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Remembering Susan “Tudy” McLaine (1933-25)

International House was saddened to learn of the passing of Susan “Tudy” McLaine ’56, a fixture in the I-House alumni and programmatic community for decades, on June 21 in Ottawa. She was 91.Born Susan Reed in Boston, MA, she met her Canadian husband Alan McLaine at I-House while she was attending Columbia University’s School of Social Work. After completing his studies in Soviet economics, Alan joined the Canadian Foreign Service, and the McLaines embarked on a 33-year diplomatic career which culminated with Alan’s appointment as the last Canadian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1990.The...

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Update on Relocated Residents of 2019

Under the direction of International House NY resident social worker and Program Director Lorraine Pirro, I-House Global Health and Wellness Services conducted a quantitative online survey to gather information on the health and wellness of the International House residents who relocated to less dense, safer havens due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The outreach was conducted by Daniel Okpare, a Public Health Management Intern at New York University. More than 250 Residents shared with us where they landed and how they were doing. We learned that with the assistance of...

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