About ISH

Our History

International Houses Worldwide

International Student House (ISH) of DC is in affiliation with 22 International Houses from across the continents through International Houses Worldwide. The International Houses are united by one mission:

To provide students of different nationalities and diverse cultures with the opportunity to live and learn together in a community of mutual respect, understanding and international friendship.

You can learn more about International Houses Worldwide by visiting their website at www.ihousesworldwide.org or by downloading the IHWW Sharing Cultures brochure.

Board of Directors

President
Dr. Putnam M. Ebinger

First Vice President
Mrs. Annette Aburdene*

Second Vice President
Mrs. Grace M. Tompkins

Treasurer
Mr. Lawrence Camp

Secretary
Mrs. Selby McPhee

Board of Directors
Mr. C. Andrew Ammerman
Mr. Adam A. Aulestia
Mr. Malcolm Benge*
Mrs. Nancy Buchanan
Dr. William H. Crocker*
Mr. Lawrence P. Dunham
Dr. Riaz Haider
Mr. Richard P. Hall
Mrs. Kathryn M. Horlick
Mr. Ignacio Jauregui
Mrs. China Jessup*
Mr. Clifford Kendall
Dr. Sherry Migdail
Miss Pam Mixter
Mr. Robert R. Patterson*
Mr. Herbert K. Schmitz*
Mr. Jerrold Scoutt, Jr.*
Ms. Barbara Slavin
Ms. Jessica Springsteen
Board Associates
Mrs. Grace W. Ansah-Birikorang
Mrs. Jill Bell
Mrs. Anne Boardman
Dr. Albert Borg Olivier de Puget
Mrs. Lillian Borwick
Mr. H. Alan Brangman
Mrs. Margot Brinkley
Mr. Travis Brown, Jr.
Mrs. Jane Hart*
Ms. Deborah Hefferon
Mrs. Wallace F. Holladay
Ms. Anne B. Keiser
Mr. Julian MacDonald
Dr. Sherry Mueller
Mr. Charles E. Nelson
Dr. Abbas Ordoobadi
Ms. Kathleen Peroff
Mr. Richard Rodgers
Mr. Dan Schoonmaker
Dr. Charles R. Sherman
Mr. George S. Springsteen, Jr.*
Mrs. Rosalind Springsteen
Ms. Andrea R. Tebbets*
*Past President and Member for Life

Staff


Executive Director
Thomas A. O’Coin
Resident Manager/Admissions
David Cyphert
Programs Manager/Admissions
Anna Cyphert
Director of Development
Judith Singer
Business Manager
David Ruiz
Maintenance and Housekeeping Supervisor
Jose Marroquin

Distinguished Alumni of ISHDC

Petter Jakob Bjerve, former Minister of Finance, Norway
Derek Briggs
, Professor of Earth Science, Yale University
Dr. Noel Brown
, President, Friends of the United Nations
Dr. Nathan J. Brown
, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and Director for Middle East Studies, George Washington University
Mr. Timothy Cabot
, Founder, Alacrity Material Technology
Apichart Chinwanno
, Ambassador of Thailand
Mong-il Chong
, Chairman, Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation
Adi Putra Darmawan
, People’s Consultative Assembly of Indonesia
Dr. Manfred Dauses
, Professor, University of Bamberg
Dr. Matthias Dembinski
, Senior Research Fellow, Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt
Babace Diagno
, Director General, Radio and Television, Senegal
Eugenio Dimaria
, International Journalist with New York Times and Associate Press
Juan Bautista del Rosario
, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
Gunther Engelhardt
, Professor, University of Hamburg
Hafizullah Emadi
, Reporter Kabul Daily Times, Consultant to Focus Humanitarian Assistance
Andreas Falke
, Director, German-American Institute, Nuremburg
Julian Gutt
, Founder of New Species, Biosciences and Marian Animal Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute
Geir Haarde
, former Prime Minister of Iceland
Dell Higgie
, New Zealand Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism
Yukiko Koyanagi
, Professor of Art History, Institute of Franco-Japanese, Kyushu, Japan
Josephine Lao
, journalist, Bloomberg News, Hong Kong
Geir Lundestad
, Professor of History, University of Oslo and Director of the Nobel Institute of Oslo.
Cehn Ker
, Deputy Director, Ministry of Defense, Singapore
Arthur Atiwane
, President, Red Cross Society, Swaziland
Jean-Pierre Peypouquet
, Professor of Geology and Oceanography, University of Bordeaux, France

Employment


There a currently no positions.

 

About  the International Student House in Washington DC

Our Mission. The International Student House, a non-profit organization in the heart of Washington, DC, provides an exceptional residential experience to a highly diverse international community of graduate students, interns, and visiting scholars. The House promotes inter-cultural dialogue, encourages life-long connections, and fosters global citizenship.