World Newsletter 2009 Fall

Trustee Peter M. O'Neill

’92 with Phyllis

'54 and Harry

“To have dreamed such a dream, and

to have seen it come to pass In one’s own

lifetime, is beyond anything which one

might aspire to, or hope for.” —Harry

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Don Cuneo

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n October 21st, the International House community

gathered to celebrate the centenary of the historic encounter between Harry Edmonds and a lonely Chinese student which led to the founding of International House. The gathering, which took place following a meeting of the IHouse Board of Trustees, was one of several held around the world this fall to mark the seminal event of the House’s long history (see article, page 6). Chairman Paul A. Volcker told those assembled for a reception in the Hall of History that they were celebrating “an idea that has stood the test of time.” He paid tribute to the founders and to the alumni of the House, including special guest Kathryn W. Davis ’32. “We are delighted that she could join us this evening,” said Volcker of the 102-year-old Mrs. Davis. “She is a fine example of the good deeds one can do to help bring about change in this world, and we will be forever grateful to her.” The sprightly Mrs. Davis—a recipient of the Harry Edmonds Award and founder of the Davis Projects for Peace among many other distinguished endeavors—sat nearby acknowledging the chairman’s praise and recalling her years at the House with her then-fiancé, Shelby Cullom Davis, when Edmonds was still the director. Mrs. Davis was just two years old in 1909 when Edmonds, an officer with the Upper Manhattan YMCA, encountered a lonely Chinese student on the steps of Low Library at Columbia University. He and his wife Florence invited groups of students to their home, an extension of hospitality that grew to increasingly larger numbers until a club was formally established and International House was built in 1922-24.

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“How could Harry Edmonds or anyone else have imagined what has transpired since that fateful welcome a century ago?” asked Volcker. “Happily, his idea was made a reality by the vision and support of the Rockefeller and Dodge families, and we are here to celebrate tonight.” Earlier, -House President Don Cuneo welcomed celebrants at what he called a “family occasion” and recalled knowing the elderly Harry Edmonds from his own resident days, when Edmonds would visit the House. “He was a remarkable person, and never lost his enthusiasm for I-House and its mission,” said Cuneo. “He would be so thrilled to know that we—tesidents, alumni, trustees and staff—are gathered here in honor of this very special occasion.” Cuneo said that Edmonds and co-founders John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Cleveland H. Dodge would also be gratified to know that the idea of I-House, so unusual and visionary 85 years ago, has come to be so widely accepted today. “Indeed, there are I-Houses throughout the world, serving tens of thousands each year and promoting our ideals of peaceful understanding and cross cultural exchange,” he said. Cuneo concluded by reading an excerpt from Edmonds’ oftquoted memoirs: “To have dreamed such a dream, and to have seen it come to pass in one’s own lifetime, is beyond anything which one might aspire to, or hope for.” More “Century of Welcomes” coverage can be found on pages 5, 6 and 7.

World Council Picks Japan; Youngman Alumni, the umbrella organization of the alumni program, selected Japan as the site of its next conference and saw a generational shift in leadership at its 25th meeting in New York June 10-12. Twenty-six council members from seven countries convened in New York for working sessions and other activities centered at the

Trustee Nand

is Elected New Co-Chair

’92, a Council

member since 2000, to succeed the late

Sigurdur Helgason ’45, and join Trustees Klaus Moessle ’85 and Adrian Looney ’92 as Co-Chairs. Youngman is the Chief Executive Officer of Five Oceans Asset Management, a boutique international equities funds management

company he founded in 2005 in Sydney, Australia. A past president of the New York Area Alumni Council, Youngman established

the House’s annual Walk on Wall Street, a

resident and alumni networking event for those in the financial industry. He has hosted several alumni gatherings in Australia since

his return to Sydney from New York. Youngman, who was unable to attend the

meeting, succeeds longtime World Council Co-Chair Sigurdur Helgason, who died in February. A founding member of the Council and its leader since 1971, Helgason was

fondly remembered by colleagues, family and continued on page 2

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present only the briefest transitional period before bursting into life as the vibrant, multi-layered experience that International House offers. Beginning with the array of Wel-

come Week activities and continuing through the election of the Residents’ Council, the first Sunday Supper and the first cultural hour of the year, our resident and staff members are fully engaged in the process of community-building and cross-cultural exchange, a journey they will undoubtedly find as challenging as it is rewarding. Though we experienced a small decrease in the number of applicants, including a modest decline in the number of U.S. applicants, the applicant pool remains very strong and permits us to select only the most talented individuals from a pool nearly three times as large as the openings for admission. To address the slight decrease, we are taking steps to

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STAFF John A. Wells Director of Development & Alumni

further develop the pool of applicants from Latin America and Africa as well as the U.S., and from China and Japan. The World Council of Alumni meeting that will be held in

Relations Daniel Blakemore

Tokyo in May/June 2011 will provide a forum for us to reconnect with many of our Japanese alumni and to engage in

Assistant Director of Development for

Individual Giving

efforts to enhance both the size and quality of the applicant pool from Japan and all of Asia.

Nicole Davidson Assistant Director of Development;

An ambitious agenda of capital projects is underway. Utilizing a grant from the Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, the Dodge Room has undergone an extensive renovation and refurbishment that will be highlighted in the next issue of the World Newsletter. Architect Robert A.M. Stern

Director of Alumni Programs Philip Greven Assistant Director of Development for

has been engaged to draw up plans for the renovation of Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Hall, including restoration of the skylight, upgrades to balcony seating and the sound/light system, and the installation of new windows and ADA-compliant public restrooms and stage access. This work, too, will be funded if we are successful in meeting the Davis Challenge. This fall we have been celebrating a “Century of Welcomes” marking Harry Edmonds’ 1909 encounter which led to our founding. I remarked at our observance with residents and trustees on October 21st on how the vision of

Edmonds, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Cleveland H. Dodge resulted in the creation of International Houses throughout

the world. Eighteen of these Houses are part of a group called International Houses Worldwide

(IHW W), which I

currently chair, and which is working toward greater structure and cohesion to advance our founders’ vision of a global I-House movement as we move into a second century.

You can read about much of the above on our website and in this edition of the World Newsletter, along with one other item. This fall, we received the very welcome news that I-House has again been selected to participate in the Davis Projects for Peace for 2010. Fifteen I-House New York resident members were awarded ‘Peace Projects’ grants in 2009 and eight additional grants were awarded to resident members from our sister International Houses. One of this summer's I-House New York grantees presented her project to the Trustees at their meeting, and three recipi-

ents met with Kathryn Davis the same evening, when we celebrated “A Century of Welcomes.” I couldn’t think of better circumstances in which to do so.

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World Council Picks Japan; Youngman is New

Co-Chair

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old friendships, forging new ties, and re-connecting with the House.

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Alumni and family members from 10 countries including Singapore, Australia, Germany and Iceland and 13 US states - California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Rhode Island and Georgia to name a few - reunited at a series of events including a welcome reception with President Don Cuneo, a picnic on the Abby O'Neill Patio and a “Saturday Supper” in Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Hall.

