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16 Notable Alumni A mong the tens of thousands of individuals who have lived at International House, there are many who have achieved prominence in areas of intellectual, political and social life. Today's residents share meals in the dining room, relax in the Great Hall, and participate in events as did these distinguished alumni, some of whom are listed below with positions they hold or have held: Trail Blazers Daima Lockhart Clark (IH 1938-39)- Scholar of African philosophy and religion Edith Simon Coliver (IH 1940-03)- First woman Field Office Director for the Asia Foundation. The annual Festival of Cultures at International House was endowed by Coliver and is dedicated in her memory Maggie Gee (IH 1950-01)- Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the first Chinese-American women pilots Sergio Alejo Rapu Haoa (IH 2001-03)- First native islander to serve as governor of Easter Island Wendell Lipscomb (IH 1947-08)- First African American to complete residency at Kaiser Hospital, psychiatrist, trainer of Tuskegee Airmen Hugh Macbeth, Jr. (IH 1941-44)- Lawyer and Advocate of Japanese Americans Pauli Murray (IH 1944-45)- Attorney, poet, first African-American woman Episcopalian Minister Sandeep Pandey (IH 1992)- Recognized for his commitment to transforming India's marginalized poor Victor Santiago Pineda (1999- 20)- Disability rights activist Emmett Rice (IH 1947-48)- Berkeley's first African-American firefighter and later a member of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board Wendy Schmidt (IH 1978-80)- Business woman and philanthropist Julianne Cartwright Traylor (IH 1968-69)- Chair of Amnesty International USA, first African-American woman to hold this position Khatharya Um (IH 1983-88)- Associate Professor of Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, first Cambodian woman in the U.S. to earn a doctorate Delbert Wong (IH 1940)- First Chinese American Judge in the continental U.S. Nobel Laureates Melvin Calvin (IH 1937-08)- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961 Owen Chamberlain (IH 1940-01)- Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 Willis Lamb (IH 1931-38)- Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 Julian Schwinger (IH 1939-40)- Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 Glenn Seaborg (IH 1934-35 non resident member)- Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1951 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson (IH 1946-50)- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973 Royal Families Haakon Magnus (IH 1995-98)- Crown Prince of Norway Laurent Benoît Baudouin (IH 1997)- Prince of Belgium Ambassadors Ali Abdullah Alireza (IH 1941)- Abbassador of Saudi Arabia to the U.S. Martin Brennan (IH 2007-2012)- I-House Executive Director John Kenneth Galbraith (IH 1931-32)- Professor of Economics at Harvard, author, and Ambassador to India Robert C.F. Gordon (1931-02)- U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius Heraldur Kroyer (IH 1941-42)- Ambassador of Iceland to the U.S. Abdul Majid (IH 1934-40)- Ambassador of Afghanistan to U.S. Michael Okeyo (IH 1960s)- Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S. Andres Petricevic (IH 1960s-70s)- Bolivian Cabinet Member and Ambassador to the U.S. Joao Baptista Pinheiro (IH 1940s)- Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S. Joan Plaisted (1966)- U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands Theogene Rudasingwa (2005-06)- Ambassador to the U.S. for the Republic of Rwanda and VP of Global Affairs at the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation Kenneth Taylor (1957-59)- Canadian Ambassador to Iran Irving Tragen (IH 1943-47)- Diplomat and 2010 Citation Award Winner Andrew Young (IH 1983-85)- U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso United Nations Staff Abdelkader Abbadi (IH 1963-67)- U.N. Deputy Director for Political Affairs, United Nations Jan Egeland (IH 1983)- U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Takehiro Nakamura (IH 1990-92)- U.N. Environment Programme Officer Sadako Nakamura Ogata (IH 1956-57)- U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Public Service Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, non-resident member and dining room staff W. Michael Blumenthal (IH 1947-49)- Secretary of the Treasury, U.S., former dining room staff colleague of Ali Bhutto (above) Jerry Brown (IH 1960-61)- Governor of California, Mayor of Oakland Cho Soon (IH 1960-61)- Mayor of Seoul, Korea and Former Deputy Prime Minister Jeymoon Chung (IH 1955-56)- National Assemblyman and Chair of Foreign Relations Committee, Korea Vernon Ehlers (IH 1956-58)- Representative to Congress from Michigan Adriana Gianturco (IH 1947-49)-Director of the Department of Transportation in California Laura Castillo Sena de Gurfinkel (IH 1958-62)- Minister of Education, Venezuela Pyoung Hoon Kim (IH 1956-57 and 1991-92)-Senior Protocol Secretary to the President, Republic of Korea Oona King (IH 1989-90)- Member of Parliament, U.K. Tetsuo Kondo (IH 1954-55)- Minister of Labor in Korea Wissanu Kreangam (IH 1970)- Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand Robey Lal (IH 1967-68)- Country Manager for The International Air Transport Association (IATA) in India. Mauricio Cardenas Santa Maria (IH 1987)- Minister of Economic Development, Colombia Milton Marks (IH 1949)- California state Assemblyman and Senator Sudarmo Martonagoro (IH 1950 52)- Foreign Minister of Indonesia Widjojo Nitisastro- Minister of State, Indonesia Ogbonnaya Onu (IH 1977-80)- Governor of Abia, Nigeria, and presidential candidate Sir Desmond Rea (IH 1966-67)- Chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board Elsie Gardner Ricklefs (IH 1938-39)- Chair of Hupa Tribe, California