International House at the University of California, Berkeley.

Notable Alumni

The alumni pictured below are just some of those whose accomplishments contribute to the I-House tradition of excellence. Our alumni include seven Nobel Laureates, three governors, two California Supreme Court Justices, eleven ambassadors representing nine countries, and more than one thousand who have gone on to careers in colleges and universities around the world. In celebration of their accomplishments, this Notable Alumni section was launched. Click on photos or categories to view more notable alumni and detail.

Please help us recognize notable alumni who should be added to this list. Email your suggestions to: ihalumni@berkeley.edu

I-House alumni and residents can network through our secure online community, I-House@cal.

Notable Alumni excerpt from our publication An Informal History (PDF)

Full history brochure (PDF)

Pictured above (from left to right):
Row 1: Sadako Ogata,United Nations; Jerry Brown, California Governor; Arun Sarin, Vodafone CEO; Oona King, Member of Parliament, U.K.; Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

Row 2: Drew Gaffney, Astronaut; Julianne Cartwright Traylor, Amnesty International; Shankar Sastry, UC Berkeley Dean of Engineering; Arlene Blum, Author and Himalayan climber; Jan Egeland, United Nations

Row 3: John Kenneth Galbraith, Professor, author and ambassador; Owen Chamberlain, Nobel Laureate; Rose Bird, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court; Richard Goldman, Goldman Environmental Prize; Chitra Divakaruni, Author

Achievements noted are not necessarily current positions.