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ore than 100 alumni and friends from the 1985-90 gathered at International House June 12-14 for a weekend of activities geared toward renewing

Co-chaired by I-House couples Martina Schmitz ’86 and Markus Hugelshofer ’87 and Vreni Hommes ’89 and The World Council of Alumni at its 25th Meeting

friends at a lunch on June 12th. The Council also elected three new members: Niels Kemper ’03 of Frankfurt, Treasurer of Freunde des I-House; George Mathew

’04 of

New York, President of the New York Area Alumni Council; and Astrid

Nierhoff-Fassbender ’05 of Cologne, Deputy of Freunde. Other conference activities included a welcome reception with the International House Trustees on June 10th, a lunch with I-House residents, and an outing to Wave Hill, the public garden overlooking the Hudson River in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Council heard reports on the state of the House from President Don Cuneo, on recruitment from Director of Admissions Megan Amouzou, and on Development & Alumni Relations from Director John Wells and Assistant Director Nicole Davidson. It also reviewed its progress in its main areas of focus: recruitment, networking and fundraising, and set new goals for the coming years. After discussing several possible options, the group overwhelmingly

Chris Mathers ’90, the 1985-90 reunion saw the return of some alumni to the House for the first time in more than two decades. Current residents conducted House tours through-

out the weekend. At the welcome reception on Friday night, Don Cuneo thanked the co-chairs, welcomed the returning alumni and

noted progress on a $25,000 named room giving goal for the

reunion class. He also conveyed greetings from Life Trustee Herman “HR” Rottenberg, who was unable to attend. On Saturday, a light but persistent rain eventually moved picnic-goers into the Main Lounge, and the event was

highlighted by the presence of local alumni families. Following the picnic, alumni enjoyed a slide show of images from I-House in the 1980s, as well as a viewing of the 1987-88 Video Yearbook, which was met with cries of recognition and continued on page 3

chose Japan, which met the Council’s selection criteria, as the site of its

next meeting in late spring 2011. While the number of International House residents from Japan has declined in the last decade, the House has a sizeable number of alumni living in the country as well as a history of close ties and financial support. The Japan meeting will provide an opportunity to reconnect with those alumni and help strengthen existing ties with educational institutions and funders. The 2011 meeting, which will feature numerous social activities as well as speakers on Japan’s education system, economy and culture, is open to all alumni to attend. Reunion Co-Chairs Markus Hugelshofer '87, Vreni Hommes Schmitz '86 and Chris Mathers '90

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concerts,” said Feldmeth. “It

made a practical difference to dozens of conservatory students by providing scholarships, lessons, workshops and instruments.” Tekau Frere and Anabay Sullivan’s “Climate Change Adaption: Strate-

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or the second year, the Davis Projects for Peace invited I-House residents to join other university students to implement grassroots projects that promote peace and cross-cultural understanding around the world.

Selected by committee from 42 qualified applications, 15 I-House New York residents overcame signifi-

cant obstacles and demonstrated great ingenuity and determination to complete 12 projects in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Across Asia, five projects addressed such varied issues

as human trafficking, educational opportunity for disadvantaged youth and recovery from natural disaster. Stephanie Choo, a resident from Singapore, traveled to Laos and partnered with a local NGO to train young girls through “Alleviating the Harms of Human Trafficking in Laos: A Two-Pronged Approach.” Choo combined classroom education with practical vocational training to provide the girls with the skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty and trafficking. Two projects in India, Pooja Lakhwani and Sumreni Lala’s “Education for Peace” and Christina Renckens’

“Dancing the Difficulties Away,” sought to assist underprivileged children. In “Education for Peace” Lakhwani and Lala provided computer skills to children from dis-

advantaged families in Dang Gujrat, one of India’s most destitute villages. In Mumbai, Renkens taught improvisational dance classes to young girls battling extreme poverty. Through dance, she taught them new ways to express their hopes, thoughts and feelings. In China, Matteo Sabattini and Danging Zhou created “A Music Camp for Wounded Hearts”, a two-week music program for young children from ethnic minori-

ties and those affected by the earthquake in Yunnan province. Their goal, Zhou stated, “was to teach the children to employ music to lighten their hearts, express their emotions and communicate across cultures.” Additional projects in Asia included Lindsay Feldmeth’s “Kathmandu Music for Peace Festival.” “The Festival was a unique opportunity to introduce a new

art form to Nepal through two well-attended opera

nized, planned, marketed and produced a benefit concert

in one of Buenos Aries’ most renowned theaters. The primary musicians were adolescents from the slum community of Ciudad Oculata who are often ostracized by the larger community in Buenos Aries. The concert was a great success and managed to challenge and even

change the long-standing attitudes of both the perform-

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ers and audience members. Nimrod David Pfeffer also faced difficulties in his

potential dangers faced

effort to create a musical fundraiser to support the Arab/

by coastal communities as a consequence of global warming. “As the first project of its kind in Papua New Guinea, it generated

Israeli peace process. Initially, Pfeffer wanted to hold a concert at Kunetra Crossing, which would have been

a great deal of interest and

Davis Peace Project recipient Christina Renckens with some of her students

pandemic forced her to reinvent her project completely. Demonstrating resolve and ingenuity, Lalani orga-

has inspired further climate change related activities in the country,” Sullivan explained. Two projects in Ecuador attempted to address the issues faced by at-risk youth. Maria Jose Bermeo’s “Peace Education Through Storytelling and Literacy Development with Ecuadorian Youth at Risk” turned a public square in Quito into a classroom and used peace education and storytelling to offer peaceful alternatives to violence. American Matt Haygood’s “Promotores de Progresso: Empowering Street Youth in Quito, Ecuador” sought to provide critical life skills to young people at risk by partnering with two local organizations. “Simply transforming the plaza from a place where children are made to work and where they experience insecurity and discrimination to one where trusting relationships are built, dreams are nurtured and imaginations are released allowed this project to foster a culture of peace,” noted Bermeo.

a significant and important symbol of collaboration between Syrians and Israelis. With government approvals slow in coming due to political issues, Pfeffer instead created an original production which was performed by Israeli-Arabs and

Israeli-Jews at Carnegie Hall. His benefit concert raised funds to support the Jezreel Valley Music Center in

Israel which is comprised of students of all faiths and ethnicities and represents the core ideals of the Davis Projects for Peace.

Despite facing many of the same obstacles peacemakers around the world encounter, the 2009 Davis recipients were able to complete their projects and make an immediate impact on the communities in which they worked. Even more importantly by partnering with

local NGOs, schools and other organizations, many of their projects will be continued in their absence and bring peace to these communities for years to come.

In the Dominican Republic, Elton McKennedy used dance to help young people at the San Lazaro School gain self confidence and a greater cultural understanding in the face of their extreme poverty. At the end of the project, the teacher commented that she was amazed at how far the children had progressed and committed to continuing the program. Sara Yap, a resident from Hawaii, addressed women’s issues in the Middle East with “Running Towards Peace:

Some of the participants in Sarah Yap’s “Running Towards Peace: Advocating the Peace and Rights for Girls in Sports in Al-Minya, Egypt”

Advocating the Peace and Rights for Girls in Sports in Al-Minya, Egypt.”

Overcoming intense cultural

barriers, Yap was able to introduce sports to 60 young women in Egypt.

