when growing up that she and her husband lived and worked at the House for a time in the 1970s. His family remembers Jim Davis as “a gregarious man who did much to further international understanding through education and exchange. He always set an example of hard work, philanthropy, honesty, and integrity.”

Japanese Business Leader Takeshi Nagano ’55 Is Dead

roshima Prefecture,

time at I. House when she studied at Columbia dur-

Nagano joined Mitsubishi Mining

received his Ph.D.,

International House, Mason served on the boards of

the Japan Society, the Asia Society and the US-Japan

Foundation. He is survived by his wife Natsuki, two sons and five grandchildren.

Catherine Doerr Sparks ’38 2008 in Gwynedd, PA. Her nephew Gordon Pennington recalled that Sparks reminisced about her

Crown Prince and Princess of Japan to re-dedicate the stone lantern in Sakura Park, a gift from the

he was elected a Life Trustee in 1991. In addition to

Pokorny served on the Art Commission of the City of New York, a review board for permanent works to be placed on city property, from 1973 to 1977. From 1997 until the year before his death, he was an occasionally outspoken member of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The courtly and charming Pokorny cherished his ties to International House, attending a Sunday Supper as recently as 2006.

guished corporate executive who had an active association with International House through the years, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on May 12th. He was 85. A native of Hi-

Co. in 1945. He

mittee and a member of the Executive Committee,

in Lower Manhattan.

| oor Trustee Takeshi “Ken” Nagano ’55, a distin-

George Ball, helped forge ties with corporations in Japan which resulted in contributions of more than $300,000 to the Golden Anniversary Capital Campaign. In 1987, he worked behind-the-scenes to help arrange a visit to International House by the then

people of Tokyo to the people of New York in 1960. A former Chairman of the Development Com-

Lewisohn Hall at Columbia, the Brooklyn Historical Society building, and the Battery Maritime Building

lived at International House in 1953-55 while studying Metallurgy, in which he at Columbia University. He became

Beevers Doerr Sparks ’38 died September 12,

ing the Depression years, when Burl Ives was a fellow resident. A longtime professor at Temple University,

where she taught fashion design and home economics, Sparks was a world traveler and an inspiration to her family and many students through the years.

Nancy W. Cooper ancy W. Cooper, Director of Development Alumni Relations at I. House from 1983-

the president of Mitsubishi Metal Corp. in 1982.

N:

Nagano led the 1990 merger between Mitsubishi Metal and Mitsubishi Mining and Cement Co. into Mitsubishi Materials and became the first board chairman of the merged firm. He was later given the title of honorary chairman of Mitsubishi Materials.

87, died March

11, 2008 in Newtown,

PA. Cooper

helped plan the 1986 World Council of Alumni Meeting in Berlin, and regularly hosted I. House residents at her Tarrytown, NY home on Thanksgiving, Easter and Independence Day.

Nagano served as chairman of the vaunted Nikkeiren before its 2002 merger with the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) into the Japan

James M. Davis ’39, International Education Administrator, Dies at 93 Jie

M. Davis, a founding member of NAFSA

(the Association of

n ternational

Educators)

and a Life Member of International House’s World Council of Alumni, died in La Jolla, CA on October

10th, nine

days short of his 94th birthday. A native of Ohio, where he graduated from Ohio State, Davis was attending Union Theological Seminary when he lived at I. House in the late 1930s. He went on to serve as an Army Chaplain in China and Burma during World War II, and returned to New York to get his Master’s and Doctorate from Teacher’s College on the GI Bill at which time he again became involved with I. House. For the next twenty-five years, Davis had a distinguished career in higher education administration with a focus on international education at the

Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren ), the na-

tion’s most influential business lobby. In the 1980s, Nagano worked closely with I. House President Gordon W. Evans and President Emeritus Howard A. Cook to raise funds for International House in Japan, culminating in his heading the Capital Campaign effort there in 1987. In 1993, along with fellow Trustee Abby M. O'Neill, he received the Harry Edmonds Award for Lifetime Achievement in a ceremony at International House. Nagano, who received many awards and honors in his long career, said the moment represented a

high point in his life. Later that year, he was elected a Life Trustee. At the time of the Edmonds honor, the late International Trustee Jacques P. De Portu 54, who had known Nagano since both lived at I. House, wrote that when Nagano had arrived in 1953 “everyone realized that our friend from Japan was exceptional, for his international spirit, for his generosity and for his boundless benevolence. For those of our generation,

the honor of the Harry Edmonds Award could not be bestowed more appropriately.”

