World Newsletter 2011 Fall

Educator Gives Welcome at Sunday Supper

l-House Loves New York ith New York City as this year’s programmatic theme, we asked our alumni why

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they love I-House’s hometown. Below are just some of their responses.

“T love New York because it gives me a broader view about the greatness of people, and their cultures and views about life and society. It also enhances my spirit with a variety of artistic experiences and constant exposure to the simplicity of enjoying every person’s unique form of relating to others. New York is like an unfolding universe that makes me smile towards the future.” —Helga Cuellar-Marchelli ’96, El Salvador “New York City is unique, no other city in the world is

like it! In NYC, there is an inner energy that you have no choice but to share and be boosted by. NYC is the best place for art, music and dance. NYC is also unique for the different people you can meet and all the jobs you can do. And of course, New York City is my favorite because that is where International House is!” Geoffrey Canada met with |-House residents from the education field in the Soros Room

nternational House opened the 2011-2012 academic year with Geoffrey Canada, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), as

the Welcome Sunday Supper speaker on September 25th. Sharing the success story of Harlem Children’s Zone with a capacity crowd in Davis Hall, Canada emphasized to

resident members and others in attendance that education is the critical defining element to attaining “the good life” in the United States. “If you are trying to level the playing field for the most disadvantaged, education is the key,” he said. It is this point from which HCZ’s work, with a focus on the 97-block area of New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, stems. Canada noted that HCZ’s founding was “about solving the community's problems for themselves.” The approach that the organization has taken to improve

before his address.

In addition to HCZ’s work with children, the organization seeks to create a critical mass of adults in the community who understand what it takes to help the children succeed. According to Canada, “children internalize what the world expects of them and they tend to meet those expectations.” This supportive group of adults is critically important to keeping expectations high for these children, he said. Canada said that he and his colleagues at HCZ are

committed to providing an opportunity for generations of kids to attain success. Their work has garnered significant attention from President Obama and the U.S. Department of Education, major funders and others across the country who are actively pursuing the best and most effective ways to improve education in America.

its Community is comprehensive in nature, said Canada, as past experience has shown that focusing on single issues—

After completing his remarks, Mr. Canada engaged in a lively question-and-answer session with resident members, and the evening concluded with traditional performances

education, poverty, healthcare, incarceration rates—cannot

by some of the House’s talented resident musicians.

foster the wholesale change that is required to lead to sustainability and success. As such, HCZ follows children from their mothers’ pregnancies through completing college,

Canada’s appearance, introduced by Trustee Joseph L. McLaughlin, launched the academic year’s New York City-

providing in-school, after-school, social service, health and

will be famed fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi on February 7th.

community-building

themed program series for 2011—12. Next up in the series

programs along the way. fod

—TIsabelle Sionniere ’98, France

“I love New York because when I am there I feel like I have the entire world within my reach. And this city awes me in such contradictory ways, by making me so insig-

nificant and yet engulfing me and incorporating me in its magnificent grandeur.” —Quynh Phan ’92, Spain “Because it represents the world in small - and hosts an even smaller version of the world: I-House.” —Tobias Schmidt ’07, Switzerland

“There is every reason, and no reason to love New York. It’s not in any specific action, thing, or view. It’s im everything, from the wind on Riverside to the darkness directly from a noir film. It’s the sun shining through the trees and the speed with which people ignore it. I love New York because it is the only city that mashes everyone together into one coherent whole regardless of who those people think they are.” —Sean Clouston '09, United Kingdom “For me the city of New York is unique in the world. It is a megacity that never sleeps. Its population is gentle and cares for the well-being of its visitors from the world over. I felt that way during the marvelous years of the 50s when I lived in International House. That’s why I will love New York forever.“ —Francisco De Paula ’52, Brazil To read more, please visit www. ihouse-nyc.org/news.

Global Economy Major Topic for 2011 John J. McCloy Visitor Asked by Chairman Volcker to describe the reasons behind the financial crisis of 2008 and subsequent downtown, Kohn cited what he saw as a growing sense

of complacency within both the government and private sector during the period 1982-2007. The Central Bank was focused largely on inflation control, seeing its main purpose as leaning against the business cycle, raising rates when growth was too rapid and lowering them in response to retractions. For almost 30 years the strategy was largely successful, he said, noting that the few recessions which occurred, most notably the one which came after the tech

Problems within the private sector, rooted in short-term

housing finance system we'll have in this country,” he said.

emerge in 2000, and the central element, Kohn said, was the

Kohn suggested that a true recovery would require both short and long-term fixes in the housing sector as well as a serious evaluation and restructuring of systemic problems such as entitlements and taxation. Currently both political parties are exploiting these issues for electoral gains Kohn suggested, adding that politicization has allowed a resolution of these critical questions to be kicked down the road for almost 20 years. The McCloy Visitor Program was established in 1989 in memory of John J. McCloy, Chairman of International House from 1954 to 1971 who, as a distinguished lawyer, banker and administrator helped shape the policies of five U.S. Presidents in the 20th century. The McCloy Program gives International House residents an opportunity to hear and discuss significant aspects of foreign policy and the international economy. Visit www. ihouse-nyc.org/kohn for extended coverage.

Institution and former Vice Chairman of the U.S.

housing market. He placed much of the blame on the failure

Federal Reserve, discussed reasons and remedies for

of regulators to take a tougher stand, but acknowledged the

the global economic downturn as the 2011 John J. McCloy Visitor on October

11th.

Rather than deliver a standard

speech from

the podium,

Kohn sat down for a conversation with I-House Chairman

Paul A. Volcker, the former Fed Chair, and covered a wide range of issues surrounding the US and global economies. Kohn described his 40-plus years at the Federal Reserve and declared that government is a challenging but ultimately rewarding career choice. He urged the residents and

guests in attendance to seriously consider public service careers whether in the US or abroad. Governments, he said, are in desperate need of the very “best and brightest” to

solve the complex problems facing the world.

demand for homes, automobiles and other products, which

outlooks and skewed incentives for performance, began to

lowed were swift.

onald Kohn, a senior fellow at the Brookings

Kohn compared the current recession with the 1980s

downturn which resulted from high interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve to battle inflation under Volcker’s leadership. The earlier recession created huge pent up “along with fiscal stimulus in 1982 plus a declining dollar helped turn the economy around.” The current financial crisis and bursting of the housing bubble has left the US economy with vast excess capacity and a population focused on reducing its household debt, not taking on more. “In the long term, we need to determine what kind of

bubble, were short-lived and the recoveries which fol-

Donald Kohn is interviewed by Paul Volcker

through the overhang of debt and excess capacity in the housing market will take time.

important roles played by the investment banks and their “opaque and complex instruments.” At the most fundamental level, Kohn said, the US population, spurred by artificially low interest rates, consumed and invested far more than it produced. Kohn noted that the current debt crisis in Europe arose from similar circumstances and expressed concern that the outcome there could

be equally devastating. Asked for possible remedies by Chairman Volcker, Kohn said that the Central Bank has been using all of the tools at its disposal, but that its ability to create recovery was limited with interest rates near zero for a lengthy period of time. He noted that compared to previous downturns, the Fed has been at its most active in decades but that working

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Bayer HealthCare Provides Lead Sponsorship of the WIL Program

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excited by this

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organizations will mutually benefit.

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is the

strength of the

l-House family.” —Pooja Merchant ’10 n September aver

HealthCare , one of the world’s

healthcare

companies,

leading

innovative

has awarded a $50,000 grant to support

International House’s long-running

Women’s

instruction, networking

receptions, public speaking workshops, a

mentor project, field experience in multicultural communities, and conflict resolution and negotiating technique coaching. The program

Interna

Leadership (WIL) Program—thanks in part to the efforts of a recent

culminates in

alumna of the program

and performances designed and executed by the eighteen selected

Founded over 20 years ago, the WIL

Program

has become a land-

mark leadership training program at I-House. This year, 18 women from

13 countries were chosen to participate. The 2011-12 grantees

are studying vocal

12 different disciplines ranging from public

performance.

Please

visit

www.

ihouse-nyc.or.

health to for full

WIL Week, a week-long series of events, presentations

grantees for the entire I-House community. The Bayer HealthCare grant will cover a substantial portion of WIL’ operating budget, including program-related activities, scholarships, publications, networking activities and allocated staff salaries. Bayer HealthCare executive Tricia McKernan

has also joined the WIL

biographies.

Advisory

training, the Designed to enhance graduate study with practical WIL program features a series of seminars, skills-based leadership

fields who select the grantees and provide guidance

Council, a group of ten professionals and experts in their for the program.

