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Class NotesClick on a class year or scoll down.
--Editors' Highlights-- --Editors' Highlights-- IN THE NEWS ● Jane Flatau Ross (former Prof. d'histoire et d'anglais) was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) in May 2008. (See Former Professors & Staff section of Class Notes for further details) ● Robert Levi ('71) won a Best Documentary award from the Writers Guild of America and then in April, a PEABODY Award for his film Lush Life. (See class of 1971 for details) ● Soprano Stephanie Friede ('72) and mezzosoprano Anna Steiger ('77) are internationally acclaimed opera singers. (See classes of 1972 and 1977 for details) ● Elsa Berry ('74) (Head of Corporate Finance at BNP Paribas and Chairman of the Board of the LFNY) was recently awarded the 'Woman of the Year/Trajectoire' award from 'HEC au Feminin,' the organization dedicated to female graduates from HEC, one of the top French business schools. (See class of 1974 for details) ● Viviane Marescot ('76) recently purchased, at a NYC salvage auction, the retired Staten Island Ferry Herbert H. Lehman. She encourages her fellow alumni to contact her for uses of the ship. (See class of 1976 for details) "MUST READ" ● Stupeur et tremblements (Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française) par Amélie (Fabienne) Nothomb ('84) ● Les Bienveillantes (Prix Goncourt et Prix du roman de l'Académie française) par Jonathan Littell ('85) ● The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer ('90) (For further details on these authors and their books, click on links below) BLAST FROM THE PAST ● "C'est toujours avec plaisir et souvent avec fierté que je pense aux anciens qui, dispersés aux quatre coins du monde, n'en sont pas moins, dans le fond de leur coeur, restés fidèles à cet établissement, où ils ont reçu notre enseignement, où ils ont été exposés à notre culture, où ils ont pris des habitudes intellectuelles et eu l'occasion de contracter des amitiés durables...L'association des anciens élèves aidera, j'en suis certain, ces hommes et ces femmes....à mieux se connaître ou reconnaître." (1965, M. Pierre Brodin, Directeur des Etudes) -- Amélie (Fabienne) Nothomb -- Jonathan Littell -- Dalia Sofer Back to Top --Former Professors and Staff-- TOP: By Pierrette Fleutiaux (former Prof. d'anglais); BOTTOM: by Michael Rywkin (former Prof. de langues)  TOP: François Bouvier (former Prof. de Biologie); BOTTOM: Christophe Kone (former Prof. d’Allemand) ● Avis de Décès: Ingrid (Popa) Fotino ('58) informed us that "Ervin A. Popa, head of the financial and legal departments at the Lycée Français until 1990, husband of former Mathematics teacher Ariane Popa, father of alumnae Ingrid and Alda Popa and grandfather of alumna Domnica Fotino, died on April 18, 2007 at age 98." (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below.) ● Avis de Décès: Beatrix (Peponnet-Morlot ) Fougeron ('77) informed us that her mother, Madame Françoise Peponnet, Prof. de 12eme from 1964 to 1967, passed away in March 2008. (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below.) ● Pierrette Fleutiaux (former Prof. d'Anglais) has a new, recently published book --La saison de mon contentement. "Lauréate du prix Femina en 1990 pour son roman Nous sommes éternels, Pierrette Fleutiaux a publié des romans et des nouvelles chez Gallimard ainsi que, chez Actes Sud, Des phrases courtes, ma chérie (2001, Babel n° 583), Histoire du gouffre et de la lunette (Babel n° 597), Les Amants imparfaits (2005, Babel n° 787) et Les Etoiles à l'envers (photographies JS Cartier, 2006)." Regarding her latest work, Claire Devarrieux of Libération (March 6, 2008) said: "C'est le livre le plus audacieux qui soit..." ● François Bouvier (former Prof. de Biologie, 1968-1972) wrote: "Hello, I am a former bio prof at the Lycée Français, and would very much appreciate hearing from my former students. Now retired, I share my life between Paris and the Perigord." ● Vincent Guimer (former Prof. de Maths, 1999-2003) wrote: "I am an ex-teacher at the Lycée Français de New York and I taught mathematics from September 1999 to August 2003. Today, I am teaching math in the Liceo Franco Mexicano in Mexico City, the French high school here in Mexico.....Actually I may live here many years, Mexico is such a beautiful country, colorful and full of life!” ● Alain-Marc Rieu ( former Prof. de Philo, 1975-1976) nous écrit: "C'est avec plaisir que je reçois vos e-mails. J'y réponds pour la première fois. J'ai enseigné la philosophie de septembre 1975 à juin 1976 au Lycée français de New York. Je ne pense que les anciens élèves aient souvenir de mon enseignement, mais j'ai de bons souvenirs de certains de mes collègues de l'époque. Mon site Web donne quelques informations sur ma carrière et mon travail. Meilleures salutations." (Click on link below to access M. Rieu's website) ● Mario David Bellati (former Prof. d'Italien) wrote: "This is to inform you, the former colleagues and former students, that I retired from Columbia University where I taught from 1980 to the present. I was full time faculty at the Lycee from 1984 to 1991. I will continue to be active in my profession and living in New York and Venice, Italy." ● "On Tuesday, May 27, Kareen Rispal, Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of France, confered upon .... Jane Flatau Ross ....the Order of Academic Palms. Jane Ross has worked closely with grantees to establish and support multiple educational and arts-related initiatives, including most recently the French Heritage Language Program, a program of French-language support for recent Francophone immigrants studying in New York City high schools. She has had a lifelong interest in education and was a professor of English and History at the Lycée Français of New York for thirty years. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she helped develop the lycée’s curriculum so that it would meet both American and French educational standards. Jane Ross is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in International Education at New York University." (French Culture, http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article1332) ● Christophe Kone (former Prof. d’Allemand) started as a Ph.D. student at Rutgers in the Fall of 2006 and is currently a graduate student and instructor of elementary German there. -- In Memoriam: Monsieur Erwin Popa et Madame Françoise Peponnet -- Alain-Marc Rieu's website -- Professors and Staff Archives (1 of 2 -more recent) -- Professors and Staff Archives (2 of 2 -older) Back to Top 1940-1945 Michel Vinaver ('44) and one of his works Avis de Décès: ● Michael Woodbury's ('42) son, informed us that "My father passed away on June 2, 2007. I think that he really enjoyed his stint at your school even though he did not talk much about it until his later years." ● Betsy Jolas ('43) wrote to inform us that Mathilde Mortimer ('43) passed away in 1995, or thereabouts. She said: "Mathilde's Irst marriage was to an American - 3 sons, one deceased. Her 2nd marriage was to a scottish duke - she became Duchess of Argyll. The last part of her life was spent between the old castle of Argyll near Edimburgh and her Paris flat where I saw her frequently." ● Gabrielle Griswold ('44) wrote: "It's been great here at Kendal-at-Longwood [where I am] enjoying the company of three former Lycee schoolmates from nearly 70 years ago (!), and finding them all still active and thriving. They are Hilda Beer Grauman ('42), Martin Beer and Jean Beer, whose elder sister Lise (also a lyceene) was here when I arrived a year-and-a-half ago, but who passed away sometime last year. We are all good friends, and HIlda, Jean and I host a French-speaking table in our dining-room once a month, which usually numbers about 10 or 12 participants. It was also quite wonderful to hear from former classmate Ludmilla Alexeiff ('44), who now goes by the name of Svetlana Rockwell. We were both grateful to the Lycee's alumni association for reuniting us via e-mail." Gabrielle, who has been a prolific contributor to our newsletter, also submitted a poem which you can read by clicking on the link below. ● "Michel Vinaver ['44] was born in Paris in 1927. He had two novels published by Gallimard, in 1950 and 1951, on the recommendation of Albert Camus. In parallel with his business career working for the Gillette Company, he started as a playwright in 1955, never to return to the narrative form. His dramatic works include 18 plays and 7 adaptations or translations, alongside theoretical and critical essays. Upon leaving Gillette, he was appointed professor of Dramatic Studies at Université Paris III and subsequently Paris VIII. Vinaver owes to Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut — which awarded him a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1947 — the revelation of T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland, which he translated and which has had a never-ending impact on his dramatic writing." (From: City University of NT, http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Mestc/programs/spring07/penworldvoices.html) -- Illusion, by Gabrielle Griswold, '44 -- Michel Vinaver's website -- Class Notes Archives: 1940 to 1943 -- Class Notes Archives: 1944 -- Class Notes Archives: 1945 Back to Top 1946-1950_Stearns.jpg) Nadine (Bertin) Stearns ('48) ● Nadine (Bertin) Stearns ('48) : "I was born in NYC in 1930 of French father and Russian mother. Brought up speaking French, I was schooled at the Lycee Francais De New York, then the Spence School from which I graduated in 1948, followed by the Finch College in NYC for two years. My early multi-culturalism included experience in both the Russian Orthodox and Catholic religious teachings. Except for childhood art classes in school and a vague watercolor class years