New York meeting and taking part in trips to Prague in 1992 and Singapore in 1996. Their daughter Peri Ceperley recalled that she heard so much about I.

Howard Wakefield ’53 Mason, OH

Barbara Rosen '36

Margaret McClelland '57

Prairie Vlg, KS

Livermore, CA

Ernest Lewis '38

Joseph Ricciardi 59

Sulphur Springs, TX

Cleveland, OH

Edward Dahl ’40 Appleton, WI

Mary Gegerias ’64

Dorothy Lago ’43

Naresh Tomkins-Seth '66

Brookline, MA

Edmonton, AB Canada Cachel Fredlund ’44

Donald Andrushko ’68 Cupertino, CA

Bloomington, MN Tsute Tikubo ’68

Marguerite Karaczan ’45

Tokyo, Japan

Moorestown, NJ

William Angel ’70

Jan Pokorny ’42, Czech-Born NYC Architect, Dies at 93

Josephine Beitel 49 Casper, WY

an Pokorny ‘42, an architect whose New York

firm restored and adapted historic buildings for modern use, died following a long illness on May 20th in Manhattan. He was 93. A native of what is now the Czech Republic,

Pokorny grew up in Prague and fled the German occupation in 1939 for New York, where he lived at International House while studying at Columbia’s architecture school in 1940-42.

In 1946, he opened his own company, Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, and over time became known for his melding of old and new architectural ideas. Among the historic buildings restored and redesigned or modernized under his supervision are

Vienna, Austria

Maurice Cooper ’75 Robert Lindauer ’49

University of Washington and the University of Michigan. He was a Vice President of the Institute of International Education in New York and Provost for Overseas Centers for United States International University in San Diego among many other posts through the years. In 1973 he and his wife Phyllis retired from education to San Diego where he entered the investment business and became active in numerous civic organizations. The Davises were fixtures at many I. House World Council meetings over the years, rarely missing a

Duncan Merriwether 26 Naples, FL

Maplewood, NJ

Simsbury, CT Herbert Feist

Bernice Nadolney '51 New York, NY

Highland Park, NJ

sca sagttoal

DIRECTOR'S CORNER

Three Elected To |. House Board A

its meeting on June 10th, the International House Board of Trustees elected three new members. Shenyu Belsky is Program Director for the Southern China portion of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s Pivotal Place Program, where her work focuses on environment and

On September 15th, during a trip to California on personal business, I was with a group of I. House alumni at a reception in San Francisco described elsewhere on this page. Much conversation that evening was focused on events which had transpired

back in New York that day. After Lehman Brothers filed for the biggest bank-

health, and the sustainable

ruptcy in U.S. history and Bank of America consumed Merrill Lynch, the stock market had plunged more than 500 points amid fears that insurance giant AIG was the next to go down.

use and production of energy. Prior to joining the RBF, she served as a Senior Program Director at the National Com-

remarked that during this period I. House’s endowment had tripled. “Well, after today you might have to say it doubled,” one of our alumni suggested. Actually, during the recent downturn, the House’s portfolio has not suffered as badly as the S&P. But it has

mittee on U.S.-China Relations, where she developed

and implemented a wide-range of programs addressing critical issues in contemporary China. She also served as a consultant and Associate Producer for a series of Chinarelated documentaries broadcast on PBS. After completing a bachelor’s degree program in English Language and Literature at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute, Belsky completed graduate studies at the Canberra College of Advanced Education in Australia. She is a member of I. House’s Programs & Resident Life Committee. Sharda Cherwoo is a Coordinating Tax Partner within Ernst & Young’s Transaction Advisory Services Practice where she serves the portfolio investments of several major global private equity firms. She joined the U.S. practice of Ernst & Young in 1982 and was promoted to Partner in 1991. At the time, she was the first female Partner of Indian origin at any of the Big Eight firms in the U.S. In her more than 25 years with Ernst & Young, Cherwoo has held a variety of leadership roles focusing on global entrepreneurial initiatives and strategic, operational, and client serving roles. She is a member of Asia Society’s President's Circle and a member of the Leadership Circle of the South Asian Women’s Leadership Forum. She graduated as a valedictorian from Sacred Heart University with a B.S. in Accounting. At I. House, she is a member of the Development & Alumni Relations Com-

In noting to this gathering the recent 15th anniversary of Don Cuneo’s becoming President of I. House, I

taken a hit, and on September 15th, the fact that we were embarking on a period of global economic turmoil was unmistakable. Every year—in good times and bad—lInternational House ensures that its resident members continue to embrace international understanding through the unsurpassed programs we offer on a daily basis. As noted in Don Cuneo’s message in this World Newsletter, we are carefully managing our resources and taking appropriate steps to tightly control expenditures, conserve energy and increase our efficiency. I was pleased to report to the San Francisco alumni that Charity Navigator, the largest independent evalu-

ator of charities in the U.S., had recently given International House its highest rating for sound financial management. This fact should give additional comfort to our alumni and friends that each dollar you give in support of the Annual Fund is wisely spent.