The company’s support of the WIL Program is one of several continued on page 7

International House’s Dodge Middle Eastern Initiative is Underway n June International House received a three-year $150,000 grant from the Cleveland H. Dodge House’s engagement

Foundation to broadly increase the

with the Middle East during a critical time

of transition in the region. The Dodge

Foundation grant will support a number of major

scholarships for resident members

from the Middle East or those with

a strong interest in the affairs of the region, outreach and recruitment to bring more qualified applicants from the Middle East into the I-House community and programming

that explores the politics,

cultures, religions and economics of the region.

This fall, four resident members were named as the inaugural Dodge Scholars: Amal Al Ashtal from Yemen, who is pursuing her master’s in public administration at Columbia

University, Farah Thaiji

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The first is a $90,000 three-

year grant which will provide support for three Davis Scholars each year. The Davis Scholars will be chosen from among the alumni of the Davis United World College Scholars Program (DUWCS

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the Davis Challenge and be| gin preparing for the 2012 Davis _ Projects for Peace, the wonderful Kathryn Davis ’30—who will elebrate her 105th birthday in February—has come forward International House commencing

Office of Development & Alumni

New York, NY 10027

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to fund two new initiatives at

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) who will be pursuing graduate studies

in New York. The Program currently has 3,591 scholars representing 143 countries and 91 schools and the pool of Davis alumni now totals more than 10,000. The continuation of Davis Scholars’ cross-cultural

John A. Wells Director of Development & Alumni Relations

Daniel Blakemore Assistant Director of Development for

Individual Giving

education at International House represents a logical progression for the DUWCS program and its participants. In becoming part of the I-House community, they will gain further opportunities to deepen their cross-cultural education through their participation in our programmatic and training opportunities. This grant constitutes a direct effort to recruit from this extensive pool of highly qualified potential applicants who have participated in

“The Davis Peace and Diplomacy Initiative at International House.” From the instability caused by emerging democratic movements in the Middle East to the on-going hostilities across many diverse regions, there is no doubt that the need for graduate students and young professionals who are trained in cross-cultural leadership and communication is greater than ever. Recent ethnic, religious and

national conflicts are a reminder that the promotion of constructive human interaction to resolve conflicts and prevent crises has never been more important. This exciting grant will provide means for us to recruit and provide scholarship assistance to resident members from these areas in conflict, as well as to residents pursuing diplomatic careers. The grant will also support new diplomatic and peace building-related programming and a related speaker series. These four inter-related efforts will have a significant impact on International House’s ability to train

future diplomats and peace builders from countries around the globe and especially from those areas currently in conflict. Both of these significant grants and the new initiatives they fund offer exciting opportunities for International House to expand its

engagement with issues of peace and bring new and highly qualified resident members to the House. The generosity and commitment of Kathryn Davis continues to ensure that International House’s unique environment and educational programs prepare residents to understand and deal effectively with the complexities of a global community as they become the next generation of leaders around the world.

the United World College system and attended U.S. undergraduate Nicole Davidson Assistant Director of Development; Director of Alumni Programs Philip Greven Assistant Director of Development for

institutions. They will closely identify with our Mission due to their years of intense cross-cultural training and longstanding support from the Davis family. I believe the inclusion of Davis Scholars within our community will both enhance and augment the breadth of cultural and educational activities that are the hallmark of the House.

Donald

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The second new program, a $300,000 three-year grant, will fund

Institutional Giving Carey Tan Development Coordinator

2011

Davis Projects for Peace are Implemented Yves Bouzaglo (Switzerland) and

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Laura Carolina Rios Mandel (Venezu-

Anastacia Kudinova

ela) travelled to Israel for Finding Home:

A Creative Solution and focused on the perceptions and meanings of “home.” Despite a partner organization whose needs were different than previously thought, Bouzaglo and Mandel were able to employ art and media as a therapeutic and self-empowering tool for refugee women escaping from conflict. Bouzaglo produced two films for the African Refugee Development Center (ARDC): a fundraising video which

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entered a contest to win a $25,000

grant and a short promotional video featuring participants and coordinators of the women’s empowerment group. Erika Fry records an oral history for her project Oral History in Africa: Giving Voice, Understanding Conflict and Promoting Peace. Mandel implemented a summer camp, staffed by 40 rotating volunteers his past summer, for the fourth consecutive year, I-House New from Israel and other countries, for 39 young people from Eritrea and York residents carried out Davis Projects for Peace across the Sudan living in shelters. globe. Pantelis Charalambous returned to his home country of Cyprus for Many of the nine projects, which were designed to employ innovaDance for Peace: A Step Towards Peace in the Island of Cyprus. tive techniques to promote peace by focusing on conflict resolution, In order to address the longstanding conflict on the island, he reconciliation, building understanding and breaking down barriers brought the Dance Club of the University of Cyprus (representing which cause conflict, encountered obstacles and unforeseen complicathe Greek-Cypriot community) and the Lefkosa Folklore Associations tions, but resident members were able to surmount them and achieve

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their goals.

In Korea, Chihiro Amemiya used art and film to bring students from Japan and Korea together as creative partners in the hopes of addressing the long-standing history of enmity which exists between these two nations. The recruitment of student participants proved more difficult than expected, but in the end eight Japanese and eight Korean students spent an exciting week, a highlight of which was a guest appearance from renowned Korean filmmaker and director You Sang-Hun, learn-

ing about filmmaking and each other. Alexander Besant, a Canadian journalist, traveled to Greece to

report on the growing problem of illegal immigration from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia among other areas with his project Where Do We Go From Here?: Building Understanding in Europe's Migrant Gateway. Besant collected stories, videos and photos from officials, NGO's and migrants, and found an unsustainable situation of poverty, joblessness, crime and violence.

His project culminated with a three-week photo exhibition in Athens and his reports are available on The Greek Reporter website, Attp://greekreporter.com.

(representing the Turkish-Cypriot community) together for dance

performances in each of their communities. “It is beyond any doubt that this project completely changed my views with regards to the possibility of peace in Cyprus,” said Chara-

lambous. Erika Fry (USA) and Duncan Wilson (New Zealand), both experi-

enced journalists, traveled to Burundi for Oral History in Africa: Giving Voice, Understanding Conflict and Promoting Peace. Fry and Wilson documented the ethnic conflict in Burundi ina

film, which will be shown across the country to help break the cycle of violence between tribes. In addition, the oral histories recorded in the

film have been transcribed and will be maintained by Traumatic Healing and Reconciliation Services (THARS) and Centre d’ecadrement et du Developpement des Anciens Combattants au Burundi (CEDAC

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The Center for Management and Development of Veterans in Burundi), their local partners.

Elizabeth Hernandez (USA) created Bring Peace to Arizona’s Schools, which partnered with the Arizona Association for Conflict Resolution (AACR) to conduct four workshops for more than 400 K-12 teachers aimed at improving their conflict resolution and mediation skills in continued on page 7

ALUMNI

America devoted exclusively to French operas. In 2009, Yves was awarded the title Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

by the French Government. Carole (Piacentile) Aciman ’86 was named

DECADES

Partner in Hodgson Russ LLP’s New York

office in Fall 2010.

1940s

Tunde Onitiri ’86 recently relocated from Mozambique to Singapore to take up the position of Senior Manager and Country Head of the new International Finance Corporation office. The new office will

Mary Judy Stark ’42 resides at the Motion Picture Television Fund Campus in Southern California. “It is a beautiful retirement

Singapore to focus on infrastructure investments and advisory work in Asia and other emerging markets.

be a partnership with the Government of

place for people in the industry. I drive into

and were married for 68 years.

Albert Ahlstrom ’87 is the Director of Music at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta, where he has premiered his Requiem and Seven Last Words of Christ.

1950s

Shi-Ling Hsu ’87 is a Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in Vancouver, Canada. He has pub-

Bertram Bandman

lished The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past

LA once a week to play tennis.” Her husband, Richard B. Stark ’42, passed away in 2009. The two met at International House

’50 and Elsie Lucier

Bandman ’51, who met while living at

Our Hangups to Effective Climate Policy (Island

I-House, recently celebrated their 60th

Press, 2011). He is also a co-author of The

wedding anniversary.

Law of Climate Change in

Canada (Canada

Law Book, 2010), which was a co-winner of

Moishe Black ’55 is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Saskatchewan. His recent research and writings have focused on Diderot, Lucretius, and other eighteenthcentury topics.

Abdelkader Abbadi ’61 lives in New York and is currently the UN Correspondent for The Independent and the co-author of Vision for a New Civilization.

1960s John Berendt ’62 is the author of the recently published children’s book My

the Walter Owen Book Prize, awarded by the Canadian Bar Association for its contri-

bution to legal education and scholarship. Ivan Schouker ’87 is the Chief Executive of Hinduja Bank Switzerland and an Ambassador for the Union for International Cancer Control.

Michael Fitzpatrick ’88 played his original composition “Invocation for World Peace” as the opening for the Dalai Lama’s address A Talk for World Peace on the US Capitol’s West Lawn this July. Joanna C. Lee ’88 and husband Ken Smith

Helen Dennis '04’s art, a large drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge in silver pen pictured here, was included in the DUMBO Arts Festival this September.