ago in Rhinebeck, I have had no art training. I have been studying with Betsy Jacaruso for five years and I prefer to paint flowers in the studio, rather than en-plein-air. I have always spent a lot of time in museums and galleries studying art. During the sixties and early seventies I had the chance to meet many artists, including Barnett Newman, Rothko, Ken Noland, Helen Frankenthaler, Bob Motherwell, as well as others. With family in England, France and Argentina, among other places, I travel frequently to these countries. I also spent time in Kenya in the seventies, enjoying animals in the wild. Among other interests are music, gardening, cooking, reading, watching movies, travel, photography and studying new subjects. I speak French, Spanish, Italian, English and some Russian. Over the years, I worked in retailing, advertising, public relations, promotion, and editorial writing and editing. My last long employment was for the Conde Nast Publications, where I worked on Vogue, House & Garden, Mademoiselle, in editorial or advertising/promotional jobs. And finally I helped create the international division of Conde Nast in the US, representing and supplying materials to their many publications world-wide." (Source: http://www.crossriverfineart.com/nadine_stearns.htm) ● Anne (Benech) Cirier ('50) wrote: "The four of us, my two brothers, my sister and I, went to school at the French Lycee of NY for two years. A long time ago. [6eme and 5eme, 1944 and 1945] Our family name is BENECH, and my father was in the French Navy. This is just to let you know [that] I live on the island Belle Ile en Mer. Hectic and busy during July and a great part of August. But I like visitors once in a while, or a chat on the phone with people from New York or the States. I was in South Carolina in April 2008 (one week) at Furman University's Music department with Tamara Matthews, soprano, who teaches lyrics there and who asked me to come and improve the French pronunciation of her students." -- Class Notes Archives: 1946 -- Class Notes Archives: 1947 -- Class Notes Archives: 1948 -- Class Notes Archives: 1949 -- Class Notes Archives: 1950 Back to Top 1951 Pierre Gazarian ('51) and one of his works ● Ellen (Ehrlich) Mimran wrote that her "interest in the theatre continues apace as she defends the new and hilarious London transfer to Broadway of "Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" at The Cort Theatre, now a nominee for several Tony awards." ● John Clarke nous écrit: "Rien de neuf. Je suis en train de traduire les Églogues de Virgile, sous un arbre, avec un crayon et sans ordinateur. Passe temps qui bouche les trous." ● "Born in Paris, Pierre Gazarian came to the United States at the age of fifteen. Over the years he has been invited to give readings of his poetry at Barnes and Noble, the Huntington Arts Council, the Vanderbilt Museum, the Langston Hughes Library, and at such universities as Columbia, NYU, St. John’s, and Queens College. His short plays have been read or staged at John Jay College, UBU Repertory Theatre, and the United Nations. He is a columnist for The Suffolk Times. This is his first book of poems. He lives in New York City with 4,000 books, one penguin, three bears, two cats, one giant lady bug (all stuffed and silent), and two lively dogs, Nina and Ida Mae." (From: Allbook Books, http://www.allbook-books.com/html/new_books_.html) -- Class Notes Archives (1951) Back to Top 1952 Peter J. Belton (Deceased, October 20, 2007) ● Avis de Décès: Peter Herford ('53) informed us that "Peter J. Belton ('52) died October 20, 2007 in San Francisco." An article regarding Peter Belton's brilliant legal career appeared in the San Franciso chronicle on October 23, 2007. (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below.) -- In Memoriam: Peter J. Belton -- Class Notes Archives (1952) Back to Top 1953 Peter Herford ('53) ● Peter Herford wrote: "I left the Lycee in 52 short of the bacho...I remain working and living in Shantou China at Shantou University where we recently concluded both a film festival for American and Chinese Directors, plus a War Reporter's Conference led by our newest faculty member Peter Arnett who has decided to end 50 years of war reporting in a more peaceful setting." -- Class Notes Archives (1953) Back to Top 1954 TOP: Jean-Pierre Cauvin ('54); BOTTOM: Co-edited and translated by Jean-Pierre Cauvin ● Avis de Décès: Cecile (Muhlstein) Nourrissier passed away on May 5, 2007. ● "On the occasion of the 65th birthday of Professor Michel Mendès France the university of Bordeaux [organized] an International Colloquium in September 2000. The topics of the conference [were] Number Theory (analytic number theory, Diophantine approximations, uniform distribution), Combinatorics and Physics." (http://www.math.u-bordeaux.fr/~stan/Colloque/mmfenglish.html) -- Class Notes Archives (1954) Back to Top 1955 TOP: Georges Ripka ('55); BOTTOM: By Georges Ripka and others  TOP: By Nadine Vitols Dixon ('55); BOTTOM: Translated by Nadine Vitols Dixon ● "In spring 2006, the Petergailis publishing house released a Finnish translation of Nadine Vitols-Dixon's book: A Life's Journey: Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia." (From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/press-releases/2006/august/09-1/) Nadine wrote to us and added: "The biography was originally published in French in 2005, then updated and translated into English (by myself) in 2006, and finally into Italian last year (not to mention a Finnish edition which was out of my control." -- Class Notes Archives (1955) Back to Top 1956_and_staff.jpg) Waldemar Kasriels ('56) (center) and his staff at Normandie Beach Club -- Class Notes Archives (1956) Back to Top 1957_Beckman2.jpg) Eliane (de Gunzburg) Beckman ('57) ● Alain de Montebello nous écrit: "Je viens à new York en octobre, peut-être nous pourrions organiser un verre avec quelques anciens, quelquepart?" -- Class Notes Archives (1957) Back to Top 1958 Jacques Boissonnas ('58) -- Class Notes Archives (1958) Back to Top 1959_Teitel.jpg) by Rosette (Winger) Teitel ('59) ● Michael Bleier wrote: "A little bit of updates: I retired from Mellon Financial Corporation in October 2006 and joined the major Pittsburgh-headquartered law firm of Reed Smith, as a Partner in its Financial Services Group. Reed Smith has over 1500 lawyers globally. Since Reed Smith has a Paris office, I plan to get to visit that office on a number of occasions. The firm also has over 100 lawyers in Hong Kong with a need for bank regulatory expertise, so I intend to visit there as well. I have been very fortunate to have another career, and also please my wife by not having lunch at home." -- Class Notes Archives (1959) Back to Top 1960_Rhode.jpg) TOP: Vittorio Plaja ('60); MIDDLE: Maria (Halpern) Rhode ('60) and one of her works  TOP: Translated by William Rodarmor ('60); BOTTOM: Edited by William Rodarmor  Neil Schachter's ('60) grandson ● "Maria Rhode is Professor of Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London. She is co-editor of Psychotic States in Children (1997), and is currently working on an early intervention project for toddlers with communication difficulties." (From: Stylus Publishing, http://www.styluspub.com/books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=8569) ● Neil Schachter wrote: "The next (next) generation! [In the photo above] our grandson, Aaron Michael Schildkraut, greets his summer as a one year old with enthusiasm and great expectations." ● William Rodarmor wrote: "My freelance business is on the skids, but translating has been unusually busy. My translation of Julien Parme, a novel by Florian Zeller (Other Press) was published in June, and two more book translations are due out September: The Gate of Days (Scholastic), a young adult time-travel saga that is the second volume in Guillaume Prévost's Book of Time trilogy; and France: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Whereabouts Press), a collection of wonderful short stories about various parts of our favorite hexagon that I both translated and edited. Thanks to everybody who suggested writers and stories to include in the book." -- Class Notes Archives (1960) Back to Top 1961 Michel-André Bossy ('61) ● Michel-André Bossy is a Professor of Comparative Literature and French Studies at Brown University. He "studies medieval cultural connections between France and its neighbors, especially during the period of the troubadours and the Hundred Years' War. His fields include medieval French, Anglo-Norman, and Occitan literature, 12th- to 15th-century lyric poetry, and social interpretations of literature. His emphases involve literary patronage and court politics, troubadours (especially Guiraut Riquier), manuscript compilations, cultural rivalries among book collectors, Chrétien de Troyes, Froissart." (Brown University, http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Michel-Andre_Bossy) -- Class Notes Archives (1961) Back to Top 1962 TOP: Jean Noel Pettit ('62); BOTTOM: Madeleine (Barraud) de Bérard avec son mari Gabriel, sur le chemin de Saint Jacques ● Madeleine (Barraud) de Bérard nous écrit: "Je ne sais si ça peut interresser les anciens: nous avons fait le chemin de Saint Jacques, el Camino Francés, comme on dit en espagne, en juin 2006; aux âges respectifs de 62 et 68 ans. Voici en pièce jointe un extrait des notes prises pendant ce temps merveilleux." (Go to Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below, to read Madeleine's travel notes.) -- Madeleine Barraud's travel notes -- Class Notes Archives (1962) Back to Top 1963 TOP: by Irene (Brun) Bowers ('63); BOTTOM: Jocelyn Radifera ('63), le nouvel Ambassadeur de Madagascar aux Etats-Unis, a présen ● "H.E. Amb. Jocelyn Radifera became Madagascar’s Ambassador to the United States in September 2007. He has previously worked at the World Bank and was Madagascar’s Ambassador to Japan." (http://www.iccfoundation.us/e-briefings/20080207madagascar/index.htm) -- Class Notes Archives (1963) Back to Top 1964 TOP: Georges Grinstein ('64); BOTTOM: George von Liphart ('64) ● Jan (Arnold) Broecker wrote: "I would love to hear from any of my former classmates....there are quite a few missing from the alumni list....Patricia Laurence...Margot Yanitelli, Wanda Tarwid....I have great memories of the Lycee...and would love to hear from you." ● "Georges Grinstein is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Head of its Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics Program, Co-director of its Institute for Visualization and Perception Research, and of its Center for Biomolecular and Medical Informatics. His research interests are broad and include computer graphics, visualization, data mining, virtual environments, and user interfaces with the emphasis on the modeling, visualization, and analysis of complex information systems, most often biomedical in nature. