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The “Volcker Rule” at International House Celebrated as Chairman “An exemplary chairman in the tradition of his

nternational

Retires

House Trustees, residents, alumni and friends

gathered on June 25th to pay tribute to retiring A. Volcker in a Davis Hall event dubbed

Chairman

Paul

“A Celebration of the

Volcker Rule at I-House.” The celebration included a reception which followed the meeting

greatest predecessors

of the Board of Trustees at which Volcker was unanimously elected an

since the founding of

of his greatest predecessors since the founding of this organization.”

this organization”

period of Volcker’s chairmanship, beginning in 1998 when he suc-

Honorary Trustee and cited as “an exemplary chairman At the program, a slide show

in the tradition

of photographs commemorated

the

ceeded John C. Whitehead as chairman. The presentation covered many highlights of Volcker’s

14 years as

—from Board of Trustees

Chairman, including the capital campaign of the late 1990s, and visits

resolution adopted

by prominent guests such as Nelson Mandela and Madeleine Albright.

June 25, 2012

“This is a bittersweet occasion,” said I-House President Donald L.

Cuneo. “We have been very fortunate to have had the benefit of Paul’s superb leadership for the past 14 years. Quite a bit has happened at IHouse during this period, and at every step we have benefited from his a

counsel and expertise.” Other highlights of the Volcker Rule included his addressing the I-House community tember

Paul A. Volcker spoke at tribute

following two historic events - the attacks of Sep-

The new Chairman, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, praised his

11th, 2001, and the global financial crisis of 2008 — when he

offered reassurance and his own unique perspective, always grounded

predecessor and recalled their first meeting nearly 30 years ago, when in

reality, but tinged with optimism and hope. Cuneo

announced

that a portrait of Volcker

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Wisner was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during a time of intense diplomatic engagement in Southern Africa, and

had been commissioned,

to hang with new portraits of David Rockefeller and John Whitehead in the east stairwell gallery above the Main Lounge.

Volcker was Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Executive Committee Chairman

William

D. Rueckert announced

the establishment of a $250,000 designated fund in the departing continued on page 7

INSIDE President’s Message: Wisner is Welcomed

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Bayer Renews Support of WIL Program

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PRESIDENT’S

MESSAGE during the difficult period leading up to the end of apartheid in South Africa. Chairman

Wisner’s affiliation with International House began with

his longstanding association with Honorary Trustee Abby O'Neill and an introduction to the House from former Chairman John C. White-

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McCloy speaker in 2000 and participated in a panel discussion during I-House’s 75th Anniversary program at the Council on Foreign Rela-

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tions.

Office of Development & Alumni

Ambassador Wisner has been an active Trustee during his 11 years

Relations 500 Riverside Drive New York, NY

Prior to joining the Board, he addressed the community as a

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of service on the Board.

Most recently he served on the Programs &

Resident

from

Life Committee

2008

until June

2012.

In this role, he

invited numerous speakers to the House, including Nobel

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Peace Prize

winner Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland. One of his most memorable moments came when he joined President Donald L. Cuneo, Chairman Frank G. Wisner, Honorary Trustees Paul A. Volcker and John C. Whitehead, Executive Committee Chairman William D. Rueckert

STAFF

then-Chairman

Paul A. Volcker to address the International House

community at the Welcome Sunday Supper following the tragedy of September

11, 2001.

He reassured the residents that while terrorism

John A. Wells

take great pleasure in introducing our new Chairman of the Board

would remain a long term difficulty, the I-House mission to extend

Director of Development &

of Trustees, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner.

brotherhood across cultures and nationalities was more important

Alumni Relations

Daniel Blakemore Assistant Director of Development for Individual Giving La-Trinnia Braxton

Database Manager

First elected to the

International House Board in June of 2000, Ambassador Wisner was Officially named Chairman in June 2012. Frank Wisner brings to the chairmanship a wealth of expertise on global affairs and vast personal experience in Africa, Asia, and South Asia. International House is honored to have in this position an individual who has dedicated his entire professional career to global peace, international diplomacy and cross-cultural understanding. Ambassador Wisner’s diplomatic career has spanned four decades and eight presidents.

He has served as U.S.

Ambassador

to Zambia,

Nicole Davidson

Egypt, the Philippines and India.

Assistant Director of Development;

aware of the complexities of conflict and the difficulties of forging peace. His first assignments as a Foreign Service officer were in Algiers

Director of Alumni Programs

Ambassador Wisner is intimately

immediately after it won independence from France and then in VietPhilip Greven Assistant Director of Development for

nam during the height of the conflict. Later in his career, Ambassador Wisner was Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs

than ever.

After 14 years of the “Volcker Rule” at International House, we are lucky and privileged to have Ambassador Wisner take on the role of Chairman.

His unparalleled experience on the global stage gives him

a unique perspective from which to guide our institution. Chairman Wisner’s leadership will help ensure that International House's distinctive environment and educational programs continue

to 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.

Dred boner Donald

L. Cuneo

Institutional Giving

Fifth Year of Davis Projects for Peace Completed This Summer

Carey Tan Development Coordinator

tolerance through music in a conflict-ridden society. Working with a partner organization, the Institute for the PreservaAli Chaudry

tion of Art and Culture, twenty students (9 boys and 11 girls) from five different schools representing the upper, middle and lower eco-

Michael Dames

nomic classes of Pakistani society took part in the eight-day workshop.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Erica Fugger

Each day they were introduced to a different art form: painting and

Karl Wasmuth

drawing, classical music, classical dance, folk music and folk dance.

TO REACH US

An additional day was dedicated to engaging the students in critical thinking, debating and empathy-building exercises. After this education, the participants created a final grand performance that exhibited their new skills and showed that one of the best

Development & Alumni Relations

ways to counter harmful prejudices and stereotypes is to bring different

Phone: 212-316-8423

groups together to work towards a common goal.

Fax: 212-316-8416

Chhitij Bashyal returned home to Nepal to find new ways to ad-

Email: alumni@ihouse-nyc.org

dress the problems of maternal and child health in a conflict-torn

region of the country.

Programs Office Phone: 212-316-8438 Fax: 212-316-1827

Email: programs@ihouse-nyc.org

Community health workers gather in Nepal as a part of Chhitij Bashyal’s project.

his past summer, for the fifth consecutive year, l-House New York residents carried out Davis Projects for Peace across the

Working with Medic Mobile, a US-based

NGO, to improve the

effectiveness and performance of the government community health

workers in remote and rural villages, Bashyal developed an innovative data entry mobile phone application in Nepali that workers could use to document needs and their progress within these communities.

Phone: 212-316-8436

globe. Each project addressed difficult social issues and employed innovative techniques to promote peace by focusing on conflict resolution,

Fax: 212-316-1827

emotional expression, building self confidence and breaking down the

Email: admissions @ihouse-nyc.org

barriers that cause conflict.

Guest Suite Accommodations

home country for ARTiculating Peace.

Phone: 212-316-8436

Theater as a medium

Public Room

shared their experiences during the Arab Spring and other periods of conflict in their countries to express their own concepts of peace in

to host a series

their communities.

community

Arturo Romero Pereda from Spain traveled to Lebanon to offer conflict resolution training to Palestinian-refugee, Iraqi-refugee and Lebanese teachers, who together created a curriculum to bring back to

educational system. In Taiwan, Allen Liu of the United States designed a Summer

their classrooms and schools.

graduated from a two-week comprehensive job search program,

One difficulty Arturo faced was the realization that both the Iraqi and Palestinian teachers have up to fifty students in each of their

received a job search scholarship and had a guided visit to the Taiwan

Admissions Office

In the Middle East, Lina Hamdan

Rentals

Phone: 212-316-8465

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through which

from Jordan returned to her The project used Community 14 youths from six Arab countries

By employing mobile technology, the rough terrain and isolation

of the rural villages can be overcome and the service provided much improved through analysis of real time data. Two projects in Asia focused on the issues surrounding rights and economic progress of indigenous peoples. Erika Ieto Catral created the Lunangan Initiative for Transformation and traveled to Mindanao in her home country of the Philippines of workshops

for marginalized

indigenous

youth

to

facilitate public discussions on the rights of indigenous people, expand organizations and attempt

Youth Employment

to foster democracy

within

the

Program for Aboriginal Youth. Ten participants

Bureau of Labor Training and Employment

Center.

classes, meaning that his initial concept had to be radically altered to

In the short term these graduates will be much more competitive in

accommodate a class of that size. “In a conflict-ridden region where structural differences make it difficult to achieve peace, there is no one-size-fits-all measure that can

the job market and in the longer term the integration of the aboriginal

community with the larger Taiwanese population can help foster better

bring about resolution.

cana, said the program “allowed me to believe that I can be something

However, supporting people to achieve peace

from the ground up is one of the important pieces of that big puzzle,” noted Pereda. In South Asia, Fahad Rahman

from Pakistan returned to his

country to offer a project called Musical Harmony: teaching peace and

relations between them.

One of Liu’s participants, Tamau Tahlaku-

greater.” Three projects in Africa took on differing aspects of violence against

sectors of civil society. continued on page 4

Bayer HealthCare Renews its Lead Sponsorship of WIL Program at I-House and develops diversity throughout its

a great benefit to last year’s grantees, as WIL alumna Tara

global workforce.

Sousa Nitsch ’12 attests.

In addition to financial support, Bayer

HealthCare

is continuing

to

collaborate with International House on programming

for WIL.

Executive

Vice President Trisha McKernan

re-

mains on the WIL Advisory Council.

HealthCare, a subsidiary

generously

committed

of Bayer AG,

to a $50,000

sponsorship of International

grant

has for lead

House’s Women’s

House to offer their

be open to the entire community.

active role and provided real world perspective that helped

Dinner on September

leadership training for a

women, are

culturally

diverse group of

consistent with Bayer’s overall goal of increas-

lenging experience as they enhance their leadership skills and bond as a team.

The following day WIL Program

Director Sarit Abramo-

quarters in Morristown, NJ, to take part in Bayer’s Women’s

President Donald L. Cuneo. “We are looking forward to once ebrate another group of exceptional women at International

that fosters more

Keith Ferrazzi, who discussed the critical role professional relationship development

has in furthering one’s career, and

to identify and cultivate female leaders called the Women’s

lunch with Bayer executives.

Leadership

the grantees are currently being scheduled.

Initiative (WLI).

in approximately

With

over 50,000 employees

150 countries, Bayer

“International House is indeed fortunate to have such a dynamic partner as Bayer HealthCare,” said I-House again working with Bayer HealthCare to support and cel-

internal

program

models and sharing their expertise in the global markets.

keynote presentation by New York Times bestselling author

ing diversity and creating an environment In fact, Bayer has its own

A key aspect of this will be Bayer

employees again volunteering their time as mentors and role

Leadership Initiative conference. The event included a

women

leaders.

