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International House Times 11 10 International House Times Global Gatherings Amsterdam was the host city of a recent I-House reunion, where former I-House residents gathered; Peter omas, Joël ai, Lucas Maystre, Karin Vernooij, Marina Friedrich, and Lynn Hiel all (IH 2010-11) alums. e group enjoyed sightseeing, biking and boating on the canals. ere are two more reunions scheduled before the end of the year: several friends are running the Cologne Half Mara- thon in October and in December they are going to Stuttgart to visit the Christmas Market and the Mercedes and Porsche facilities. Executive Director, Hans Giesecke (second row, from left) with a gathering of over 50 that spanned multiple generations of I-House Berkeley alumni and their families during the London reunion event- June 7, 2014. Hosted by International House Darwin, Australia, I-Houses World- wide Executive Directors gathered in early July 2014, where Dr. Hans Giesecke represented I-House Berkeley. e group focused its discussions on quality improvement standards as measured by key performance indicators. Hans and his wife, Susan also joined an I-House alumni reunion in Sydney during this trip. Andreas Schmidt (IH 2002-06) shares, "We enjoyed our little I-House reunion in my hometown Bad Salzuflen for the baptism of Chiaowen and my daughter Zoe Yuxuan. Pictured are Zoe and I in I-House t-shirts with (L-R) Albert Buixade -Farre (now in Boston, good friend who was an I-House regular), Shusaku Kawamoto (now in Taipei) and Zofia Rybkowski (now in College Station, Texas). I'm excited to hear that my former student/ mentee at the iLead Program, National University of Singapore and AyoxxA Alvin Kok, was accepted to the grad program in Engineering at Cal and, of course, I-House. Lastly we're celebrating receiving the 100.000 SGD StartUp of the Year Award in Singapore for our international startup, AyoxxA." Arthur Stonehill (IH 1959-62) Joy Iwasa shared a lovely afternoon with Arthur and his wife, Kari. Arthur retired in Honolulu in 1991. He previously taught International Finance at Oregon State and University of Hawaii as well as at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Florence Yee (IH 1964-66) Florence joined Joy Iwasa for lunch and shared stories about life at I-House in the 60's and her delight about being a grandmother. After receiving the International House, An Informal History book, Florence writes, "As I skimmed the I House history, more memories of that transforming place emerged. How lucky I was to have been there!" Plan Your Own Reunion! Would you like to get together with I-House friends? Using Facebook and email, you can plan your own reunion at I-House or elsewhere. Alumni Relations can help spread the word! Email ihalumni@berkeley.edu.

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