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----- From July 2008 AALFNY Newsletter -----

WEDDINGS/MARIAGES
Vincent Nida wrote to us from Japan: "Just married! Got married on April 26 in LA to charming Grace whose family lives on the West Coast. We both work and live in Tokyo and enjoy Japan a lot. Enclosed is a picture blown by the wind!"

Lidia (HwaSoon) Anchisi wrote: "Got married last year, July 21st in Italy (Pinerolo) to Mark Hopkins. We are both professors at Gettysburg College, PA since 2002. I teach Italian language and culture in the French/Italian dept, Mark teaches economics. Expecting our first child in December of this year."

Christophe Charlier wrote: "After graduating from Wharton, I worked at JP Morgan for two years and then moved to Russia, where I have now lived for ten years. I am married with four sons."

Ariane Maitre nous écrit: "Soon to graduate (again!): rentrée il y a deux ans à l'Ecole Nationale de la Meteorologie (en bref Meteo-France), j'attend avec impatience ma premiere affectation (Nord, Est, ou Region Parisienne?)"

Michel Robert Abood shared this with us: "Just a quick note to say that I've started a new venture, Vinotas Selections (click on link below to access his website). It's an artisanal wine brokerage that represents boutique wines selling in the $8-25 range. Many are already available in NYC, NJ and Seattle."

Bibi Eng wrote: "I am working for the UN and have been serving in various parts of Africa for three years now. Former classmates can view some of the photographs of my travels at www.bibieng.com" [Click on link below to access Bibi's website.]

----- From December 2007 AALFNY Newsletter -----

Benoît Malraison nous écrit: "Heureux de rejoindre la communauté des anciens du lycée. Voici donc le Flash Back de mes 17 dernières années:
- études supérieures entre Paris et Oxford en finance
- VSNE pour Danone aux US
- 2 ans chez Danone à Nantes
- 5 ans chez Michael Page à Paris
- 4 ans chez Dun & Bradstreet à Paris
Marié en 1996, à une corse, Laetitia, 1 garçon Louis (6 ans) et
une fille Angèle (2ans et demi. Une passion qui n'a pas changée: la voile, j'ai participé, entre autre, à une course transatlantique en 2003 et nous avons eu la chance de la gagner! Je serais très heureux de reprendre contact avec un certain nombre d'entre vous. Je suis toujours en contact avec Coralie '90, Alix '92, Flavie '89'. Merci pour ce site très riche."

● "Born in the early seventies, Bibi Eng has lived in New York City, Tehran, Baltimore, Hamburg, and Santiago de Chile. She attained her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University, and her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. Having received informal art and design training during the course of her life, Bibi has engaged in professional photography since 1996. Currently, her work is represented by SLP Stock and Bruce Coleman USA." (http://www.iranian.com/Arts/2003/January/Kish/index.html) To access Bibi's travel Photography website, click on link below.

----- From June 2007 AALFNY Newsletter -----

Paul Denamiel wrote that he is "married to Lisa Turk, three children, Jean-Baptiste, Justine and Jacqueline."

Nicolas Giauque "joined Farallon® in 1998 and is now a partner and portfolio manager of Noonday Asset Management LLP. Prior to joining Farallon®, Mr. Giauque worked in the investment banking and asset management divisions of Goldman Sachs for four years in Hong Kong and Singapore. Mr. Giauque graduated with a master's degree in Management from Hautes Etudes Commerciales." (http://www.noonday.com/bios_nicolas_giauque.html)

----- From December 2006 AALFNY Newsletter -----

Magalie (Laguerre) Wilkinson wrote: "After nearly ten years at NBC News as a producer, I joined the team at CBS' "60 Minutes", working with legendary journalist Ed Bradley as an Associate Producer. The switch was both professional and personal, permitting me to spend more time with our daughter Juliette who is now four years old. She has just started her first year at the Lycée and is in Moyenne Section. My husband Bruce and I are about to celebrate our seven-year wedding anniversary. How time flies! It's wonderful to be back in the Lycée environment and the new buildings are just a breath of new life and fresh air. It's a joy to take Juliette in every day and she loves it, as do we!"

Iman El-Banhawy wrote: "Dear Class of 1989, I miss you all so much and left you when I was only 10! I live in Geneva now and wish that we could have a reunion on this side of the Atlantic if possible. I'm so proud of our achievements. Every time I look up an old classmate's name on the web I feel very proud that they have become somebody. Let's chat on Skype, at least if we don't meet up. My skype name is iman7203. Love, Iman."

Dr Rodolphe Biffot habite à Libreville, Gabon ou il est Conseiller du Président de la République et Directeur de Cabinet du Haut Représentant personnel du Chef de l’Etat.

Christian Rieupouilh nous écrit: "Depuis le temps que je me dis qu'il faut écrire ce mot ... alors cette fois c'est la bonne! Je vous transmets donc un amical bonjour d'Annecy, France, où je me suis installé à la fin de mes études. Je travaille aujourd'hui dans le domaine de l'informatique pour le groupe anglais SAGE.
Je suis marié et papa de jumeaux, Louise et Romain, qui sont nés en 2002.
Mes deux années au Lycée Français restent pour moi un excellent souvenir et une période véritablement enrichissante. C'est aussi des amitiés que le temps a dénouées mais qui sont pourtant toujours «vivantes»: Ali Fekhar, Sébastien Revault d'Allones, Clara Jondot, Nicolas Giauque, Vincent Chriqui et d'autres encore. Bravo au mystérieux Roger et à toutes les personnes qui font vivre l'Association des Anciens Elèves."