Elaine Anderson ’92 was promoted to Professor of Music at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH.

Philippe Newlin ’92 is Programming Director of Devour.tv, a food and wine internet-TV channel.

Pietro Dore ’95 is General Manager of the pan-European social media company TheBlogTV. Previously, he was Chief

Leonardo Reales ’02 is Coordinator of the

Crisis Center (CWCC),

Committee at Afro-Colombian Communities (CIMARRON) in Colombia and a

an organization

whose mission is to provide women who have been victims of gender-based abuse and their children with crisis intervention services and to reduce violence against women.

Aurora Parong ’96 is Director of Amnesty International in the Philippines. Elena Popovic ’96 currently serves as Secretary and General Counsel at Media

Development Loan Fund, Inc. in New York. Thilo Riegel 97 recently moved to Rochester Hills, Michigan with his wife, Inis,

for Berendt, who is renowned for his 1994

with SB LiMotive, a joint venture of Sam-

best-selling novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

1990s

sung SDI and Robert Bosch.

John D. Lange ’63, who has served as an

Jim LoGerfo ’90 is co-founder of Earthrise Capital Fund, a venture capital fund primarily focused on energy, power and water production and use.

Leona (Shluger) Forman ’64 is the founding President and CEO of the Brazil Foundation, an organization that generates resources for programs that promote social change in Brazil.

House of Representatives in the Uruguayan

Parliament. He also teaches law at the University of the Republic of Uruguay. Sheila J. Nayar 90 won the 2011 Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology, a prize given

1970s

annually by the Media Ecology Association,

Jorge Z. Ortoll ’71 is the Executive Direc-

Orality-Literacy Paradigm for Visual Narrative (Hampton Press, 2010). Nayar is a faculty member in the Department of English and Communication Studies at Greensboro

tor for Ma-Yi Theater Company, a New York-based, Obie Award and Drama Desk

Award-winning theater company that spotlights Asian American theater artists. Kathleen O’Donnell ’78 is Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration at

The New York Academy of Medicine.

Michael Fairbanks ’84 is co-founder of SEVEN (Social Equity Venture Fund), a virtual non-profit organization run by

entrepreneurs whose strategy is to markedly increase the rate of innovation and diffusion of enterprise-based solutions to poverty. Morsina Katimin ’84 is a business owner in the San Francisco Bay Area, manufactur-

ing jamu (an Indonesian herbal medicine) and sambal (Indonesian chili sauce).

Yves Abel ’85 is the Music Director and Founder of Opera Francais de New York, the only professional opera company in

Juan Bernardo Rosado Duque ’97 is the Chair of the School of Science and Humani-

ties at University EAFIT in Colombia. Delphine Djiraibe 99 runs the Public Interest Law Center in Chad, which provides pro-bono legal services to poor people, especially women.

ment’s vision of imperialism and how that calls our own historical and theoretical paradigms into question. Hong Mautz ’91 is President of Chinus Cultural Productions, which is presenting the Beijing Dance Company at Lincoln Center over Thanksgiving weekend. More info at www. beijingdance.com.

2000s

Akira Takaoka ’91 is a composer and music theorist and is currently a visiting professor at Columbia University. As Professor of Music at the School of the Arts, Tamagawa University in Tokyo, he teaches composition, music theory, computer music, and audio DSP programming.

Ph.D. Candidate (Political Science Program) at the New School University in New York. Nana Asantewa Afadzinu ’03, who lived at the House while in Columbia’s Human Rights Advocates Program, is the Executive

Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute, a resource center engaged in training, research, documentation

and policy

dialogue for civil society organizations in West Africa.

Francelyn Begonia ’03 is Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court of Sariaya in the Philippines. Charles Dinda ’03 is Co-Founder and

Executive Director of Law and Development Association in Zambia, an organization he

has grown from one legal desk in Monze to 32 in Southern Province. Franziska Brantner ’04 recently paid a visit to |-House with her husband, Boris, and their 15 month old daughter, Louisa. returning to their home in South Germany,

where Franziska has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009.

Rebecca Jovin ’03 and Bond Griffin 03 married

in May 2011 at a ceremony in Napa, California. Fellow |-House alumni in attendance included Catherine Maywald '04, Tirana Hassan ’03, and Petr Panek ’03.

Gennaro Brooks-Church ’00 is the founder of Eco Brooklyn, a green design/ build firm specializing in the design and renovation of NYC brownstone buildings. Adrian Coman

Human Rights and International Affairs

The family vacationed in New York before

College.

2011). The book examines the Enlighten-

1980s

where he is now a global account manager

for her book Cinematically Speaking: The

Siraj Ahmed ’91 is the author of The Sti//birth of Capital: Enlightenment Writing and Colonial India (Stanford University Press,

that

Chantol Oung ’95 is Founder and Executive Director of the Cambodian Women’s

cultural comedy Chinglish, which opened at the Longacre Theater on October 27th.

Felipe Michelini ’90 is Member of the

Rights Centre (Hakijamii), an NGO

their human rights.

duction of David Henry Hwang’s new cross-

retired in DC.

Executive Director of Economic and Social

Market Officer at bravoo!, an Istanbul-based

which chronicles the lives of backyard birds and includes original photographs by Mr. Berendt. This is the first children’s book

eign Exchange Operations, is now happily

Odindo (James) Opiata ’02 is Founder and

advertising start-up.

are cultural advisors on the Broadway pro-

OECD and the Treasury’s Director of For-

Daniel Hilpert ’02 is managing director at New York-based Mortgage Equicap LLC, a boutique commercial mortgage broker and advisor.

works with marginalized and vulnerable groups in Kenya to advocate and realize

Baby Blue Jays (Viking Juvenile, 2011),

IMF economist, US Minister-Counselor at

a non-profit radio station in Congo (DRC).

’00, an alumnus of the

Columbia University Human Rights Advocates Program, is in Belgium working as Parliamentary Assistant to Monica Macovei,

a Romanian member of the European Parliament. Kizito Mushizi Nfundiko ’01 is running for a national assembly seat in Bukavu after serving as the director of Radio Maendeleo,

George Mathew ’04 recently traveled to Johannesburg in October to deliver the 2011 S.T. Lee Lecture in Social Justice and Public Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand and to Cape Town to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday celebration. While there he connected with Pete Cronin ’04, his old I-House friend and fellow co-chair of the inaugural Resident Member Gift Campaign in 2003-04. Pete is now working with USAID and the US State Department in Pretoria.

Sabina Rakcheyeva 04, Kinan Azmeh 04, and Kathy Tagg ’04 recently performed in New York with oud player Attab Haddad as the “Sabina Rakcheyeva Ensemble,” creating a unique voice through improvisations that fuse western and eastern instruments and styles, influenced by musical traditions of Azerbaijan and the Arab world, jazz and western classical music. K.R. Renuka ’04 currently serves as Founder, Trustee, and Director of the Centre

for Women’s Development and Research in India. She lives in Chennai with her husband and two daughters .

Pascal Archer ’07, a clarinetist, recently

Nazibrola Janezashvili ’09 is Executive

performed a program entitled Cadenzas

Director of Article 42 of the Constitution,

in two NYC concerts with percussionist

an NGO that offers free legal services on human rights advice in Georgia and the Caucasus area.

Ingrid Gordon. The program explores the idea of musical freedom and illustrates how contemporary composers have expressed this idea using the melodic beauty of the clarinet and the rhythmic drive of percussion. John Caulker ’07 is co-founder and ExecuHarald Friedl 04, Mascha Matthews ’05, and

their daughter Alma welcomed baby Otto into their family this summer.

David Dencker ’05 recently launched MUUSE.com, a Copenhagen-based “slow fashion” startup, which showcases and produces original, made-to-order pieces by emerging fashion designers. He hopes to

expand it to the US within the next year.

tive Director of Fambul Tok International in Sierra Leone. He has released the book and movie Fambul Tok, which shows an amazing story of an African journey in forgiveness. Carlos A. Cruz-Velazquez ’07 choreographed a new piece, “...unwanted,” which

was featured at the 2011 NYC International Fringe Festival.

Anna Kirey ’09 is currently studying for her second master’s degree at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Stilian Kirov ’09 is the Associate Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. Next year he will join

the conducting staff of the Seattle Symphony for a four-week residency. Cynthia-Marie O’Brien ’09’s essay “A Figment of Your Imagination” was chosen as a Notable selection for this year’s Best American Essays collection (Mariner Books,

Camelia Lalani ’07 has recently been

Ryan Gwan ’05 recently set up Stratagem International, a strategic political affairs

York.