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Rochester in 1978. He has over 30 years in academia with extensive private consulting, over 100 research grants, products in use nationally and internationally, several patents, numerous publications in journals and conferences, founded several companies, and has been the organizer or chair of national and international conferences and workshops in Computer Graphics, in Visualization, and in Data Mining.......He is on the editorial boards of several journals in Computer Graphics and Data Mining, has been a member of ANSI and ISO, a NATO Expert, and a technology consultant for various government agencies." (FROM: University of Massachusetts Lowell, http://www.uml.edu/college/arts_sciences/cs/Faculty/Georges_G._Grinstein.html) ● “George von Liphart joined New City Corporation in 2006 as president of New City North America, where he brings more than 35 years of experience across all aspects of real estate in Japan, Asia and the United States. Most recently, Mr. von Liphart was Managing Director of Lehman Brothers' Global Real Estate and Real Estate Private Equity Groups in Tokyo after relocating to Tokyo in 1997 to launch GMAC Commercial Mortgage's investment and lending activities in Japan and Asia. While there he led GMACCM-related entities in acquiring assets with a book value in excess of $10 billion. Mr. von Liphart has also been a financier, developer, advisor and consultant, serving in senior executive positions at Citibank and The Stearns Company. Mr. von Liphart is a former Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and a Governor of the Urban Land Foundation. He received his undergraduate (A.B.) and graduate degrees (MBA) from Harvard.” (From: New City Corporation, http://www.newcitycorp.com/english/inside/team_international.html) -- Class Notes Archives (1964) Back to Top 1965 TOP: Renée Marton ('65); BOTTOM: Marc Colombard-Prout ('65) ● Tuyet Ha Vinh wrote: "I'm afraid I have not been in touch with anyone for decades, so I'd love to catch up. I live in a wonderful little town called Arles, and if any of my ex class-mates or friends visits the south of France, please do drop by, I'd be delighted! Warm greetings from Provence." ● Renee Marton, CCP: “Before reviving her long standing interest in the relationship between food and culture by acquiring a Master’s degree in Food Studies at NYU, Renee Marton worked in restaurant kitchens for 15 years, including 12 as Executive Chef. While at NYU, she taught in culinary schools in NYC, always with an emphasis on gastronomy, as well as textbook and technique. In addition to teaching, Renee has been published on subjects as varied as the history of the grilled cheese sandwich, commercial fishing, Spanish speaking students and French culinary vocabulary, and the history and prevention of foodborne illness.” (From: Astor Center, http://www.astorcenternyc.com/instructor-renee-marton-ccp.ac) See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below, for an article by Renée. -- FOOD VOICE IN THE KITCHEN: FROM ONION SOUP GRATINÉE TO SANCOCHO, by Renée Marton ('65) -- Class Notes Archives (1965) Back to Top 1966_Caillat.jpg) Monique (Auguste) Caillat ('66) ● "Diana Henry expose ses photos prises au cours de son engagement comme photographe officielle de la First National Women’s Conference à Houston, en 1977, à Trinity College, Hartford. Elle invite les lycéens de sa connaissance (et tous autres!) à visiter le Lathrop House B&B, à Springfield, MA, où elle reçoit des visiteurs de toutes parts depuis 2003. En Juin, elle présentera ses photos en temps que conférencière au Radcliffe Institute’s Summer Seminar: 'Sequels to the 1960s.' Voir ses sites: Dianamarahenry.com, Lathrophousebandb.com, Natzweiler-struthof.com" ● Irène Finel-Honigman wrote: "I continue to teach at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs. I am now in International Finance Policy, teaching a course in the fall on European banks and markets. I am writing a book "A Cultural History of Finance" and lecturing on US-EU and US-France political and financial issues. I am active in the vibrant French community in New York and enjoy meeting Chris Kende ('66) at many events. My daughter Ana is now in Berlin, arts editor for a number of European art and fashion publications. She curated a show of new artists in New York for Saatchi and a show at the Dubai Art Fair this past year." ● Monique (Auguste) Caillat: “Background: 1968: Political sciences degree, Fordham University (New-York) and Schiller College (West Germany). 1972: Law degree, University of Geneva. 1972-1973: Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle (New-York). 1973: Admitted to the Bar of Haïti. 1973-1978: Staff Attorney at ITT Corp (New-York). 1978: Admitted to the Bar of New-York. 1980-1983: Pharma Policy and Public Affairs Counsel at Ciba-Geigy Pharma (Basel). 1983-1984: Legal Counsel at Zyma SA (Nyon). 1985-1986: Head of Public Affairs at the International Federation of Pharmaceutical manufactures Association. Since 1986: Independent Legal Counsel in Geneva. Practice areas: Areas of activities focus on health, food and cosmetics. With over 20 years experience in the regulated industries in Europe and the US, she has represented the private sector’s interest in its relations with the Authorities, International Organizations, Academia, Political Parties, Pressure Groups and NGOs. An important part of her activities include negotiations and drafting of licence and distribution agreements as well as registration of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and technologies. Specialized in counsel to “start-up” companies in the healthcare sector, she also has an in-depth knowledge of reimbursement issues. M. A. Caillat is a member of the American Bar Association in New-York; of the Committee of “La société Académique de Genève”, of the Association of International Business Lawyers (Geneva), of the Geneva Business Law Association, of the Administrative Commission of the Official Youth Foundation (Geneva).” (From: BCCC BIANCHI CARNICÉ CHRISTIN & de COULON - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, http://www.bccc.ch/cv_caillat_e.php) ● Jean-Pierre Marchand nous a demandé de repeter son message que nous avions publié dans le dernier bulletin: « Je souhaiterais retrouver Patrice Calmette ('66)..... si un autre ancien a ses coordonnées [SVP de nous contacter]...» -- Class Notes Archives (1966) Back to Top 1967 TOP (left to right): Francis Freedland ('67), Frans-Yves Marescot ('67), Dominique de Ziegler ('67); BOTTOM: Francoise Field  Jane Trigere ('67) and her grandson ● Francoise Fielding wrote "The only major news for me is that my youngest daughter, Stephanie, got married in Philadelphia May 24th." -- Class Notes Archives (1967) Back to Top 1968 TOP: Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower ('68); BOTTOM: JP Harpignies ('68)  TOP: Francoise Rouillon ('68), Roger Liwer ('68) & Raymond Morini ('67) (December 2007); BOTTOM: Marc Salz ('68) and grandson ● Marc Salz wrote: "My friend Ted Knerr, an artist based in New York, has added some of my new paintings on the Walls Gallery section of his Art-Spirit site. Part one shows my paintings in gouache/watercolor. Part two shows paintings in oil on ragboard. Part three has one painting in oil and three shaped paintings. Please click on each image to enlarge it. Hope you enjoy them. There are also some new posts on 'the salzmines' blog." (To view Marc's paintings at that website, and his blog, click on links below) ● Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower wrote that she "has left TIME magazine and is now a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, covering global warming issues." According to the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, she had "joined Time in 1987 after working as staff writer at the Washington Post, where, among other assignments, she covered presidential campaigns and Congress. She moved from Time’s New York bureau to its Paris bureau in 1988 to cover European political, environmental, cultural, and diplomatic stories. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1994, she has covered stories on globalization, immigration, education, drugs, and the environment. Fluent in French and Spanish, she continues to report abroad, especially in Mexico and Latin America. Roosevelt has a B.A. in history from Harvard and is the mother of two sons, Sam ['96] and Luke Hornblower ['99]."