By the end of the project, she said,

many of the parents’ objections towards female participation in sports had softened. Yap hopes that the seeds she has planted will continue to grow as the local

organization she partnered with has offered to continue and even expand the program. While overcoming obstacles was a recurrent theme for many of this year’s grantees, two in particular showed tremendous determination to succeed.

In Camelia Lalani’s “Clicking to the Rhythm of Peace in Argentina’s Hidden City,” she had originally hoped to teach music classes to under-privileged children; however,

government school closures in response to the H1N1-flu Anabay Sullivan discusses her Peace Project with Kathryn Davis '32 who founded the Davis Projects for Peace on her 100th birthday.

Alumni From the Late 1980s Reunite continued from page 1 which have transpired at I-House, in New York and among the reunion attendees. “Do you realize that we were definitely closing the last decade of I-House residents without email, Skype,

Facebook, mobile phones and computers in our rooms? “ asked Martina. “We wrote our resumés with typewriters. How did we manage?”

“Today, we stay in touch and all these modern commua id

Russell Flinchum

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occasional laughter as decades-old memories flashed by on the screen.

The group remained for visits during the afternoon or enjoyed free time prior to a reception and dinner in Davis Hall on Saturday night, where 85 guests proclaimed the

Anna Reisman

'87, Luca Hu

'89 and Tom Shields

’88

candlelight pledge, dined and table-hopped until 11 p.m. During remarks, co-chairs Vreni Hommes and Chris Mathers welcomed the group and encouraged their sup-

port. Martina Schmitz and Marcus Hugelshofer made joint remarks in which they commented on the changes

nications have become indispensable for us,” said Marcus. “Hey, communication dinosaurs turned communication pros, let’s use them in the future and stay in contact!”

On Sunday, a farewell champagne brunch in the Dodge Room drew a robust crowd, many of whom lingered in the Main Lounge, reluctant to see the weekend draw to a close, then bade farewells and headed out into

the first sunny afternoon of the weekend. To view more photographs of the reunion, please visit

www. thouse-nyc.org/photogallery,

ALUMNI DECADES

Mans. Together they wrote seven editions of

a textbook titled Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques. Bob Gottschall ’67 his wife Yukiko Tani recently climbed and photographed the Swiss Alps and the Torres del Paine in Patagonia. Yoav Talmi ’68, Artistic Director and

Conductor of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in Canada, has been named “Officer of the National Order of Quebec,” an order

of merit bestowed by the Government of Quebec.

1970s

Marta and John Friesen ’48, who met at l-House, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

1940s Helen Laird ’48 is in her 15th year of retirement as Dean Emeritus of the Esther Boyer College of Music at Temple University.

Mahendra Meghani ’49 is the editor of the recently published volume The Gandhi Story: In His Own Words, a condensed compilation of Gandhi's autobiography and his lesser-known History of Satyagraha in South Africa.

Rao Kolluru ’74 made a presentation with Montclair, NJ Mayor Jerry Fried at the Montclair Public Library in May for Rao’s latest book BEGIN ANEW: Re-setting Your Mind's Odometer {00000}.

Ayman Jarjour 00, Andrew Jarjour, Maurits Dolmans '86, Alyson King ’00, Runa Jarjour, Erika

Howard Dolmans '86, Mascha Matthews '05, Harald Friedl '03 and baby Alma had a mini-reunion in Brussels this summer before Jarjour and King moved to Syria so that King can complete a year of Arabic language training.

1980s Chris Coffman ’81 is the Managing

Gloria Pfaue ’99 and her husband Michael

Partner of Eden Road Wines, which was

welcomed

recently awarded the prestigious Jimmy Watson Memorial trophy for the best oneyear-old red at the 2009 Royal Melbourne Wine Show.

son Armin

this summer.

2000s

Kinan Azmeh ’04 and Dinuk Wijeratne

Claudia Querejazu ’00 moved back to Bolivia after 6 years in Washington D.C.

Simple Sounds, second book, Culture and Customs of Ukraine,

sor of government at Dartmouth College and expert on Libya was quoted in the New York Times about Colonel Qaddafi’s 40 years

now out on Greenwood Press, and is work-

ing on another book for ABC-Clio. Peter Heltzel ’04 has a new book out through Yale University Press titled Jesus and Justice: Evangelicals, Race, and American Politics. The book examines the rise of political evangelicalism and what it tells us about the relationships between religion, race, and politics in America.

in power.

Ross Novgrad ’82 works for the ConnSelmer Instrument Company as a Performing Artist/Clinician, doing workshops and performances at high schools and colleges.

co focus on the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros). He is

also the current chairman of the Malagasy Venture Capital / Private Equity Association. lrina and Klaus Moessle ‘85, Tudy McLaine ‘56, Gabi and Christian Trillhaas ‘85 and Marc

and Kristina Herzog ‘94 got together for a barbeque on the occasion of McLaine’s visit to Frankfurt en route to Romania.

1950s Ophelia Hicks ’53 is the secretary of the Southside Senior Citizens Center’s Board of Directors and the supervisor of the center. Leonard Cohen ’57 was honored on the occasion of his 75th birthday by the installation of a commemorative plaque in the lobby of the fabled Chelsea Hotel on West 23rd Street in New York.

Mirta Martes ’85 has taught at primary and secondary schools in Puerto Rico and the continental USA as well as at federally-funded schools of the Department of Defense. James P. Gorman ’87 has been named the new CEO of Morgan Stanley. He will as-

Jens Wendelboe '92 recently released a new album of original compositions with his Big Crazy Energy Band. He is currently on a US tour with Blood Sweat & Tears (pictured here, far right) and will be conducting Donna Summer and the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the December 11th Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

Sergei Mikhelson ’00 is in his second year as a high school math teacher at Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) in New York City. Maria Badawy ’01 is working as a financial

sume his new post on January 1, 2010.

news correspondent for Reuters in New

John Kooyman

York, specializing in Latin America and other emerging markets.

’87 and Tracy Wilson

’87 and sons have relocated from Brussels to Madrid, where John is VP & GM for Colgate-Iberia. Martina Schmitz ’87 has started a Swiss branch of Federation EIL.

Leila Cobo ’88 has published a new novel titled Tel] Me Something True. Joanna Lee ’88 was a consultant for Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating

Chinese Culture, a 21-day series of events and exhibitions this fall at Carnegie Hall and partner institutions throughout New York City.

04 have released a CD called Complex Stories,

Oksana Buranbaeva ’04 has published a

Dirk Vandewalle ’82, an associate profes-

Geoffrey Tassinari ’85 leads Madagascar Development Partners LLC, a venture capital / private equity firm he founded in 2003

fell from the sky” at the Hamburg Kammerspiele.

Lily Bao Secora ’02 gave birth to her

Gaurav Bansal ‘02 returned to the Washington DC area after four years overseas. He spent the last two years working with the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai, India as an Economic Officer. While in Mumbai, his wife and he welcomed

a baby boy named Rishi into the world. He is now working in the State Department's Economic

Bureau.

second daughter, Sara Maurine Secora, on

June 6th. Cem Durudéz ’03 just released a new album, titled Treasures of Anatolia: Guitar Masic of Turkey. Frauke Thielecke ’03 directed three episodes of the German television show

“Kiistenwache” in August. This December, she will direct the Christmas theater play for children, Cornelia Funke’s “When Santa

Katia Tiutiunnik ’04 lives in the beachside village of Tomakin, Australia and is busy looking after her sons and editing her Ph.D. dissertation for publication. Her work Lament of the Flutes for Dummuzi for flute and piano was performed in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy in August and in Milan in March. Astrid Nierhoff-Fassbender ’05 and Dirk Nierhoff ’05 welcomed daughter Anaélle on July 3, 2009.

