12 International House Times
Look Who Came To Visit!
1. Irving Tragen (IH 1943-47) visited with I-House
Executive Director Hans Giesecke, his wife Susan
Giesecke, and Resident Engagement Manager Valerie
Ong while he was here for the "Inaugural Irving Tragen
Lecture on Comparative Law featuring Katharina Pistor"
on February 3rd. Irving was pleased to announce that
his book, paying tribute to his beloved, late wife, Eleanor
"Ele" Dodson (IH-1944-47), Two Lifetimes As One: Ele
and Me and the Foreign Service has been published this
year. is touching autobiography covers the decades
of marriage and service abroad of this I-House couple
and how Irving could not have carried out his difficult
assignments without the support of his loving wife, Ele.
2. Ramesh Gidwani (IH 1967-70) (left) came from
Houston, Texas, to visit a longtime friend who lives in
the Bay Area. Before his return flight home, Ramesh was
able to get a tour with Angela Rauch and to see the Great
Hall again.
3. Dania Orta Alemán (IH 2015-17) and Zunaid Omair
(IH 2016-17) found love in the air when the new
I-House couple came to take photos on their wedding
day. Read the remarkable story of how they met, I-House,
a Gateway to Love: Mexico Meets Bangladesh, at the
I-House blog at ihberkeley.wordpress.com.
4. Kayla Harris (IH 2013), former Event Assistant, was
happy to see her former boss Tim Lynch during her
stay in the Ambassador Suite, and to show her parents
I-House for the first time.
5. Elena Gavagnin (IH 2011) was also excited to show her
parents I-House for the first time. During a visit from
Italy, they enjoyed seeing where Elena lived.
6. John Christopher (IH 1994), Frida Dicarlo (IH 1993-
94), and Mario Huerta (IH 1995-96) bonded living at
I-House in the 1990s. ey stopped in to reminisce about
their time at I-House together in the Great Hall.
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