(http://www.usc.edu/libraries/partners/laih/fellows/margotroosevelt2.php) ● JP Harpignies, “ Bioneers Conference associate producer, a former program director at the New York Open Center and contributing editor to its journal Lapis, is the co-producer of the Eco-Metropolis conference in NYC, a freelance program consultant, conference producer, copy-editor and writer. He is the author of two books: Political Ecosystems and Double Helix Hubris; and the associate editor of the Bioneers books: Ecological Medicine and Nature's Operating Instructions, and has been an instructor of Taijiquuan in Brooklyn, NY, for over 20 years.” (From: Bioneers, http://www.bioneers.org/about/staff) ● "The big news out of the United States this weekend is from the big New York Times scoop by Nina Bernstein about how a 46 year old male immigration official, working for the Department of Homeland Security, coerced sex from the 22 year old foreign bride of a fellow American male citizen...." (March 22, 2008; http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/03/22/immigration-officials-desire-young-foreign-wives-of-other-american-men/) -- Marc Salz's paintings at Art-Spirit website -- Marc Salz's blog -- Class Notes Archives 1968 (1 of 2 --more recent) -- Class Notes Archives 1968 (2 of 2 --older) Back to Top 1969 TOP: Dr. Alison Estabrook ('69); BOTTOM: Michel Alix ('69)  ABOVE: Two 'repaintings' by Michel Alix ('69) _Elian_3.jpg) Two of Claudine (Clarke) Elian's works: TOP: 'Right Where I Left It' (detail) ; BOTTOM: 'Beauty is not a four letter word' (deta  By Perrine Rouillon ('69) ( published February, 2008) ● Avis de Décès: Sylvia Damien ('69) informed us that Paul Katritsis passed away in March, 2008. ● Michel Alix wrote: "To give you some background on myself, I stayed 15 years in New York and then 13 years in Dallas, Texas. Upon leaving the Lycée, I went to work in the printing department of JC Penney's main office in New York. I obtained a BA and MA and was promoted to technical writer, editor, project manager, and researcher, staying on even as the company resettled in Dallas, Texas. I never married, nor had children, but I enjoyed the company of several girlfriends. I left Penney in 2000, and I am currently building my way up in the fine arts field (contemporary art). It's Gauguin all over again. Or Pass Go again, but don't collect. (I've attached some pictures from an exposition in Gardanne that begins May 6 and ends on May 13, 2008 -- a one-man-show.) My contribution to art involves the notion of 'repainting.' (Why paint fresh when you can repaint?) Repainting deconstructs images -- offering an ironic view that obtains surprising effects and strange spectator reactions. At first, I hodge-podged image transfers and painted them. Recently, I began restructuring and painting 'abstract-representational' multiple impressions. At other times, I attempt to get into the skin of a painter and create a 'sequel' or 'remake' of his work ('pastiches' in French). For example, I painted the underside of the Demoiselles d'Avignon. I also envision a sequel of the Raft of the Medusa ('La Remise en Mer'). All this, of course, remains positively insane, but whoever said we preach to the sane?" ● Dr. Alison Estabrook, Director of the Comprehensive Breast Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, was interviewed for an article in the October 24, 2005 issue of Newseek, entitled "When Women Lead -- As a growing number of female executives rise to the top, how will they change the culture of the workplace?" She said: "You must make sacrifices. You work hard and make very little money in the beginning. And you have to believe in yourself and not listen to other people who try to discourage you from reaching your goal. There weren't a lot of female breast surgeons when I started out, and when I told a friend of my mother's that I was going to become a surgeon, she said, ‘I would never go to a female doctor.’ I didn't react. You have to have self-confidence. You have to know where you want to go. Women take criticism more to heart than men, and I think that can be a problem. After I finished my residency and I was starting to be an attending surgeon, I realized that there was a tremendous gap. Women complained that it took so long to find out their test results. It was so easy to resolve. At our center, women can get mammogram and pathology results within hours. I'm proud of that. Things have gotten better for women in the last 20 years, but I think we still need to figure ways in which we can have families and still have leadership roles in our jobs. I think that's still a big problem. Early on, I decided not to have children. And I don't really regret it. I think about it, but I just couldn't have done what I have done and had children. It would have been impossible. And I love what I do, I really do. I know people are going to say, ‘Well, she's probably saying that because it's very hard to admit that you made a mistake,’ and I do think about it. I have a lot of nieces and nephews, and I'm the godmother for a couple of kids, so it's not like I don't have any children in my life, but I'm sort of happy not to have the responsibility. I do see a lot of people have kids and they are very, very happy, so I don't know that I'll ever be able to answer whether it was a bad decision, really, completely honestly. But I'm happy now.” (From: Newsweek, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9712114/site/newsweek/) ● Claudine (Clarke) Elian has invented a writing system known as The Elian Script. "It began as code by which Claudine could, at a glance, differentiate writings in her notebooks that were still in finished form from those still in the works." (Omniglot, http://www.omniglot.com/writing/elianscript.htm) (For further details, click on Pdf.file link below) ● Jean-Marie Clarke wrote: "The Lycée was a distant memory until Alexandra Bonfante-Warren ('69) contacted me recently, blasting the past all the way over to my Black Forest retreat, which means Germany. There, I work freelance as a translator, cook up schemes to become a famous artist without having to take NYC by storm, unwind from my obssessive research on a Rembrandt painting (see website), write poems to the wind and meditate. I do other things of course, but am saving that for my Memoirs. Forty years is a long time, but I'll never forget the music we danced to." (Click on link below to access Jean-Marie's website) ● "A chaque nouveau livre, Perrine Rouillon ne cesse de nous réjouir. Elle poursuit et signe une nouvelle aventure en compagnie de son minuscule personnage qu’elle reprend là où elle l'avait laissé. Souvenez-vous, dans « Tu me dessines et tu ne me regardes pas », elle terminait, après avoir donné naissance à un drôle de gribouillis qui deviendra la petite personne, par l’abécédaire de son personnage. Ici, elle donne l’occasion à son héros de papier de dérouler l’alphabet dans l’ouvrage entier. Et il ne s’en prive pas. De A à Z, la petite personne mime et fait deviner au lecteur un ou plusieurs mots par lettre. C’est surtout, une fois encore, un délicieux dialogue entre son personnage de papier et l’auteur, apparaissant à travers une ombre chinoise que l’on suit à chaque page. Ils se donnent la réplique, se prennent d’affection tandis que son minuscule personnage gagne un peu d’autonomie. Un abécédaire gorgé d’humour, avec des cabrioles, un zeste d’impertinence et un peu de rébellion de la part d’un petit personnage ô combien expressif. Toujours autant de maîtrise pour un univers qu’on aime retrouver tome après tome. Encore bravo !" (http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/parudet.asp?livrid=-596002003) -- A review of Claudine (Clarke) Elian's work in the Letter Arts Review -- Jean-Marie Clarke's website -- Class Notes Archives 1969 (1 of 2 -more recent) -- Class Notes Archives 1969 (2 of 2 -older) h Back to Top 1970 TOP: Left:, Jill Weingarten ('70), Right: Patricia (Clark-Corsini) Passarelle ('70); BOTTOM: Philippe Sommer ('70)  David Rieff ('70) and his new book ● Avis de Décès: Mr. Brian Saltsburg informed us that his cousin, Dr. Peter (Vladislav Gociar) Fleming ('70) passed away in 2005. (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below.) ● From Jill Weingarten and Patricia (Clark-Corsini) Passarelle: "Jill and Patty had not seen each other since Jill left the lycee in 1966. They were re-united on March 14, 2008 after four decades! Their rendez-vous was in Ft. Lauderdale. Patty lives in the Boca area, and Jill still lives in Manhattan. 'We had a great dinner, laughed, reminisced, talked about boys. We looked at old yearbooks and remembered good times with friends. And, of course, the teachers who tortured us!' " ● Philippe Sommer shared this with us: "After many years in the Life Sciences investing for Booz, Allen, Pfizer, and then Oppenheimer, in venture capital, as well as being an entrepreneur, I am now teaching at UVA's Darden Business School. Life in Virginia is good. Two sons 21 and 24, and an ex-wife. Marie-Christine Malvoisin is the only person I keep in touch with from the Lycee and Jean Marc Caute sporadically. Very sad to hear of Vladislav Gociar's death. I am sure he was a great physician and terific with patients. I have a big house in Charlottesville, so anyone coming through to visit Mr. Jefferson is welcome." ● "Both a memoir and an investigation, David Rieff's tribute to his mother, writer Susan Sontag, explores her final battle with cancer and looks at the state of medical science and leading cancer physicians who combine treating patients with pursuing the cutting edge of research. David Rieff is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of six previous books, including the acclaimed A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis and Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West. He is a contributing editor to The New Republic and a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, as well as a frequent contributor to many other newspapers and magazines in the United States and Western Europe." (From: Artsopolis, http://www.artsopolis.com/event/detail/26763) -- In Memoriam: Dr. Peter (Vladislav Gociar) Fleming -- Phippe Sommer's website -- Class Notes Archives 1970 (1 of 2 --more recent) -- Class Notes Archives 1970 (2 of 2 --older) Back to Top 1971 TOP to BOTTOM: Olga Bensadoun ('71), Robert Levi ('71), Alessandro Castaldo ('71) _Lewis.jpg) Suzan Uchitel-Minoret ('71) ● Suzan (Uchitel-Minoret) Lewis has started a new career as a stand-up comedian, and invites her classmates to visit her websites. ((Click on links below) Her press release states: "Suzan Lewis, the 56 year old daughter of entertainer Jerry Lewis, made her show business debut on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Members of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Community Center were treated to an evening of comedy, pantomime, and song......." She also wrote: "Mon pere adoptif Hy Uchitel est decedé en 1984 et ma mere Lynn Uchitel est decedée en 2004. Ma mere avant, de me quitter, pensais que je devrais savoir qui est ma vraie famille naturelle. Je suis déjà proche avec un de mes freres Gary Lewis ('and the playboys' --groupe des annees 1960) et je me rapproche de mon pere Jerry en ce moment. Je suis en train d'ecrire un livre sur ma vie et tous les celebrités que l'on connaissait avec mes parents grace à notre restaurant francais "Le Voisin" et notre night club "le 'El Morocco' de 1959 a 1970." ● Rafael Rodriguez wrote an article about his years 'After the Lycée' and his experiences as a translator/interpreter. (See Alumni Creative section of newsletter, or click on link below) ● "Writer/Producer/Director Robert Levi has received three Best Script nominations from the Writers Guild of America for his documentary work. His film Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo premiered on the PBS American Experience series, received an Emmy and later played on A&E’s Biography. Levi wrote, produced and directed Mott Street, a 35mm dramatic film short for PolyGram, and his work has screened at festivals including Berlin, London, Melbourne, Munich and AFI. As a director of photography, Levi has collaborated with directors, including Norman Jewison, and taught cinematography at Columbia University’s Graduate Film School." (Urban Mozaik Magazine, http://www.urbanmozaik.com/UM.2007.April/07apr_dept.film.html) In a recent email forwarded to us by Ronald Grelsamer ('71), Robert wrote: "My film Lush Life beat out Ken Burns' World War II, and won Best Documentary award from the Writers Guild of America and then in April, I won a coveted PEABODY Award. Each of the major film Unions has their own critical BEST OF AWARD competition. i.e. The Directors Guild (DGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG, and The Writers Guild (WGA). These reflect the validation by peer Judges from within each Guild, as opposed to the Oscars, in which Awards are voted by members of the Motion Picture Academy, often without even seeing the works. The film has also been submitted for Emmy consideration, but those awards do not get announced and voted on until September. Emmys are, however, far less prestigious than WGA awards or Peabodys." (To listen to an interview on NPR with Robert Levi on his latest work, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, click on link below.) ● "Alessandro Castaldo, CFA, is a researcher and trader for Manchester Trading. Dr. Castaldo wrote his PhD dissertation on stock market volatility at the City University of New York, and taught courses in finance and options to undergraduates at Baruch College (CUNY) from 1998-2001. He has been associated with Circle T Partners, LP, a $400 million equity hedge fund; and Willowbridge Associates, a $1 billion-plus commodities trading adviser, where his responsibilities included the ongoing refinement of a market-neutral statistically based ("stat-arb") stock selection model. Dr. Castaldo holds a B.S. in electrical engineering/computer science and an M.S. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and worked as a software engineer at SEI Corporation/TMI Systems, Software Research Corp. and Systems Constructs Inc. before entering the finance profession." (Daily Speculations, http://www.dailyspeculations.com/castaldo/castaldo_index.html) -- Robert Levi interviewed on NPR -- Suzan Uchitel-Minoret's website -- Suzan Uchitel-Minoret video -- After the Lycée, by Rafael Rodriguez -- Class Notes Archives 1971 (1 of 2 --more recent) -- Class Notes Archives 1971 (2 of 2 --older) Back to Top 1972 TOP: Stephanie Friede ('72); BOTTOM Stefan Janis ('72) and father Byron Janis ● Avis de Décès: Noelle Ferwerda, informed us that her father "Thomas Norvin Ferwerda ('72) grew up in New York and also went to School in Switzerland at Aiglon. He sadly passed away in 2000 after a difficult battle with Multiple Sclerosis." ● For news on Stephanie Friede, click on link below. ● Stefan Janis wrote: "In March I attended two of the three events honoring my father, Byron Janis, for his 80th birthday in New York City. At the first, which featured a number of Broadway singers performing songs my father wrote, they also performed the song I co-wrote with my father for the 40th anniversary of the State of Israel. It was a wonderful experience. This was followed by a huge birthday party at the French Consulate, where laudatory citations were read by the University of Tel Aviv, Mayor Bloomberg, Ted Kennedy, and former president Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton." (Editors' note: Stefan's father is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist. See Wikipedia: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Janis]. Also see American Friends-Tel Aviv University: [http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6921] ) ● Claire Céra wrote: "After some 20 years working as a literary translator for French publishing, I started working as a teacher of English and FLE (Français langue étrangère) in a language center in Bayonne a year ago. I really love my new job as I get to meet plenty of interesting people." -- On the Internet: Stephanie Friede -- Class Notes Archives (1972) Back to Top 1973_&_Dana_(Sloan)_Scanlon.jpg) Dr. Albert Knapp ('73) & Dana (Sloan) Scanlon ('73)  Nicole (Pujol) Franques ('73) & Jonathan Gregg ('73) ● Avis de Décès: In response to an inquiry, Dr. Anne Fernandez ('71) informed us that her brother, Yves (Fernandez) Arman ('73) "very unfortunately and sadly, died in car accident in Spain in 1989." (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below.) ● Deborah (Lewis) Sutherland wrote: "Hello. I am a high school English and film teacher in Western New York, married, no kids. Life has been good to me, and I'd like to think that I try to live each day with some measure of gratitude and joy. I would love to hear from my old classmates!" ● Jonathan Gregg wrote: "I have a new website for all my musical pursuits. Please visit it. Best regards to my old copains." (Click on link below to access his website) ● Dr. Albert Knapp is Clinical Associate Professor at the NYU Medical Center's Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology). "Dr. Knapp is an academic Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist whose areas of expertise are advanced/therapeutic Endoscopy (Gastroscopy, Enteroscopy, Colonoscopy) as well Hepatology. Dr. Knapp performs the majority of his endoscopic procedures in his office which is equipped with two state of the art endoscopy suites. Dr. Knapp's consultative Hepatology practice focuses on treatment of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Dr. Knapp is a prolific medical writer and has authored over 20 major academic papers as well as a textbook on Gastroenterolgy. He has lectured on gastroenterological and hepatological topics all over the United States as well as in Europe. His other areas of interest include Health Care Policy formulation & analysis. He has served as a Science Advisor to numerous public officials including Senators Paul Tsongas (D/MA) & Bill Bradley (D/NJ) and has testified as an expert witness in front of several United States Senatorial and Congressional Committees." (NYU Medical Center, http://www.med.nyu.edu/medicine/gastro/education/bio.html?bio=knappa01.html) ● "Nicole [Pujol] Franques spent her whole life on 51st Street in New York City, growing up and working in her father and family's French restaurants, most notably Rene Pujol. She and her husband, Claude, had a dream to leave his world as a French chef and create a new business together. Claude's Chocolate on Hypolita Street became their combined passion. Claude creates the majestic chocolates to perfection and Nicole runs their retail and wholesale operation. 