1990s

celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in July. The two were introduced by Martha (Cabut) Williams '60 in the lobby of International House.

1960s Anne Marfey ’62 published a book, Shake Hands, Touch Hearts: A Collection of First Impressions.

Annick and Francis Rouessac ’66 have retired from their careers at University of Le

Nancy Wright ’90 is teaching an undergraduate and a graduate course on world politics at Long Island University-Brooklyn in addition to her work with New York City’s Department of Transportation. Carlos Haddad 94 has recently moved from Afghanistan to Indonesia where he continues to work with the UNDP. Kishor and Leslie Laud 95 have moved to Wellesley, MA where Kishor is a principal with Wellington Management. Harald Fanderl ’98 has been appointed principal at McKinsey & Company and is now living with his girlfriend in Munich,

Germany.

Jinny Jin ’09 and Jacky Tong '09 were married this summer. Pictured here are |-House friends Tosin Sulaiman '09, Cora Sorenson, the happy couple, Pinar Ozbek, and Ali Yikilmaz '09. The couple now

lives in Singapore.

Honor Roll of Donors:

HOUSE BENEFACTORS ($100,000 AND ABOVE) Kathryn W. Davis ’32 FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($50,000 TO $99,999) Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. * Mr. and Mrs. John French Ill Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. * Abby and George 0’Neill Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. Herman Rottenberg Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rueckert

CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000 TO $49,999) Kathleen Burns Sharda Cherwoo + Patricia M. Cloherty 67

Raymond T. Dalio Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Darrell

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. DuBrul, Jr. DZ Bank Ernst & Young LLP + Frank & Camille's Keyboard Centers The L. W. Frohlich Charitable Trust Jones Day + Kikkoman International, Inc. Lee Foundation, Singapore

Dr. Adrian G. Looney ’92 and Ms. Ayesha Sitlani Mary F. Miller ’66

Mitsui & Company (U.S.A.), Inc. The Mitsui USA Foundation

Mr. Peter M. O’Neill '92 John Bing Sing Pek 68 The Estate of Ella B. Pettee 38

Adam and Mandy Quinton David Rockefeller Daisy and Paul Soros ’51 Toyota Motor North America, Inc. * Paul A. Volcker The Honorable John C. Whitehead PRESIDENT’S CLUB ($5,000 TO $9,999) All Nations Celebration Ekaterini Billi 73 + Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Carter Donald and Bonnie Cuneo '69 Hans W. Decker Freunde des International House, e.V. Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Hegener Walid A. Juffali Morgan Stanley Community Affairs + FM. Kirby Foundation, Inc. John B. Royall ’07 Sana H. Sabbagh Anthony C. Spikes 96 Ross Charles Youngman ’91 and Veronica Espaliat

INTERNATIONAL SPONSORS ($1,000 TO $4,999) Anonymous (2) Arthella H. Addei "69 + Carole P. Bailey + Gregory J. Barrett 06 Mrs. James T. Barton ’56 Bayern LB Mervin J. Block ’61 Guy L. Bourdin ’68 Ross S. Cann ’’89 and Leah Rush Cann '88 Centennial Foundation Thomas J. Charters Srisamon Chirakiti ’75 John L. Crary ’80 Mary and Larry Darby Richard and Barbara Debs The Debs Foundation Christina Dow + Paul D. Downs Ehrenkranz Family Foundation

Mary Kay Farley Herbert Feist + Darren M. Fogel 98 Ford Foundation * Stephen K. Grimm Frances Guillemot + Phyllis Haberman '72 Julie L. Hale Thomas P. Hirschfeld Vreni A. Hommes ’89 and Christopher J. Mathers 90

Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Richard Jardine 96 Paul B. Kazarian + Kenneth M. Kramer

Robert J. Krefting Irina T. Liczek 98 Catherine A. Mayer 69 J. Kevin and Kristen McCarthy James A. Macdonald Foundation Susan McLaine ’56 Joseph T. McLaughlin Thomas Milligan John K. Naughton ’80 Alexandra Curran Nichols 66 Ferdinand A. Ofodile +

Yasuyuki Ohara ’70 Pfizer, Inc. * Rafat Pirzada ’85 + Neil Radey Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. Harry M. Rosen, Ph.D. ’70

Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. David J. Sainsbury ‘70

Markus Hugelshofer ’87 and Martina Schmitz ’86 Thomas P. Sculco + Harjiv Singh 02 Mano V. Singh ’87 The Spiritus Gladius Foundation Susan L. Stupin and Theodore R. Gamble +

Sidney and Kathryn Taurel ’71 James S. and Haydee Sicart Toedtman ’67 Frederick M. Van Sickle Mrs. Frances Willard von Maltitz '37 William B. Warren The John L. & Sue Ann Weinberg Foundation + Peter D. Weinstein *63 John A. Wells David and Henrietta Whitcomb "65 John “Will” Willmann ’88 Frank C. Wong ’81 Juliet Wurr ’89 Kashif and Sujatha Zafar RIVERSIDE ASSOCIATES ($500 TO $999)

Anonymous (3) Bank of America Foundation * Arlene R. Barilec 84 Shenyu Belsky + Orest E. Bliss 60 +

Dr. Lucylee Chiles '92 Katheryn L. Cranford '74 Tony and Marjorie Elson '67 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Fitzgerald ’68 James P. Gorman ’87 Gerald W. Hill 68 Mr. Joachim F. Hinzen ’87 and Mrs. Parul Kapur Hinzen ’85 Ta Chun Hsu '45 Andreas Huebner ’86 Integrated Micro Systems, Inc. Anne Hale Johnson ’50

Te P. King '53 Harvey Kipnis Hiroshi Kobayashi ’71 Durmus Koch ’71 Joanna C. Lee ’88 James E. and Susan F. Lindsay "57 Jochen Harald May ’67 William S. Moody Randy Nelson + Meghan O'Neil 08 NEMCO Brokerage, Inc. James Periconi + The Estate of Edith and Richard G. Pohl ’42 Agnes T. Richardson

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund * Dan and Barbara Rottenberg Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Rueckert Toru Sato ’61 Richard D. Simmons Edgar Smith + Maya E. Speelmans "92 SallyJ. Staley ’80

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IN HONOR OF 1960-1965 Alumni Reunion from Lolita Libaek ’60 Jeanne and Harden P. Ballantine ’67 from Ann Stromberg ’65 Dr. Edith Y. Chang ’73 from Tina Chen

Donald L. Cuneo ’69 from Henry J. Drewal ’68, Buff S. Kavelman ’83

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02, David S. Sabih ’57

The wedding of Sarah Siddiqui ’04 and Marek T. Wolek ’03 from Nathaniel Hurd

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~ IN MEMORIAM Pina Bausch ’60, World Renowned Choreographer and Edmonds Awardee

Cristiano Tiozzo '03 married Simona Rodana in Orbassano, Italy this summer. Several I|-House friends were on hand to help them celebrate. Pictured here (from left to right) are Maggie Ka-

niuth ‘05 with baby Marlene, Isabelle O'Connell 02, the bride and groom, Sarah Perry ’96, Bernard Burzer and Judy Woo '03.