And speaking of the stock market — those who have reviewed their portfolio and perhaps shifted their holdings may have looked at some long held and highly appreciated securities that don’t make sense for their

investing future. This might be the ideal time to gift those stocks as a new investment profile is considered for 2009 and beyond.

oe

International Trustee John Pek ’68, with assistance from Alex Loke ’93 ’04 and International Trustee Robert van Zwieten ’87, hosted a reception for over twenty alumni and guests at the American Club in Singapore on October 4th.

mittee.

J. Kevin McCarthy is Managing Director and General Counsel of the Cowen Group, Inc. where he also serves as the senior legal officer and broker/ dealer. He is a member of the Office of the Chief Executive and Corporate Secretary to the Cowen Group, Inc. Board of Directors.

International House alumni from the San Francisco Bay area gathered for cocktails and conversation on September 15th at the Nob Hill home of

In addition, he is

the Head of the Legal and Compliance Department for

George Leeson ’69

Cowen Group, Inc. and its regulated subsidiaries in the U.S. and U.K. Prior to joining Cowen, McCarthy was a Partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in New York. From 1996 to 2004, he was with Credit Suisse First Boston, where he served most recently as Managing Director and Global Head of Litigation.

here, the event attract-

(left). Organized by Leeson and Jerry Hill 68 (right), pictured ed nearly two-dozen alumni spanning a forty year period.

He received his law degree from Albany Law School of Union University in 1990 and his undergraduate degree

from Siena College in 1987.

He is a member of the De-

velopment & Alumni Relations Committee at I. House.

SAVE THE DATE

February 19, 2009

May 11, 2009

June

Professional Interest Night-New York, NY

Harry Edmonds Gala-New York, NY

1985-1990

|. House seeks volunteers at all levels of their careers to provide advice and insight

The House’s signature special event, the

Come relive all your |. House memories at

Harry Edmond’s Awards Gala, recognizes

the 1985-1990 alumni reunion! Make your

to residents at this annual career network-

the outstanding achievements of individuals and corporations committed to ad-

reservations now for this special weekend. For information about accommodations, please visit www. /house-nyc.org/reunionO9Y.

ing event. To sign up, please visit www. lhouse-nyc.org/PIN2009.

vancing cross-cultural understanding and cooperation.

12-14, 2009 Reunion-New York, NY

Pon

Participants in the Tutorial Program at the annual Halloween Party. In addition to games in the pub, the party includes “trick-or- treats”.

Nelli Florentin of Greece, a psychological counseling student at Teacher's College, tutors 2nd grader Jahzeel in math.

tion system. For these residents, the program not only provided them with a way to give back, and for many the opportunity to gain practical teaching-type experi-

and besides Corpus Christi has served students at P.S. 36, P.S. 125 and P.S. 165, elementary schools in Harlem and Morningside Heights. In addition to the basic tutoring and mentoring aspects, field trips and group

ence, but it also provided, particularly for international students, insight into a side of the United States to which they would not be exposed at their educational institutions. For the neighborhood children, International House

offered a unique opportunity. Participating residents provided not only much-needed academic guidance, but for kids who often don’t leave the neighborhood, let alone the country, the residents also gave them the chance to gain international perspective and to metaphorically see the world. The initial reaction to the program was positive and

activities have been added. In its 40 years, students have been to the New York Philharmonic, Broadway plays, the Museum of Natural History, the Liberty Science Center, Columbia University Basketball games and a variety of other New York landmarks and cultural centers. Group activities like a Halloween Party, Holiday Party and Graduation Ceremony have been added and remain favorites of the program today. Unlike when Don Cuneo founded the program in 1968, IHTP is now run by two resident coordinators,

Mentoring and play are also important aspects of the Tutorial Program. Lyublyana Stoyanova of Bulgaria teaches tutee Ahmed

to play badminton.

mother wasn’t able to attend a school activity, she often asked Barbara if she could go instead.