As the partnership develops over the course of its second

ebrate the start of this year’s program

wicz Bello, Leadership Fellow Fatin Abbas and grantees Lisa

based

make the WIL Program more practical and relevant.”

year, the 18 WIL grantees can expect an exciting and chal-

Sciarani and Laura Sundblad visited Bayer corporate headProgram, with its focus on skills-

They played a very

19th at International House to cel-

national Leadership (WIL) Program during the 2012-2013 The goals of the WIL

“The Bayer team was very enthusiastic and it was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet them.

academic

year.

into positions

personal branding seminar which will

and meet the new grantees.

Inter-

The networking events, cur-

riculum review and presence of senior executives demonstrated their commitment to advance women

Six Bayer executives attended the

ayer

helpful to both organizations.

of leadership.” Fellow alumna Makeba Shiroya-Wandabwa ’12 added,

WIL Welcome

Grantees

is clearly invested in developing

leadership seminar during the second return to the

WIL

The company

leadership capacity in their female employees. Their efforts to link the WIL program with their internal initiative was

Other Bayer employees will direct a WIL weekend and will once again

The 2012-13

“I very much appreciated the Bayer sponsorship,” said Nitsch.

HealthCare embraces

More networking events for

House.

These are women who will undoubtedly become

global leaders and have a positive impact on their respective communities and professions.”

The opportunity to interact with Bayer employees was

World Council of Alumni Holds 26th Meeting in Tokyo October 22nd—25th continued from page

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Koichi

Ohara

Shigeru Hayakawa

'04

In its business sessions, Moessle

85,

Adrian

Looney

Council

Co-Chairs

‘92 and

Ross

welcomed

recently

meeting:

Patricia

Mauser

‘91, and Mark Trayling ‘09.

Council

the

Development

83,

Klaus

to their first

Mami

Shigeru

Youngman

Urano

Council ’87,

Goetz

world, and

from

John

President

Wells,

At

the

Carey

closing

President

Hayakawa,

Toshiaki

Don

Admissions

'70

“Tag” Taguchi,

Yasuhiro Kishimoto

Shinichi

Cuneo thanked World Council member Yasuyuki Ohara ‘70 and his son Koichi

Ohara ’04

for the underwriting

Ltd. which covered travel and accom-

Cuneo thanked

the

Kio1

Toyota

Club

on

participants in the support of the I-House mission.

Don

“The Council meeting provided a wonderful opportu-

October

for its generous

sup-

nity to meet

leaders

in the business, education

International Trustee Tatsuro Toyoda

ment sectors and to interact with each other,” said Cuneo.

58, the

Honorary

Chair of the World

“We

Toyoda

unable

Mr.

was

to attend

Council meeting. the event,

but

'03

SAVE THE February 7, 2013, Professional Interest Night

several

were delighted

to have the participation

of so many

local alumni and look forward to working with them going forward

on alumni

activities

in Japan.”

June,

2013,

International

House Awards Gala

and govern-

port, and especially

former I-House Board of Trustees members, including

Takahashi

success, noting that the activities had re-energized its

Director

Cuneo agreed. at

Kosuke

support

Co-Chair Klaus Moessle proclaimed the meeting a

Cuneo,

'71

Goto

modation expenses for I-House staff attending the conference.

Tan reception

Yasuyuki Ohara

of Tsuchiya Company

received reports from alumni chap

Director

'60

and current Trustee Shin Aoyama, were all present.

'91

Amouzou, and an alumni report from Development

Coordinator

Sth,

Hamzahee

members

ters around

Megan

elected members

Yuzaburo Mogi

June 14-16, International House 1980-85 Reunion

2000-2005 Alumni Reunite for

a Weekend of Festivities in New York some ten years ago are still intact

and most probably still dear to us.”

“A bit like the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre, I-House looked at each of us with a mysterious smile, as if we were the only

the socializing back when we were students and interns, the

us to have a special and personal

care with which the staff planned meaningful experiences

connection with the place: some

for us, the reality of the brotherhood dynamic and the com-

found their first job while being

mitment to it of the Membership.” On Saturday night, a smaller group of alumni gathered for a Saturday Supper. Modeled after the Candlelight Sun-

for life; and some even met their

spouse,” Hakim said. Following a welcome reception featuring heavy hors ‘O05, Kathy Tagg ‘04 and Enrique Marquez

ore than 90 alumni and guests from

‘04 were among those attending the

12 coun-

tries and eight US states returned to Interna-

tional House June 1-3, 2012 for the 2000-2005 Alumni Reunion. Co-chaired by Zeina Hakim ’04 and Joanna Wylomanska ’04, the reunion featured a busy weekend of activities that included a welcome reception, salon night, picnic, photo slide show, Saturday Supper and champagne brunch. “Coming back to I-House and retracing the steps I used to take every morning to go to school was indeed a Proustian experience: all the flavors of those years came back,” said Francesco Tonin ’00. “Those were the years of international

understanding and harmony, those were the years when we were able to pay attention to what was different and extract inspiration for our future,” On Friday night, Co-Chair Zeina Hakim welcomed alumni back and reflected on their times at the House. “The spirit of I-House is still the same,” she noted, “and

the reasons why we all fought to live and be in New York

remember that night,” “what was her name?” and “what is

he doing now?” They also watched and laughed along to the 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 video yearbooks. Amos Jones ’05 said he was reminded of “the intensity of

resident there, allowing each of

here; some met their best friends

Praveen Vijay ‘O05, Indira Mota Welcome Reception

As the afternoon continued, alumni retired to the Dodge Room and took a step back in time as they viewed photographs from 2000-2005 amid exclamations of “awww,” “I

d’oeuvres, cocktails and lots of

hugs and kisses, alumni were treated to a Salon Night featur-

day Supper, one of I-House’s longest traditions, the event

featured a delicious meal and alumni lit candles and recited the candlelight pledge. The weekend came to a close on Sunday at the Champagne Goodbye Brunch. It provided an opportunity for attendees to wind down and reflect on their experiences as

ing performances by some current residents along with

residents and now as alumni.

fellow alumni including Kathy Tagg ‘04, Yelena Grinberg 06, George Mathew ’04 and Enrique Marquez ‘06. The concert and the reception brought “me back to

Said co-chair Hakim “The magic of I-House is maybe to have protected us when we needed protection, but also opened its doors when we needed the liberty to explore. I-House is a platform that helped a lot of us to be closer to

those years,” said Hana Ibrahimova ’05 who traveled from Azerbaijan

for the reunion.

“This {was} the moment

{that

what we wanted to be; I-House is a bridge, which crossed

made} all my efforts to come to the reunion so worthwhile.

cultural differences; I-House is a trampoline that allowed us

I had to leave family, two kids and a job for just 4 days in order to reconnect to the world I used to belong to and I have discovered that I still belong to it, fully, wholeheartedly and sincerely.” After the lively concert, alumni continued the party in the Pub, where they put on their dancing shoes, enjoyed cocktails and conversed into the wee hours. After a rainy night, the clouds gave way to a perfect New York late spring day on Saturday and alumni enjoyed a picnic on the Abby O’Neill Patio. The generations mingled as several alumni brought their young children—future I-House residents—to enjoy the festivities.

to jump to the next stage of our life.” Now, she went on “we are officially in this next stage of our life. But the good news is that we lived here, we met each other, we have been happy here and can continue to be elsewhere. We can also be thankful to have shared so much between these walls.” As alumni made their way back to the airport for flights across the Atlantic, to cars for drives up and down the East-

ern seaboard and to subways back to Brooklyn and other parts of the city, they vowed to stay in touch and are already anticipating the next 2000-2005 Alumni Reunion.

Fifth Year of Davis Projects for Peace Completed This Summer continued from page 2

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Participants in Fahad Rahman's project learn about Pakistani folk dance.

Participants in Kofi Deh’s project celebrate graduation at the Peace Durbar.

Sarah

Refiloe Lepere of South Africa went to the township of Kagiso to address the issue of violence against women and created a five-day socio-drama and writing workshop with a youth-led partner organization, Miyela Social Movement. The co-ed workshop employed storytelling and role-playing to improve the participants’ communication skills and enhance their self esteem while providing them with new ways of dealing with cross-gender interactions. Sarah Thontwa returned to the Congo to organize a summer camp for young women at risk of sexual exploitation, early marriage and intimate partner violence. Over the course of seven days and nights, 20 young women were engaged in open discussions of health, personal development and relationships with the important subcomponents of nu-

tional House’s ILP Program. Though it was often difficult to translate and transmit the advanced leadership skills contained in the program, Kofi and the staff learned to use local analogies to explain the underlying concepts. In Central America, Ida Jaarvik Hetland of Norway part-

effort and expand participation.

trition, self-awareness, adolescent health, sexual violence, and

women’s legal rights and available resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “This project has reaffirmed my commitment to helping young women find their voice, unlock their potential and become all that they were created to be,” said Thontwa. Kofi Deh of Ghana endeavored to create Peace Ambassadors to mitigate violence surrounding the upcoming elections in that country. Kofi arranged for 20 students, pairs from each of Ghana's ten regions, to take part in a Leadership Training Program based on the curriculum from Interna-

nered with the Bank Street School of Education to implement Acting for Peace: Creating Future Leaders of Change in

Guatemala.

Thontwa with a colleague from the Lengela Lobi Summer Camp.

Peter Vanham from Belgium brought a Model United Nations program to some of the poorest areas of Caracas,

Venezuela in his Peace Project. Leveraging the Davis Grant, along with additional funding from a French and Belgian Foundation, Vanham

competed for and won a $312,000 grant for his project from the Belgian NGO Zuiddag. This significant funding allowed Vanham to divide his

This project was carried out at Oasis, a residential home

project into four sections with the first two entailing multi-

for sexually abused girls. Seventeen participants, who ranged in age from 10 to 19 years old, took part in workshops that focused on the principles of play, confidence and self esteem building and basic theater skills. At the end of the first two weeks, the girls all performed in a showcase for the entire

ple Model UN’s, conflict resolution training, and leadership

Oasis community.

Later, Hetland and her partners worked with the 12 older girls to create a show based on the concept of La Falta de Amor (lack of love) which they felt was the biggest problem facing Guatemalan culture. The finale which was titled E] Cambio Empieza Por Ti y Por Mi (Change Begins with You and Me) was an incredible display of creativity, maturity and collaboration between these impressive young women. The staff at Oasis was so impressed with the results that they have now hired an arts therapy teacher to continue this

development courses prior to Vanham’s arrival in Venezuela. Section three, which represented Vanham’s Davis Peace Project, was a two week summer camp where participants,

using the skills acquired in the prior sections, debated and proposed solutions to the issues of waste disposal and domestic and school violence. In September, they will go out into their communities

and start implementing their ideas. This project is now an ongoing effort and new groups of participants are starting to cycle through the Model UN program. Over time, a generation of at-risk inner city youth will gain critical conflict resolution skills as well as a global perspective from which to view their lives in Venezuela.