Andres Rengifo ’05 was appointed Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in the

ina Bausch, acclaimed choreographer and alumna of International House, died June 30th in Wuppertal, Germany. Born in Solingen, Germany in 1940, Bausch attended the Folkwang School in Essen, where she studied with Kurt Jooss. Upon her graduation in 1958, she received a scholarship to study at The Juilliard School. It was during her time at Juilliard that she stayed at I-House. Upon completion of her studies in 1962, Bausch returned to Germany and joined Jooss’ Folkwang Ballet, in which she succeeded Jooss as company director in 1969. In 1973,

she took over the Wuppertal Opera ballet, which was later renamed Tanztheater Wuppertal. Bausch’s choreography

Nobel Laureate Aage Niels Bohr ’50

Ralph E. Fash ’36, Retired Engineer

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Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in

work there will complement his activities

Bohr, along with Ben Mottelson and James Rainwater,

as a professor at the University of Missouri, St. Louis with new research on public safety

was awarded the prize for “the discovery of the connection

Enrique Marquez ’06 has moved to London, where he is pursuing a Cultural Policy and Management Master's at the University

of London. Marie Sandra Ramonjison ’06 works as a Coordination Officer of the United Nations in Comoros.

Meghna Suryakumar ’06 has returned to New York City where she has founded her own law firm, Kelsaa.

Alan Cordova ’08 was selected as a member of the New York delegation to the Pioneers Program (Attp://pioneers.nu), a joint initiative with the city of Amsterdam to bring together innovators and social entrepreneurs to investigate active citizenship and the changing definitions of community in the twenty-first century. April Dequito ’08 founded Omnilogy Inc., a New York-based nonprofit that also operates in Cebu, Philippines. Omnilogy, which is primarily composed of I-House alumni, promotes international understanding and social change through the arts. In

December, board member Matan Porat ‘06 will conduct a public piano workshop and a concert recital in Cebu. For more information, email April at info@omnilogyinc.org.

Lorena Barreno Zertuche '98 and her husband

Mike gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Sofia Zertuche,

in Houston on December

tural understanding and a theatrical bent that differentiated it from more mainstream contemporary dance of the last half of the twentieth century. During her lifetime, Bausch was honored with the United Kingdom’s Laurence Olivier Award, Japan’s Kyoto Prize, the Goethe Prize from the city of Frankfurt-am-Main and I-House’s Harry Edmonds Award.

alph E. Fash ’36, a retired electrical engineer and phi-

1975, died at age 87 on September 8th.

Program in Criminal Justice Policy). His

initiatives in Latin America and elsewhere.

included elements of the battle between the sexes, cross-cul-

between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection.” These findings were important in the development of human-made nuclear fusion. Aage Bohr is the son of Niels Bohr, who was a Nobel Prize winner himself and the founder of the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of his father in 1962, the younger Bohr became director of the Institute, a position he held until 1970. Dr. Bohr later served as director of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Atomic Physics from 1975-1981. Bohr lived at International House from 1949-50 while

doing a fellowship at Columbia University. After marrying in March of 1950, he returned to Denmark and began his collaboration with Ben Mottelson.

lanthropist, died March 30 at his home in Hurst, TX at age 95. Born in Oklahoma in 1913, Fash was raised in Fort Worth,

TX and graduated from Ridgefield High School in Connecticut before studying engineering at Cornell University. He lived at International House in 1935-36 while attending the RCA Institute of Technology, and remained a non-

resident member for several years before returning to Fort Worth. In 2005, in response to a direct mail appeal from International House, Fash, through his family foundation, made an unrestricted contribution of

$100,000 to the Annual Fund.

He was a generous supporter of local charities in the Fort Worth area. A follower of the prophecies of Edgar Cayce, especially in the area of Earth Changes (later used in New Age writ-

ings), he was described at his death as having left a legacy of “unwavering kindness, strength and determination to all who knew and loved him.”

Eloise De Lay Hayes ’62, Educator and Former World Council Member D:

Eloise De Lay Hayes, a longtime educator and alumna of International House, died May 6th in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hayes received her undergraduate degree in education from Minnesota State Teachers College in 1939 and her

She lived at I-House one summer while completing her undergraduate studies and returned to live from 1961-1962 when she studied drama at Columbia University. Hayes joined the World Council of Alumni in 1991 and served until 2003.

graduate degrees in 1951 and 1953 from the University of North Carolina.

At the time of her death, Hayes was an Emeritus Profes-

sor of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Katherine E. Burtner 35

Dorothy J. Luke 46

Greer, SC

Honolulu, HI

Victor M. Zadikov °39 South Setauket, NY

George H. Weatherly 54 Dallas, TX

William W. Wu ’62

Samuel E. Sprott ’49

Hamilton Stephens ’58

John W. Larson 64

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Inglewood, CA

Palo Alto, CA

Mary C. Chung '53

Esther J. Walls '51

Mary A. Cunningham ’60

Bernard H. Moss ’65

Honolulu, HI

New York, NY

West Newton, MA

London, UK

Kristian G. von Sydow ’41

Ramona Dahlborg Pitts 53

Blanche O. Quigley ’60

Ernst Sauffer 66

Gothenburg, Sweden

Dublin, OH

Macomb, IL

Evilard, Switzerland

Erwin Taenzer 43

John H. Heldmann 54

Newtown, PA

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

John P. Pollak ’45

Stanley R. Pliska 54

Colonia, NJ

Ashford, CT

Richard Wentz ’60

Brooklyn, NY

Judith Morse Lozoff ’68

Wilmington, NC

Palo Alto, CA

FrancesJ. Hindley 61 San Francisco, CA

Stuart C. Thomas ’70 Charlottesville, VA

19, 2008.

International House Alumni Remember a “Century of Welcomes” hen on a frosty morning in 1909, YMCA official Harry Edmonds

passed a Chinese student and said,

“good morning,” he made that lonely young man feel less

isolated in New York City. Edmonds himself realized the need for international students to have a place to interact and later, how such

Over the summer |-House asked its alumni to submit their recollections about their first few days or weeks at International House. From finding love to a safe and warm place to call home, their memories speak to the importance of those first encounters and to the lasting impact of International House.

interaction could erase cultural and national prejudices and preconceptions. That simple greeting inspired him,

along with the Dodge and Rockefeller families, to found International House. Throughout its history, |-House has followed Harry Edmonds’ example and continued to provide a welcoming environment for its residents that supports them on their journey of personal and academic growth.

“During my first few days at |-House, many smiling faces greeted me. It was at this time that | met two wonderful friends, one coming from Australia, the other from Zimbabwe.

| shortly thereafter contracted an illness that

required me to stay in bed for a prolonged period of time. My two new friends checked

in on a regular basis to make

sure | was ok. We later went on to have evening tea every

Here are just a few of our favorites:

night to wrap up the day, de-stress and have a few good laughs.”

