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1950s Marvin Abraham (IH 1953-56) November 30, 2017 Marvin Meyer Abraham attended City College of New York, graduating with a B.S. in physics in 1953. In 1958, he achieved a Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley. He married Reeva Swidler in Chicago and departed for two years to England, where he had a Fulbright Scholarship at Oxford. Marvin enjoyed traveling with Reeva all over the world, collecting books, and watching sports. His legacy lives on through his children and grandchildren and the many people he taught to make and enjoy bagels. Edward J. Dierauf (IH 1958-60) February 2017 Edward Dierauf was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy and was admitted to UC Berkeley under the GI Bill. While at I-House, he met his future wife, Verity Day, and made lifelong friends with Dave Scheuring (IH 1957-61), Jim Haag (IH 1958-60), Oscar Bradfute (IH 1958-60), Hank Schoenlein (IH 1957-59), and Howard Wiggins (IH 1957-60). He was also friends with fellow I-House resident and current governor of California, Jerry Brown (IH 1960-61). Enticed by the call to service by President Kennedy, the Dieraufs enrolled in a British-USA program, which placed teachers in the newly independent African countries of Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar. ey had four children between 1960 and 1965. Verity passed away in October 2017. During the spring of 2018, their children held a memorial for their parents at International House, the location where their love flourished. 1940s Paul Grunland (IH 1943-45) February 2, 2018 Paul Grunland, a longtime supporter of I-House and a well-known and beloved community member passed away at the age of 93. He lived at International House during the Callaghan Hall era, and met his wife, Peggy Post Grunland (IH 1946-47), who welcomed I-House residents by name at the front desk between 1947 and 1951. Grunland was active in the Berkeley Historical Society, Berkeley Path Wanderers, and El Cerrito Historical Society. He led informative walking tours in Berkeley, Kensington, and El Cerrito and documented the history of the Berkeley Woods tract, where he made his home with Peggy, his wife of 62 years. Before retiring, Paul managed the Capwell's store in El Cerrito Plaza. Paul recognized the special bonds of I-House residents in the post-World War II era, and was instrumental in the publishing of e Golden Age of International House Berkeley: An Oral History of the Post World War II Era, where Peggy's story is featured. Robert William Wright (IH 1947-50) December 9, 2017 Robert William Wright was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1923. He completed two undergraduate degrees over five years in math and physics at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University.) He then served in the U.S. Navy in preparation for the planned invasion of Japan. After his discharge, he pursued a Ph.D. in nuclear physics at UC Berkeley, where he was a key member of the team that discovered a theta particle without hyperon in 1956. In Memory Robert lived and participated actively in community life at International House during his years in Berkeley. It was through I-House activities that he met Fern Scneder, whom he married in 1954. He was equally passionate about politics and current affairs, history, historic ships, and skiing. He will be remembered for his enthusiasm, wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, and his interest in and generosity to others. Bernice Livingston Youtz (IH 1946-48) November 18, 2017 Bernice was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1926. She read avidly and developed a lifelong love of history, literature, world travel, politics, and social justice. As a student reporter at Occidental College, she covered the meetings in San Francisco that founded the United Nations. During her graduate studies, Bernice lived at International House, where she met her future husband, physicist Byron Leroy Youtz (IH 1946–52). After receiving a master's degree in French literature and a teaching certificate, she spent a year teaching English at a girls' school in northern France. After her return, she married Byron in 1951, and they moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where she developed a passion for helping Palestinian refugees and civil rights in Israel and the West Bank. Many will remember her for the letters she wrote over the decades to newspapers, magazines, and world leaders, highlighting the historical roots of current affairs and offering her cogent opinions on policies and injustices. Bernice's autobiography, Oh! the Places I've Been, beautifully illuminates the American spirit of the 1930s, travel in postwar Europe and the Middle East, and the tumult of the 1960s. International House Times 17

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