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International House

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is grateful to the following donors for

their contributions to the 2012 Annual

Fund Campaign

(gifts received between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012). House Benefactors ($100,000 and Above) Kathryn W. Davis '30 Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.* Gilbert Beaver Farm, Inc. Estate of Eloise De Lay Hayes 62 Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rueckert

Founder’s Circle ($50,000-$99,999) Bayer HealthCare Morgan Stanley Community Affairs Abby and George O'Neill Herman Rottenberg

Chairman's Society ($10,000-$49,999) Kathleen Burns Challenger Foundation Sharda Cherwoo Patricia M. Cloherty 67 Estate of Mary Alice Cunningham "60 Andrew H. Darrell and Dana Tang Craig A. Drill DZ BANK Evergreen Foundation Freunde des International House, e.V. The L.W. Frohlich Charitable Trust Goldman Sachs Foundation Estate of Susan R. Greer "60 Carol Harari 53 Barbara G. and Stephen J. Heyman Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation Nand Khemka '56 Kikkoman International, Inc.

Lee Foundation, Singapore The McGraw-Hill Companies

Mary Fitzhugh Miller "66 Mitsui USA Foundation Yuzaburo Mogi ’60 Estate of Margaret L. Montgomery '49 Peter M. O’Neill "92

John Bing Sing Pek ’68 Adam and Mandy Quinton Rockefeller Financial David Rockefeller

Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Daisy and Paul Soros '51 Starr Foundation Toyota Motor North America, Inc.* Paul A. Volcker The Honorable John C. Whitehead

President's Club ($5,000-$9,999) Linda Fash Bush Paul D. Carter Centennial Foundation Estate of Dorothy E. Chambers °45 Benji and Susan Cheung Richard A. and Barbara Debs Hans W. Decker Rebecca and Paul Downs Fash Foundation Thomas P. and Julie Hirschfeld Walid A. Juffali Ken and Susan Kramer Adrian G. Looney ’92 and Ayesha Sitlani J. Kevin McCarthy Pfizer, Inc. * Neil Radey Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. Stephen Anthony Sokol ’98 Lauren C. States and Kenneth J. Creary

Ross C. Youngman 91 and Veronica Espaliat

International Sponsors ($1,000-$4,999) Anonymous (2) Ichak Adizes ’67 Placido Arango Sam Armstrong ’90 Atkinson Family Foundation Charles A. and Isabel M. Baker 56 Denise T. Barton 56 Dan V. Besjakov '89 Susan Stoll Blake ’68 Mervin J. Block ’62 Maria Bonomi ’59 Roy and Merilee Bostock Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Ross S. Cann 89 and Leah Rush Cann ’88 Donald and Bonnie Cuneo ’69 Mary and Larry Darby Mark D. Eichorn

EOG Resources* Eveillard Family Trust Mary Kay and James D. Farley Darren M. Fogel '98 John H. Foster and Stephanie Potter Foster Friends of International House, United Kingdom Frontiers Management Consulting James Garland and Carol Andreae Stephanie G. Grancharov ‘03 Philip and Anne Greven Stephen K. Grimm Phyllis Haberman *72 Carolyn Zepf Hagner 66 Marc and Kristina Herzog 94

Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Ayman Jarjour ’00 and Alyson R. King ‘00 Jeffrey Company Robert H. Jeffrey Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jordan, ll '72 Buff Kavelman '83 Henry A. Kissinger John W. Kooyman "87 and Tracy L. Wilson °87 KPMG Global Audit Learning And Development

Robert J. Krefting Donald D. Kummerfeld “ Uma Kymal ’93 Carol S. La Pierre 51 James E. and Susan F. Lindsay °57 Alexander and Constance Loke °93, 04 Goetz A. Maeuser "90 Catherine A. Mayer '69 Charles and Laurene Wu McClain '66 Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Klaus P. and Irina Moessle "85 Stephen R. and Linda Z. Munger Alexandra Curran Nichols ‘66 Options Group Gloria and Michael Pfaue '99 Mrs. Kent Rhodes Yves Robert Winthrop P. Rockefeller, Jr. Harry M. Rosen, Ph.D. 70 Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Rueckert

Sana H. Sabbagh Dr. Thomas W. Shields 88 and Ms. Sheila J. Nayar ’90 Thad W. Simons, Jr. 79 Allan Smith Sigrid Leube Snell "52 Anthony C. Spikes '96 Susan L. Stupin and Theodore R. Gamble, Jr. German Suarez '70 Karen E. Sutton Sidney and Kathryn Taurel ’71 Bennett and Isabelle Theimann 90 James S. and Haydee Sicart Toedtman ’67 Susanne Valeur-Jensen Frederick M. Van Sickle Robert W. van Zwieten ’88 David and Lisa Walker The John L. & Sue Ann Weinberg Foundation John A. Wells David and Henrietta Whitcomb '65 John Williams '87 John “Will” Willmann ’87 Martin and Annie Wise Frank G. Wisner Estate of Robert A. Wolsch ’55 Frank C. Wong ’81 Juliet Wurr ’89 Karin E. and Peter Zinkann '57

Riverside Associates ($500-$999) Arlene Barilec ’84 Thomas Bleha '58

Dr. Lucylee Chiles ’91 Katheryn L. Cranford '74 Kwame L. Dougan 08 Tony and Marjorie Elson '68 Patrick C. Grosso ’06 Ta Chun Hsu ’45

Te P. King ’53 Durmus Koch ’71 Judith B. Kostman "65 Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Leach Harry and Phyllis Manko ’49 Neil McKelvie '58 John K. Naughton 80 Novus International, Inc. * Thirucherai “Pat” Parthasarathy ‘11 Alain Peracca ’85 and Jeff Stanley

David L. and Sarah Pesikoff Alexander R. and Miran Robarts '90 Janet C. Ross Dan and Barbara Rottenberg Gunther G. Schlessinger Herbert J. Schwarz "51 Richard D. Simmons Oggie and Raj Sriram '04 Sally J. Staley ’80 William S. and Wenke B. Sterns Toshiaki and Mariko Taguchi Ambassador and Dr. Kenneth D. Taylor Barbara H. Titzrath 90 George L. Van Amson Douglas P. and Jane Warwick '63 Stefan K. Weis 98 Betty Wong *82

Members ($125-$499) Anonymous (12) Yonatan Abranyos '90 Sjamsiah Achmad '62 Caroline Manuele Adkins, Ph.D. '72 Melinda Agyekum "05 Salim A. Al Jahwari '09 Somayya Ali '09 Karen Moore Alterman '63 Edward and Joan Anders *51 Charles Awanda *10 Edward F. and Cynthia Babbott '55 Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Baker "68 David Ball '87 Professor Muawia and Dr. Nimat H. Barazangi "69 Esther L. Barazzone ’70 Desiree Baxter 98 Robert C. Beck

Mary Lee Robinson Berridge ’56 Dr. Diana F. Bickley 92 Heath Drury Boote ’63 Darko Bosnjak '97 Rene and Maria da Graca Bourquin-Neves '83 Rachelle F. Bradt '81 M. Elizabeth Brothers '51 Bruce and Elzbieta Brundage ’69 Peter A. Burbank '92 Vinod and Nessa Busjeet 74 Aldo J. Busot "49 Mary A. Carey '84 Joseph A. Carlani '10 Zhiping Chen ’02 Jacek Chowdhary '94 Gerd F. Coester '81 Dale S. Collinson 63 Marcia R. Corwin ’53 John F. Crawford, Esq. Herman Curiel '76 Alexander M. Dake '86 Karl |. Danga ‘72 John Dartigue '64 Franky Das ’00 Steven J. Davidson Bryan Debono ’09 Kofi M. Deh ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Dick Hidayet Dogan '82 Ludger Dohm '86 Stephan Donelian ’89 Bernhard and Angelika Dorweiler 09 Rainer M. Dumke ’73 Joanne Edgar ’68 Sabine A. Einwiller 92 Harvey Elman ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Evans Nils Francke ’85 Nicola Frondizi 90 Boaz S. Gelbord Bose T. George ’88 Amanda Hamilton ’91 Misty T. Hathaway ’89 Wendell C. Heddon ’87 Steffen G. Hemmerich ’07 Frances Bahner Hendricks ’63 Katherine Hendry ’69 Sian Ferguson ’89 and ConorJ. Heneghan '92 Lorraine Mohrman Hepler ’56 Kelly A. Herrity "97 Gerald W. Hill 68 Age Hollander 81 Amy E. Holman '87 Vreni Hommes 89 and Christopher J. Mathers ’90 Anastasiya Hozyainova '05 Shi-Ling Hsu ’87 Makoto Ichikawa ’77 Robert Isaacs ’00 and Catherine Isaacs '02 Yvonne Olson Jacobson ’61 Mahima Joishy, Esq. ’01 Amos N. Jones '05 Robert 0. Jones '68 Thomas Kartzke 84

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Elizabeth L. Katkin "91 Suzanne Kitscha-Lambillon 83 Norbert Koenig *77 May Koh Lam '67 Jonathan L. Kuhn ’85 and Michele H. Herman ’83 Raj Kumar Leonore Laderman '45 Ms. Nancy L. Langston and Mr. George W. Brain ’97 Cheng Lee Dawn L. Leger ’81 Ricardo J. Linares ’91 Meredith J. Long Wladimir Lyra '10 Maureen L. MacGrogan, Ph.D. *72 Dipankar Maitra °76 Anna Malskaya ‘11 Jason L. Maron ‘08 Rafael F. Martinez-Margarida ‘71 Carlos M. Martins Jr. "93 Bo A. Mattsson '71 Donald V. Mehus "66 Tanya Melich Stephen Mercado ‘87 Volker Metten "99 Gail McCloskey Middleton ‘74

Sergei Mikhelson "94,'00 Dr. Stephan L. Mintz 67 William Mitchell William and Susan Moody Samuel T. Naito 46 Aiman Najjar 10 Lawrence Nii Nartey '77 Peter S. Ness "63 Mary L. Newnam '83 Mahama Nyankamawu ‘12 Elizabeth Olana '85 Margaret L. Olmedo '87 Robert and Stephanie Olmsted

