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8 International House Times 14 International House Times 1. Mathijs van Dongen (IH 2015) and his wife, Amber, visited I-House on their honeymoon. Mathijs says, "I wanted to show her I-House and, because where we live in the Netherlands everything is so flat, I wanted to show her the hill that I had to walk up each day to get home." 2. Steve Brunell (IH 1980s), Jim Crook (IH 1980s), Jerry Macfarlane (IH 1983), Avi Chaudhuri (IH 1982 - 84/85) returned to I-House to celebrate their friendship and rekindle old memories. Avi says, "We came to Berkeley to have our 40th reunion and of course we couldn't skip visiting I-House, which was such a pivotal part of our Cal experience." 3. Mohammed (aka "Jack") Tejani (IH 1974-78) visited with his family in tow, all wearing t-shirts featuring a photo of Jack during his years at Cal. The front desk of I-House holds many memories for Jack—when he was a resident, he used to work as a front desk assistant, welcoming fellow residents and guests as they entered the House. 4. David Wing Tong (IH 1975-76) stopped by I-House with his wife, Sandy. This was David's first visit back since leaving in 1976, and he was happy to find the dining table where he and his friends regularly gathered for meals. 5. Koen Peeters (IH 2008) from the Netherlands was pleased to find his old room 341 looking as cozy as always. 6. Ida Sognnaes (IH 2008-09 and 2012-13), with husband, Jack Wright, and their children, visited while in town for a wedding. Ida reminisced about the I-House library, where she spent many hours studying, and about watching spectacular sunsets through the window next to her bedroom. Ida, a Norway House Foundation Gateway Fellowship recipient while living at I-House, now researches global emissions trends, climate change scenario analysis, and energy-economy modeling to guide climate policy in Norway. 7. In April 2022, Irving Tragen (IH 1943-47) visited Berkeley and spent a few nights in the I-House Ambassador Suite. While here, he met Piotr Kuznicki (IH 2021-22), recipient of the Tragen I-House Fellowship, established with Irving's late wife, Eleanor "Ele" Dodson (IH 1944-47), to provide financial support for a UC Berkeley School of Law student. Back to Berkeley 1 2 4 5 6 7 3 If you are planning a trip back to Berkeley, consider staying in the I-House Ambassador Suite. See rates and details at ihouse.berkeley.edu/suite. After I-House was able to safely reopen in August 2021, alumni started to visit us again in record numbers! We were fortunate to have new staff member Margie Ryan (IH 1992-93) join the I-House team to help welcome them.