'I get all my strength from my family; I've been so lucky in my life with loving parents, two beautiful and healthy children that I adore...and a very talented and loving husband. Respect is a very important part of my life so I treat everyone around me, from customers to friends and family, the way I want to be treated. I see a wonderful year ahead as Claude and I renew our energies and continue to build and face the future together.' " (FROM: SCENE Magazine - St. Augustine; Thu, May 3, 2007, WOMEN TO WATCH! by Leigh Cort; http://www.claudeschocolate.com/news/article.php?aid=11) -- In Memoriam: Yves (Fernandez) Arman -- Jonathan Gregg's website -- Class Notes Archives (1973) Back to Top 1974 TOP: Martine (Nicolas) Chepigin ('74); MIDDLE: Fabrice Laget ('74); BOTTOM: Elsa Berry ('74)  TOP: Michèle (Schenck) Zefferi ('74); BOTTOM: Edited by Odile (Baillargeat) Plegat-Kerrault ('74) ● Etienne Danois-Maricq wrote: "We are still living in Spain, in Madrid, since returning from Asia at the end of 2000. I have recently updated my profile on Linked-In (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/725/5a3) and also found a video of our Taiwan expansion now posted at (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s7_89fxoMI). However, it is really my father who is truly active on the web with his blog at (jacquesdanois.blogspot.com). Looking forward to read the news of you all!" For those who are not registered with Linked-In and who cannot access Etienne's page, it says, in part: "Etienne Danois-Maricq is now vice president worldwide in charge of special projects at Checkpoint Systems and the founder of FirstTech International, a consultancy that helps foreign investors develop a profitable market position in Spain and Spanish company owners develop their international presence." ● "Elsa Berry, Head of Corporate Finance at BNP Paribas, Wins Prestigious Award. (Business Wire 2008, May 29, 2008): "BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that Elsa Berry, Head of Corporate Finance for North America at BNP Paribas' Corporate and Investment Banking division was recently awarded the prestigious 'Woman of the Year/Trajectoire' award from 'HEC au Feminin,' the organization dedicated to female graduates from HEC, one of the top French business schools. The award was created in 2007 to promote exceptional careers led by females who have demonstrated exemplary commitment and boldness to succeed in their professional lives. 'I am proud and moved to receive this award which represents great recognition for all of my efforts both in my professional life and in the community. The training I received at HEC was a key stepping stone: it gave me confidence to succeed in a field largely dominated by men. I hope this award will inspire younger women who are just starting their careers,' explains Elsa. Elsa graduated from HEC in 1980. Four years later, she founded Vendome & Company, a mergers and acquisition boutique that specialized in middle-market strategic transactions with offices in New York, Paris and Stuttgart. Vendome was sold to BNP in 1989 and Elsa become head of BANEXI, the US investment banking arm of BNP. Elsa was appointed head of Corporate Finance North America in June 2006 having previously served as co-head of Corporate Finance in New York following the merger of BNP and Paribas in 2000. Elsa was elected Chairman of the Board of the Lycee Francais de New York in 1999; she is a Councilor Member of the French-American Chamber of Commerce and a Foreign Trade Advisor to the French Government ('Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur')." (BNET,http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_29/ai_n25467601) ● Avram Kaplan wrote: "I am back in LA after an 11 month stint in Prague and Paris, April 07 to March 08. We did all the post production work in Paris for "Babylon A.D." directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Vin Deisel and Michelle Yeoh. I lived in the 6eme on Rue Genuegaud for 10 months just down the street from the Pont Neuf in the same building as Jean Jacques Annaud. My family was able to visit a few times and enjoyed a bit of French culture. The movie comes out August 29th here and August 27th in France. On the family side, our eldest daughter Ariella, having graduated with English Honors from CSUN, is busy in the fine-dining restaurant business. Our second daughter Maayan has one more year at UT in Austin TX and is interning this summer in LA at a film studio and a talent agency. Our son is now 16 and learning to drive!" ● Monika Skowronska wrote: " I want to thank [the AALFNY] for the fantastic work [it] is doing in keeping us all together. I am sure that each and every one of us has profited from this at various stages. I have contacted old school chums, some happily and successfully, other contacts resulting in a less than lukewarm reaction. That is the way things work out in the long run. And although I chose to initiate contact slowly, I feel that the rewarding follow up exchanges have made it all worthwhile. I would love to hesr from more of my former chums so I hope people will not be shy! It has been a while since I wrote. Unfortunately being a carer and trying to sustain one's own, shall we say persona and interests, are by far all too time consuming. But I do find that I have some news. I never thought that being a lawyer would prepare me for being a curator and archivist and historian. But in addition to the law and politics, I seem to have embarked on the former path, and in so doing as one of my directorships have created a museum at the Polish Social & Cultural Association. So if you are passing through London, get in touch and prepare to be exposed to all the excitement of the unique position which the Poles occupy globally, and in particular in contemporary British history. In the meantime I pursue the search for an ever increasing family which in truth could by itself keep one person busy. All the best to everyone!" ● Nadia Kondratiev) Popov wrote: "I'm still in Manila. Not a soul has come to visit, except people who've already been here – a sort of re-visit. So, where are the courageous among you? Or has everyone already been here? We are in the big house for another year after which we will probably scale down to an apartment, so, those who are tempted to see what Manila is, we can more than likely put you up while we're still in the house. My son, having passed his Bac, will be moving to Edinburgh where he will study Architecture at University of Edinburgh. I will have a good excuse to go to Europe more often! It would be nice to run into some old classmates who are in Europe. By the way, my son being an ex-Lycée student, he is now an ancien in his own right. How old is one, when one's offspring are ancient?!" {Nadia also sent us a very amusing article she wrote on her experiences in seeking a residence in Manila. See Alumni Creative section of newsletter, or click on link below.) -- Where to Live? by Nadia (Kondratiev) Popov -- Class Notes Archives (1974) Back to Top 1975 TOP: Dr. Darwin (Fleischaker) Eton ('75); BOTTOM: Vivian DeMilly ('75) (top right) with her two daughters and sister Michele deM  TOP: Nayl Driss ('75); BOTTOM: 'Boys in skirts' (1975); From left to right: Philip Davis, Nayl Driss, Yannick Logerot, Patrick ● Baina Masquelier reminisced about the Lycee and shared this with us: "I noticed a few years ago that quite a few students from 1975 had removed their names - as I had done with mine - from the original Lycee list that was online (the Lycee was not a happy time for many of us in the years leading to graduation in '75. This is probably why some of us chose to avoid contact and to remain incognito and distant). I also once saw on the Lycee site a picture of all the boys in terminale of '75 wearing skirts. I wish I could find it online but am having difficulties....That pic was supposed to circulate amongst us (students) only but it obviously travelled around! I believe I am the only one who shot the series (I used to print my own pics). There may have been someone else with a camera that day but I am not sure as to whether that person actually shot anything (I vaguely remember the person being afraid to be caught shooting!). As 'fun/funny' as the pic may appear to be, it was a celebration for the end of school and one also at a deeper level. We girls and female teachers were not allowed to wear trousers. In the cold and windy NYC winters, you can imagine that layers under a skirt did not help much. When we slipped on ice, we had nothing to protect our bums or thighs. Wearing tights didn't do the trick as the ice tore them when we fell down. Some of us had nasty bruises and abrasions (from slipping) which could have been prevented by wearing trousers. The wind also lifted our skirts up, exposing us, and I remember perverts following some of us home and verbally abusing us. In order to protect ourselves from the cold. bruises and the perverts, we had to get permission first for our female teachers to have the choice of wearing trousers. Once that permission was granted, we then asked permission for the female students. Yes, the Lycee was VERY strict!" ● Having seen Baina's message, above, Nayl Driss wrote: " In answer to Baina and to complete the vision of our generation at the lycée, our class was an important part of the movement to allow pants for the girls, ever since our year in seconde, as well as colored tights. The winters of '73 to '75 where cold ones as I remember. The rules of the Lycée were not very realistic as to the realities of the weather. The regulations had been very strict up to that point but we worked to make the administration understand that we had a word to say in our lives at the school. I do not know if things were made easier later, but we had a fairly tight group, at least at school. Remember that at that time some students were excluded for expressing their opinions or for not approving of the tough attitude of the administration. It was an important time of change. The plan for the guys to wear skirts was an attempt to put into perspective the "necessity " of the uniform and was also our end-of-the-year joke. It originated as a bet between Riadh Ladjimi and myself to come in skirts on the next to last day. Why then? Because that was the last time we had our philosophy class with Mr Choquet. But then we decided it would be much more fun if we convinced all the others to join in the event, and after some discussion we all came to the idea that the guys would come in skirts and the girls in pants and ties. Most of us met at an apartment a few blocks from the lycée and walked all together from there, in order for the guys to find skirts their size --I think it may have been at Cathy Treboux's but I am not sure. Everyone from both classes made the switch, except Pascal Agenet whom we did not ask because of his medical condition and we did not want to impose on him. There may have been one or two other photographers who, I think, may have some pictures. The picture that Baina is referring