2011), alongside Joyce Carol Oates and Phillip Lopate.

consultancy focusing on engagement in

Jorge Avila Liceranzu ’08 is now a Spanish diplomat working at the General Director-

Akinyi Ocholla ’09 has published her first article, “The Kenyan LGBTI Social

currently an advisor to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in Islamabad, Pakistan,

ate for North America, Asia, and Pacific at

Movement—Context, Volunteerism and

the Spanish Foreign Ministry.

and was recently selected by The Diplomatic Courier as one of the “Top 99 Under 33 in Foreign Affairs.”

Peter Mulbah ’08 is Founder and Executive Director of Skills and Agricultural Develop-

Approaches to Campaigning,” in the Journal of Human Rights Practice.

Jorge Cortes Fajardo ’06 is National Di-

This summer Peter traveled to Oslo,

rector and legal representative of the Center for the Applied Studies of Economical Social

Norway as an official Liberian government delegate to co-present the Liberia REDD+ Readiness and Preparation Proposal at the Participant Committee’s 9th meeting organized by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank.

challenging political environments. He is

and Cultural Rights (CEADESC) in Bolivia.

named Ethics Officer at UNICEF

in New

ment Services (SADS) in Monrovia, Liberia.

Karen Hakobyan ’11 and Vanja Vucetic '11 married in Belgrade, Serbia on August 20th. They currently reside in New Jersey. Karen has several piano concerts coming up in Mexico, New Jersey

and New York (more info at www.karenhakobyan. com). Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Fort Worth

Antonina Ermolenko ’10 sang Mimi ina production of La Bohéme in New York this fall. Donovan Singletary ’10 performed with the Seattle Opera this summer and has engagements with the Latvian National

Opera in the coming months. Mihoko Tanabe ’10 works at the Women’s Refugee Commission as a Program Officer for the Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies

(RAISE) Initiative. She conducts research and analysis on reproductive healthcare in Crisis situations.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson ’11 has released her debut album Truthfully.

Shravya Reddy ’08 has moved to Washington DC to serve as a climate solutions ana-

lyst for Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project. Evalyne Achan ’09 is Community and Government Liaison Officer at Winrock International, a nonprofit organization that empowers the disadvantaged, increases economic opportunity, and sustains natural Nicole Janz ’06 married Florian Markowetz on

August 13, 2011 in Cambridge, UK. The couple met in 2006 in New York when Nicole lived at |-House. Present at the celebration were Freya Baetens '06, Amy Peters '07, Helle Vincentz

'06, and Kripa Joshi '08, who served as Maid of Honor.

Elsadig Elsheikh ’09 is a Senior Research Associate at Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, where he focuses on the racial/ethnic dimen-

Salim Al-Jahwari '09, who works for the US Embassy in Oman, pictured here next to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was the chief liaison between her team and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos’ castle staff when Clinton visited earlier this year. He was given the Meritorious Honor Award from the US State Department for his work during Clinton’s visit.

sions of various conflicts around the world.

Andrea De La Barerra Montppellier ’06, an alumna of the Columbia University Human

resources in Ghana.

Rights Advocates Program, is cur-

rently working with EPADEQ (Studies and Strategies for Development and Equity) on a project for gender equity in Mexican higher courts. Miriam Ruiz Mendoza ’06 is the Program Manager at Susan G. Komen Global Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness in Mexico. Katrin Stamatis '06 married Jonathan Ruck last year in a ceremony in Mohegan Lake, NY. Both professional string musi-

cians, the couple met while performing with the National Repertory Orchestra Festival during the summer of 2005. Katrin is currently pursuing a doctorate in musical arts at the University of Oklahoma. Nat Subsin ’06 has been appointed as Director of Strategy and M&A at Citigroup. Based in New York City, he previously served as a vice president at Barclays Capital Global Research.

Sigal Saar '08 married Alon Ben-Ari this summer. The couple lives in Minneapolis, MN where Saar works for Medtronic in acquisitions of medical device companies.

—IN MEMORIAM Virginia C. Lowman ’46

Delta Dorsch ‘51

Virginia C. Lowman °46 died July 19th at the age of 90 after a fall in her Greenlawn, NY home. Ginny and her

Delta Dorsch ‘51, an educator and advocate for the preservation of the Virgin Islands’ oral history, died on January 28th in Frederiksted at the age of 95. Dorsch, who worked as an educator in the Virgin Islands school system for 38 years, lived at International House while studying administration at Columbia University. Mrs. Dorsch also taught at the undergraduate

husband Rod, who met at I-House,

attended many alumni programs and activities through the years and often hosted summer picnics for I-House residents at their home on Long Island Sound. Perhaps New York's longest serving Girl Scout volunteer, Ginny was a chemistry professor who

last taught at SUNY Old Westbury.

and graduate level at the St. Croix campus of the University of

the Virgin Islands. In addition to serving on the Commission on the Preservation of Virgin Islands Culture, she authored The Role of the Story Teller in Virgin Islands Culture.

Florence K. Pilgram ’34

Mary L. Cantwell ’46

Emma A. Pacella ’55

Lanoka Harbor, NJ

Tallahassee, FL

Dahlonega, GA

Jane C. Whitten ’60 Searsport, ME

Louise F. Baker ’34 Richmond, VA

Brenda D. Hines ’48 Seabrook, TX

Alfred Gilmour ’57 Santa Rosa, CA

Anne A. Arendash ’61 New York, NY

Erna H. Bowman’39 Rochester, NY

Dorothy Messenger ’49

Mary R. Lee ’59

Minneapolis, MN

Washingtonville, NY

Mabel S. Burks ’64 Atlanta, GA

Daniel Gersen ’39 New York, NY

William J. Gilmer ’49 Memphis, TN

Susan R. Greer ’60 Los Angeles, CA

Anita G. Smith ’64 La Crosse, WI

Ayako M. Takase ’41

Margaret L. Montgomery ’49

Joseph M. Ha ’60

Michael F. Isquick ’64

Honolulu, HI

Honolulu, HI

Vancouver, WA

New York, NY

Clorinda Clarke ’42 New Hartford, NY

Ruth M. Williams ’50 New York, NY

Sidney J. Railson ’60 Wilmington, DE

David L. Hess’70 Greenwood, SC

Margaret K. Rice ’43

Emanuel M. Stewart ’51

St Petersburg, FL

Ruth L. Prenner ’60 New York, NY

Moshe Gerstein 98

Summerville, SC Enola W. Hicks ’45 Oakland, CA

MaryJ. Irwin ’52

George Varky ’60

Isolina M. Douglas ’06

Phoenix, AZ

Leonia, NJ

Pittsfield, MA

Longmeadow, MA

Cathedrals and Lively Communication Abound in Cologne and Xing and through a European-centered alumni e-newsletter. In addition, while it was decided that there is a great need to focus on local chapters and activities, the group will work more closely with the World Council of Alumni to focus on increased alumni engagement across Europe. As part of the effort to focus on local alumni, Freunde is seeking “scouts,” alumni volunteers in key German cities, who can help Freunde and |-House better engage alumni in those areas by organizing local events and other activities. If you are interested in serving as a scout in your city, please contact the Freunde president, Astrid FassbenderNierhoff ’05, at astrid.n-f@email.de or the Alumni Relations Office at ndavidson@ihouse-nyc.org. Freunde attended to other business matters including the election of Christian Trillhaas ’86 as annual accounts auditor. He replaces Marc Herzog who had served the role for many years. In reviewing the accounts, the group discussed ways to increase giving among alumni, citing the need for increased participation regardless of gift amounts by alumni living Germany. Freunde also selected Rome as the site for the 2012 Reunion. After the Annual Meeting, alumni enjoyed a guided Members of Freunde des International House in front of the Dom,

ver forty alumni and friends gathered in Cologne for Freunde des International House’s Annual Meeting and Pan-European Alumni

Reunion.

walking tour of Cologne, highlighting some of the historic areas including the Dom, Cologne's famous Cathedral, ruins dating back to medieval times, and along the Rhine.

Cologne’s famous Cathedral.

Under sunny

tending his first Freunde reunion. “Besides that,” he continued in explaining why he

That evening, alumni enjoyed some traditional German and lots of reminiscing at the Zum Alten Brauhaus. The event “reminded

me of Community Weekend and

cultural and historic highlights, traditional meals and at-

chose to travel from Berlin for the event, “I want to give something back, /.e. through fundraising, and make sure, that the following generation has the chance to attend

visits and fun dinners together,” said Eva Provedel '10,

tended to official Freunde business.

l-House as well.”

who had travelled from Genoa for the weekend.

