Drive-by Birthday Bash

Hungarian-American philanthropist Eva Haller celebrated her 90th birthday at Casa Dorinda at the weekend with a “drive by” party.

Eva, a trustee of UCSB, co-founder and president of the Campaign Communications Institute of America, Visiting Professor of Glasgow Caledonian University, and the 2014 Magnusson Fellow, who escaped the Nazis during World War II, was accompanied by her physician husband of 33 years, Yoel, as friends with posters and honking car horns marked the big day during the pandemic.

“It wasn’t exactly what was planned for the occasion but, given the limitations, the best anyone could do in the circumstances,” said Judi Weisbart, who attended the bash with her husband, Harry.