International House Berkeley

Hans M. Mark (IH 1950s) led a life filled with research, education, and exploration. He was a world- renowned aerospace engineer, a NASA visionary, a beloved professor, and an academic leader. Among his many leadership roles, he served as chair of the UC Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering and administrator of the Berkeley Research Reactor, secretary of the U.S. Air Force, deputy administrator of NASA, and as chancellor of the University of Texas System. He was a member of the Mission Control team during the first Moon landing in 1969 and developed the first man-made object to leave the solar system: Pioneer 10. 1960s Barbara S. Bryant (IH 1960s) was a distinguished Bay Area attorney, mediator, and adjunct faculty member at Berkeley Law who specialized in sexual harassment and sex and race discrimination law. She served on many boards and was a frequent public speaker, a published author, and a fierce advocate for equal rights and justice for all. Outside of her legal work, Barbara led a very full life that included participating in 20 sports, summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, traversing every corner of Yosemite, hiking the John Muir Trail, visiting 30 countries, attending more than 100 performances at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and San Francisco Opera, and riding a Harley-Davidson in San Francisco's Pride Parade. Ashok Kikubhai Desai (IH 1968-69) was born in Abrama, a town in the Navsari District of Gujarat, India. After completing his bachelors of science at the MS University of Baroda, he moved to California to complete his M.S. in electrical engineering at UC Berkeley. Ashok's time at I-House was an experience he would recall often and fondly, throughout his life. He was a proud Golden Bear and was happy to watch many in his family follow his footsteps to Cal. Ashok went on to lead a distinguished career as an entrepreneur, industry leader, and thought expert in control systems and hard disk drives. Serendipity being what it is— Jean-Louis Goffin (IH 1967-68) and Richard Edwin Hills (IH 1967-68) sailed to the USA on the same ship in August 1967. There they met and learned that they were both heading to Berkeley for doctorate studies. They were also both bound for I-House, where they cemented a friendship that lasted throughout their lives. Upon the completion of his doctorate, Jean Louis joined the Faculty of Management at McGill University. His research, focused on trends in mathematical optimization, continues to be cited in journals to this day. Richard became a Cambridge professor of astrophysics and builder of radio telescopes. During his long and distinguished career, he was a project scientist for Hawaii's James Clerk Maxwell Telescope; elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and awarded the Society's Jackson-Gwilt Medal. More than these accolades, Jean and Richard loomed larger-than-life as kind and generous friends, mentors to the younger generation, and lovers of music, opera, travel, hiking, and exploration. The passing of these dear friends sparked a mini-reunion over Zoom organized by their wives and a cohort of I-House friends. Born in Burma and raised in India, Snehendu B. Kar (IH 1964) graduated from UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in public health. He spent his life advocating for the underprivileged and worked hard to empower women to promote health, quality of life, and multicultural health communication. His long career included serving in three governmental positions in India, in academic leadership at three world- class universities in the United States (including at UCLA), and as a consultant to numerous leading global organizations (including the United Nations World Health Organization). As a young man, Don Minore (IH 1960-63) was employed by the U.S. Forest Service to hike into the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest to map timber in the forests. Sleeping right on the trail and drinking water from streams, he found that raw, peaceful nature made him happier than ever. When he returned to the Bay Area to pursue a degree in plant ecology at UC Berkeley, he decided to stay at I-House, where he met his future wife, Ione Bruning (IH 1960-62). They settled and raised a family in Corvallis, Oregon, where Don continued to work for the Forest Service until his retirement. Don and Ione were longtime supporters who believed deeply in the I-House mission. Edward Barton Segel (IH 1961) graduated from UC Berkeley with an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. He began his teaching career at Cal and then went on to spend 38 years as a professor of International House Times 21 Jean Louis Goffin (Belgian) Richard Edwin Hills (Briton)

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