After Barbara left I. House, she returned annually to New York for work and each time would see Sally. When Sally was 16, Barbara invited her for a summer visit to Barbara’s native Canada. They spent three days in Winnipeg and three days in Riding Mountain National Park where they cycled, swam and even saw moose. For Sally, who had never been outside of the United States, it was quite an adventure.

Sally is now the mother of an eight-year old son and

her family has left New York. While they have not been in touch for about two years, Barbara still holds on to

competitively selected from a pool of applicants, who

the cards Sally sent. The impact of Barbara on Sally’s life is evident. On one card she wrote “How could I forget

it was implemented immediately. The Program, then

receive a fellowship for their work. The coordinators

you? You are my best friend. We miss you.”

Vice-President and Programs Director Jim Davis ’64

recruit volunteers, select the children and match them

said, fit perfectly into I. House’s goal of residents “learn-

with the volunteers, develop the program’s curriculum, provide volunteer training and plan the group activities. This year’s coordinators are Rita Sanchez and Mi-

While not all relationships are like Barbara and Sally’s, the impact on the children who participate in IHTP is evident. Last year all of the parents who replied to a year-end survey noted positive changes in their children. These included improved test scores, reading ability and focus on school work. The experience is also

ing about the people of this city.” Resident response was equally strong. Cuneo received help in designing the program from fellow students

chelle Hodara, both Ph.D. candidates in education at

studying education, like Arthella Addei ’69, an educational counseling and guidance student at CUNY, who would go on to become the principal of P.S. 306 and a

Teacher's College. For the Coordinators, [HTP is a great opportunity to get to know fellow I. House residents they might not ordinarily encounter and to work closely

oft-quoted leader within the New York City education system. In that first year, about 25 residents participated.

with the I. House staff.

As the program came to fruition, Cuneo found that in addition to the tutoring, there was a great need for mentoring. Holding the children’s attention was dif-

ficult and for many, a good portion of whom came from broken homes, having an adult friend to listen to them and give them undivided attention was a welcome addition to their lives. In his first year as a tutor, Cuneo

found that simply playing basketball with his student was a great way to connect with him and a key.component of their relationship. Some forty years later, what is now called the International House Tutorial Program (IHTP) still fulfills

these same purposes. This year, 35 residents are partici-

pating as tutors and they hail from a virtual world map: Taiwan, The Netherlands, Colombia, France, Kyrgyzstan, the United States and South Africa to name a few. While about one-third of the volunteers are studying education, the rest are pursuing degrees in music, social work, engineering, economics and political science among others, which helps expose the students they tutor to a wide variety of interests and skill sets. The participating children are kindergarten through eight grade students at the Corpus Christi School, a nearby Morningside Heights Catholic school. Along with I. House, Corpus Chrisit is a member of the Morningside Area Alliance, a community group whose

mission includes sustaining linkages among its member institutions to enhance communication and cooperative initiatives. The Tutorial Program has evolved through the years,

For Sanchez, whose Ph.D. fo-

cuses on math education and who had done a lot of volunteer work

at home

in Mexico,

it seemed

a natural

fit

one that tutees hold on to for a lifetime. As one parent put it, “I wanted my son to participate in the program because I participated in the program as a child and I knew my son would benefit greatly from it.” And for the tutors, the impact is equally as strong

to tutor a child in math and to then take on a leadership position in the program. While Hodara had not participated in the program previously, she was attracted to it

them closer to their I. House commun'ty and to the community around them. Said one tutor last year, “I feel

because it is one of I. House’s longest running and most

a bit more ownership of Morningside Heights [now]

established programs. Running the program also challenges the coordinators’ teaching and organizational ability, and gives them practical training for their careers. As the 2004-5 Coordinator Astrid Fassbender recalls “I didn’t always know how to find the right way to communicate—my use of gesture and language was challenged, also my capacity for empathy and understanding. It was a wonderful thing to see how with time, [my] confidence got stronger.” At times, the program has included music and art classes, and even English as a Second Language lessons for parents, but at its core the Tutorial Program is still about the relationship between tutor and child and improving that child’s academic success and self-confidence. It is no wonder then that many tutor-tutee rela-

and more familiar with the communities living in the neighborhood...I feel very lucky to have my tutee and have learned a lot from him about my own teaching and learning styles as I have assessed his.” Of course, one of the major outcomes of the program

and lasting. It improves their teaching skills, and brings

is that it makes the tutors feel like they are making a real difference in the future of a child. “I was an active member of the I. House community and participated in several wonderful activities” recalled

Jey Subbiah ’83, who participated as a volunteer in 1982. “However, it is not that often that you have a chance to mentor a youngster and try to help him take a few steps ahead in life. And that is exactly what the Harlem

[Tutorial Program] gave me.”

