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Toronto Alumni Club
The Toronto Alumni Club was created to bring together alumni of
International House
in the Greater Toronto Area and to serve as a forum for
continuing the mission of
International House. In the spirit of
International House's motto – That Brotherhood
May Prevail – the
Toronto Alumni Club seeks to promote life-long qualities of
leadership,
tolerance, respect, and friendship among individuals of
all nations and
backgrounds.
Canadian Friends of International House
Based in Ottawa, Canadian Friends of International House (Amis Canadiens de
la Maison Internationale) helps International House with fundraising and the
recruitment of Canadian residents. Canadian Friends also administers two
scholarship funds –
the MacGuigan Scholarships and the McLaine Scholarships
– which provide support for Canadians living at International House.
Alumni living in Canada can make charitable, tax-deductible contributions to
International House through Canadian Friends. Please send checks made
payable to:
Canadian Friends of International House New York
C/O Ian H. Fraser
Ogilvy Renault Barristers
45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1600
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1A4
Canada
International House
International House is a vibrant
community of more than 700 graduate students and
trainees who represent more
than 100 countries each year. It is the most culturally
diverse student
community located in the most culturally diverse city in the world -
New
York.
The mission of International House is to enable selected graduate students
and
interns from countries around the world to live and learn together in a
challenging and
supportive residential community that builds life-long
qualities of leadership, tolerance,
respect, and friendship among individuals
of all nations and backgrounds.
This independent, non-profit organization achieves its mission by daily
interaction
among its residents through programs, facilities, and
residential life designed
to foster diversity of thought and experience, and
to prepare residents for leadership
roles in the global community.
International House has enjoyed
distinguished leadership since its inception.
Past Chairmen of the Board
have included Nobel Prize-winning statesman
George Marshall, U.S.
presidential advisor John McCloy, former U.S.
Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger, and former U.S. President Gerald Ford.
The current chairman
is Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the U.S.
Federal Reserve System.
Among International House's
65,000 alumni have been some outstanding and
accomplished figures of global
renown: journalist Flora Lewis; author Jerzy Kosinski;
actor Burl Ives;
Belgian Prime Minister Mark Eyskens; opera stars Leontyne Price
and Shirley Verrett; Japanese automotive executive Tatsuro Toyoda; Nigerian author
Chinua Achebe; German choreographer Pina Bausch; Mitsubishi Materials
Chairman
Takeshi Nagano; and South African writer Mark Mathabane. |