“Hello. This is your friend H.R. Today at 20:00 there is an Ice Cream Social!’ This is how an exciting adventure often starts!” —Tudor Pascu ’03

—Helen Harroff-Tavel '09 “When | arrived in New York as an NYU in February 1986,

exchange student

| was full of confidence.

| was also

under the impression that my accommodation had been continued on page 7

l-House Alumni Commemorate “A Century of Welcomes” Around the World as

sank

Members of Freunde des International House at their meeting in Hamburg

Keith Weiss '08, Dione Rabago in San Francisco

Alumni in Singapore at the Century of Welcomes Celebration

'05 and Lisa Ma

’05

Sunday Supper on September 20". Like Sunday Sup-

the Harry Edmonds

monds’ chance encounter with the lonely Chinese

pers in Davis Hall, the group shared

conversations among friends old and new.

student,

International House has hosted “A Century

a meal together. Organized by World Council of Alumni

celebrations at alumni events around the

member Zeina Hakim ’04 and Cathel de Roos ’04, the

historic L’Osteria Di Giovanni on October

event attracted alumni from Rhode

joined by Harry Edmonds’ great-granddaughter Alice

7:

commemorate the 100th anniversary of Harry Ed-

of Welcomes” world.

This summer,

events were held in Vienna, Austria,

where alumni joined event organizer Harald Friedl ’03 for drinks at the famed and in Brussels,

Heuriger Feuerwehr Wagner tavern

Belgium, where World Council members

Maurits and Erika Dolmans ’86 welcomed

alumni to their

home for a pool party and afternoon cocktail reception. In San Francisco, a dozen alumni and friends joined organizers Lisa Ma ’05 and Keith Weiss ’08 at the 5a5 Steak Lounge on September

15th.

In addition to much

and pan-European alumni reunion in Hamburg September 18-20.

Events to cel-

at Thielecke’s home, a boat tour of Hamburg,

of Welcomes”

a “Century

Freunde designated a total of

in scholarships to returning residents Ali Amin-

viewing of alumnus John Higham’s

Bogdan

Dulu, Sidra Rehman

book. The contents included photographs of a dance,

from Pakistan, and new residents Javor Bracic from

choreographed

Croatia, Wadzani

Higham

“HR”

Rottenberg,

in which

Mhute of Zimbabwe,

Nigerian Nekpen

Osuan and Ana Villavicencio from Ecuador.

participated.

Nearly 20 alumni gathered in Harvard Square for a

discussed

Freunde also

locations for their 2010 reunion, which will

likely take place in Vienna.

22nd,

in London

on December

lst

and in Ottawa, also on December

tions and formats of these events were diverse, as were the alumni

Justin Siberell and a dozen alumni and guests celebrated

who attended

a “Century of Welcomes”

them, the common

on September 30" in Dubai.

by Mark Trayling ’09, the event featured a din-

ner at the exclusive

World

Trade Centre club,

as well as

100

Ist.

While the loca-

The US Consul General to the United Arab Emirates

Organized

———e

Octavio Aprigliano '95 and Ney Galdino '96 celebrated a “Century of Welcomes” at an intimate lunch in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 28.

bond of friendship, as well as the strength of the |-House spirit, was evident at each and every one. More photographs from these events can be found

remarks by Siberell. International Trustee John Pek ’68 hosted nearly 40 alumni and friends, including some who travelled from

Christine Pilcavage ’00, Zeina Hakim '04 and Ed Kaplan '66 at the

were

also held in Zurich on November

a host of other social activities. At its official meeting,

in from London for the event. The

Bini ’06. ebrate a “Century

Saturday Supper at the Copper House, and

17". They were

lunch was organized by World Council member Stefano

Thielecke ’03 and about 20 other alumni for a reception

Mansour of Iran, Romanian

by Herman

In Florence, a group of alumni met for lunch at the

President Don Cuneo joined organizer Frauke

of Welcomes”

memoirs by Jinny Jin ’09 and great

Lewthwaite, who came

Freunde des I- House, e.V. hosted its annual meeting

$10,000

|-House scrap-

Island and New

Hampshire, as well as the greater Boston area.

reminiscing and laughter, a highlight of the event was the 1964

I- House stories and

at www.ihouse-nyc.org/photogallery.

7o ensure that you

receive invitations to alumni events in your area, please

the Philippines and Indonesia, at the beachside Bar

update your address on our website, and make sure to

Nebula at ONEdegree15

provide an email address.

Marina Club in Singapore for

Invitations are now sent pri-

an afternoon celebration organized by Alex Loke ’93 ’04

marily via email. Don’t have email? Don’t worry! Let the

and Alex Pang ’05 on October 3". The event featured a

alumni office know and a paper invite will be sent to you.

video welcome from President Don Cuneo, readings from

Boston Sunday Supper

NYAAC Celebrates “A Century of Welcomes” with Music and History at |-House Day House’s long history, and shared their

of |-House founder Harry Edmond’s fateful meeting with

own memories of life at the House.

the Chinese student at Columbia University in 1909. To

“The atmosphere was as gracious as

mark the occasion, President Don Cuneo ’69 and others

anyone could wish for,” said Nina Miller

read excerpts from Harry Edmond’s memoirs in between

’47, noting that the event gave her a

the evening’s musical performances.

good opportunity to get reacquainted with her fellow alumni. After the reception, attendees

Harry’s involvement with the House—including the dress

were treated to a salon night featuring

worn by Mrs. Edmonds in a portrait that still hangs on the

outstanding musical performances by

walls of International House’s Home

|-House residents and alumni from a

ie | De Cong Tran, Jennifer Durst ’99, President Don Cuneo '69, Yuki Inoue’'02, Sharon Powell '03

early 100 alumni, guests, and staff members Ni

joined the New York Area Alumni Council (NYAAC) at International House for “A Century of Welcomes:

International House Day 2009” on November

1*.

NYAAC’s International House Day has become a popular annual event in recent years, but Event Co-chairs Patrick Grosso 06, Sarah Perry 96, and Vandana Sood ’08 worked hard to ensure that this year’s event would be big-

Room.

“International House started as an adventure and has

wide range of class years. Among them

widened

was trombonist Jens Wendelboe ’92,

President George Mathew ’04. “In coming together for

who improvised a pair of energetic jazz

these events, we are widening that brotherhood not across

standards with bassist Chris Budhan ’06 and residents Florian Héfner (piano) and

space but also across time.”

Peter Gall (drums).

into a world of brotherhood,” observed NYAAC

In true jazz fashion,

they took the stage without ever having played together—or met—before. The result was electrifying. “It is always a gamble when you don’t know the people

that you are performing with and you’re without rehearsal, but they were just super,” Wendelboe said approvingly. “| love to see the new generations of upcoming and very talented young musicians that are carrying on the tradition of improvised music.” Other musicians included Kathleen Tagg ’04, Lisa

ger and better than ever before. The evening kicked off with a festive reception in International House’s aptly-named

Several of Edmonds’ family members were also on hand to celebrate, bringing with them various mementoes of

Hall of History. Alumni

from the class of 1947 through the class of 2009 reconnected with old friends, admired photos from International

Johnson '’84, Leann Oh '08, Gabrielius Alekna ’05, Marianne Lemieux ’08 and Brian Register ’'94, who dazzled the audience with flute, piano and vocal performances. This year’s |-House Day held particular significance due to “A Century of Welcomes,” this fall’s 100th anniversary

Doug Warwick

'61, Kristina Dulevich

'09, Event Chair Patrick Grosso

‘06

DIRECTOR'S CORNER

Alumni Remember a “Century of Welcomes” continued from page 5 taken care of, but was devastated to hear that this was absolutely not the case. | suddenly

felt very far from home and very distressed indeed. | will always remember the phone call the guy in charge of foreign students made in front of me to International House:

‘I have this very distressed French young lady with me

who is looking for accommodation

in Manhattan,

he 1985-90 Alumni Reunion in June was a success

can you help?’ It turned out that there

in many ways. Not only did it attract old friends and fellow alumni from places far and wide for a week-

was one last room left, certainly not the best (as it was located on the second floor and

had a view of a brick wall), but for me it sounded like heaven. And heaven it was! After arriving, | met a fellow resident, Nagib Hakim.

