International House Berkeley

12 financial officer, quite rigid in how she expected things done and the only one on the staff whom students did not want to tussle with directly. Eugenie Carneiro was a gracious, petite lady from Portugal who was in charge of I-House events. She was always full of great ideas in regard to new programs to foster international understanding, and she conceived, planned and directed both small and elaborate cultural events. One such event was the annual Spring Festival of dances and singing from around the world, performed in the students' own authentic and very colorful costumes. Another large-scale event was the spring "Tea Dance" put on by one of the "language tables," with skits and singing characterizing some special aspect of that language or its culture. Gladys Hughes, then in her fifties, was in charge of the Dining Services. She was another "mother hen" to those of us who were working our way through school. She tried very hard to find various jobs related to kitchen, dining and catering services that would fit into our own study schedules. Two other I-House staff positions were particularly important for any student's early assimilation into communal life at the House, namely those of Jean Sullivan and Gene Lee. For at least a dozen years, Jean was director of admissions at I-House, which meant that she was usually the first staff person a student met when arriving at the House, and she was the one who was always there to help with any kind of problem. Gene Lee was, as I recall, assistant director in charge of Student Services as well as a part-time graduate student. Both were pretty much the same age as the rest of us and therefore were never really set apart as staff. Both joined in with residents in the various cultural activities of the House. And last, but not least, we must not forget Peggy Post [Grunland], who for many years manned the information desk at the very entrance of the House. She was the one who kept us all well-informed about who was who and what was what.

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