Cano A. Ozgener "62 and Esen S. Ozgener '64 Delroy L. Paulhus, Ph.D. '80 Quyn Phan ’92 Rafat Pirzada 85 Nicola Ploetz 05 Rob Polak '87 Mohammed Rahibe '98 Mona G. Rankin '92 Barbara Macauley Reilly ’60 Gernot Riechmann '75 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Robinson ’63 Raul Rodriguez-Esteban '04 Deirdre Roney and John Cadarette Federico Rubli-Kaiser and Ruth G. Ornelas '80 David S. Sabih "57 Samuel C. Sackeyfio 76 Karl D. Safft 88 Melissa and Roy Salame Thomas H. Salmon ’81 Sabine Schadle ’83 Carl V. Schieren 65 Jonathan Sea ‘92 Tetiana Sears '10 Beat U. Semadeni '71 Yu Semba ’54 Nikolai Semtchouk ‘11 Inna A. Simonova ‘00 Alexandru Sirboiu ’06 Malcolm W. Smith, D.M.A. ’67 Nuno Q. Sousa ‘07 and Sonia C. Pereira ’07 Maya E. Speelmans ’92 Eleanor B. and Hans B. Spiegel Joel W. Stratte-McClure ’71 Nataphone Subsin ‘06 Valerie H. Takai ’64 Lucy Tan 83 Clarence L. Thomas '68 Helge Christian Torkewitz ‘11 Claude P. Tournebize ’79 Michael Unger '04 Nick and Angeline van der Kloot '83 Willibrord F. van Nierop ’84 Cesar Vichido '07 John D. Von Pischke ’64 Anwar |. and Donna L. Walid ’80 Joan M. Warburg Oliver Zelies 03 and Maria Weigel 04 Sue Ann Weinberg Joel A. Wirth ’82 Emma Lee Yu ’64 Albert and Marilouise M. Zager ’60

Donors ($124 and Under) Anonymous (16) Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Aarons '51 Fatin Abbas Cyrus G. Abbe ’67 Sylvia M. Adair ’57 Pauline Elizabeth Adams ‘71 Stephen E. Adeyinka ’70 Bukola Afolayan Jejeloye ’06

Ambassador and Mrs. Nicos Agathocleous’64 Robin Frantz Ahrens ’65

Ogbe Airiodion '08 and Ashleigh K. Hendrix 08 John B. Akasie 96 Filippo Paolo Amato '01 American Express Company * Giulia Amoresano ‘11 Elaine M. Anderson ’92 John G. Anderson '72 Nissim Aranya "60 Dimitris T. Argyriou 67 Hans Aspock *70 Edward and Justine Auchincloss Stephen P. and Virginia D. Austill "51 Sharath Avadoot Gururaj ‘11 Jorge Avila Liceranzu ‘08 Massimo Bacigalupo, Ph.D. 75 Francis Baffour-Wilson Macon E. Barrow ‘08 Kenton H. Beerman ‘05 Pinhas L. Bendayan ’73 Madeline and Jess Benhabib '77 Joni Kelly Bennett ’81 Marcel Beukeboom '97 Philippe Beuzelin '66 and My L. Pham "66 Dr. and Mrs. Amir H. Biniaz '54 Shannon Bishop ‘12 Faith Kimball Black '30 Daniel and Maria Blakemore Donald M. Boardman ‘51 Servane M. Bonnet '88 Nelson A. Borelli 59 Joseph Bosco '81 Paul S. Bosley "56 Rebecca Bourgault '08 Gilles Bouyer and Patricia G. Reese 92 Javor Bracic ‘12 Evandro and Darline Braz '67 Mr. and Mrs. Elliot J. Brebner.’54 Adele Breech '57 Clyde W. Brockett, Jr. "63 Betsey Brown '65 Diana Parket Brown '52 Max Bruggmann ‘56 Hilary Bryant '98 Constance Budelis 62 Jeannette Callison Mark H. Camel Luis Sousa Campos '92,’03 Vicki Caron *76 Christine E. Carter ‘11 Celia V. Casey 59 Isabel S. Cash 41 Sreemati Chakrabarti ’81 Chinmayee H. Chakrabarty 62 Itty Chan ’64 Ngee-Pong and Mabel L. Chang Pantelis |. Charalambous ‘11 Martin A. Charwat ’65 Lei Chen '05 Szu-Han Chen '10 Lydia Cherop ‘11 Beverly and Raymundo Chico ’59 Emeka C. Chinwuba ’06 Chwei L. Chiu ’76 Angela |. Chung ‘12 Monica Ciobanu ’97 Barbara J. Coleman ’70 Mildred Burroughs Cook ’57

Margery Chalifoux Coombs '69 Alan Cordova ‘08 Pablo A. Crimer '10 Rollin D. Crittendon '97 William H. Crocker ’50 Sarah M. Cunningham ’60 Madeline M. Dale Aimee E. Davis "94 Mrs. Daniel P. Davison Olivier De Garrigues '09 Francisco Hermogenes De Paula ’52 Gerrit Dekker ’87 Pedro del Olmo ’97 and Rocio Rosado Sarah DeMott '10 Helen Dennis '04 George and Ann A. Dessylas Madan B. Dev ’78 Vineet Dhindsa ‘11 Cheikh Dieye ’12 Sheila T. Dobbin Rebecca Doherty 12 Leo E. Douville ’69 Susan Au Doyle Pamella Manley D’Pella ’81 Henry John Drewal '68 Bogdan C. Dulu ’10 Andrew R. Durkin ’71 Hebatallah Elfardy ‘12 Michael S. Elledge ’80 Zahra El-Mustapha '11 Mamie Eng ’77 Michael Englert ’88

Sandra M. Epps, Ph.D. 64 Anne L. Esson '63 Deanne Evans '00 June L. Fair ’70 Joseph Falcone 66 Michael T. Fasullo and Cinzia Cera '88 Djiby Faye 12 Tobias Fiekers 04 Nadia Ehrlich Finkelstein 54 John R. Finney ’63 Mary Jane Flaith 53 Rudolf E. Foerster 87 Marie A. Fountain 74 Adrienne A. Fousek Guillermo Franco '04 Roland Friess '00 Joseph G. Fritsche ‘79 Beryl M. Fuller 55 Jean and Hubert Gabrielse '54 Rachel J. Gallagher 07 Michael W. Galligan, Esq. ’85 David Gawley '78, '80 Cleomenes A. Generales ‘41 Paul A. Gillin 83 Edward G. Gingold, Ph.D., J.D. "68 Janice H. Glasson '46 Lothar Glitzner "60 D. Harold Goldberg ’51 Alice M. Gonnerman ‘48 Sara Gordon '60 Robert J. Gottschall, Ph.D. '67 Estate of Barbara Grace '52 Lolita R. Green *62 Rachel Lea Green '09 Jessica Greenstein *92 Alexis Greeves Nyasha Griffith 05 Thomas R. Gubar '76 Yapincak Gurerk Okyar ’98 Richard and Helen Halverson '67 Lisa Anne Hantman '89 Thomas F. Hartch '65 Dirk Haubrich ’93 Ove Haxthausen "96 Christie M. Hayes '87 Rachel R. Hecht, Esq. 61 David Heilbron Regina H. Helcher-Yost '86 Julia A. M. Henderson '08 Gloria L. Hendrix-Shakrani "62 Elizabeth Hernandez ’11 Jacqueline N. Hewitt Ophelia M. Hicks ’53 John D. Higham ’65 Anthony T. Hill "67 Patricia Smith-Hogan ’67 Dominique G. Homberger ’79 Irmgard C. Hormann ’39 Julius A. Horn 50 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Horowitz '57 Tobey M. Horowitz, LCSW ’68 Thomas W. Hoya "66 Yung L. Hu ’89 Kaylan A. Hubbard ’07 Paul Hudrlik 65 and Anne M. Hudrlik ’66 Karen Huebner Franziska Hummel '07 Lara Wallentine Hussain '05 Meredith Hutchinson ’11 Faith Hutchison-Williard '75 Melissa Ip ‘11 Chinyere Iroegbunam '10 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan T. Isham Hildegard J. Janissen '90 Kathryn Janssen ’03 Ursula M. Jean-Gifford ’73 Vanita Jegathesan '08 Geraldine French Jennings '53 Scott W. Jennings ‘79 Immy K. and David B. Jensen ’74 Jinyuan Jin ’09 and Jacky Tong '09 Lorna P. Johnson '75 William K. Jones '62 Joseph 0. Kadiri 83 and Melissa A. Kadiri 84 Nicolas J. Kahale '80 Alan R. Kahn ’59 Yvonne Kamugisha '11 Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Kaneshige ’55 Zacharias Kapellakis '07 Professor Edward K. Kaplan ’66 Josephine Karianjahi ‘12 Andrew G. Kemeny '61 Christoph T. Kempkes '90 Margaret P. Ketly Marisol Kevelson '05 Catherine Key ’57 Brian Kileff 67 Samuel Kim ’63 and Helen Kim ’65 Ruth K. King "50 Jane E. Kircher-Lindner ’03 Arlo R. Klahr 97 Dan Shaham '90 and Tal Klausner ’92

Minata Kone ’12

Ralf Korpman °51 and Vera Korpman '50 Kevan T. Kosobayashi '98 Rachanee Kosolkittiyanuwatti '72 Sri and Malvika Koundinya ’88 Bret Kraus '90 Iris Kruijen *11 Mark and Valeria Kuchment '76 Nuran M. Kumbaraci-Jones '73 Torodd Kummen '82 Soo-ll Kwak, Ph.D. 65 Sara M. Laden ‘79 Karim A. Lakhdhir ’73 John D. Lange ’63 James Latham '86 Gail Meyers Lavin 63 George A. Lee Katharine Lee ’11 Refiloe Lepere Sarah-Anne Leverette 09 Helen Levin '63 Fan Liao '07

Carole S. Light ’65 Peter Lindenfeld '51 Ruth E. Liska 64 Christiana Little "10 Benjamin Loh ’87 Veronique Lolliot ’02 Shirley Loo 66 Tim and Alison Lord Francis J. Lorson Lorraine W. Louie ’71 Roderic Lowman "46 Kari Loya ‘03 Betty L. Lumby "52 Anne Lundy ’80 Sisi Luo "12 Herbert and Babette Frank Maccoby “47 Eileen Macholl ’81 Chimako Maeda ‘11 Munzer M. and Nellie Makansi “50 Victor N. Makris "76 Rita M. Maldonado-Bear '68 Herman A. Manuel ’81 Peter and Daphne P. Maramaldi '01 Enrique Marquez ‘06, '10 Elaine Fischer Marshack "56 Mark E. Mason "82 George Mathew ‘04 Shizue Matsuda "65 Christina Maurer '09 Constance Hopkins Mccluskey "69 Pamela McCorduck '69 James Vance McCracken '74 Thornton J. Meacham '73 and Gloria J. Meacham '75 Ankit Mehta 11

Sidney F. Melton "95 Matilda M. Mendez '60

Eugene A. Merlin, Ph.D. 68 Scott Merlis '79 and Joan L. Merlis 84 Neal A. Messer ’02 Roger Mesznik "68 Daniela P. and James Micsan ’83 Jim Middlebrook ’02 David and Katherine Miller ’66 Nina Miller '47 Akira Miura ’91 John A. Molino 65 Zanele Moloi Margarita M. Montemar, Ed.D. ’71 Benjamin B. Moore ’83 Dorothea B. Moore ’77 Dr. Joyce Solomon Moorman '75 TimothyJ. Moran 99 Anne McGee Morganstern "60 Jacek T. Mrowczyk '02 Robert L. Muckley ’68 Margaret Murphy ’10 John Mwebe '11 Robert 0. Myhr '67 Oded Naaman '10 and Liat Shetret 10 Michiaki Nakano ’06 Salima Namusobya ‘11 Mehriban Nasibova ‘11 Katherine S. Naughton '80 Kirsten H. Neely 02 Dennis and Roseline Michael Neveling ’05 Carletta Nonziato Murphy '84 Andrea and Christopher Nouryeh ’70 Godfrey |. Nwoke 84 Herbert F. Oettgen '59 Olamide 0. David ’09 Carol T. Ohta 65 Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos ’08 Eiji Okano ’09 Clary Olmstead and Kathleen Heenan Bode Osunsanmi '75

