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1 Foreward April 2016 Dear International House Alumni and Friends, We are very pleased to present this updated version of the "Golden Age" history of International House. is is a marvelous and significant contribution to our understanding of I-House Berkeley's development and impact. ese lively interviews and atmospheric photos capture an era at International House which was important not only to the residents, but to the evolution of the institution's identity. is collection of oral histories from our "Golden Age" is a remarkable testament to the purpose and the people that have helped to shape this unique "Living and Learning" community where for the past nine decades more than 90,000 individuals from more than 100 countries have resided and established lifelong friendships with those different from themselves. Affectionately known as "I-House," our mission remains as vital today as when founded 86 years ago: fostering cross-cultural respect, understanding, lifelong friendships, and leadership skills to promote a more tolerant and peaceful world. If your interest in International House is piqued by these stories, our website offers a range of other powerful profiles of our history, including An Informal History booklet, a collection of brief essays, entitled Close Encounters of a Cross-Cultural Kind: 75 Years of International House Berkeley, and a half-hour PBS-produced broadcast about I-House and its impact. We invite you to visit us in person or online at: ihouse.berkeley.edu. Our deepest thanks go to the Berkeley Historical Society, and especially to Jeanine Castello- Lin, whose parents are both valued "Golden Age" alumni, and to Tonya Staros, who together conducted these interviews. is is a wonderful means of documenting not only the late 1940s and early 1950s era of International House, but of Berkeley and the U.S. in an especially dramatic time following World War II, a period when I-House's founding motto, "at Brotherhood May Prevail," was challenged, championed and implemented in many important ways. With my best wishes from I-House, Hans C. Giesecke, Ph.D. Executive Director/CEO