As a trustee and now as President of International House, Don Cuneo has been able to watch the Tutorial

Program evolve and improve since he founded it forty

tionships have gone beyond the books and resulted in lasting friendships. When Barbara Kaufman ’90 was

years ago. He has continued to support the program

matched with 10-year old Sally Hernandez during the 1989-1990 academic year, little did she or Sally know that each had made a friend for life. While their relationship began with Saturday morning lessons, usually in mathematics, Barbara would also take Sally on outings to places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and visit her classroom. When Sally’s

and I. House’s unique capability to meet it. The pro-

because of the core need that remains in the community gram also speaks to the heart of the I. House mission: building community. IHTP, he says, is “something we

all do together and share. ‘It is one “piece in I. House’s interactive puzzle.”

Leo Hindery Launches Media Series with Focus on Broadband he Internet “is the only mechanism in place that can get around an over consolidated media environment.”

That is the view of media industry leader Leo Hindery Jr., who got the 2008-09

media series off to a lively start when he addressed an audience of I. House trustees, residents and staff on October 7th.

After an introduction by Trustee Adam Quinton, who praised his “passionate engagement and thinking on business ethics,” Hindery, the Managing Partner of private

equity firm InterMedia Partners, called for “ubiquitous broadband deployment” to overcome the “downright toxic” news provided by cable outlets. “The only opportunity for independent voices is in a less constrained media environ-

ment,” said Hindery. “The one imperative is affordable high speed connection.” 10

Hindery cited the decline of civic engagement as chronicled by Robert D. Putnam in Bowling Alone and said that the U.S. is divided into partisan, regionalized factions. He expressed hope that with the economy in decline, the country can achieve a new sense of national unity and purpose. He noted problems with the Internet, including “longevity and the inability to correct itself.” He noted that for decades the U.S. built on its culture of immigration and assimilation, and warned that the Internet “runs the risk of getting rid of assimilation.”

Hindery helped form the YES Network in the summer of 2001

as the television

home of the New York Yankees and the New Jersey Nets. He was previously Chairman of GlobalCenter Inc. and President of AT&T Broadband.

; a et

From a Rookie New Yorker to One of India’s Brightest Stars Mie

Kripalani 91

says

wanted a job in public service. She couldn’t do medicine it

University

after working at a law firm and as a journalist in Bombay.

and, having tried law, found

Manjeet Kripalani

City. She came to New York in 1988 to pursue a master’s degree in international affairs at Columbia

she always knew she

She chose to live at International

seemed

House because “it

like a more open community to be with, than to

wasn’t her cup of tea either.

stay alone in an apartment.” At |. House, she said, “ones

Business journalism, however,

experiences could be shared with a group and one could

agreed with her.

learn from theirs.”

As the Mumbai Bureau

This experience helped guide her. “I. House was, for

Chief of BusinessWeek, critics

me, a blessing, a gift of grace. | came there, not knowing

have agreed with her as well.

how to proceed with my new life, and |. House gave me

She is a much-honored journalist having won the George

the sanctuary and friendships that helped me on through

Over 50 alumni and guests from |. House New York

Polk, Gerald Loeb, Chapin, Overseas Press Club, SAJA

the years.” |. House “held me in its palms and nurtured

Joined alumni from |. House Chicago and International

and Daniel Pear! awards for her work. She is perhaps

and loved me as a rookie in New York.”

Students House London, as well as staff from |. House

With her degree,

best known for her break-out BusinessWeek cover story in 2003,

“ls Your Job Next” and “The Rise of India”, for

it might have been more natural to

pursue a Career as a political journalist, but Kripalani

Washington DC, Philadelphia,

Wollongong and Edmon-

ton, at the Embassy of Austria for a lively reception in

Bern-

didn’t feel that she “had enough experience in life to be

stein, won several awards in 2004 including the Polk and

a political journalist and make judgments about people

an |. House and the one with the longest tenure, Presi-

dent Don Cuneo offered remarks on the joint history of

which she and colleagues Pete Engardio and Aaron

Loeb Award. They were among the first to report on the

who had more experience and exposure in the world than

round of globalization that saw the outsourcing of high-

|.”

tech, engineering, research and even financial analysis

bers from annual reports—not much judgment required

jobs to India.

there,” and, she says, is a better fit for her.