Luis Perez Molina ’94 Twila L. Perry 72 Stephanie Pezard '07 Bill Pfeiffer, Jr. °75 Marcia Martens Pierson ’63 Margaret L. Pillsbury 50 Mara Plotkin '09 Praneet Pongpaew '71 Patricia |. Popescu *10 M. P. Prabhakaran '78 Michael K. Predmore '08 Thomas E. Priem '76 Viera Krnanova Proulx ’71 Lunga Radebe Priya Ranjan ‘97 Dorothy Wilson Raphael ‘49 Shravya K. Reddy '08 Ralf Reilmann '00 Eric Ritter ’87 Jessica and Chaim Roberts Carroll M. Robinson Jacqueline Y. Robinson '03 Shirley G. Roby ’64 Howard Roiter '61 Richard F. Romeo '69 Jean M. Romig '83 Vernon and Jane Roningen ’68 Volie L. Roof ’64 Ronald W. Rose '78 Grazia Rosenberg ‘71 Susan Rosenfeld ‘77 Charles S. Rotenberg ‘61 Thomas Roulet '12 John C. Rouman "54 Bradley Rubin ’82 Olive J. Rudd Markus Rudolph '10 William E. Ruh, li "90 Ms. Sharon M. Russell '53 Lynne Y. Saito-Tom '06 John D. Salata ’86 James M. Salvate and Odete B. Salvati 65 Kimberly M. Sanchez Ocasio '07 Reverend Charles S. Sangree "52 and Mrs. Elizabeth Sangree ’56 Parmatma Saran ’69 Holly Sarkissian '06, ’09 Kenneth J. Schaefle 11 Dana A. Scherer '00 Siegbert G. Schindele ’88 Amikam Schweber Mary A. Sears "61 Lily Bao Secora '02

Roy R. Senour ’53 Dr. Shanti Shahani '61 Howard J. Shatz '91 Makeba Angela Mukhwana Shiroya '12 Frederick W. Skinner "66 Robert F. Smylie "60 Dr. Patrick Mzungezwa Sokhela ‘94 Dino Sossi ‘11 Aimee Sostowski '07 Ellen Clark Sovik '64 Tevfik Salim Soyumer "68 Jean-Charles Speeckaert ‘11 Brooke Speers ‘01 Buckie Spiecker ‘71 Arnold Stalder ’54 Elizabeth K. Stewart '64 L. Guenveur Streat ‘44 Ann Stromberg "66

Eleanor P. Suydam ’45 Wendi S. Svoboda '02 Carey Tan Devy Tan 08 Mindy Wynn Tauberg ‘11 Sara Lou Teets 62 George Teiner, MD '68 Thelma Tenn ‘47 Jolie M. B. Terrazas '05 Elroy Thiel ’60 Helen C. Thomas '53

Neil D. Thompson, Ph.D., LLB 58 Sarah K. Thontwa Walter A. and Frances W. Thurber ’69 Ashish Tiwari ’09

Ann Yurie Togawa Todd '59 Dr. and Mrs. Howard B. Tolley, Jr. 70 Robert L. Tortoriello Ceylan E. Tozeren 05

Mark C. Trayling ’09 Svetlana Tsoneva '05 Koichi Tsutsui ’00 Helen Pitcher (Tuckey) ’82 Zoltan R. Turanyi '02 Vassilia Tzounakos ’82 Sakae T. Ujiki ’40 Daniel Dean Valle 88

Alayn B. Ouellet ’86 Brigid Hart Ovitt ’01

Thierry M. Van Den Weghe ’79

Pinar Ozbek '10 Merlin W. Packard ’59 Martin Palecek '05 Paraview Publishing Dr. Thomas J. Parente 75 Jong Park ’03 Geoffrey S. Parker ’71 Sonia A. Patel ’11 Peter Wilhelm Patt '86 Robert A. Pearson Claudia Pellicano ’11

Praveen A. Vijay '05

Laura and Robert Venning Ernest P. Volinn 74 Mrs. Frances Willard von Maltitz ’37 “ Francoise and Beat Vonarburg ’91 Sarah Walbert 79 Dana E. Wallack ’02 Yuan Wang ‘08 Barbara P. Wanner ’78 Nicholas Warren *67 Margaret Watson

Laurelyn Watson-Chase ’95

Eugene Webb '65 and Marilyn Webb '64 Keith B. Weiss '08 Ronald R. Welch, Esq. ’71 Norbert F. and Monika Wetzel "64 David 0. Wilkinson ’62 Richard B. Willett ’58 Sonja McLean Williams '87 Stephen T. Williams '61 Craig R. and Anita T. Wilson ‘00 Donald and Elisabeth Winn Marc Wittmer Marek Wolek '03 and Sarah Wolek ’04 Bill Wolle 51 Judy Kimsea Woo '03 Juan M. Wood "68 Oliver H. Woshinsky '62 Min Xiong ’05 Rami A.M. Yassar Freda Yawson Wai Chee Yee ‘39 David Y. Yesilevskiy 08 Elona Zakharova ‘11 and Thierry Klaa ‘11 Jitske J. B. Zoethout '06 Leslie Zomalt ’65

Resident Member Gift Campaign Donors Anonymous (50) Fatin Abbas Taraf J. Abu Hamdan Tristan Agaesse Seong Jin Ahn Amal Al Ashtal Sepideh Alavi Nischinta Amarnath Rohini Atal Astraea Augsberger ‘00 Kessiena Aya Francis Baffour-Wilson Rebecca Barnett Brian Bassingthwaighte Mohammad Bastaki Anis Bayoudhi Edward A. Beherano Natalie M. Bencini Aayush Beri Aditya Bir Shannon Bishop Viveka Biyani Ame Bora Sujata Bordoloi Puleng Botlhole Antoine Bouchié Katherine Bowers Patricia Boyallian Michael Boyman Claudia Bracholdt Daniela Breda Ricardo Brito Raehann Bryce Ester Bu Charles Bulinski Fatema Burhani Winston Caesar Damian Calatayud John Callison Megan Campbell Laura A. Cantekin

Leysa Cerswell Apichai Chaiwinij Aakriti Chandihok Gokul Chandran Ritam Chaurey Rohan Chawla Tarik Chelali Shuo-Ting Chen Mengwei Chen Yan Chen Sarah Cherrabi El Alaoui Joyce Chin Christina Chong Bryan T. Chonto Hsun-Wen Chou Angela |. Chung Bugra Cirika Lisa Coleman '10 Bert Collage Claire M. Coolen Donald and Bonnie Cuneo ’69 Rachel Curtis Anisha Dadia Elie M. Dagher Nicole L. Davidson Jessica de Bruyn Holly Decker Anna Deems Claudia Del Castillo Gregory J. Delaine John DeSerio Ding Ding Monica S. Diosdado Ayse 0. Dogan Rebecca Doherty Brenna Donnelly Matthew S. Drange Alicia Durufle Anna Edgerton Eldad Eitan Tarik El Kalai Omar El-Okdah Joe Elowitz

Manuel Entrena Casas Cerni Escale-Cabre llaria Espa Sadia Fatima Andy Feldbau Charlotte Fenioux Michael Fernandez Elisa Fernandez-Arias Marc F. Fiani Rosario Figari Layus Avner M. Finberg Megan E. Fisher Genevieve Flagello Daniel P. Flatley Patrick Francom Chelsea Friedlander Lorena Galliot Maria Victoria Gama Chengjiao Gan Mark Gargiulo Courtney Gates Amiran Gelashvili Elad Gellert Nicholas A. Georgitseas Gwen Gethner Atreyee Ghosh Sameer Goel Megi Gogishvili

Meghan McDonough Cassandra McIntosh Jaimy A. C. Meeuwissen Camil A. Mekouar Shashank Melkote Rangaraj Alessandra C. Melotti Levente Meszaros

Vinay Metha Mary Fitzhugh Miller ’66 Angela Mills Zanele Moloi Kathryn Montalbano Florian Mueller ’01 Marzena Mulawka Mario Miller Yumiko Murai

Shoko Nagata

Jacob Gordon Dianne D. Graham Fabian Graimann Michael Graul Jonathan Grosh Chantal Grut Gabriele Gualandi Kevin Guillemot Abhishek Gupta Ozen Guven Whitney Hall Lina Hamdan Anita B. Haravon, Ph.D. ’11 Sandy Hardina Marcelo and Catherine Hazan Qidi He Paul Hersh Ida J. Hetland Sung-Min Hong Anita Hoyvik Chi Hu Tao Huang Hayden Huang Adam Hyams Michelle lankowitz Francesco Iberg Konstantinos lliopoulos Junko Ishikawa Yusuke Isotani Payal Jain Christiane Janke Ken Kai Ibrahm Halil Kalkan Rohini Kamal Mary Kandaharian Thiago Kapulskis Josephine Karianjahi Aoife Kenny Ammar Khalid Fahd Khan Daniel Khokhar Maximillian Klefenz Vinicius Klein Benjamin Kohl Melanie Kohn Elizabeth Krismiyati Guillaume Kroll Alejandra Kubitschek Bujones Anastacia Y. Kudinova Anuneet Kumar JungHyun Kwon Xin J. Lam David and Jessica Landry Mitchell V. Lee Terry Lee Rebecca Leshures Shawna-Kaye Lester Wim Leysen Kefeng Li Zhanglv Li Jie Li Alice K. Likely Tsz-Kiu Liu Allen Liu Adrian G. Looney ’92 and Ayesha Sitlani Jeannine Louie Jing Luo Sisi Luo In Kio Mac Teresa Mahoney Michaela B. Mai Allison M. Maier Raghav Malik

