International House Berkeley proudly celebrates and honors individuals who embody the mission of I-House to promote a more just and peaceful world.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
2026 Award Recipients
This year we are pleased to highlight the contributions of the following individuals:
Dr. Victor Pineda (IH 1999-2002)
Alumnus of the Year Award
Ker Gibbs (IH 1988-1990)
Global Impact Award
Bob Wong (I-House Board Member)
The Sherry and Betsey Warrick Mission Service Award
Paige Lyles (IH 2022-2025)
Executive Director’s Community Leadership Award
Tickets
Tickets for the 2026 International House Gala are sold out. Please contact the I-House Philanthropy team at alumni@ihouseberkeley.org to join our waitlist. You can also donate $200 to allow an I-House resident to attend. Donate here.
A variety of Gala sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information about how you can support this festive event and I-House, please contact:
Samantha DePetro-Wysuph
Phone: (510) 406-3995
Thank You to Our 2026 Gala Sponsors
PLATINUM
GOLD
Singer Huang
Bob & Sheryl Wong
SILVER
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Andy Yang, JD. (IH 1990-91)
IN KIND
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Previous Gala Honorees:
2025
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 (IH 2023-25)
2024
Global Impact Award
Chenming Hu (IH 1969-71)
Alumna of the Year Award
Chiara Medioli-Fedrigoni (IH 1993-94)
Executive Director’s Outstanding Community Leadership Award
Okechukwu Iroegbu (IH 2022-24)
The Sherry and Betsey Warrick Mission Service Award
Ronald E. Silva (I-House Board Member)
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