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1930s Virginia Rogers (IH 1935-37) Virginia Rogers passed away at home after a remarkable life of 104 years. She earned her master's degree in education from UC Berkeley in 1940, and one of her favorite adventures as a Cal student was dancing on the top of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge before its cables were installed. 1940s Rebecca Hayden (IH 1941-42) Rebecca "Becky" Hayden passed away at the age of 98 in San Francisco. She continued to enjoy the SF Symphony, Opera, and Ballet events on Sunday afternoons with friends. Soon before her passing, Becky wrote "All best wishes for I House's future. I-House offered a wonderful home in my senior year (1941-42), although we had a lot of upsets: Pearl Harbor on December 7; and in the spring, innocent Japanese students moved to detention camps." She went on to become one of the first female editors in the college textbook industry. Hugh Macbeth Jr. (IH 1941-44) Hugh Macbeth Jr., who died Sept. 14, 2019, at the age of 100, was an extraordinary figure. In collaboration with his father, Hugh resisted the infamous 9066 Executive Order imposed on Americans of Japanese descent during World War II. e Macbeth family's work on instrumental cases such as People v. Oyama not only halted enforcement of the Alien Land Act against Japanese Americans, but established the legal grounds for future Supreme Court civil rights cases. After 30 years of private practice, Hugh Jr. administered the largest family law court in Los Angeles County. From his 1941 application for admission to I-House, Mr. Macbeth Jr. wrote: "e International House provides an opportunity for inter- stimulation of people of widely variant social, cultural, national, and racial backgrounds. More than this, it provides the only true medium through which foreign people can know, understand, sympathize, and fully realize the essential unity of all mankind and their community of purpose and problem, that is, personal and continued contact. My immediate parental background is such that the need for international and interracial understanding and cooperation has been deeply impressed upon me. Nor am I oblivious of world conditions today which shout that same need." Hans Rausing (IH 1948-49) Hans Rausing, a true titan of industry, passed away at the age of 93 in his home in Wadhurst Park, East Sussex. He is known for leading Tetra Pak, founded by his father, and growing the company from a handful of people in Sweden to 36,000 employees. Hans was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, on March 25, 1926. He studied at Lund University before joining his father's company. He later became chief executive and led the company until 1995. Hans was also a dedicated philanthropist who gave money to a variety of institutions. In 2006, Mr. Rausing was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to charity and educational institutions. Phyllis Haakh-Duffy (IH 1948-49) Phyllis Haakh lived at International House in 1948- 1949 while she studied psychology at UC Berkeley. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in family psychology from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and was a pillar of the Mexican Humane Society and of the Mexico City Kennel Club. Phyllis' love for animals, especially dogs, was boundless. She was author of a wonderful book in Spanish: "Dos Perritos con Suerte," which tells the moving story of two abandoned sibling puppies and their adventures in the search for affectionate homes. David Armstrong (IH 1949-50) David started college at Caltech at age 17, but stopped to join the navy during WWII where he was trained in electronics as an electronics technician's mate (ETM) on Treasure Island. After the navy, he finished his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley, graduating in 1949 with a major in genetics. Eventually David decided to follow his longtime dream of becoming a medical doctor, and spent the last 12 years serving as chief of staff at Metropolitan State Hospital. Carroll Brentano (IH 1949-51) Carroll Winslow Brentano, after a life of optimism and adventure, died at age 92. She lived in International House while earning her M.A. in history from UC Berkeley in 1951, after working at the Army Security Agency in Washington, DC. She was a founder, editor, and frequent contributor to the Chronicle of the University of California, and was an active member of various International House Times 17 In Memory

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