Jivanjot Nagra Gen Nakao Samar Naqvi Rebecca Neshkes Christoph Neyer Huy Nguyen Gerold Niggemann Veneta Nikolova Julius P. Nitsch and Tara Myra Sousa Pascal J. Nolle Mahama Nyankamawu Asuka Ogawa Ryo Ogawa Nancy Ojeda Mata Carmen Oquendo-Villar Guillaume Orain Asuna Osako Kaushik R. Pamulaparthy Anuya Patil Sharvil P. Patil Rachel K. Paulk Daniel Pinté Chase and Jessica Porter Chase Porter Sujith Kumar Prankumar Miles H. Puttergill Lunga Radebe Olga Rademan Morgan K. Radford Fathima Rahman Bhavna Ramchandani Rebecca J. M. Ramo Eliza Ramos Giorgio Ravagli Daniel Reime Jason Reynolds Maira Riaz Annett Richter Harriet L. Riley Ricardo Rivera Mara K. Robertson Anna Melissa Romualdez Stephen Rose Thomas Roulet Prateek Sabharwal Zeinab Y. Saiwalla Dalhid Salgdo Daniel Salles Chevitarese Lucas Saloumi Fabio J. Sanchez Torres Tim Sander Shohinee Sarma Markus Schanta Emilie Schnarr Magnus Schriefl Jonas F. Schriegel Liselotte Schiiren Cassandra Schwartzman Lisa Sciarani Eduardo Ignacio Sequeira Itir Sezik Sveltlana Shamm Varun Sharma Esha Sheth Jasmine Shing Makeba Angela Mukhwana Shiroya Julianna Siegel-Hawley Paulina Simkin Sean Simpson Meher Singh Ankit Sinha Alexandra Sisk Wojciech Skrzypczak Grigory Smirnov Michelle Smith Mina Sohail Evgenia Sokolova Jing Song Ceren C. Sénmez Daniel Sousa Janani Sridhar Adrien R. Stoloff Emily J. Sullivan Hsueh Yin Sum Saitham Surachawala Cecilia Svensson

Suphanat Mangkang

Lyle Sylvander

David C. Manier, Ph.D. "92 Javier Manzana Fas Kelly Maravilla Virat Markandeya Sophia Marneris Mackenzie Martin Mariano Mastrogiorgio Michael McCulloch

Boon Pin Tee Mitch Thakran Nitya Thomas Sarah K. Thontwa Ariel Tilson Javier Toro Gonzalez Christine Tran Antonio Trevino-Rangel '11

Diego A. Gonzalez Canales

Clarion Tung Ryan C. Turner

Kheng Valentine Peter Vanham Thierry Verheije Tatiana P. Volkova Ling Wang Jiaying Wang Yanging Wang Zheng Wang

Can Wang Julia Shu Huah Wang

Sonam Wangmo Tabea Weitz Alanna M. Whieldon Jennifer L. Whisenhunt Belinda Whiteman Nicole G. Whittier Eduard Wiens Santiago Wills Joke D. Wils Timothy P. Wilson Hilary A. Woodward Brenda Qingning Wu Pin-Yi Wu

Feng Grace Wu Jing Xiao Nannan Xu Bai Xue Qi Xue Freda Yawson Wai Hon Yu Qian Yu Ruifan R. Zeng Zhonglin Zhang Jiahui Zhang Angel Zhang Zhizun Zhang Dan Zhao

In Honor Of Charles and Gerri Davis from Aimee E. Davis '94 James P. Gorman '87 from Stephen R. and Linda Z. Munger Warren E. Hewitt '48 from Aimee E. Davis 94 Susan McLaine "56 from Holly Sarkissian '06,'09 Joseph T. McLaughlin from KPMG Global Audit Learning and Development John B. Pek ’68 from Joanne Edgar '68 and German Suarez ‘70 Adam D. Quinton from Stephen R. and Linda Z. Munger Herman Rottenberg from Kenton H. Beerman '05, Yung Luca Hu '89 and Claire Chan, Christopher J. Mathers ‘90 and Vreni A. Hommes ’89, James

S. and Haydee Sicart Toedtman 67, and Laurelyn Watson-Chase '95 Paul A. Volcker from Centennial Foundation, Paul D. Carter, The Challenger Foundation, Patricia M. Cloherty 67, Donald and Bonnie

Cuneo 69, Hans W. Decker, Craig A. Drill, DZ BANK, Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation, Robert

J. Krefting, J. Kevin McCarthy, Mary Fitzhugh Miller ’66, William S. and Susan Moody, John B. Pek ’68, Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds, Jr., Susan L. Stupin and Theodore R. Gamble, Jr., Sidney and Kathryn Taurel ’71, Robert W. van Zwieten, The John L. & Sue Ann Weinberg Foundation, John A. Wells, Karin E. and Peter Zinkann '57

In Memory of King Coffman '59 from Anonymous Stephen M. DuBrul from James Garland and Carol Andreae, Placido Arango, Edward and Justine Auchincloss, Deirdre Roney and John Cadarette, Alexis Greeves, Robert H. Jeffrey, Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Leach, Mrs. Meredith J. Long, Tim and Alison Lord, Francis J. Lorson, William Mitchell, Robert and Stephanie Olmsted, Janet C.

Ross, Gunther G. Schlessinger, John A. Wells, Donald and Elisabeth Winn, The Jeffrey Company, and Eveillard Family Trust William R. Hahn ’46 from Janice H. Glasson '46 Carol A. Haas '54 from Nadia Ehrlich Finkelstein ’54 Ah K. Hew ’40 from Susan Au Doyle

Steven F. Ketly from Margaret P. Ketly Mary D. Leo '27 from George A. Lee Ali N. Ozkaya '82 from Dawn L. Leger ’81 Helen H. Tanner from Henry John Drewal ’68 Eiji Takai 65 from Valerie H. Takai "64

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DECADES

country’s first year of independence.

1990s

Alan Cordova ’08 recently traveled to Istanbul on a rainy day and met |-House alumni Yavuz Tarku ’93,

Christoph Kempkes ’90 is now CEO of VK Muhlen AG, a Hamburg-based com-

pany that is Europe’s biggest flour producer.

1950s

Jakob Modeer ’90 is a private sector de-

Nelson Borelli 59 M.D., Rotary Founda-

velopment expert currently working on the

tion Fellow and long time faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry at North-

come more competitive in the EU Market”

western University, recently retired from the practice of medicine to continue his career in the healing arts as a life coach. You can

read his retirement announcement, entitled “Critique of Official Psychiatry-Psychology’, at www.nelson-borelli.com.

European Union's “Supporting SMEs to be-

project in Albania. Anil Ram Chauhan ’91 is the Director of the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises, a not-for-profit forum that represents the Indian biotechnology sector.

Pianist D.D. Jackson ’91 recently performed

1960s

at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part

Mervin Block ’62 is the author of Weighing

youtu. be/Yk3-r_VMBE&) and at the Apollo

of Questlove’s Shuffle Culture project (Attp://

Anchors: A Veteran TV Newswriter Critiques

the Top Network Anchors (Marion Street Press, LLC, Sept. 2012). Drawing

upon his

career as a writer for news anchors at ABC,

CBS and NBC, Merv wittily examines the distortions, deceptions and delinquencies in contemporary broadcast newswriting.

Theater’s Amateur Night with his 11 year

old jazz piano student prodigy Matt Whitaker as part of the Jazz Shrines Festival. Trigg Talley 91 is Deputy Director of the Office of Global Change at the U.S. State Department.

Dr. Muawia Barazangi ’69, Professor Emeritus of Seismology at Cornell, was

recently invited by the Commonwealth Club of California to give a lecture entitled in Arabia.” In it he highlighted the critical importance of better understanding Islamic history and cultures of the Arab/Persian region, which has the world’s largest oil reserves.

Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud ’71 is cur-

fa © Luis Sousa Campos ’92 '03 and Ana Lucia Gugelmin were married in a private ceremony on April 9th in Uniao da Vitoria, Brazil. The couple will

soon establish residence in New York City.

new book, Si/k Road to South Asia.

Warren Bebbington ’78 has been appointed President and Vice Chancellor of The University of Adelaide, one of Australia’s leading universities.

1980s Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel ’81 has been serving as Germany’s Ambassador to Ni-

geria since 2011. Previously, she served as Germany's Ambassador to Hungary. Githu Muigai ’86 is the Attorney General of The Republic of Kenya. Previously, he served in the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and at the United Nations as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Shi-Ling Hsu ’87 recently joined the law faculty at Florida State University, where he is teaching Property and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change. Hsu is the author of The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy (Island Press 2011). Robert van Zwieten ’87 returned to New York City after having worked and lived in Asia for almost 7 years, most recently serving as Director of Private Sector Capital Markets at Asian Development Bank in Manila. He joined Acumen Fund, a social impact venture capital fund (www.acumenfund.org) active in Asia and Africa, as Chief Investment Officer.

He will also resume his work as a voting member of the I-House Board of Trustees.

Brett Cole 92 and his wife Young Jo Bae are happy to announce the birth of their son, Blake Cole, on September 11, 2012 in

Seoul. Senichiro Koshio ’92 is a Professor of Finance at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Karl Connor ’95 has been promoted to Senior Director of Government & Public Affairs for BP America, Inc.

In this role

Connor serves as the BP liaison to state and local government officials and agencies, and the communities where BP has business

interests, and/or current or retired company employees in the Gulf of Mexico region of the United States. He also recently received the National Bar Association’s President’s Award, marking the fourth time he has received this recognition from an NBA President for outstanding support of the organization during their term of service. Christoph Mohn ’95 has been appointed new chairman of the Supervisory Board at the German media company Bertelsmann. Jussi Karlgren ‘96 is co-founder of the Swedish tech company Gavagai AB and recently placed second (along with his fellow co-founder) on Internetworld’s 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year list.

the First Half

Count (XK Productions, May

Katia Tiutiunnik ’04’s trombone composition Elegia: Una Notte Bianca had its official world premiere in June at Western Michigan University as part of the International Women’s Brass Conference 2012. The

composition is dedicated to Harold Myles Shilberg, the late father of Katia’s younger son, Benjamin Joseph Shilberg. Dinuk Wijeratne ’04 has joined forces with DJ Skratch Bastid in a new electro-acoustic project entitled Wijeratne Works. They will make their debut at the Halifax Jazz Festival this summer with a set of three 20-minute pieces composed by Wijeratne.

Oana (Pascal) Hadzhiyski 08 and her husband Ted are happy to announce the birth of their first child, Maria Catalina, on August 9th.

2010s In October, Antonina Ermolenko ’10 performed with the Vesnivka Choir in Toronto

as part of a program entitled A Tribute to Marta Krawciw-Barabash.

Nathalie Gontier ’10 has launched AppEEL - the Lisbon Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab. AppEEL is part of the Lisbon Centre for Philosophy of Science and is located at the Faculty of Science of the Portuguese University of Lisbon

born on October 21, 2012. She weighed 3,480 kg and was 50 cm tall.

Simon Hanukai ’11 completed his MFA in Theater at Columbia in May and recently

Ryan Gawn ’05 is Director of Stratagem International, a strategic political affairs consultancy based in London.

launched his website, www.SimonHanukai.

Oliver Olah ’05 recently joined the international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy as a senior associate in the firm’s corporate department. He will continue to represent clients from Milbank’s Frankfurt

com. In November he directed Phaedra’s Cabaret at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, and he will direct Wilde Kane at

New York Theatre Workshop in December.

office, in connection with cross-border and

domestic M&A and private equity transactions across a variety of industries with a key focus on Germany and the United States as well as a wide range of corporate advisory matters, including joint ventures, real estate

investments and corporate governance. Joanna Wylomanska ’05 recently turned a photography hobby into a new profession with the establishment of her photography company Light Sensations (www.LightSensationsP hoto.com).

