International House (“I-House”) at UC Berkeley—one of the largest multi-national residential and programming cultural centers in the world— honored philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and inventor Dr. Ashok Gadgil as Alumni of the Year 2014 at a gala celebration Thursday, April 10th, in its historic east bay facility.
For more, see:
http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/about/news/PR_MediaAdvisory_Gala2014.html
and
http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/alumni/gala/2014.php
Dr. Susan Amrose, who was also a former resident of I-House was selected to introduce Ashok at the ceremony.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Dirks moderated a discussion with Wendy Schmidt and Ashok about the environment, future of the planet, and cooperation.