September skies, the group enjoyed tours of Cologne’s

The weekend

kicked off on September 23rd with a

other group activities at |-House, such as neighborhood

The following day a smaller group of alumni gathered

The following day, alumni soaked in the last of week-

reception hosted by event organizers Astrid Nierhoff-

at the offices of the Bauwens Group, generously hosted

Fassbender ’05 and Dirk Nierhoff ’05 at their home. An

by Dr. Patrick Adenauer ’86, for Freunde’s annual meet-

international affair, the reception featured Middle Eastern

ing. In a spirited discussion, alumni examined the role of

end’s sun at a jazz brunch at the Museum Ludwig. While many started their journeys home, several others stayed on for a guided tour of the Museum's “Ichundichundich Picasso im fotographischen Portrait” and viewing of the

tapas, French wine, local Cologne beer and alumni who

Freunde as a Pan-European alumni chapter, communica-

traveled from Switzerland, the United Kingdom, across Germany.

tion, fundraising, increasing alumni events across Germany

Italy and

“The Freunde Meeting is a great opportunity to meet |-House friends again and to make new friends with other |-House members,” said Ove Krahn ’09 who was at-

NYAAC

and designated $12,000 residents.

in scholarships to nine I-House

fare

Museum’s extensive collection of Picasso masterpieces before departing. “What a wonderful reunion this was!” exclaimed

Alumni suggested increasing communication among European alumni both through social media like Facebook

Explores NYC with a New Event Series

Freunde President Astrid Nierhoff-Fassbender '05.

New Trustees Named he International House Board of Trustees has elected two new members. Barbara G. Heyman, an educational consultant and advisor, was elected on June 23rd. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she lives

Alumni pose in front of the Manhattan skyline at the NYAAC

in the City event aboard the Honorable

William

in Tulsa, OK and Wall.

New York and is the author of two books

S everyone who has ever lived here knows, New York

in high spirits as they chatted with each other over food

on the college admis-

City is a seemingly inexhaustible trove of cultural

and drinks, cheered on sailboat races in New York Harbor,

sions process.

riches. One could live in New York for decades and

and admired a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline at sunset.

numerous boards in

still stumble across many new and surprising discoveries. That’s why this year the New York Area Alumni Council

She serves on Tulsa and in East

After those initial forays through some of NYC's varied

(NYAAC) has turned its attention to exploring the glorious

landscapes,

urban environment it calls home through a new series of

tember back toward a more familiar locale: International

has been recognized

events titled NYAAC in the City.

House and its beloved neighbor, Sakura Park. Co-chaired

by Yale and MIT for

The event series kicked off in April with a group walking tour of Central Park, organized by NYAAC Steering

by Macon

Hampton,

NYAAC temporarily turned its focus this Sep-

NY, and

her work as a college

Barrow ‘08 and Dan Venning ‘09, the Sakura

Park Picnic reunited alumni on I-House’s Abby O'Neill

advisor in recent

Committee member Katherine Hendry ’69. Springtime

Patio to eat, drink, relive old memories, and bask in the

years. She serves on

scenery was at its finest as the group enjoyed this 2.5

sun on what was—as fall weather.

of the Board.

hour, guided stroll through some of Central Park’s most famous landmarks. Along the way, alumni learned fascinat-

Shin Aoyama,

Resident members were also on hand to give tours of

ing (and often amusing) stories about the park’s 154-year

the House to any alumni who were interested in visit-

history from an expert on hand from the Central Park

ing their former floors of residence or discovering which

Conservancy—prompting even the longtime NYC residents

rooms in the House had changed.

in attendance to see the park in a new light.

in attendance, the event served as a welcome afternoon of

NYAAC in the City continued into the summer with

the House Committee

it turned out—a rare day of pleasant

For many New Yorkers

outdoor relaxation amidst otherwise busy schedules.

Vice President and

Shin Aoyama

Coordinating Officer of Toyota Motor North America, October 20th.

Inc., was elected on

He joined Toyota in 1986 shortly after

graduating from Hitosubashi

University in Tokoyo and

a June event that celebrated New York’s nautical roots.

NYAAC’s Steering Committee

Hosted by Buff Kavelman ’83, the event gave I-House

ning future events in the NYAAC

alumni a rare opportunity to enjoy stunning views from

are interested in getting involved, please contact NYAAC

of the company before assuming his current position in

aboard the Manhattan Sailing Club’s private, floating

President Sarah Perry '96 at sarah_in_nyc@yahoo.com.

July. He serves on the Board’s Development

clubhouse, The Honorable William Wall. Attendees were

is currently busy plan-

worked

in the City series. If you

man

in the Education & Training,

International Hu-

Resources, and Global External Affairs Divisions

Relations Committee.

& Alumni

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

Bayer HealthCare Provides Lead

Sponsorship of the WIL Program continued from page 1

external partnerships that Bayer HealthCare has established as part of its own Women’s Leadership Initiative, which was launched in 2008 to further develop an environment that fosters the cultivation of senior female leaders. The collaboration between I-House and Bayer HealthCare was initiated by WIL alumna Dr. Pooja Merchant ’10, who is currently working in the global development area at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. Given Bayer’s com-

mitment to create an environment to foster women leaders in the company, when Pooja introduced the WIL Program to the company, Bayer was con-

vinced that a partnership with WIL seemed a logical extension of these efforts. “Both WIL and Bayer have played a critical role in my professional and personal development,” Merchant explained. “I am thrilled and excited by this partnership and am confident that both organizations will mutually benefit. Iam grateful for this opportunity to give back—such is the strength of the I-House family!” In addition to financial support, Bayer HealthCare will collaborate with International House on the programming for WIL throughout the year with

events such as one on October 7th where Bayer hosted the grantees at an internal event for 300 of their executives featuring a talk by Dan Heath, The New York Times bestselling author of Switch. Bayer HealthCare will also participate in community-wide programming. Previous sponsor-driven programming highlights have included sessions for the entire community on career planning, interview skills and resume-writing

workshops. Bayer employees will also be offered the chance to volunteer their time as mentors and share their expertise in the global markets. “International House is fortunate to be gaining such a dynamic partner as Bayer HealthCare,” said I-House President Donald L. Cuneo. “We look

forward to working with Bayer HealthCare to support and celebrate many generations of exceptional women at International House.”

any readers of this newsletter were undoubtedly pleased to receive a letter this fall from our friend Herman “HR” Rottenberg, who is synonymous with so much of the mission, history, and lore of International House. Alumni and friends often ask

me about HR, and he is always pleased when I convey greetings and well wishes to him from former I-House residents he came to know during his 45 years of active association with the House. HR took part in our fall appeal for a very specific reason: December 31st marks the conclusion of a four-year, $2 million challenge by the wonderful Kathryn Davis, who lived at I-House in 1929-30, and remains an enthusiastic proponent of its mission at age 104 (nine years HR’s senior, as I like to remind him).

If I-House raises $250,000 in new and increased gifts to the Annual Fund to complete the Davis Challenge by the end of this calendar year, Kathryn will double-match that amount to help sustain Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Hall and the hundreds of programs that take place there every year. So far, many have increased their annual gift to help the House meet this very important goal. Any new or increased gift will be eligible for double matching under the terms of this challenge. With the global economic environment still unsettled, I-House remains focused on fulfilling

its mission and can only do so with a robust Annual Fund. I hope that you will take advantage of the wonderful opportunity provided by Kathryn Davis. Your contribution will have a direct and positive impact on the young men and women who comprise the I. House community for many years to come.

J tbr Wells

International House’s Dodge Middle Eastern Initiative is Underway continued from page 1

Thaiji from Saudi Arabia, a student in development at Columbia University, Raghda Daftedar, a master’s candidate in science education at Teachers College, who is from Kuwait,

and Taraf Abu Hamdan from Jordan, who is studying environmental policy & science at Columbia University. “Being one of the first Dodge Scholars is a great honor,” said Farah Thaiji. “The scholarship has not only allowed me to stay at I-House but has put me in touch with fantastic people including Phyllis Criscouli [Executive Director of the Dodge Foundation}. Meeting Ms. Criscouli was par-

ticularly special because she shared the history of the Dodge family’s work in both New York and the Middle East and about their continuous effort to give back. It was a wonderful feeling to know that I was part of that effort.” The generous scholarships are designed to reduce financial strain and help these residents focus on enhancing the

skills needed to pursue their professional aspirations. It will also give them the opportunity to be actively engaged in the I-House community, gain an appreciation for diverse

cultures and develop their capacity for effective communication across cultural and political barriers. The recruitment and programming components of the initiative will be launched during the 2011-2012 academic year. International House plans to engage in a

multi-faceted recruitment campaign to increase overall representation from the Middle East. Currently, Middle Eastern resident members, including those from Turkey, make up only six percent of the I-House population. These efforts will include outreach to targeted universities and sponsoring organizations in the region, contact with New

York-based educational institutions with a Middle East focus and a new section of the I-House website.

The Dodge Foundation grant will also be employed to invite speakers, scholars and experts on the Middle East,

encouraging dialogue about the rapid changes taking place and educating the entire I-House community in the process. By promoting such exchanges and by fostering cooperative personal networks, I-House will facilitate further interdisciplinary and cross-cultural partnerships that will be integral to addressing many of the issues facing the region.