Kripalani also recently served as the Edward

Business journalism “depends on facts and num-

the Houses and the ties that bind alumni attendance.

who were in

For |. House New York, this reception was

the fourth annual event for DC area alumni.

Kripalani has become a sought-out expert on India

R. Mur-

May 2008. As the only alumnus to serve as a head of

Pictured

here are Rima Finzi-Strauss ’77, Bob Chadwick ’83

row Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

and globalization and is currently writing a book on

and Mark Kagan ’80, all of whom have organized past

where she wrote op-eds in the American

“India and the different models it is throwing up for the

alumni events in DC.

press on India

and Pakistan and U.S. policy in the region. She also interacted with leaders in the foreign policy world and “ini-

world.” On how India will be affected by the global eco-

tiated a series of meetings at the Council for its members

because it is not so integrated into the global economy,

on India and the implications of its globalization.”

nor does it have a legacy of intricate financial transac-

Growing up in Mumbai

(then Bombay),

she and her

friends enjoyed jazz festivals, getting drenched monsoon

in the

movies.

tions to unravel... Sure, the expansion of companies will come to a halt, but India has a huge domestic market

season, eating corn-on-the cob from street ven-

dors, and of course, Bollywood

nomic crisis, she says the country “will weather the storm

In Bombay, which

which has large demands,

Kripalani calls India’s most cosmopolitan city, nobody asked about her background or her community; was “just from Bombay.” This made

everyone

her an “Indian with-

and will ensure that the coun-

try bounces back.”

Despite all her many awards and accolades, there is one career accomplishment that Kripalani holds most dear “doing a really good story that’s valuable.”

A simple mantra, but one that guides her in her profes-

out prejudice,” she says. With this kind of background,

it is no wonder that Kri-

palani fit right in at International

House and in New York

sional success.

Freunde Gathers in Brusseis; Seiects Scholarship Recipients hirty-five Internationat-House alumni from as far as

House in Anderlecht near Brussels.

World Council of Alumni Members Erika Howard ‘86 and Maurits Dolmans ’86. At the brunch, alumni were treated

Over sixty alumni and guests gathered for the New York Area Alumni Council’s (NYAAC) Summer Garden Party on July 14. A rainy forecast resulted in the event being moved from the Abby O’Neill Patio to the

Moscow and Syria gathered in Brussels to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Freunde des International corporation as a pan-European

House’s in-

alumni chapter June

13-15.

In celebrating the past, Freunde also looked to the

The weekend concluded with a brunch at the home of

to a screening of Dark Red, a film directed by Frauke

Cleveland E. Dodge Room. Although the party was

future and officially elected Marek Wolek ’03, Niels Kemper ’04 and Astrid Fassbender-Nierhoff ’05 to the Freunde board,

Thielecke ’03 (see Alumni Through the Decades).

not held outdoors, alumni from the classes of 1951

replacing longtime President Klaus Moessle ’85, Treasurer

cocktails, raffle and door prizes and wonderful compa-

Clemens Kuechler ’87 and Deputy Kristina Herzog ’94 re-

to select the 2008 Freunde Scholars. Freunde designated $9700 in scholarship aid to three returning residents: Hu-

spectively.

maira Chowdhury of Bangladesh,

'04, Bowie Snodgrass and Donald Mehus

The weekend was not all business with World Council of

In September, a sub-section of Freunde met in Frankfurt

Bogdan

Dulu of Romania,

ny. Pictured here: John

Williams ’87, George Mathew ’66.

Abdiel Vazquez-Fortozo of Mexico and four new residents:

Alumni Members Ayman Jarjour ’00 and Alyson King ’00 host-

Chidimma Agwu-Jones of Sierra Leone, Ali Amin-Mansour

ing an opening reception at their home on Friday evening.

of Iran, Samir Ismayilov of Azerbaijan and Amal Masri of Saudi Arabia.

Alumni spent a spring afternoon at the charming Erasmus

through 2008 celebrated the summer with flavorful

NYAAC Hosts a Night of Musical Blis s for International House Day ry

a |

Azmeh, who played Three Scenes For an Actor, Kassum,

who along with Brett Hool and Kathy Tagg, performed two original Hool songs and Perry, who ended the concert with her two pieces, /t Doesn’t Mean a Thing and Where do / go? Perry was accompanied

by Suzanne Saba-Hughes,

whose husband Brian Hughes lived at |. House from 2002 through 2004. “This year we had several musicians perform works they composed themselves, which

is what the original salon

nights were all about,” commented

Marquez.

