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International House Times 11 14 International House Times 1940s Gilbert E. Haakh (IH 1946-47) "Courtesy of the university, I had a room in I-House, living with people of fifty different nationalities. Like Rockefeller, I counted the dimes. In the cafeteria I was charged 35 cents for breakfast, 20 cents for cereal with milk and 15 cents for a banana - but I found a grubby supermarket where I could buy ten tiny packets of Kellogg's cereals for 33 cents, milk for 10 cents, and a bunch of bananas for 15 cents. This meant breakfast for ten days on 58 cents instead of $3.50." Richard C. Rowson, (IH 1944-47) "I made it to my 65th Class Reunion in Berkeley ('47). I passed I-House (en called Callaghan Hall) where my career in International Political Communication began. at's 67 wonderful years inspired by the global perspective given all by I-House and UC Berkeley. I'm also an alumnus of I-House, New York. At 88 years, I remain an active Board Member of Community of Democracies, e United Nations Association, Washington D.C., a member of the Washington Institute of World Affairs and the Overseas Press Club of New York." Elizabeth Evans Weston (IH 1945-47) Elizabeth's daughter, Susan Reed, shares a photo of her parents taken at her mother's 22nd birthday. She writes, "My Mom met my Dad (Henry Weston) at I-House in 1945 when she was attending Cal working on her BA…. Money was extremely tight. Mom worked as a Rosie the Riveter to help pay for school as well as being a typist. My Dad was getting his Master's in Zoology. e military had taken over I-House and residents were living in several different fraternities and would meet at one building for meals. Mom was doing very poorly in her Science class and my Dad overheard her talking about it one night at dinner. He offered to tutor her (he admitted later it was a ruse to get to know her) - she agreed, and she passed! ey were married after both graduated in 1947. Because of the lifelong friendships developed with fellow students from India and Washington, D.C. I-House was a very special place for them. My father passed away in 2001; Mom is 89 years old." Bernice L. Youtz (IH 1946-48) "I continue to treasure my memories of I-House and continuing friendships from that era. My granddaughter, Katharine Youtz, is a graduate student at Sciences Politiques in Paris, lives at Fondation des Etats-Unis and is looking forward to meeting people from around the world as I did." 1950s Jacques V. De Guenin (IH 1954-55) "My stay in I-House has been a formidable opportunity to discover and appreciate people from different countries, races and religions from mine. Later in my life, I have been to some 50 countries for work or tourism. Thanks to my I-House culture, I have felt at ease in each." Alumni News & Notes Patricia A. Heer (IH 1957-58) "My husband (Naranjan Heer UCB B.S. 1958, J.D. 1951) and I met in our senior year while living at I-House. We married during his first year at Boalt School of Law. I earned a teaching credential at Berkeley. We lived in the Bay Area, mainly Fremont, until his death Nov. 10, 1997. We have two sons and a daughter, all living in CA. I continue to reside in Fremont. We spent our careers - his in law, mine in education, mainly in Fremont." Celeste Lipow MacLeod (IH 1952-53) shares that an excerpt from her book Multiethnic Australia, has been reprinted in Thinking Globally, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer. University of California Press, 2014. 1960s Robert Eberhart (IH 1961-63) In memory of Alan D. Pasternak, Robert writes, "We shared some very happy times at I-House with Al. Carol (IH 1962) and I met at I-House, so it's a special place for us." Both are semi-retired and Robert teaches two classes at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. They have three children, four grandchildren and "just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with them." Lila de Araujo Rayol (IH 1966) "So far away in physical terms but so close to my heart, Berkeley is a treasured memory in my life." Lila works as a Sworn Translator of the English Language for the State of Para, Amazonia, Brazil and has two daughters in the USA with whom she is "in very close contact thanks to telephone and internet connection." Her granddaughter Angella is graduating from high school this Spring. Son Manuel is a Senate Officer in Brasilia FD and "a father-to-be with his first baby expected around September/October… All my children live away, so I treat students who come for my translating services as if they were my own kids, so everybody is happy!" Ida K. Rigby (IH 1966-69) In retirement Ida Rigby has been keeping up the I-House spirit with travel. In 2013 she visited Colombia, Chile (including Easter Island), three Scandinavian countries, Iceland, Morocco, and New Zealand. Her current interests are focused on natural history, so highlights last year were hiking in the High Atlas Mountains, Patagonia and studying geology in Iceland. International travel reminds her that her heart remains in the I-House experience. Duncan R. McPherson (IH 1960-63) "I was a resident of I-House while I attended law school at Boalt Hall. I worked the "antique telephone exchange," in the Café and at the Front Desk. I appreciated the library with its foreign publications and the fellowship of the other residents. The dining room was a great place

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