“International House is honored to continue its long partnership with the Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation in this very important area,” said President Don Cuneo. “We look forward to deepening our involvement with the Middle East, furthering the diversity of our global community and hopefully aiding in the creation of a brighter future for the Middle East.”

2011 Davis Projects for Peace are Implemented continued from page 2

in 15 classrooms in 5 schools and will be used in additional schools going forward. “This project has changed the way I think about peace and conflict. We often overlook the immense effect that the healing process has on the future. New conflicts often arise because old conflicts have not been processed and closure has not been achieved,” reflected Ramos.

ee

One of the mausoleums built by Eliza Ramos Guatemala's civil war.

oir

to honor victims of

response to the increased cross-cultural tensions in the classroom created by the recent Arizona immigration law. American Eliza Ramos’ project Honoring the Past for a Peaceful Future-Building & Educating in Post-War Guate-

mala constructed mausoleums to honor the fallen and help survivors and their communities commemorate victims of Guatemala’s long and bloody civil war. The burial process

proved quite complex and time consuming, and Eliza was able to complete just 11 of the 50 planned ceremonies over the summer. The remaining 39 have been completed this fall. In addition, her project developed a curriculum about the conflicts that spawned the civil war, which was executed

Salkynai Samatova (Kyrgyzstan) and Elona Zakharova (Tajikistan) teamed up for Conflict Prevention in the KyrgyzTajik Border through the Public Awareness Raising on Cross-Border Rules and Regulations. \n partnership with local NGO's and lawyers, they held seminars for 70 people including local authorities, business people, customs officers and

teachers about their legal rights and obligations in regards to border crossings, which have been the cause of much conflict since the disbanding of the Soviet Union. Samatova and Zakharova encountered many of the same difficulties and bureaucracy ordinary citizens do in bordercrossing, and were forced to split the project and organize two separate training sessions in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Alexandra Sisk (USA) offered a three-week summer camp for 14 low income girls from Salvador, Brazil for her project Ways and Dreams: Sonhos Sao Caminhos (Brazil). Partnering with Youth Art Haven, an organization that provides shelter and programming for minors who are victims of sex trafficking, and the Bahia Street School, a school

for girls, the camp exposed the participants to a wide variety of professionals including historians, theater performers, photographers, and IT experts. Other activities included field trips to a ropes course, museums, dance classes and vis-

its from local NGO's which provided resources for health, safety and education. At the camp’s conclusion, the girls were awarded monetary scholarships to continue their education as well as certificates of completion. In addition, the project will continue throughout the year, with two educators meeting with the participants for a weekend each month. “I believe this project provided a once in a lifetime opportunity for these young women and the change in them and the sisterhood that was fostered by the end was palpable,” said Alexandra, who will seek additional

funding in the hopes that this project can be extended for additional years.

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Ryan Arant (United States), a student

in international af-

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in The Midtown

Gazette. Chen, from China,

fairs and energy at Columbia

a student at the Columbia

University has published an

Journalism.

op-ed in the

Ryan Arant

Lasker Award for her work on malaria research,

Yale Journal of

International Affairs cover-

American

ing the effects of the relative

creative writing student at

Dena Ferreira, a

decline of the United States,

CUNY

a book review in the Co/um-

been awarded

Hunter College, has the Women’s

bia Journal of International Affairs on Robert

Forum of NY Foundation’s

Kaplan’s Monsoon,

and a study on alliance build-

award for excellence in

ing during the Persian Gulf War for the Strategic

school and community

Studies Institute.

activism.

Javor Bracic

is

University School of

Javor Bracic (Croatia) has

Bryan Turner was a keynote

released his debut album, a

speaker at the Millennium

Tribute to Haydn, the seventh

Campus

in Labor Records’

Conference at Harvard

Music of

Mel Romualdez and Varun Sharma, the Social Activities Fellow and Orientation respectively, strike a pose at this year’s Programs Fair.

his fall, International House welcomed 420 new residents to the

Network’s 2011

community of nearly 700 from the US and 94 countries. Besides the US, countries with highest representation are India, China,

Tribute series. A student at

University which

Mannes College The New

together 1,200 student

Germany,

School for Music, Javor has

leaders from all over the

Africa.

been an artist-in-residence at

world in September.

brought

Pakistan, Japan, Canada, Turkey, Italy, Mexico and South

Origi-

New residents from countries not represented in recent years include those from Congo, Guadeloupe, Guam and Tunisia. This year’s

|-House and organizes a series

nally from Canada,

Bryan is

of lectures on classical

pursuing his MPA

in Develop-

music

Fellow

Bryan

Turner

residents study or intern in more than 70 different disciplines at 58

ment Practice at Columbia.

educational or professional institutions around New York City.

Mengwei Chen recently pub-

To read more about our exciting resident mem-

aid with grants ranging from $500-$10,000 with an average grant size

lished an exclusive interview

bers, please visit www./house-nyc.org/portraits.

of $2,168, an increase of 5.25% over last year.

for other

residents.

One-hundred and twenty four residents have been awarded financial

with Dr. Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman Mengwei Chen

to win the

New and returning residents alike engaged in Welcome Week activities including tours of the House and the neighborhood, the President’s Reception, Orientation Night, Programs Fair, the Welcome local field trips as the semester got off to a busy start.

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is grateful to the following donors for

their contributions to the 2011

Annual

Fund Campaign

(gifts received between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011). HOUSE BENEFACTORS ($100,000 AND ABOVE) Kathryn W. Davis ’30

Estate of Eloise De Lay Hayes "62 Estate of Barbara Grace '52 Performing Arts Foundation, Inc.

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($50,000 TO $99,999) Abby and George O'Neill Herman Rottenberg The Starr Foundation

CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000 TO $49,999) AEA Investors Bank of America Foundation* Kathleen Burns Sharda Cherwoo

Patricia M. Cloherty 67 Andrew H. Darrell and Dana Tang

Steve and Roberta Denning Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.* DZ Bank The L. W. Frohlich Charitable Trust Blaise and Barbara Halluitte ’70 lronshore

Walid A. Juffali Mr. and Mrs. Nand Khemka "56 Lee Foundation, Singapore Mary FitzHugh Miller 66 The Mitsui USA Foundation Yasuyuki Ohara ’70

Peter M. O'Neill ’92 Adam and Mandy Quinton Rockefeller Financial David Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rueckert Daisy and Paul Soros ’51

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

Tsuchiya Company Limited Paul A. Volcker PRESIDENT’S CLUB

($5,000 TO $9,999) All Nations Celebration Allan M. Chapin Hans W. Decker Erika Howard ’86 and Maurits Dolmans ’86 Paul D. Downs, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Enders Mr. and Mrs. John French, Ill Estate of Mary Green ’50 Thomas and Julie Hirschfeld Kikkoman International, Inc. F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Dr. Adrian G. Looney 92 and Ms. Ayesha Sitlani Yuzaburo Mogi ’60 Morgan Stanley Community Affairs Lauren C. States and Kenneth J. Creary The John L. & Sue Ann Weinberg

Foundation The Honorable John C. Whitehead Ross C. Youngman ’91 and Veronica Espaliat

Fash Foundation Anthony M. and Anne J. Fitzgerald '68 Darren M. Fogel ’98 Ford Foundation* Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland Frontiers Management Consulting Diane Garnick Stephen K. Grimm Phyllis Haberman ’72 Marc and Kristina Herzog ’94 Barbara Heyman Leo J. Hindery Markus Hugelshofer '87 and Martina Schmitz ’86 Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry John W. Jordan, Il 72 Harvey Kipnis Nicolas Koutsopoulos ’89 Ken and Susan Kramer Robert J. Krefting Meghan and Paul A. Kuebler 08 Irina T. Liczek 98 James E. and Susan F. Lindsay "57 Alexander and Constance Loke '93 Goetz Mauser ’90 Catherine A. Mayer 69 J. Kevin and Kristen McCarthy The McGraw-Hill Companies Susan McLaine "56 Joseph T. McLaughlin Prof. Neil McKelvie ’58 Klaus Moessle ’85 Sheila J. Nayar ’90 and Thomas W. Shields 90 Dennis and Roseline Michael Neveling ’05 Cano A. and Esen S. Ozgener ’64 Gloria and Michael Pfaue '99 Pfizer, Inc.*

Brian H. Polovoy, Esq. Gerard and Ellen Pompilio Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. Harry M. Rosen, Ph.D. 70 Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Paul and Jane D. Shang Allen Smith Robert F. Smith Societe Generale The Spiritus Gladius Foundation Susan L. Stupin and Theodore R. Gamble, Jr. Karen E. Sutton Sidney Taurel ’71 Frederick M. Van Sickle Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. van Zwieten 88 Vanguard Construction & Development Co., Inc.