After the musical performances alumni and guests

joined for an hour-long cocktail reception in the Hall of History. !. House Day Performers:

Brett Hool,

Kinan Azmeh' 04, Kathy Tagg ‘04, Judy Woo

‘03, Sarah Perry ‘96, Enrique Marquez

‘06 and Yannick Kassum

‘04.

Reflecting on the event, Woo said, “! volunteered again since | really enjoy performing among fellow friends from

ver fifty alumni and guests gathered for the New York Area Alumni Council's (NYAAC)

International House

my time at |. House.

and Event Co-Chair Enrique Marquez ’06 (viola). Perry remarked about the talent at the concert,

“| am

| enjoy seeing everyone together in

one space, in a place that we all used to call home and catching up on everyone's lives.

Being at |. House always

Day, held on the first Monday of every November, on No-

not a performer,

vember 3. performances

times - but the rest of the performers on that night are people who are out playing all the time across the country

also appreciative of the experiences and friendships that |

lineup for everyone to enjoy.

and touring around the world. So the fact that they are so

have made.”

From guitarists to pianists, the alumni provided a diverse musical

Alumni from the class of 1951

to 2008 and their guests

| am a teacher who happens to play some-

willing and eager to come back and perform at an Alumni

makes me nostalgic for the years that I’ve spent there, and

NYAAC

is planning a great year of activities including a

heard delightful music from Event Co-Chair Sarah Perry ’96

Salon night really says something about the connections

possible gallery reception in March and a wine tasting on

(voice/guitar), Judy Woo ‘03 (piano), Kinan Azmeh ‘04 (clari-

that were made when they all lived there.” The audience was treated to original compositions from

June 18. Please visit www. ihouse-nyc.org/alumnievents for more information.

net), Yannick Kassum ‘04 (guitar) Kathleen Tagg ‘04 (piano)

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The 44th Annual Fall Fiesta was

Academic Year Kicks Off he Welcome

held on October 18 in Davis Hall. The event featured a dance show in which 62 residents performed in 11

Sunday Supper on September 21st capped

off several weeks of activities launching the 2008-09 .

numbers, including bhangra, salsa, African, and belly dances.

academic year at International House.

In total,

nine countries from around the world

Four hundred-twenty new residents, competitively selected from nearly 1,400 applications, joined the community

were represented, and there was a

this term. This year’s resident population of 700 includes

wide variety of music and costumes

residents from the U.S. and 95 countries. Besides the U.S.,

worn.

the countries with highest representation are India, China,

by the crowd-pleasing international

Germany, Japan,

Pakistan, the UK, South Korea, France,

The dance show was followed

fashion show in which 90 residents

South Africa and Spain.

modeled traditional clothing.

Resident members are studying and interning at 53 different institutions this fall. Fifty-one percent of residents are students at Columbia

University with an additional

Absent from the event for the first

12

time was Life Trustee Herman “HR”

percent studying at Teacher’s College. Students at New York University represent

Rottenberg. HR hopes to be back

6 percent of the resident community

next year to head up this tradition

while 5 percent of the resident community attends one of

that has become synonymous with

the CUNY colleges or universities. Other institutions with

his name.

significant numbers of students at |. House include New School

University, Manhattan

liard School.

|. House Fall Fiesta Fel-

low Nikhit D’Sa of India emceed the

School of Music and The Juil-

event in his stead.

Nearly 5 percent of the community are interns

or trainees at a variety of organizations and companies. One hundred and fifty-six residents or 22.5 percent of the community

have received scholarships, which average

$1,490, for the academic year. The total amount of scholarship funds awarded thus far in FY2009 $232,500 Women’s

including the awards for the participants in the International Leadership Program,

ists in Residence

Performing Art-

Program and Mitsui USA Scholarships.

With most of the community settled in by Labor Day, on September 3th new arrivals were formally welcomed

by Don

Cuneo at the traditional President’s Tea held on the Abby O’Neill Patio. Orientation took place the following evening in the Main Lounge, as staff members described their various roles to the assembled

residents.

The Programs Fair was held on September

11th, and

residents were able to sign up to teach a language in the Language

Exchange

Program, tutor a child through the I.