to was put in the yearbook (1976) the next year by Philippe Duleyrie who decided to do another year of terminale. Some of the younger kids made fun of us but we dared them to do it also and in the afternoon one or two of them did. Mme. Magaril accepted our joke-- she had to as we left her No option. As a final note to all of this, you must also remember the couscous I had brought to the "after the bac party" that was held in Marina Baudoin's apartment a few days later. Growing up times are not always necessarily happy times. We may pick up where we left off with some, but with others we may hesitate. All of us have changed and it is helpful to see how we have come through the years. Our class group has had three big reunions, but I have not been able to attend for many reasons. I have kept in touch with some, and lost contact with others as I suppose we all have. Life has its ups and downs, but the friends from our "younger years" are important in that with them, we learned a lot.....Nayl DRISS, alive and living in Brittany, of all places." ● Dr. Darwin (Fleischaker) Eton wrote: "I miss the Lycee and recently visited NY to find the old classrooms closed. After 20 years of marriage, I finally took my wife Linda, and my kids Ryan and Katie back to NY just to see where I grew up. Lots of nice memories as I walked in the park where we had recreation! What a great school. Nothing like it that I ever encountered since. I just retired from being Chief of Vascular Surgery at Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Prior to that I was in Los Angeles at USC and before that UCLA. My research continues though on stem cell angiogenesis. I earn my income by operating on the circulation (wherever blood goes). I passed my 15,000th case on 1/2008! For those of you that remember my brother Omar ('75), he is in Boston MA and retired from a career in clinical and research oncolgy at MD Anderson in Houston to assume an executive position at Millenium Corporation. He is the clinical trial coordinator for new Oncology therapeutic agents there. He went to Harvard with another Lycee graduate, Marco Elser ('75). I speak French with the Europeans and Hatians in Miami. Thanks to my French upbringing, Spanish was an easy second language, and VERY useful in Miami. I found French helpful overseas, especially when I was in West Africa. I remember all my classmates at the Lycee with fondness and admiration. What a special time that was!" ● Alexandra Lichine wrote: "I presently live and work in NYC where I practice a form of integrative psychotherapy, the paradigm and goal of which are both physical, mental and emotional well-being, and spiritual evolution. This approach presupposes the understanding that a divine intelligence and/or reality underlies and infuses the manifest material world as we know and perceive it, and that life, ultimately, is about consciousness, differentiation and the evolution of our souls. To this end, the purpose of the work is to heal the psychological /mental /+emotional constructs and patterns, or wounds, that live at all levels of our energetic being and, as such, diminish our general capacity and radiance, our congruence, our freedom to choose, our ability to be present both to ourselves and others, and our commitment to experience, develop and express our core-essence and gifts in the world. While trained classically, (M.A., M.S., L.M.S.W.), I continue to pursue post-graduate, research, exposure, training and certification in Energy Psychology (HBLU, TAT, EFT, etc.), Shamanism and Neurolinguistic programing. And, I also continue to both work with healers and use selective therapeutic-grade essential oils to support shifts with clients, (and, close friends), when appropriate and/or requested. Post Lycee was the following: Duke University, Columbia University, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Hunter College-City University of New York and many workshops and lectures. To this I also add growth through relationships, marriage and divorce, friends, meditation, travel, achievements, failures and/or disappointments, joy, frustration and the like. And, always, an appreciation of wholeness and a dedication to truth, freedom, regeneration and creativity. I wish you all the best and look forward to hearing about your lives and whereabouts, as well. My warmest regards." -- Class Notes Archives (1975) Back to Top 1976 Beatrice Gassie ('76) ● Avis de Décès: Jean-Marc Jacot ('75) informed us that Philippe Szabo ('76) (1958-2008), died on February 2, 2008 in the Department of Le Gard, Southern France. (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below.) ● Jenny Skoble wrote: "I just joined the board of directors (le conseil d'administration) of the Alliance Française of Los Angeles, so I will be doing my best to spread French culture in this wasteland. In case anyone has some time to waste, I have a blog: it's mostly commentary about the absurdities of life in the U.S., but I think I will also be adding some of my fiction writing." (Click on link below to access Jenny's blog) ● Viviane Marescot wrote: "Dear friends, dear Alumni: A vous de saisir 'La Viviana' Un Reve en Liberte! I’ve recently purchased the Gov. Herbert H. Lehman Staten Island Ferry boat, one of the three JFK Class boats: 297 feet (91m) long and 69 feet, 10 inches (21,3m) wide, with a draft of 13 feet, 6 inches (4.1m), weight of 2,109 gross tons. It may be serviced to the speed of 16 knots (30km/h), it can carry 2500 passengers on the second and third decks, and 40 vehicles on the first deck. I’m renaming the boat “La Viviana”. She is unique and a fountain of inspiration to me and my husband Jacques A. Guillet. I am so moved by its majestic stand in its beauty and associations with the uniqueness of New York’s eternal icons that I have the feeling of floating in a fairy tale. At this point my husband and I are studying different business projects. We have encountered prospective sponsors in show business interested in chartering the boat. Our first option was to use it for student housing and we estimated we could build up to 60 studios/apartments for students and professors as a human-led based service: I thought that given the real estate crisis the City is only beginning to face, I would like to give back something to the City and its vicinity. I’ve heard some Universities have to turn back many prospective students because they cannot afford housing costs. Should you be interested in any of the ideas above do not hesitate to contact me on my email [obtainable from the AALFNY upon request]. Life’s a venture, I love my boat, and New York is never more beautiful than seen from the water, so let 'La Viviana' show it to you from where she’s actually sitting in Staten Island." -- In Memoriam: Philippe Szabo -- Jenny Skoble's blog -- Class Notes Archives (1976) Back to Top 1977 TOP: Anna Steiger ('77) as Tisbe, in La Cenerentola at the Palais Garnier; BOTTOM: Habib Gherab ('77) ● Anna Steiger wrote: "If anyone remembers me from all my years at the Lycee, I would love to hear from you!" (For news on Anna, click on link below.) -- On the Internet: Anna Steiger -- Class Notes Archives (1977) Back to Top 1978 Lianne Coleman ('78) & Jean-Christophe Turot ('78)  TOP: Caroline Harcourt ('78); BOTTOM: Anne Zeifman ('78)  Natalie (Yates) Cacciato (78) & Roger Liwer ('68) (Paris, Spring 2008) ● Natalie Yates Cacciato and Carla Rosen-Vacher organized a class-of-'78 reunion, in NYC in April 2008, and sent us a report and some photos. For details, click on link below. ● "Richard Hertling is Acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs. He reports to United States Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty. Born and raised in New York City, Hertling is a graduate of Brown University and The University of Chicago School of Law. He is also former Chief of Staff to Sen. Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-IL) and a longtime veteran of Capitol Hill." (Wikipedia).... “[Fred] Thompson’s campaign team also added Richard Hertling, who recently left the Department of Justice as acting attorney general for legislative affairs. Hertling has a history with Thompson. During his tenure in the Senate, Hertling served as a press aide to Thompson.” (http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/07/all_freds_men_and_women.php) ● Lianne Coleman wrote: "Hope you are well. So much to tell. I got a call from a woman trying to locate me on behalf of my old Lycee chum Marina Kettaneh (Elser). Marina had been sending me Christmas cards for the past few years from Lebanon but somehow my emails never reached her. I had no clue how she ended up there married with three kids. We hadn't seen each other in about 14 years and Marina was coming to New York and wanted get together. A friend of Marina's arranged a lovely lunch at the Colony Club and we had loads of fun catching up. I also got to meet Marina's handsome husband Tarek who so graciously took time from his very busy schedule to have coffee with us. As for me I'm making my Off-Off Broadway debut at the Producer's Club in an original play called Glimpses of a Modest Life. I am playing the supporting role of Mama. Although I have a BA in Theater from Marymount Manhattan College, I never did anything with it and have decided it's now or never. I'd love to hear from some of my classmates. Where's my fellow actress Sandra (Chantal) Mariani? Happy 30th Anniversary to all....I forgot to mention that I made my real theatrical debut at the Lycee in a Beck Lee production. Chantal (Sandra) Mariani played my Mom and Mireille Francois played my twin. The family ressemblance was always uncanny!" ● Caroline Harcourt, Special Counsel with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP "represents large institutional investors in connection with complex commercial real