He welcomed

grand tour of the place, explaining how everything worked. He also invited me to join him and his friends at the cafeteria for dinner. backgrounds,

| remember that they all came from different

but were very friendly and easygoing.

It was such a

relief to have found this

place to stay.”

—Diane Pascual Gaborit ’86 | decided Bridge

way for a another weekend of activities, and a Reunion Committee is in formation.

five of us from |-House still to-

We have been very pleased with the success of the Reunion Gift Program starting in 2008, with a gift by the classes of 1960-65 that year. I continue to be surprised that some I-House alumni did not realize during their time at the House that their great experience was being underwritten by the unrestricted gifts of generous alumni and friends. Resident fees covered only part of the cost of residency back

gether.

then, and the same is true today.

once we reached

Brooklyn side, there were just We decided to continue

As much as reunions are about returning to celebrate the friendships made and

on to find pizza, despite not knowing where it was. We took a

times spent at I-House, our experience of the last two years is that these occasions

few wrong turns, but eventually

are also becoming a greater opportunity to give back. A Reunion Gift provides criti-

got to eat pizza. We never really

cal support the House needs to maintain its reputation for diversity and success. Every gift, big or small, to the Reunion Gift Program, and, indeed to the Annual

figured out what happened to the rest of the tour, but by the end of the evening, the five of us had really gelled. That random group of residents became some of my best friends at International House.” —Kelly Martin ’08 in early on Tuesday (the day orientation was already underway at Teachers Col-

lege) and Don Cuneo greeted me on the Riverside entrance stairs. | got my very own Cuneo tour of the house, he showed

ning in January.

“During orientation,

out. By the time we reached the

“| came

the classes of 1985-90 will have the opportunity to vote on the winning tile begin-

to go on the Brooklyn

the bridge, everyone got spread

'08 with her new friends during the orientation pizza trip.

room in I-House South. Alumni who attended the reunion have been submitting designs for the commemorative tile to be placed outside the new named room, and

This new tradition will continue as former resident members from the period 1965-1970 reunite for celebrations in New York in June, 2010. Planning is under-

trip. Somehow,

Kelly Martin

end filled with programs and activities, but it resulted in a Reunion Gift of more than $25,000 to name a resident

me, and gave me a

me every nook and he was so nice and thorough

|

couldn’t bring myself to tell him | was late for school. | only remember thinking, well,

Fund, matters greatly — especially as we reach the halfway point of the Davis Challenge. It is a meaningful way of giving back to the House as we continue to grow in excellence and opportunities. It is also a practical, visible vote of confidence in the institution and helps strengthen our mission and enhance the value of everyone’s association with International House. We look forward to the 1965-70 Reunion, and the continuation of this recent

but important tradition.

. canal

there goes orientation.’ Little did | know, this was also orientation to another part of my

J thn Wells

graduate education that was just as important as the time | spent at school!” —Ann

Islas ’99

“| arrived from Israel with an accordion in my hand and some summer clothes in my back pack in the summer 1963. | was accepted to Columbia Business School for my MBA degree and got a student loan to pay for the tuition, but | had no money for food and for my room.

| played at Israeli coffee houses for tips and food, but it was not enough to sustain

me.

| thought that it was the end of my capability to earn my education. A friend of mine, Dan Wolman,

who lived at International House, suggested

| apply for

l-House Board Elects Five New Members t its meetings in June and October, the In-

Jeers House Board of Trustees elected five new members. Iwao Kimura

a fellowship at the House and get some help. | showed

up at the office of the program director, Mr. Davis. | told him that | had no

money for room and board to continue my education and that | needed help. He told me to come the next day. He and the House mother,

Mrs. Decker, told me

is Group Vice President and Co-

ordinating Officer at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMA), the holding company for Toyota’s North American sales, engineering and manufactur-

that | was granted a free room, supported by the Young Presidents Organization, and if |

ing operating units.

worked every morning for two hours in the cafeteria | could have my meals for free too.

Kimura was Vice President at TMA D.C.

That saved my life.” —lIchak Adizes '67

Prior to his current position, in Washington,

He began his career with Toyota in 1981

and

has held positions in overseas operations, international public and government relations and global

“My fateful encounter actually happened

before my official move in day. | was report-

ing to |-House to inquire about the logistics of moving in. | entered the House from the

strategic planning.

Katsumi Ogawa

Kimura is a graduate of the

University of Tokyo.

ing student who didn’t need the orientation. We started chatting, and the conversation,

Katsumi Ogawa, an Executive Vice President of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (Mitsui USA), is concurrently serving as a Deputy Operating Officer

two years later, continues. We have |-House to thank for bringing us together from two far

of the Americas Business Unit and a Managing

Riverside Drive entrance, and found a few other students waiting in line to check in. A few minutes later, a girl walked

in asking if she could cut the line, as she was a return-

Officer of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui USA's parent

away lands, Afghanistan and Switzerland.”

—Abdul Saboor ’09

company in Tokyo. Commerce

Stories have been edited for length.

Ogawa graduated from the

& Management

Faculty of Hitotsubashi

University and joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in 1973. Prior to his current role, Ogawa was Mitsui & Co.’s

Managing Officer and the Chief Operating Officer of its Financial Markets Business Unit. Lauren C. States is Vice President, Tivoli Cloud Computing Client Engagements at IBM. Previ-

Susan Stupin

ously, she was Vice President of Technical Sales and Software Enablement.

She joined IBM as a

systems engineer in 1978.

In addition to her work at IBM, States was named one of

the 25 Most Influential Black Women in American Business by The Network Journal in 2006.

She is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Susan Stupin is Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Prescott Group, LLC a New York-based real estate merchant banking firm that undertakes property invest-

ment, asset management and investment banking activities.

She is responsible for

overseeing relationships with wealth managers and capital sources and managing

capital structuring and financing. Stupin graduated with an A.B. degree, cum laude, from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University. Karen E. Sutton is Senior Vice President, Global Client Development at Sotheby’s, Inc. Mitsui USA's Katsumi Ogawa (center) and senior Mitsui USA executives met with the 2009 Mitsui Scholars Dean Kakazu and Greg Van de Ven and I-House Staff members on October 28. Since 1989, Mitsui & Co (U.S.A.) and The Mitsui USA Foundation have generously donated nearly $200,000 to support the programs and events at International House and to establish the “International House/Mitsui USA Scholars” program, which supports residents who are dedicated to the promotion of international understanding and closer U.S.-

Japan exchanges.