Douglas P. Warwick ’63 John A. Wells David and Henrietta Whitcomb '65 Robert N. and Tove K. Wickstrom ’00 John “Will” Willmann ’88 Frank G. Wisner James D. Wolfensohn Frank C. H. Wong ’81 Juliet Wurr ’89 Kashif and Sujatha Zafar

David L. and Sarah Pesikoff Peter M. Robinson '79 Dan and Barbara Rottenberg Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Rueckert -Melissa and Roy Salame Toru Sato ’61 Karl E. and Joan D. Seib ’68 Richard D. Simmons

Jessie Reppy Keker '68 and John P. Keker Christoph T. Kempkes "90 David Kigonzi ’81 David Klock ’66

Sigrid Leube Snell 52

May Koh Lam ’67

Kaspar Speckle ’64 Maya E. Speelmans ’92

Leonore Laderman 45 Helen L. Laird ’48 Karim A. Lakhdhir ’73 Ms. Nancy L. Langston '97 and Mr. George W. Brain Patricia A. and Carlos Lechowicz ’76 Cheng Lee Jun Liu 02 Maureen MacGrogan '72 Deepa P. Majmudar, Ph.D. 93 David C. Manier, Ph.D. ’92 Jason L. Maron '08 Antonio Marquez 55 George Mathew '04 and Bowie Snodgrass Bo A. Mattsson '71 Juno Mayer Charles and Laurene Wu McClain ’66

SallyJ. Staley ’80 Barbara Titzrath "90 Bennett and Isabelle Theimann 90 Masaya Ueno ’85 Stefan Konrad Weis 98

Betty Wong ’82 MEMBERS

($125 TO $499) Anonymous (11) Mohamed A. Abdel Gelil ’53 Yonatan Abranyos ’90 Caroline M. Adkins, Ph.D. ’71 Moin Ahmad ’85 Ogbe Airiodion '08 Austin C. and Augustina C. Amalu ’81 Edward & Cynthia Babbott 55 J. R. and Janet A. Baker ’68 Karol Balas 94 Professor Muawia Barazangi ’69 and Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi '69 Macon E. Barrow '08 Ann P. Bartel Robert C. Beck Dr. Diana F. Bickley "92 Thomas Bleha ‘58 Gabika Bockaj '03 Darko Bosnjak ‘97 Rene & Maria da Graca Bourquin-Neves '83 Trudy E. Bower ’78 Rachelle Bradt '81 Nitza D. Bravo 82 Evandro and Darline Braz 67 M. Elizabeth Brothers ’51 Stephan Brunschwiler 95 Vinod and Nessa Busjeet 74 Christian Callegari John Caros 61 Bonnie Cooper Carroll ’71 Robert M. Chadwick ’83 Tina Chen

Zhiping Chen '02 Jacek Chowdhary '94 Dale S. Collinson ’63 Gabrielle Cordier LeVot ’79 Gerd Coester ’81 John F. and Anne Crawford Herman Curiel ’76 Karl |. Danga ’72 Mr. John Dartigue ’64

Franky Das '00 Marilyn Copeland Davidson ’56 Bryan DeBono '09 Vincent Deluard ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Dick Phyllis Dickstein ’64 Ludger Dohm ’86 Stephan Donelian 89 Bernhard and Angelika Dorweiler 09 Rainer M. Dumke ’73 Sabine Einwiller 92

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Erin Kotheimer Helgers ’98 Maureen S. Henderson ’67 Ashleigh Hendrix 08 Sian Ferguson ’89 and ConorJ. Heneghan '92 Edwin Herskovic ’07 John C. Ip 04 and An K. M. Hertogen ’04 Ophelia M. Hicks ’53 Catherine L. Ho ’50 Michelle Hodara ’10 Irmgard C. Hormann ’39 Professor Julius A. Horn 50 Tobey Horowitz ’68 Isabel Engel Horulu ’56 Anastasiya Hozyainova ’05 Shi-Ling Hsu ’87 Kaizhong Huang 10 Kaylan A. Hubbard ’07 Daniel Huber '10 Karen Huebner Barbara S. Hugg Susana J. lcaza 69 Mary Ip ’83 Scott W. Jennings 79 Lorna Porras Johnson '75 Karen S. Johnstone ’61 Amos N. Jones '05 Christopher Judd ’10 Alan R. Kahn ’59

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Mrs. Robin Mercier Kuc '78 Dr. Mark M. Kuchment ’76 Claudia J. Kulhanek ’07 Der Liang Lai "67 James Lalremruata ‘03

John D. Lange, Jr. ’63 Gail Meyers Lavin "63 George A. and Alberta M. Lee Hyoung K. Lee Hubert Lenczowski 77 Fan Liao '07 Edith R. Lim '74 Peter Lindenfeld ’51 Ruth E. Liska "64 Alan Liu ’97 Yajie Liu '07 Donald L. Livingston 73 Maria L. Loenen "90 Benjamin Loh '87

Raul Lopez-Perez ‘05 Virginia” and Roderic Lowman '46 Doreen A. Ludemann ’81

LM.E. Luijnenburg '07 Jean P. Lum ’88 Betty L. Lumby "52 Peter Lundberg ‘86 Barry and Rachel Lynn "94 Herbert & Babette Frank Maccoby '47 Marie P. Mainil '08 Munzer M. and Nellie Makansi 50

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Remy and Kate Renaud ’09 Nelida Rios '81 Bob Roberts ’61 Barbara R. Robertson *67

Bill Rodgers "90 Kenneth H. Rogers '64 Howard Roiter '61

Richard F. Romeo ’69 Vernon Roningen ’69 V. L. Roof, Jr. ’64 Erica R. Rosenbaum ‘11 Nicholas and Heyden White Rostow

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Ji-Hye Ryu ’07 Kimberly M. Sanchez Ocasio '07 Charles S. Sangree 52 and Elizabeth R. Sangree 56 Shailesh Saroha Dr. William A. Sawyers, Jr. ’50 David L. Schalk

David R. Schefcik 07 Siegbert Schindele '88 Tobi Schmidt '07 Christian G. Schramm ‘10 Ronald Schramm, Ph.D. ’80

Indu Adhikary lla Agarwal Fernando Aguado Rahul Airon Ufoma Akpotaire Mariel Alarcon Mohammed Al-Kabour Angela Alvarez Chihiro Amemiya Namema Amendi Evan Antonellis Bassel Ariss Astrid Grace N. Atienza

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Jonathan Marshall 10

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Christina Maurer 09 Albert H. Mauthe, Jr. "69 Morgan Maxwell, Jr. ’57 Margaret Smith McAlister ’49 Mrs. Constance Hopkins McCluskey ’69

David J. D. McCormick ’09 James V. McCracken '74

Joyce V. McGrath ’68 David B. Mclihiney ’67 Dan Mcintyre Mr. and Mrs. Thornton J. Meacham ’75

Sidney F. Melton '95 Matilda M. Mendez ’60 Juan C. Mendonca '86 Michele Merler 10 Neal A. Messer '02 Roger Mesznik "68

Robert F. Smylie ’60 Stephen A. Sokol '98 Glenn Sonntag ’08 Aimee D. Sostowski ’07 and Dominik S. Zurakowski Tevfik Salim Soyumer ’67 Buckie Spiecker '71 Raj and Oggie Sriram '04 Antoinette Stackpole-Russin '62 Arnold Stalder 54 Mary Judy Stark '42 Toni Stein 53 Rachel Stern ’11

Elizabeth K. Stewart 64 Virginia A. Stillman ’68

Nina Miller 47 Akira Miura '91 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Moeller '88 Margaret L. Montgomery '49

Mrs. Constance Robinson Stinson ’61 Richard Strasser ’92 and Paola Cesarini "92 Joel W. Stratte-McClure ’71 Louise G. Streat '44 Ann Stromberg ’66 Janet K. Strong 54 Anabay Sullivan ’09 Dali and Heather Sun '03 Eleanor P. Suydam °45

Robert W. Moody ’65

Naoki Takyo 98

Dorothea B. Moore '77 Dian Moorhouse ’08 Joyce E. Moorman '75 Anne McGee Morganstern ’60 Mr. James C. Mori ’80 and Mrs. Susan Horst Mori 80 Jacek T. Mrowczyk ’02

Geraldine King Tam ’48 Sandra Tan ’93 Teddy E. Tan ’75 Kathleen Alward Tarbell ’84

Shannon M. Meyers '04 Gail McCloskey Middleton '74 Sergei Mikhelson 94

Katherine and David Miller 66

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Murphy Camilla Nas ‘06 Katherine S. Naughton 80 Mr. Alvin C. Nelson

Irmgard C. Taylor 86 Lara L. Telson ‘10 Elroy B. Thiel ’60 Lois and Jim Thompson ’68 Walter A. and Frances W. Thurber ’69 Ashish Tiwari '09 Don G. and Mary Tobin ’66

