I-House 2025 Celebration & Awards Gala

Save the Date! Sunday, March 9, 2025 

Join us for a festive evening celebrating valued members of our global community and honoring their support and service to I-House. We'll enjoy the food of award-winning Executive Chef Abigail Serbins and entertainment provided by the very talented residents of International House.

Alumnus of the Year Markos Kounalakis (IH 1977-78) The Betsey and Sherry Warrick Mission Service Award The University Section Club Executive Director Community Impact Award Excellence Anurika Joshua

International House is proud to honor members of our global community who, in their personal and professional lives, promote a world of greater justice and peace.

Sunday, March 9, 2025

5:00 p.m. Arrival & Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner & Program
8:00 p.m. Dessert & Dancing

Ticket Pricing:

$275 per person
$200 per person for Young Diplomats (35 years of age and under)
$150 per person to sponsor a current I-House resident

Tickets now on sale at: I-HouseGala2025.eventbrite.com 

$75 of each ticket purchase goes toward event food and beverage and is not tax deductible.

2025 Gala sponsors

For sponsorship inquiries, please contact:
Samantha DePetro-Wysuph
I-House Philanthropy Advisor
Samanthadw@ihouseberkeley.org | (510) 406-3995 

Gala Sponsorship Packet

We would like to thank our sponsors, honorees, and guests for a remarkable 2024 Gala. Read all about it: Our Vibrant Home Glows: The Return of the I-House Gala.

Previous Gala Honorees:

2024

Chenming Hu (IH 1969-71) recipient of the Global Impact Award for his contributions to the semiconductor industry which have led to transformative improvements in computing and communications around the globe;

Chiara Medioli-Fedrigoni (IH 1993-94) recipient of the Alumna of the Year Award for promoting cultural heritage preservation efforts at universities, museums, archives, and libraries in Europe and throughout the world;

Okechukwu Iroegbu (IH 2022-24) recipient of the Executive Director’s Outstanding Community Leadership Award for his dedication to the mission of I-House and the positive impact his leadership has had on the resident community;

Ronald E. Silva (I-House Board Member) recipient of The Sherry and Betsey Warrick Mission Service Award for his dedication to the preservation and improvement of I-House.

2019
Oona King (IH 1989-90)

2018
Irving G. Tragen (IH 1943-47)
WattTime

2017
Sir Desmond Rea (IH 1966-67)
Arlene Blum Ph.D. (IH 1967-68)
S. Shankar Sastry (IH 1977-78)

2016
I-House Alumni Faculty Members at UC Berkeley
Dr. Marian Diamond (IH 1949-52)

2015
Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne
Gikas Hardouvelis (IH 1978-80)
Susan Bezjian Hardouvelis (IH 1977-81)

2014
Wendy Schmidt (IH 1978-80)
Ashok Gadgil (IH 1973-75)

2013
Kenneth Taylor (IH 1957-59) & Dr. Patricia Taylor (IH 1954-55 & 1958-60)
The MasterCard Foundation

2012
Joan Baez
Daniel Mouen-Makoua (IH 1984)

2011
Charles Ferguson (IH 1973-76)

2010
Robert Reich

2009
Phyllis & William Draper III
Firoozeh Dumas (IH 1986-87)
Crown Prince of Norway, Haakon Magnus (IH 1997-98)

2008
Richard Blum
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (IH 1978-79)

2007
Steve Matsuura (IH 1970-71)
Peter Robertson

2006
Steven Rockefeller
Martha Hertelendy

2005
John Chen
Rita Moreno

2004
Chancellor Robert Berdahl
Maxine Hong Kingston
Jawahar Gidwani (IH 1973-76)

2003
George Raad (IH 1947-51)
Glenn Isaacson
Lee Hamilton

2002
Leon Panetta
Elizabeth Farnsworth
Jay Paxton

2001
Norman Mineta
Iver Lyche
Marion Ross (IH 1946-51)

2000
Julianne Cartwright-Traylor (IH 1960)
Thomas Miller

1999
Michael Morgan
Edith Simon Coliver (IH 1940-43)
Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.

1998
Richard Goldman (IH 1941-42)
Jerry Yang

1997
Chang-Lin Tien
Bechtel Foundation & Family
Laura D’Andrea Tyson

1996
Peter Arnett
Arun Sarin (IH 1975-78)

1995
Yehudi Menuhin
J. Dennis Bonney (IH 1954-55)
The Fleishhacker Family & Fleishhacker Foundation

1994
Harry Belafonte
The Ploughshares Fund
Pacific Telesis/Air Touch Communications

1993
John Kenneth Galbraith (IH 1930-32)
Osamu Yamada

1992
Ted Turner
Sadako Ogata (IH 1956-57)

1991
George Pratt Shultz
Abdelkader Abbadi (IH 1963-67)
Bank of America

1990
David Rockefeller
Morgan Stanley
The S.H. Cowell Foundation

1989
W. Michael Blumenthal (IH 1947–49)
Chevron Corporation
The Bernard Osher Foundation

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