House Tutorial Program,

perform at Salon Nights through

the Performing Arts Program and much

Sunday Supper on September 21st.

O:

October

10th, |. House residents got the chance

to learn more about their host nation, the United States, at the American Cultural Hour.

Stops included Hawaii, represented by a hula dance, and the South where an American

legend,

resident gave a full

from around the United States, most of which was

description of the region’s culture and history, including

prepared by residents, followed by a skit featuring U.S.

a thoughtful discussion of the South’s role in slavery,

history, music, and culture.

the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement.

The skit depicted Alaskan

Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

Music, which very much defines the regions of the

appealing for help in learning about “all those other

States, played a central part in the cultural hour with

states” that make up the U.S.

the singing of several traditional folk songs, Bo Diddly’s

The ghost of Elvis Pres-

ley and a snappy New York cabbie appeared to take her

“Before you accuse me (Take a look at yourself)” and

on a whirlwind tour of the country.

a Liza Minnelli-infused rendition of “New York, New

and understanding”

With the aid

residents metaphorically crisscrossed the United States. the Midwest with a telling of the Paul Bunyan

The event began with a buffet of traditional cuisine

From a California resident advocating “peace,

more.

The opening of the academic year culminated at the Welcome

Election Provides Backdrop for American Cultural Hour

is approximately

love

and avocadoes to a slightly aloof

New Yorker who provided a history of the Northeast,

York”. The evening concluded with a hand-clapping sing-along of “This Land

is Your Land, This Land is My

Land.”

of an informative and amusing powerpoint presentation, New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe provided an overview of the New York City parks system and plans to make the city greener in the years ahead. |. House Trustee William D. Rueckert,

Introduced

by

Benepe spoke of the

need, as New York continues to grow, to “create new places

|. House Expands Website Features for Residents

to work, live and relax.” | Eaeania to mirror its physical community and keep pace with a web 2.0-minded expanded

resident body, |. House has

its website features for residents this year.

Residents now have the option to interact online much as they do in the Dining Room or Main Lounge. Those residents who share certain interests and roles can join online groups where they can get news and information on events directed at their interest and connect with fellow members on message

boards.

The House also launched an online

payment option for residents this fall. Much

like the alumni website, residents now have access to an online resident directory, unique profiles and the

ability to post classifieds. Resources like the Resident Handbook,

dining room menus and facilities announcements

can all now be found in the resident portal. In addition, residents receive a bimonthly e-newsletter that outlines upcoming events and important information relating to community

life.

Residents have responded favorably with 90 percent registering for the website and about one-third of the population joining one or more of the many sub-groups.

More than one hundred and fifty residents are paying their member-

ship fees online, and at the most recent Sunday supper,

100 percent of those who attended signed up for the event

online. Registration for many programs is now exclusively online. In 2009, The 2008-2009 Leadership Team and Staff at the annual Leadership

resident members will be able to take advantage of expanded

online features, including maintenance

requests, re-admission applications and room change requests.

Weekend September 6-7.

Oh the Places They Go They study at New York’s top universities and live at |. House

in a supportive environment that enhances their

leadership and communication

skills. They are future

nia and this year’s |. House Travel Fellow, will present a

ness seminars, and much

paper in November at the

contemporary piano at the Manhattan

American

Rainwater is a student in School of Music.

Society for Theatre Eiji Okano of Japan is an Abe Fellowship recipient.

global leaders. These are just a few examples of the re-

Research annual conference.

markable residents of International House and the amazing

The paper has been accepted

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage

for publication at Forum for

multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global

Modern

concern. The program

things they do.

Language Studies.

ing theatre history, is cur-

Dan

Venning

is carried

out in cooperation with the So-

Dan Venning, who is study-

12

more.

American

cial Science Research Council

Pianist Anne

rently writing book reviews for

Rainwater spent the summer

(SSRC) and the American Coun-

Theatre Survey and

participating in the Bang

cil of Learned Societies (ACLS).

Theatre

Journal, two of the major

on a Can Summer

academic journals in the field,

in North Adams,

Festival

as well as a performance

festival dedicated entirely to adventurous contemporary

reviews for Theatre Journal.

music,

Venning, a native of Califor-

Balinese gamelan and raga singing lessons, music busi-

MA.

As a

Anne Rainwater

Bang on a Can provided exposure to daily concerts,

Okano is researching

The Opti-

mal Monetary and Fiscal Policy Mix in Economies with Twin Deficits and Twin Divergence at Columbia

University.

international