As our world becomes more complex, personal contact is vital for promoting international understanding and goodwill. With this in mind, we provide our alumni with a variety of programs each year to address a more personal interest beyond the professional realm. Destinations range from Antarctica to India, but the theme is always the same.
Helen Woodford Ruth was born in October 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Margaret Helen Woodford. She was married to Babe Ruth. She died on January 11, 1929 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
At her birth, on Feb. 28, 1926, she was named Svetlana Stalina, the only daughter and last surviving child of the brutal Soviet tyrant Josef Stalin. After he died in 1953, she took her motherâs last name, Alliluyeva. In 1970, after her defection and an American marriage, she became and remained Lana Peters. Ms. Peters died of colon cancer on Nov. 22 in Richland County, Wis., the countyâs corporation counsel, Benjamin Southwick, said on Monday. She was 85.