After proposing to her at International House, Francesco Iberg ’12 married his wife Nadine on June 23rd 2012

in Basel, Switzerland.

Rasmus Westh ’11 (Denmark), Kim Henne '11

(USA), Dorijn Hertroijs (the Netherlands, current |-House resident), and Jean Caro ’11 (France)

reunited in Paris this July.

Chris Budhan ’06 has been named Manager of Arts, Culture and Heritage for the City of Greater Geraldton in midwestern Australia. Flavio Cabrera-Mora ’06 received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York in February 2012. Dr. Shahadat Chowdhury ’06 has been elected to the Parramatta City Council in New South Wales, Australia. Parramatta is

located 25 km west of the City of Sydney and is the second largest city within Greater Sydney.

Colins Imoh Edozie ’11 is the Executive Director of Centre for Social Transformation and Human Development, which works to build a democratic culture of peace in Nigeria. The NGO recently received a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy. Ayanna Witter-Johnson ’11 was one of five nominees this fall fora MOBO Award in London. Launched in 1996, the MOBO

2000s Speed ‘Traders (McGraw Hill, 2011), has been

in Ohio.

2012). This collection of 40 stories spans six continents and two decades—and even includes a story (“My 9-11 Diary”) related to I-House. www. MyTop40at40.com

Peter Paone ’96 and his wife Dima Gamaleldin are proud to announce the birth of their second daugther, Uma Shemce Paone, on August 7th.

Edgar Perez ’02, author of the book The

Dr. Conor Nelson ’07 is Assistant Professor

of Flute at Bowling Green State University

Kari Loya ’03 recently published an anecdotal memoir, My Top 40 at 40: Making

that their second child, Clara Ariadne, was

rently a fellow at the Ash Center at Harvard

University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is finishing her book Where Women Rule: South Asia and working on a

conducting workshops on high-frequency trading all over the world. His book was recently published in Chinese by China Financial Publishing House.

Gabrielius Alekna ’05 and Mariana Dimitrova-Alekna ’05 are proud to announce

“Oil, Earthquakes, and Declining Science

1970s

Leyla Melisa Cavdar ’04, Guner Oztuna 65, Nedim Nomer ’94, and Aygiil Ozkaragoz ’73.

Krystle Ang '06 and Sean Palmer were married on August 18, 2012 at Waveny House in New Canaan, CT.

Awards were created to represent music of black origin and urban culture, and the awards show attracts the largest prime time multicultural audience in Europe. Ayana was nominated in the category of Best Jazz Act.

nai

pe

Alumnus and Life Trustee Ed Nouri ’42 Remembered for Generosity and Flair

Rome Site of Pan-European Alumni Reunion Weekend

dmond J. Nouri, a longtime Trustee who maintained a lifelong love for International House since his

reunde des International House

residency in the early 1940s, died on June Ist in Glen

held its Annual

Meeting and

Pan-European Alumni Reunion

Cove, N.Y. at age 94.

September 21-23 in Rome, where

The Baghdad native won an IBM scholarship to George-

town University in 1938, after which he moved to New

close to 50 alumni and friends gath-

York and lived at I-House. After becoming a U.S. citizen

ered for a weekend of activities in the

and serving in World War I, he was a General Agent for

ancient capital. Organized by Claudia Pellicano ‘11

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, with his own

agency in New York.

and the Office of Alumni

Relations,

Nouri became active in the I-House alumni association at

the weekend drew guests from Europe

the behest of his friend L.W. “Bill” Frohlich in the 1960s, and served on the Development

- Austria, Germany and Italy - as well

Committee after election to the Board in 1970 and as a Life Trustee in 1979.

as China and the US.

At a memorial

service in Manhattan

on June

14th, Nouri

was remembered

“| was happy to see so much

for his

“generosity and steadfastness, for his humor, candor and flair.”

est and enthusiasm

inter-

in my hometown

of Rome and felt both proud of having

He is survived by his wife Diana, longtime member of the House Committee, sons Mi-

chael Nouri and Guy Nouri, daughter Katherine Hughes, step children David Redington and Ruth Redington; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

the other alumni

in Italy and motivated

to do something for |-House,” said Pellicano. “I am very grateful for being part of such a great community, so

Don Kummerfeld,

Life Trustee and Former

Finance Committee Chairman,

Alumni at the Column of Trajan near the Roman

during an architectural tour of the city

| felt like finally doing something in

Forum

return.”

Dies at 78

On Friday night, more than 30 participants convened at Cacio e Pepi in the lively Trastevere neighborhood, where old friends

onald D. Kummerfeld, who served for eight years as Treasurer of the International House Board and

Chairman of the Finance Committee, died on July Sth in Jersey City.

With a long and distinguished career in publishing and investment banking, and in the public sector for both the U.S. government and New York City during the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, Kummerfeld, brought formidable skills to his service on the I-House Board.

Kummerfeld was elected to the Board in 1988 when he

was President of Magazine Publishers of America. He served as Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee from ous times on the Executive,

Investment,

Nominating

1992 until 2000, and at vari-

and House Committees.

He was an International Trustee from 2008 to 2010 near the end of his tenure as

President of FIPP, the Worldwide Magazine Media Association. He was elected a Life Trustee in 2010, and had since been an active participant up until just before his sudden death at age 78. A memorial service will be held in Manhattan on January 28th. Kummerfeld is survived by wife, Elizabeth, daughter Tia and grandson, Alexander.

reconnected and new acquaintances bonded by the |-House experience enjoyed a lengthy repast of pasta and wine. The Civica Scuola Dell Arte was the site on Saturday morning for Freunde’s Annual

Meeting and General Assembly. Freunde President Astrid Nierhoff-Fassbender '04, along with Vice President Frauke Thielekele ‘03 and Treasurer Gloria Pfaue '99, led the session, at which $22,000

in scholarships were awarded to current I-House residents.

Director of Development & Alumni

Relations John A. Wells provided an update on ac-

tivities from |-House, and thanked the organizers of the weekend, and the Freunde group for its generous support. Adriano Romano

‘97, who hosted the annual meeting, introduced talented students

from the Accademia di Musica, who entertained guests with a delightful vocal and piano performance. After lunch, under a sunny Italian sky, architect Giuseppe Zagaria led a fascinating historical and architectural walking tour of Rome,

beginning at the top of the famous Via

Veneto, and continuing up and down the famous hills all the way to the ancient Roman Forum and Capitoline Hill. Zagaria was recruited by his partner Mimi Platzer ’05 and his knowledge of history and passion for architecture resulted in a captivating experience. On Saturday night, alumni and friends gathered by a small lake on the outskirts of the city for drinks and “Saturday Supper” at the restaurant Jetset. Between courses, Dr. Giovanni Aldobrandini ‘76, Professor of Political Theories at LUISS

University in Rome,

offered a thought provoking talk on aspects of contemporary Italian society in the context

Modernist Painter Anita Magsaysay-Ho ’47

of current economic and political events in Europe. International Trustee Klaus Moessle ‘85 thanked

Dr. Aldobrandini and suggested

that the values shared by |-House alumni would be instrumental in achieving what he

nita Magsaysay-Ho, a renowned trailblazer of modern art in the Philippines, died on May 4th at the age of 97. Born in Manila, Magsaysay-Ho studied at University of the Philippines

School of Fine Arts. After World War II she enrolled as a student at the Art Students League of New York and lived at International House, where she met her future husband,

Robert Ho ’47. Ho’s international shipping business led the couple to move frequently throughout the world, but Magsaysay-Ho’s vivid artwork remained inspired by her deep affection for the women of her homeland. She was recognized as the sole female member of the “13 Moderns”, a group of artists deemed largely responsible for advancing modernism in Philippine art. Anita Magsaysay-Ho continued to paint every day until the end of her life. She is survived by her husband and their five children, fourteen grandchildren and five great-

predicted would be a positive future for the Euro Zone states. The conversation continued after dinner and well into the night. On Sunday, participants gathered for a farewell brunch at Rome’s popular ‘Gusto ristorante, not far from the Spanish Steps. In the afternoon, Stefano Giovanardi 'O1 hosted and narrated “Cosmic Vision”, an entertaining and informative astronomical light show at the Planetarium of the Museo della Civita Romana. The event concluded the weekend on a bright and starry note.

Singapore Happy Hour Held in June

grandchildren.

-~ IN MEMORIAM ALUMNI

FRIENDS

Ah K. Hew ’40, Kahului, HI

Mildred Berl, Washington, DC

Charles P. Harbottle 41, Naperville, IL

Yung Chang Chen, New York, NY

Jeannette Hopkins ’45, Portsmouth, NH

Kate S. Elman, Emeryville, CA

Emma R. Broisman ’46, New York, NY

Shirley Kearns, Pittsford, NY

John M. French ’48, West Chester, PA

George Lang, New York, NY

Mary Green 50, New York, NY

Hobart Lewis, Somers, NY

Diana B. Steeples 50, Palo Alto, CA

Keith Moffat, New York, NY

Dorothy Murgatroyd "52, Fort Plain, NY

Martin E. Segal, New York, NY

Alfred Gilmour 57, Santa Rosa, CA Klaus Reichle 57, Miihlacker, Germany Peter H. Bridge 60, Binghamton, NY

John Stewart, New York, NY

n June 1st about a dozen alumni and guests gathered in Singapore. Alumni had a great time over dinner and drinks while enjoying the breathtaking view

of the Singapore skyline overlooking Marina Bay at Orgo Bar and Restaurant. Pictured here: Justine Tedjasukmana ‘10, Lim Phey Wa’l1, Tan Xuan Rong ‘09, Joel Lou, Angela Tsang ‘10, Alex Pang ‘06, Wang Xiao Dan, Marco Borla ‘97, John Pek ‘68, Brendan Rakphongphairoj ‘11, lvan He ‘10

DIRECTOR'S CORNER

Stonehill Joins l-House

Board of Trustees

n tribute to Paul A. Volcker, the International House Board of Trustees in June created a $250,000 named fund in honor of the retiring chairman for his long and excellent service. The Paul A. Volcker Fund will be utilized to attract graduate students in economics or business, and will support a named speaker program in which prominent guests will discuss international finance and related topics dear to his heart.

Charles Stonehill with Chairman

Scholarships are awarded each year to new and returning resident members with demonstrated financial needs. The Volcker Fund joins a long list of named funds which benefit I-House and its residents. Earlier this year, the family of the late Life Trustee Stephen M. DuBrul Jr. requested that memorial contributions be directed to the House, where a fund in his name has been established. Other named funds from which scholarship grants are made have been named by and in honor of some of the House’s most devoted proponents and have supported the academic and professional pursuits of thousands of residents through the decades. Donors interested in establishing a named fund can do so with a gift of $10,000 or more, payable over up to three years. While unrestricted scholarship aid is the House’s greatest need, scholarship donors may opt to restrict

Wisner

t its June 21st meeting, the International House Board of Trustees elected new member Charles Stonehill.