Dr. Godfrey |. Nwoke ’84

Helge Christian Torkewitz ’11

Pat 0’Connell ’07 Herbert F. Oettgen ’59 Carol T. Ohta ’65 Chauncey G. Olinger, Jr. ’67

Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo J. Torres 65 Lee C. Travelstead ’50 Mark C. Trayling 09 Christian Trillhaas ’86 Ryan Turner Carrington C. Tutwiler "74 Frances Siu L. Tyau ’58

Clary Olmstead and Kathleen Heenan Alejandra Osorio ’09 Nekpen Osuan ’10 Bode Osunsanmi ’75 Paul D. Otto ’87 Brigid Hart Ovitt 01

Saiji Ugajin 03 Sakae T. Ujiki ’40 Christella M. and Mitsuo Urago ’59

Akiko Ozaki 02

Aakash Vanchi Nath ‘10

Miriam (Calk) Palacio ’70

Laura and Robert Venning

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Ernest P. Volinn 74 Mrs. Frances Willard von Maltitz ’37 Dana E. Wallack ’02

Peter Patt ’86

Lin Wang 04

Sebastian Borchmeyer Yves Bouzaglo Amanda Bradshaw Melanie Brisban Rebecca Brunner Raehann Bryce Rebecca Burton Laura Cantekin

Christine E. Carter Sarohini Chahal Apichai Chaiwinij Amelie Chatelain

Ritam Chaurey Rohan Chawla Jian Chen Sarah Cherrabi El Alaoui

Sungmoon Cho Bryan Chonto Chitrangada Choudhury Christie Clark Lauren Clark Danielle Cohn Sarah Cook Claire Coolen

Owen Cooney Walter Corbiere Sara Corradi Massimiliano Costa

Eric Couper Adam M. Cox Samuel J. Crawford Donald and Bonnie Cuneo 69 Paulina Daire Ahmed Dardir Joseph De Vries Anwesha Deb Bryan DeBono '09 Jerrod Delaine Shivani Desai

Josh J. Despain Vineet Dhindsa Ntombifuthi Dlamini

Dimitrios Dogas Xin Dong Hala Droubi loana A. Dumitrescu Anna Edgerton Melanie Ehren Sebastian Eisenbach Mohamed Eissa

Eldad Eitan Victoria Elema Kerry Elson Aufaugh Emam Ana E. Encinar Antoni Cotanda & Mercedes Enciso Kari Ensign Manuel Entrena Casas Caroline Eriksen Gabriel Escudero Sayaka Eto Hui Fang Andy Feldbau Michael Fernandez Laurie Filgiano Avner Finberg Daniel P. Flatley Megan Fleming Rena Franklin Rebecca Frantz Remi Freon Mandy Freund Deeksha Gajbhiye Peter Gall Yuanda Gao

Ignacio M. Garcia Mark Gargiulo Turkar Gasim-Zada Boaz S. Gelbord Elad Gellert Rui Geng Atreyee Ghosh

Lauren Giesey Marta Glasel Anna Gobin Martin Gonzales Rodrigo Gonzales Aaron Gottlieb Robert Grabow Dianne D. Graham Abhishek Gupta John Haggis Heidi Haglund Karen Hakobyan Simon Hanukai Anita B. Haravon, Ph.D. Mohammed Hassan Marcelo C. and Catherine Hazan

Elizabeth Hernandez Mauricio Herrero Victoria Hind Flecian Heefner Pavlina Horakova Weizhi Hu Jin Jin Huang Tao Huang Yao-Ting Huang Christopher Hue Meredith Hutchinson Bertan Ilbak Konstantinos lliopoulos Emily Intersimone Umair Irfan Halim Jbelli Kirsten M. Jensen Albert Jimenez Carolynn Johnson Sheena Jones Jan M. Jorgensen Michele JucAi Chintana Kachornpa Khalid Kalbat Yvonne Kamugisha Ambereen Karamat Josephine Karianjahi Babe Kawaii-Bogue Isabel Kazanga Julia Keblinska Nandini Khaitan Fatima Khan Akihiko Kimpara

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Huy Nguyen Nils Nilsen Irene Nissen Julius P. Nitsch Brent Nose Mahama Nyankamawu Chioma Odimegwu Jean-Francois Ogoubiyi Tara O'Leary Asuna Osako Samuel Ouma Beatrice Parsons Tyson Patros Shiva P. Paudel Jain Payal Loren Peabody Claudia Pelicano

Gregory Pennington Guilherme Pereira

Aditya Pipersenia Ank Poortman Raksmey Praing Prateeti Prasad Miles Puttergill Fahad Rahman Rebecca Ramo Waqas Rana Daniel Reime Michael Reslinski Edward A. Reynolds Richard Reynolds Kevin Rice Colin Robinson Isak Redikli

Paula Rogo Thomas Rohland David Romoff Anna Melissa Romualdez Daria Rouholmain Jakob Rusinek Neil Russell Foday Sackor Rattana Sae-Lao Zeinab Saiwalla Nozomi Sakata

Bryan Wagorn Alexander Wang Christine Wang Fei Wang Sonam Wangmo Rachel Ward La Forgia

Tabea Weitz Rasmus Raun Westh Henry Wijaya

Joke Wils Amanda Windhurst Ayanna Witter-Johnson Max Wong Hilary Woodward Jun Wu

Pin-Yi Wu Eleftheria Xanthouli Qi Xue Veronika Zangerle Yu Zhau

Changyin Zhou Mansur Ziganshin Tadas Zukas In Honor of Barbara Waterman Arafeh '58 and Mehadin Kamal Arafeh from William K. Wasch '53 Jeanne and Hardy Ballantine '67 from Ann Stromberg '66 Kathleen Burns from Barbara Heyman Edith Chang '73 from Tina Chen Hank Greenberg from James D. Wolfensohn Mollie Murphy '10 from Brian and Laura Murphy John Bing Sing Pek ’68 from Jessie M. Reppy Keker Adam and Mandy Quinton from Mark H. Camel Adam Quinton from Paul Shang and David L. Pesikoff Akhtar Qamber ’51 from Margaret L. McAlister Herman Rottenberg from Lee C. Harper '70 and

Donald L. Cuneo ’69 Emelie Sandrine Takyo from Naoki Takyo '98 David and Henrietta Whitcomb ’65 from Judith 8. Kostman ’65 John C. Whitehead from

Stephen A. Sokol 98 The WIL Program from Irina T. Liczek ’98 WIL 20th Anniversary from Marie P. Mainil 08

in Memory of Marshall Brown from Anna E. Brown ’68 King Coffman ’59

Timothy Sandole

Ms. Jean Carroll from Barry H. Lynn 94

Diogo d. Sant Ana Zahbia Sarfraz Emily Sbiroli Kenneth J. Schaefle Magnus Schriefl Evelien Schut Karabo M. Seeiso Nicholai Semtchouk Itir Sezik Jibran S. Shah Varun Sharma Aiko Shimizu Makeba Shiroya-Wandabwa Andrew Shu Cesare Silla Camila Silva Paulina Simkin Manish Sinha

President Emeritus Howard A. Cook from Teddy E. Tan ’75 Sheila Caros from John Caros '61 John K. Friesen 48 from Marta Friesen ’48 Marcelo & Soledad Porras from Lorna P. Johnson ’75 Steven Ketly from Margaret P. Ketly

Mary Draser Leo ’27 from George A. Lee A.G. McKay from James A. Evans '53 Dorothy Nelson ’51 from Alvin C. Nelson Kathleen Simms Schlacks from Barbara S. Hugg Phil Sudo ’83 from Victoria |. Geibel ’83 Richard B. Stark from Mary E. Stark ’42

William W.N. Yu ’62 from Emma Lee Yu 64

Genevieve Sirois

Benjamin Kohl Marina Kolobova Alexander Kraft Stefan Krause Dimitrios Krietsepis Vinay Krupadev Anastacia Kudinova Maximilan Lainer Xin J. Lam Guido A. Lang Marie Larson Cheng Lee Soo J. Lee

Chen M. Sun

Terry Lee

Joon H. Sung

Shawna-Kaye Lester Alice K. Likely Phey W. Lim Danging Liu Tamara Lorenzo Gabeiras Jing Luo Jennifer Lynch Barbara Magid Tim Maier Fidel Malena Bejoy Maliakal Raghav Malik Nicola Mandriota

Natalie Tahsler Antony Kar-hung Tam Barbara Tanner Mindy W. Tauberg Jerome Thai

Alexandra Sisk Esha Sketh Shelby Skousen

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foundations which also or exclusively,

Evgenia Sokolova Sarah Sommer Tara Sousa Felix Stang Michelle Steele Simon M. Stevens

provide matching gifts

Adrien R. Stoloff

Antonio Trevino-Rangel Hsin-Yao Tsao Tasha Tucker Ryan Turner Naoyuki Umemori

Thierry Verheije Ana Villavicencio Vladislava Vucetic

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