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1940's Alumni Jean Barker Matthaei June 10, 2014 Jean met George Matthaei on a Sierra Club mountain trip in 1952, and they were married a year later. ey had two daughters, Jane and Susan. Jean was very active in nature education and led nature walks for children (and adults). She was also a museum docent. 1950's Alumni Oscar Bradfute May 13, 2014 Oscar grew up in Ohio, got his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and went right back to Ohio, where he spent the rest of his life studying viruses -- but he did come back to Berkeley and I-House for Elderhostel, and to Santa Cruz to retire. Garold (Gary) Faber May 29, 2014 Gary was born in South Dakota, went to school there, was diverted by WWII, and became an M.D. in Denver. He completed his Masters Degree in Public Health at U.C.Berkeley and spent most of the rest of his life as a psychiatrist in southern California. Llewellyn (Lew) Overholt, Jr. April 15, 2014 Lew met his wife, Edith, at Berkeley, where he obtained both law and business degrees. Lew was an attorney for 57 years, with a wide practice in Southern California. François Pinson April 25, 2014 François, a French resident of I-House, met Earleen Gaines in Berkeley, and they lived in France for decades before his death at the age of 86. He was co-founder of the National Center for Industry and Technology; co-founder of French Friends of the Smithsonian; was instrumental in promoting the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1976; and in promoting cooperation between French and American scholars, for all of which he received a medal from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Friends Margaret "Ginger" Elaine Alafi March 11, 2014 After receiving her BA from the University of Chicago, Ginger moved to California and married Moshe Alafi, a biotechnology founder. She later created a progressive elementary school, and after earning her Ph.D., established a graduate school of psychology. Under her leadership, the Alafi Foundation gave grants to the arts, science, and a multitude of other endeavors. Towards the end of her life, Ginger visited the Seven New Wonders of the World. Kenneth A.R. Kennedy April 23, 2014 Kenneth was known for his work in Anthropology, especially human evolution. Awards and honors attest to the rigor of his scholarship. He was raised and went to school in San Francisco, got his degrees at Berkeley, and spent most of his teaching career at Cornell. GREGORY GROSSMAN (IH 1939-41) August 14, 2014 One of many thousands who fled the Ukraine in the 1920's to China, Professor Grossman received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in economics while living at I-House. He was a resident of Berkeley his entire life, except for the time he spent getting his Ph.D. from Harvard, and his years in the military during World War II. He was one of the world's leading scholars of the economy of the Soviet Union. He studied the social, ideological and cultural underpinnings of the Soviet economy, as well. He was known as a consummate gentleman. George Breslauer, former UC Berkeley Provost and colleague, said, "He is the kind of scholar whose towering stature in the field is among the reasons that UC Berkeley was and remains a great research university." In 1952, he married Cynthia Green, and they had two children. In 1972, he married Joan Delaney, UC Berkeley Professor Emerita, who survives him. He is also survived by his son, Joel Grossman of Kuala Lumpur, and daughter, Amy Di Costanzo of Berkeley; six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Among other connections to I-House, Professor Grossman spoke at a Lodestar Dinner in 1997 on The Russian Economy: Pain and Progress. 14 International House Times In Memory JOHN "WALLY" GERHART (IH 1934-36) May 23, 2014 Wally spoke often about living at I-House when it was brand new and about meeting his wife, Ruth Boyer (IH 1934-36) there. He told of climbing to the top of an unfinished tower of the Bay Bridge to sign his name for posterity and walking across it before it had a roadbed. He will be known also for having hiked the entire 250 miles of the John Muir trail in pieces, finishing in 1985, part of it with his family; for having served in the United States Navy, and then working for the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian. He spent the last years of his career there as Chief of the Western Division in San Francisco. He and Ruth encouraged an I-House resident of the next generation: his daughter, Janet Gerhart Westbrook, who lived at the House from 1965-66 and is a 3rd generation Cal graduate. In addition to his daughter, Wally leaves a son, George W.

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