Stonehill is a Managing Director and Co-

Head of the Financial Services Practice at RSR

Partners in

New York City. Prior to joining RSR

funds for those are studying in a particular discipline or who are from a specific country or region.

Partners, Stonehill spent more

Named funds, which are invested in perpetuity, are vital to achieve and maintain the kind of excellence and leadership to which International House strives. To date, the Volcker Fund has raised nearly $100,000 in gifts from friends and admirers of the Chairman, in addition to the $250,000 earmarked by the Board. This is an appropriate tribute to a great leader, and will hopefully inspire others to support this and other existing funds, or create a new legacy of their own.

than 30 years in investment banking and capital markets, including key positions at Lazard Freres, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Morgan Stanley, and most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Better Place, Inc., an American-lsraeli electric car startup. A native of the United Kingdom,

Stonehill is a graduate

J0b. Wells

of Oxford University and currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Julius Baer Group, Ltd. of Zurich, Switzerland. Stonehill will serve on the |-House Board’s Investment Committee.

“New American Economy” Prime Topic for 2012 John J. McCloy Visitor Bowman Cutter

“Volcker Rule” at International House

Celebrated in June continued from page |

chairman’s honor to attract graduate students in business or economics,

as well as to establish a Volcker Visitor Program

to feature prominent figures to address topics associated with international finance and financial regulation. To date, the Volcker Fund

has raised more than $90,000

in

additional gifts from friends and admirers of the Chairman. “There are many Board members and hundreds of former I[-House residents who have known only one chairman of the board, and

that is Paul

Volcker,” said

Rueckert.

As alumna Marie Mainil ’08 recalled: “My encounters

with Mr. Volcker were among the many highlights of my stay at I-House. He not only amazed me with his knowledge of my distant hometown, but was also able to inspire optimism within us students such that we could see the many opportunities that lay ahead {along with] the difficulties.”

Volcker’s 14-year tenure as Chairman is exceeded only by that of John J. McCloy, who served for 17 years in the role. [-House residents will continue to benefit from his wisdom

and worldview, for Paul Volcker, like McCloy, indicated he will remain involved as an Honorary Trustee with the

Bowman

W. Cutter with Chairman

Wisner before the program

House.

nternational House welcomed W. Bowman Cutter, a senior economic policy advisor during the Carter and Clinton administrations, on October 17th as a 2012 John J. McCloy Visitor. Cutter,

a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Next American Economy Project at The Roosevelt Institute, was

introduced by Chairman Frank G. Wisner, and addressed the topic of “The New American Economy” before an audience of I-House residents, Trustees, donors and staff members.

While laying a basic foundation for where the American economy finds itself today, Cutter shared his theory about American presidencies. If presidents simply move from event to event, they will not be able to accomplish much; however, if he or she acts with strategic purpose and tactical flexibility, they are much more likely to be effective. The key to overcoming the unpredictable current events that each president faces, said Cutter, is to maintain a fundamental point view, both political and economic, which will guide overall policy responses.

Cutter approached the topic from the perspective of what the next American president will be facing upon taking office in 2013, based upon his own decades of work in the public and private sectors. He identified the top three things that the next U.S. president must do: address the debt and deficit issues (also known as “the fiscal cliff’) in a comprehensive manner; explain to the American public, in an easily understandable way, how the world has changed and what America must do to create a successful “next American economy”; and craft a vision for the

political and economic future that is credible, achievable, innovative and inclusive that can service the course of events that confront every president. The evening concluded with Cutter taking questions from the audience on topics that included how best to create the

Paul A. Volcker chairingé his last board meeting§

political will to get things done in Washington, the role of the service sector in the American economy, and how the private sector can provide leadership by encouraging collaboration and entrepreneurship.

Barnard President Addresses Higher Education Costs at Sunday Supper

Diverse Community

Begins Fall Semester

ebora Spar, President of Barnard [

oxic:

opened

International House’s

2012-2013 academic year as the Welcome Sunday Supper speaker on September 23rd. Following an introduction by |-House Trustee Adam Quinton, Spar spoke to more than 300 resident and staff members, Trustees, and friends on the topic of “The Future of Higher Education:

Is It Too Expensive?”

Dr. Spar began her remarks by acknowledging that American higher education is indeed too costly and predicting that this high

Program and Resident Fellows at the annual Leadership Weekend

cost will be a significant “political football” FE

in the coming years, although she does not

veess

Debora Spar

professional institutions throughout the New York City area. Some countries that have not

it to her own

family’s story. Her father paid his way through

been represented in recent years include the Northern Mariana Islands, Angola, Nicaragua,

the University of Vermont in the 1950's by

Guam, Togo and Cambodia. The institutions attended by resident members include all CUNY graduate schools,

working each summer, and later, through savings, her parents were able to afford Spar’s undergraduate tuition at Georgetown

1,200 applications were received, 375

This year’s community now represents 101 countries and 84 academic and

Spar noted Barnard’s current $55,000 annual tuition and compared

a busy admissions season in which

were admitted to join those residents returning for a second or third year.

expect the system to change anytime soon.

12

schools at Columbia University, seven schools at New York University, Alvin Ailey Dance

University.

School, The United Nations, Sports Illustrated and DZ Bank to name a few.

Citing specific factors contributing to the increase in college costs, Spar noted the growth

The average age of the community is 26.4 and ranges from 21 to 55. While the goal is to

of administrative units, expanded access and extended student services. She said administrative costs are especially larger for colleges and universities that have

have an equal balance of men and women there are currently 18 more women than men.

a medical campus.

So far this year 140 resident members are receiving more than $364,000

Spar said the commitment over the last 60 years to make college accessible to all

support. This includes participants in the Women’s

Americans has vastly expanded opportunities once available only to the wealthy, and that the

in scholarship

International Leadership Program, the

associated costs had to increase to accommodate the increase in people coming through the

Dodge Middle East Grants, the Davis Peace & Diplomacy Grant and the Mitsui USA Founda-

system.

tion Grants, among others. Scholarship awards range from $500 for one semester to $10,000 for the academic

In addition, modern American colleges or universities typically offer many more majors than in the past, requiring larger faculties, Spar said, as well as a healthcare enterprise that

year. The average grant this year is just over $2,600 which is an increase over last year

at least consists of a full-service clinic and dining services that appeal to as many students

when the average grant was $2,168.

as possible. For example,

The semester kicked off with “Welcome Weeks,” a series of activities designed to ensure

Barnard’s cafeteria is Kosher, Halal, nut-free and gluten-free with

vegan options. While these are all positive advancements, they also require substantial

that incoming residents receive

investments and continuous

with the various members of the |-House community.

maintenance.

a warm welcome and have many opportunities to connect

Activities included field trips to the UN, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the

Spar concluded by predicting that the American higher education system “will have to face some political realities amid criticism that it is too expensive, too indulgent and too elit-

Intrepid Air & Space Museum, a Yankees game, a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and visits

ist,” while noting it is a rare industry that cannot benefit from economies of scale achieved

to the various neighborhoods in the city, including the House’s own Morningside Heights neighborhood,

through mechanization that have revolutionized other entire sectors of the global economy.

as weli as the famous tour of Harlem

ied by |-House staff member

Marshall

Swiney.

Following her talk, Spar answered questions from resident members and President Don

Continuing what has become a Welcome Weeks tradition, |-House resident and staff mem-

Cuneo presented her a resolution of thanks from the |-House Board of Trustees. Dr. Spar spoke as part of the Patricia M. Cloherty Visitor Program named for |-House

bers volunteered as “greeters” who welcomed new resident as they arrived, helping them find

Life Trustee and alumna Patricia Cloherty ’67, a leading venture capitalist and a pioneer for

their rooms and get acquainted with the House. Orientation was held on September 6th, when

women

new arrivals learned about |-House from resident members

in international finance.

offices.

As is part of the Sunday Supper tradition, the evening concluded with impressive perfor-

and staff from each of the different

It was followed by the Programs Fair on September 13th, when residents learned

about the broad array of programs |-House offers throughout the year and the myriad opportu-

mances by resident musicians.

nities to get involved and participate in promoting cultural understanding.

Veteran Political Journalist Al Hunt Addresses

Il-House Residents on U.S. Elections

fixture in covering

Journal, as someone with “an encyclopedic

American

of American

politics

for the last four

evident in the course of the evening.

On the subjects of the domestic and global economies,

knowledge

politics,” an assessment that became

highly

Hunt was especially optimistic after noting the results of a

Hunt began his

recent Bloomberg investor survey that while China was the

decades, Al Hunt, the

remarks by noting with interest that the parents of the late

preferred place to invest in 2010 and 2011,

Political Editor of Bloom-

Ambassador

tor opinion has shifted back to the United States.

berg News, addressed

Richard

Holbrooke had met at |-House.

Following his remarks,

While discussing the most recent debate between

majority inves-

Hunt took questions from the

residents, Trustees,

U.S.

alumni and staff mem-

Governor Mitt Romney,

bers on October 23rd on

is not usually a high priority among American voters,

the topic of the impend-

though the candidates must pass “a certain threshold”

ing presidential election.

knowledge and familiarity with the current issues within

campaign finance reform and gridlock in the United States

this sphere.

Congress.

Chairman

Frank G.

Wisner introduced

Hunt,

President Barack Obama

audience on topics including Iran’s nuclear ambitions,

and former Massachusetts

the possibility of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

Hunt noted that foreign policy

Hunt predicted that a second Obama

Clinton running for president in 2016, the absence of of

term would gener-

the longtime Washington

ally resemble the first, but found

editor of the Wa// Street

to be more a series of question marks on various fronts.

a Romney administration

climate change as a topic during the presidential debates,

The evening concluded with a

lively reception, during

which resident members and guests discussed the various topics that Hunt addressed.

Al Hunt

Oh the Places They Go A snapshot of our talented resident community and their accomplishments.

Mark Flanigan (USA) is a featured author in the newest

outstanding examples of contemporary art for Teachers

for Poverty Action to test the heterogeneity of savings

volume of COE-DMHA’s academic journal, Liaison. In it,

College’s permanent art collection.

practices across developing countries.

Mark explains what it was like to participate in a relief

mission as a Rotary International Peace Fellow in Japan

Guillaume Kroll (Belgium) spent the summer

living

Anca Metiu’s (France) first book, The Power of Writing

among rural communities in Malawi to pursue ethno-

in Organizations: From Letters to Online Interactions

graphic research aimed at better understanding savings

(co-authored with Anne-Laure Fayard), was recently

Sung Gue Kim (South Korea) is a recipient of the

and lending practices in the informal sector. His find-

published

2011-2012

ings will be used by senior economists at Innovations

following the country’s 2011

tsunami and earthquake.

Myers Art Prize, which selects and acquires

by Routledge Academic.