● Click on link below for news of Lidia Hwa Soon Anchisi

------From February 2006 AALFNY Newsletter------

Orly Sofer-Sherman wrote: "I live in NY with my husband Marc and our daughter Maya (18 months) and we are expecting our second baby very soon. I have been working as a psychologist at Queens Hospital Center for the past two years."

Iman El-Banhawy shared this with us: "I wish we could get together and see whether we've changed or stayed the same. I remember the people of my class vividly even though I left them when I was 10. I live in Geneva now with my husband and daughter and would love to hear all your news."

Sidney François wrote: "After getting my Bac at the Lycee, I went to undergrad at Goucher College in Maryland where I received a BA in Communications. I studied law for a semester in France at Paris-Pantheon Assas II. I received my JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law. I worked for the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland in the Consumer Protection Division for eight and a half years as the Administrator of the Health Club Unit. Recently, I was a staff attorney in the Legal Aid Bureau representing children in need of assistance for about a year. Currently, I am the Director of Grass Roots and lobbyist for a special interest association representing seniors in Maryland and DC. As a result, I am contantly on the road. I bought a Cape Cod house in Baltimore about four years ago which I am renovating. It's good to hear that so many of my classmates are doing well.

------From June 2005 AALFNY Newsletter------

Michel Robert Abood wrote: "I currently run a private-equity management company that invests in luxury-related firms (fashion, wine, food, etc...). Our most recent project is a fine wine storage facility, Brix Wine Vault. The various companies are: www.MCRHolding.com, www.NovelKnit.com, www.BrixWineVault.com, TriState Lace. In addition, I graduated from Columbia University's Executive MBA program in August of 2002. I still live in NYC."

------From November 2004 AALFNY Newsletter------

Flavie (Durand Ruel) Mouraux writes: "Thank you for your regular messages which often bring me back to the good time I spent in the Lycée Français de New York. I take this opportunity to inform you that I am very excited about a personal project which will bring me back to NY very soon : I will have the pleasure of giving a lecture on my ancestor, Paul Durand-Ruel, Friend and Art-Dealer of the Impressionists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Wednesday 10th November 2004."

Camille (Lévitte) Vernerey wrote: "After so many years...I eventually give some news! I got married in 2000 with Laurent Vernerey and we had a little boy, Adrien in February 2003. I stopped working (I was in the PR and communication business, first in Phoenix, AZ where I lived with my husband, then Paris) to take care of Adrien. I am still in contact with many friends and teachers from the Lycée. Nathalie Dassas and Caroline de Marco with whom we go to the park with their children and also Denise McConnee who was my sister's nursery teacher. As my sister now works and live in New York again and my parents in Washington DC I hope I will be visiting the new Lycée pretty soon! Thanks for the news and the great web site."

------From Winter 2003-2004 AALFNY Newsletter------

Nicolas Giauque s’est marié avec Nathalie Desbiez. Ils habitent Londres où ils ont eu leur troisième enfant, Alexis, en juillet 2003.

------From Winter 2002/2003 AALFNY Newsletter------

Magalie (Laguerre) Wilkenson writes: “I'm married since October 1999 to Bruce Wilkinson. As for children, we have one on the way, due in August [2002]. I'm a producer with NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw here in New York and my husband is also in the TV business. After the Lycée I was in France at l'Ecole des Roches, then back to NY for my last two years of secondary school and did my Bac Inernational at the United Nations International School... I went to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY and majored in English Literature. I've been at NBC since 1996 and before that I was at Fox 5 TV from 1993 to 1996.”

------From November/December 2001 AALFNY Newsletter------

Ariane Maître est en formation de développeur à l'AFPA (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) de Dunkerque.

Mohamed Niaré went to the LFNY from 1984-1988, and went to Vienna to complete Terminale. He is presently "back in my home country Mali where I represent two Canadian mining companies( Nevsun Resources/Mali Ltd. and TAMICO s.a.). I would like to get in touch again with some of my classmates, namely Sidney François, Ali Fekhar, Patrick Barr and Rodolphe Biffoh. My father being a career diplomat and often changing countries made it very difficult to keep in touch with friends who were dear to me."

------From February/March 2001 AALFNY Newsletter------

Violaine Pillet vit à Paris depuis dix ans où elle a fait ses études et est devenue psychologue clinicienne. Elle souhaiterait avoir des nouvelles d'anciens amis de cette promotion.
Michel Robert Abood is currently in the Executive MBA Program at Columbia University. He also runs his own fabric and textile design and import company.

------From November/December 2000 AALFNY Newsletter------

Antoine Rieger nous écrit de Levallois, France et nous a demandé de lui envoyer le dernier yearbook du Lycée.
















Flavie Mouraux Durand-Ruel ('89) & Sidney Francois ('89)
Flavie Mouraux Durand-Ruel ('89) & Sidney Francois ('89)

TOP: Khadidja Benouataf ('89); BOTTOM: Rodolphe Biffot ('89)
TOP: Khadidja Benouataf ('89); BOTTOM: Rodolphe Biffot ('89)
TOP: Sebastien Revault D’Allones ('89); BOTTOM: Christian Rieupouilh ('89)
TOP: Sebastien Revault D’Allones ('89); BOTTOM: Christian Rieupouilh ('89)
TOP: Iman El-Banhawy ('89); BOTTOM: Photo by Bibi Eng ('89): From 'Photo essay: Kish Island'
TOP: Iman El-Banhawy ('89); BOTTOM: Photo by Bibi Eng ('89): From 'Photo essay: Kish Island'
TOP: Michel Robert Abood ('89); BOTTOM: Vincent Nida ('89) and wife Grace being blown away
TOP: Michel Robert Abood ('89); BOTTOM: Vincent Nida ('89) and wife Grace being blown away