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Oh! What Fun!
AIESEC Alumni Gatherings A Success!
From a patio in the Bay Area to a brewery in Atlanta, a good time was had by all guests at AIESEC Life's many Friendsgivings this year. Allen and Ann Kone hosted their annual holiday potluck in New York City. Their tradition and generosity was felt by all! AIESECers in the NYC area had a blast and were fortunate to have the current AIESEC MC in attendance. Our Friendsgivings in Chicago consisted of a potluck with an Eastern European flair and a trip to the Christkindlmart in the city. Atlanta and the Bay Area Hubs enjoyed their gatherings at local pubs in their cities. There is no better way to begin the holiday season but with a group of AIESEcers!
Thank you to all that hosted, planned and attended our holiday gatherings. We hope to do many more in 2023 and in these and several new cities. If you are interested in becoming a Hub Leader, please reach out to Jennifer Farley. This can be an individual or a team of people that can plan some outings and have fun with other AIESECers living nearby!
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Not only have Allen and Ann Kone been the hosts of the annual holiday potluck in New York City for 12 years and counting, but Allen is the person responsible for the City of New York's Proclamation of AIESEC DAY on August 30, 1979!
Read more about Allen and his AIESEC story:
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From Hitchhiking Around Europe to Raising 52 TNs!
It was 1963 and Allen Kone just finished hitchhiking around Europe for 12 weeks on his own. He was without a doubt bitten by the travel bug and was determined to find a way to return.
In the fall of 1964, Kone was a junior at Yale, majoring in British and Western European history. He saw a flier for AIESEC and he and his roommate Denny Olmsted, attended their first meeting and joined the AIESEC Yale local committee.
“I was able to raise a traineeship at the Second National Bank of New Haven, a place where I had worked from time to time as a teller,” says Kone. Olmsted, through assistance from classmate Leigh Wilson, raised a traineeship at the Rheingold Brewing Company in New York City. “On our pink forms, we asked to be placed together in London or somewhere else in the British Isles. We got Dublin for the summer of 1965,” said Kone.
While in Ireland, Kone worked for a local company, Roadstone, Ltd., and Olmsted worked for Bolands Biscuits. “My job was ill-defined, rotating through various departments. We shared a flat in Ballsbridge, Dublin with two other American AIESEC trainees, Mike Squires from Notre Dame and Marty Bellmore from the University of Chicago. We had a fabulous time, going out almost every night and singing at the pubs,” said Kone. At the time, the Irish committee had a series of events for the trainees to attend. And if that wasn’t enough fun, Kone had a BSA motorcycle which enabled him and Olmsted to visit 31 of the 32 Irish counties!
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This photo features AIESEC Trainees, AIESEC Ireland committee members and Éamon de Valera, who served as President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973. de Valera was a hero of the 1916 Easter Rising, and served as Prime Minister (Taoiseach) three times. This photo was taken in August 1965 at Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park, Dublin, the official residence of the President of Ireland (sometimes called in English the "Irish White House").
Allen Kone is in the front row, third from the left; Denny Olmsted is next to him, second from the left. At the far right in the front row are their flatmates Mike Squires and just to his left is Marty Bellmore.
"I spoke to the photographer afterward and he arranged for me to get de Valera to sign my copy. I suspect that this may be the only copy of this photo," says Kone. "I recall speaking to a delegate at an International Congress from Ireland who told me that they had no archives."
Read about the Proclamation of AIESEC Day and
the rest of Allen's Story Here
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