In her 14 years at Sotheby’s, she has worked

struction management and worldwide marketing. ton rose through the ranks at the American

Folk Art Museum,

ly Deputy Director, Planning & Administration. Club and a graduate of Hofstra University.

in facilities and operations, conPrior to her work at Sotheby’s, Sutwhere she was ultimate-

She is a member of The Cosmopolitan

NYC Performances Program

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House’s Welcome Sunday Supper

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phenomenon that he predicted will continue to domi-

nate discussions in Copenhagen and elsewhere.

on October 4th were told that the

In a spirited question and answer session with

world has reached

residents, Revkin addressed topics ranging from nuclear

a critical juncture

power to environmental expectations for developing

of environmental

economies.

Revkin, attending the event with his wife and son,

choices that will

Andrew Revkin

determine the fate

was welcomed to the Davis Hall stage by Life Trustee

of the planet.

John French III, who quipped that he had “never intro-

Andrew Revkin

81

duced anyone who has traveled to the North Pole and

81, longtime enNew York City Performances participants prior to seeing West Side Story on Broadway.

played with Pete Seeger.”

vironment reporter

Before joining The Times, Revkin was a senior editor

for The New York Times, said there is no easy answer

of Discover, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and

to the problems caused by climate change,

a senior writer at Science Digest. He recently started a

but urged

he year’s New York City Performances Program (NYC Per-

|-House residents to be part of an emerging global con-

blog, Dot Earth, about “efforts to balance human affairs

formances)

sensus on how to address it.

with the planet’s limits”.

is well underway. Sponsored

by Barbara and

“Enterprise and innovation are vital,” said Revkin.

The Welcome Sunday Supper attracted more than

tenberg, the program gives resident and staff members the

“Your generation has a responsibility and an opportunity

opportunity to discover, on a monthly basis, the Big Apple’s

to make the world reflect the microcosm of this room

cultural and artistic highlights by providing subsidized tickets

tonight.”

300 new and returning residents as well as staff, trustees and alumni. In addition to Revkin’s remarks, President Don Cuneo formally welcomed new residents to the House, and the evening concluded with performances

Blaise Halluitte ’70 and Lifetime Trustee Herman

“HR”

Rot-

The reporter described environmental problems as

to a variety of performances. Led by NYC Performances Fellow and 3rd year resident

being driven by social, political and economic issues,

Bogdan Dulu, groups of 15-20 residents and staff have seen

and was not optimistic that upcoming climate talks in

by a number of talented resident musicians.

West Side Story on Broadway, experienced Ravi and Anoushka Shankar playing the sitar at Carnegie Hall and taken in The

Inside the Fall 2009 Resident Member Community

Barber of Seville. Upcoming performances include Cirque du

his fall International House again welcomed a diverse and robust community of resident members.

the majestic sets and music of the Metropolitan Opera’s

Soleil at Madison Square Garden, the New York City Ballet’s

Four hundred and twenty new residents along with 280 returning residents were competitively selected from

Nutcracker and the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher

a pool of over 1200 applications for the fall. They hail from 92 different countries including several that had not

Hall.

been represented

“NYC

Performances is one of the most engaging and

in a number of years such as Libya, Mozambique,

This year’s community

Namibia,

Saudi Arabia and Trinidad & Tobago.

is studying, interning or training at 51 academic and professional

entertaining programs International House has to offer,” said

students at Columbia

Dulu. “It gives residents a wonderful opportunity to not only

at Pace University and Stevens Institute of Technology,

explore the city and experience cultural performances we

House in a long time, as well as NYU, CUNY, The Juilliard School and Manhattan

might not otherwise be able to afford, but it also gives us the

institutions. While

University make up the largest percentage of population, the House is also home to students

The diversity of national background

both schools that have not had students represented at the School of Music among others.

is matched only by the diversity of professions of this year’s community.

opportunity to get to know other residents who we might not

Resident members are studying in over 70 disciplines ranging from ethnomusicology to epidemiology. The largest

interact with on a regular basis. Sharing these diverse experi-

number of residents are in the engineering, social sciences and education fields.

ences helps strengthen the |-House community.”

The Welcome Week activities that greet the start of the semester provided ample opportunities for the diverse community to get to know each other and the House. Staples like resident-led tours, Orientation Night and the Programs Fair introduced new residents to the variety of activities, services and facilities the House offers, while ice cream socials, Community Weekends and Claremont receptionist Marshall Swiney’s famous tour of Harlem, among other field trips, encouraged

interaction among new and returning residents alike.

Oh the Places They Go A look at some of the recent achievements of |-House’s

and Reporting on Academic Rigor”

remarkable residents:

(June 2009), “Covering the Pre-K

Gregory Callus of the United Kingdom has recently pub-

Our Littlest Learners” (July 2009)

lished his first book with British Conservative blogger lain Dale: Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election.

and “Math Matters: A Journalist's

Landscape: New Investments in

Guide” (October 2009).

Greg is the Deputy Editor of PoliticalBetting.com. American Courtney Streett has

Courtney Streett

Italian resident Stefano Pagliari has co-edited a volume en-

received the National Association

titled Global Finance in Crisis: The Politics of International

of Black Journalists’ 2009-2010 Carole Simpson Scholar-

Regulatory Change, scheduled to be published by Routledge

ship. After graduating from Columbia University’s School of

in December. The book brings together leading scholars

Journalism this May, Courtney hopes to become an environ-

to examine the kinds of international reforms that have

mental broadcaster.

been implemented in the regulation of financial markets in

Nearly 150 residents participated in the 45th Annual Fall

Fiesta on October 24.

response to the global financial crisis, and debates whether

Cellist Mimi Yu from Taiwan made

these reforms signal an important turning point in the regu™ lation of global finance.

her Alice Tully Hall concerto debut on November 9th with the New Juilliard

Ensemble, conducted by Joel Sachs.

The event showcased a wide array of

dancing with residents and alumni performing break-dance,

Justin Snider from the United

The concert, which featured Concer-

Greek and Cypriot folk dance,

States, a research fellow at the

tino for Cello and Chamber Orchestra

dancing, ballet, bhangra and Bollywood numbers in front of

Hechinger Institute on Education

by Guo Wenjing, was part of Carnegie

a packed Davis Hall audience.

The lively dance performances

and the Media, has co-edited three

Hall’s Ancient Paths, Modern Voices

were followed by a fashion parade of residents strutting their

new guides for journalists who cover

festival celebrating Chinese composers

the education beat: “Understanding

and cultural renaissance.

tango, swing, salsa, belly

stuff in traditional clothing from 45 different countries.

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DATE

Mimi

Yu

Justin Snider

February 9, 2010

June 4-6, 2010

June

Professional Interest Night

1965-1970 Alumni Reunion

Spring Benefit

New York City, NY

New York City, NY

Pocantico Hills, NY

www. ihouse-nyc.org/PIN10 to

www. ihouse-nyc.org/reunion10

volunteer and for information.

more information.

for

11, 2010

Honoring Henry A. Kissinger and

John C. Whitehead.

Please visit www.ihouse-nyc.org/alumnievents for information about these and other events.