estate financing transactions, with a special focus on the origination and disposition of construction loans, interim and permanent loans (including loans intended to be securitized) and mezzanine loans. Her experience covers a broad range of property types, including office buildings, hotels, residential condominium projects and shopping centers......Ms. Harcourt joined the firm in 2005. Previously, she was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop LLP. Ms. Harcourt received her B.A., cum laude, from Princeton University and her J.D. from Columbia University. She is the former President of WX, New York Women Executives in Real Estate, and the former Vice Chair of the Real Property Committee of the International Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York." (http://www.cadwalader.com/view_attorney.php?attorney=934) ● Anne Zeifman is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell, 1986) and an Associate Veterinarian at the Mid Island Animal Hospital. -- April 2008, Class of '78 Reunion in NYC -- Class Notes Archives 1978 (1 of 2 --more recent) -- Class Notes Archives 1978 (2 of 2 --older) Back to Top 1979 TOP: Adam Lindemann ('79); BOTTOM: Denis Masquelier ('79) ● Georges Doo Kingué posted the following message at CopainsD'avant.com: "De retour à Douala (au Cameroun inutile de préciser) après une année sabbatique en Floride. Je suis toujours cablo-opérateur, toujours célibataire. Je suis un incrédule papa d'une petite Danny de 6 ans. Je ne suis pas spécialement nostalgique mais j'admets avoir perdu de vue certaines personnes sensas. C'est le far-west ici, mais c'est pas pour me déplaire." -- Class Notes Archives (1979) Back to Top 1980 TOP: Domitille Tézé ('80); BOTTOM: Hassan Abdel-Hamid ('80)  Hillary Ray's ('80) family pics: TOP & MIDDLE: Hillary and Rose, Tara and Ella, at Tara's 4th birthday party (April 2008); BOTT ● Hani Morgan wrote: "I continue to live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is going to be my third year working for the University of Southern Mississippi. This past year I presented papers and research at education conferences in Atlanta, Chicago, Lafayette, Louisiana, and Hot Springs, Arkansas. Three articles I wrote were accepted for publication. I still have not presented in New York, but if I do, I will be sure to visit the Lycée Français de New York. I would enjoy hearing from my classmates." ● Domitille Tézé “est diplômée de l’Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris et a obtenu un MBA de Harvard Business School. Après avoir évolué dans l’environnement de la finance internationale à Paris et New York (JP Morgan et Banque Indosuez), elle s’est dirigée en 1995 vers les Ressources Humaines, d’abord comme consultante en outplacement, puis en 1998 comme Directeur, chez A.T. Kearney, en charge des Ressources Humaines (recrutement, gestion des carrières, mobilité).” (From Transition Plus, http://www.transitionplus.com/#) ● Hillary Ray wrote: "Here are a few pictures of [my children] Rose, Ella and me at a friend’s birthday party, and one of Sean at a ski race. [Life here has been] even busier than when I last wrote. Rose is a very active 20 month old toddler and she has to be watched every minute as she is very adept at getting jars, tubes and bottles off of high shelves and then taking off the caps and, you guessed it, smearing, pouring etc. the various contents everywhere: on the carpets, walls doors and on herself! Ella is still at the French preschool and is almost fluent in French. She is talking drama classes at NIDA on Sunday mornings. Sean is thriving at the local public school and is going well with German and French. He is taking karate lessons on Saturday mornings. Both kids are doing theatre workshops at the Australian Theatre for Young People during the school holidays (it is winter here). Rose sometimes tags along if there is no alternative. Our lives are completely mad and chaotic. On top of that, Mark and I are still trying to practice law part-time. My new role the past six months has involved a lot of travel. My work is also in the midst of a rather drastic restructure. It is quite tough. I wish I could win the Lottery and take a few years off! I will keep you posted as I am thinking about a number of things at the moment re work and the kids. How did my parents ever survive raising three kids and in New York no less, a mystery to me. For those who do not know, I will be in New York for the last two weeks of November 2008 with Sean and Ella. My father has just finished the first draft of his book as of two days ago, so that is very exciting. I will have more news for Anciens Eleves as his book project progresses. It would be wonderful to see everyone and see how you are doing while I am in town. I hope you and yours are enjoying the summer!" -- Class Notes Archives 1980 (1 of 2 --more recent) -- Class Notes Archives 1980 (2 of 2 --older) Back to Top 1981 TOP: Patrice Gaudron ('81); BOTTOM: Sylvie De Souza ('81) ● Viviane Schiavi wrote that she "went to law school, practiced law for a few years in NYC and Paris and is now working for an international organization in Paris. She is married to Jérôme, a native Parisian, and they have two daughters - Sophie, four years, and Anita, one and a half. Viviane is always happy to have news from former classmates from the lycée." ● Nicholas Gleckman wrote: "I now live in Northern California, just outside of San Francisco. I have been married to my wife Lana for nearly 18 years and we have three sons, Christopher (13), Marc (spelled the French way with a 'c' instead of a 'k') (10), and Andreas (8). I still keep in touch with Lycee alums Oscar Bleetstein ('81) and Andrew Moses ('81) (NY), Hogi Hyun ('81) (Singapore), and of course my sister Suzanne ('78) (also NY). In fact, last year Hogi and I did a 100-mile back-pack run together through Burgundy for a week (from Macon to Dijon), over-compensating for each day's loss of calories with great wine and heavy French food every night." ● Oscar Bleetstein wrote: "Oscar Bleetstein and his wife Julia are the proud parents of Henry Jacob, born July 3rd '07. The Bleetsteins finished gut-renovating/rebuilding a four-family brownstone on 119th street and are very busy with their careers. Oscar is head of Merrill Lynch's Institutional Commodity Investor Business and Julia is Senior Vice-President of Halstead Realty. Would love to hear from any other class of '81-ers." -- Class Notes Archives (1981) Back to Top 1982 Ricardo Macpherson Ortiz ('82) ● André Castaybert wrote: "After close to twenty years in the litigation department at Proskauer Rose LLP, Andre has joined the firm of Guzov Ofsink LLC as Senior Counsel in the Litigation Department, where he continues to advise and represent companies and individuals in complex commercial litigations and arbitration in diverse areas, including capital markets an finance, restrictive covenants, intellectual property and business insurance. He and his wife, Claudia (Strage) Castaybert ('84), also a graduate of the LFNY, live in Larchmont New York. After a career as a journalist and editor at Bloomberg, and as a freelance writer, Claudia now teaches English and History and Geography at the French American School of New York in Westchester, New York. Andre and Claudia have two boys --Paul, who just turned 9, and Julien, who recently turned 5, and who both attend the French American School." -- Class Notes Archives (1982) Back to Top 1983 TOP: Alexandra Ehrlich ('83); BOTTOM: Jerome Pineau ('83) ● For news on Alexandra Ehrlich, click on link below. -- Alexandra Ehrlich's website -- Class Notes Archives (1983) Back to Top 1984 TOP: Amelie (Fabienne) Nothomb ('84); BOTTOM: Mostafa El Abbadi ('84) ● For news on Amelie (Fabienne) Nothomb, click on link below. ● For news on Claudia (Strage) Castaybert, see Andre Castaybert's message under class of 1982. -- On the Internet: Amelie Nothomb -- Class Notes Archives (1984) Back to Top 1985 Lt. Jeannot Smith ('85) & Yael Lelamede ('85)  Christina Houri ('85) & Jean-Edouard Courcier ('85) ● Lt. Jeannot Smith “is assistant branch chief of environmental protection for the U.S. Coast Guard for the Port of New York and serves in the U.S. Coast Guard while stationed in Staten Island.” In the picture above, he "describes the anatomy of a scallop to [a student] from Astoria Queens, during a Sea Partners event aboard the Peking Seaport Museum in New York City Aug. 19, 2000.” ● "Yael Melamede (Producer) made a career shift from architecture to film in 1996 and since then, has worked in many capacities within the New York independent film community. Melamede was the Post Production Supervisor on Wayne Wang's THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, Paul Schrader's FOREVER MINE, and Paul Auster's LULU ON THE BRIDGE, bringing her into close working relationships with extraordinary creative talent and with a wide range of production, distribution and foreign sales companies. At the end of 2000, Melamede joined Madstone Films as the company's Production Supervisor. In that capacity, Melamede worked on the development, budgeting and scheduling of Madstone's feature film projects. Melamede also co-produced the feature documentary MY ARCHITECT, directed by Nathaniel Kahn, about the prominent architect Louis I. Kahn. MY ARCHITECT, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2003, was released by New Yorker Films in the fall of 2003. Melamede holds a B.A. and M.Arch. from Yale University." (Evergreen, http://www.evergreenthemovie.com/castcrew/) ● Christina Houri now runs a blingual Montessori/Bank Street pre-school called Le Petit Paradis in NYC. (For more details, click on link below.) ● Click on link below, for a poem by Gabin Langue Tsobgny -- 'Hope at Dawn' -- Christina Houri's website -- 'Hope at Dawn', by Gabin Langue Tsobgny - Class Notes Archives (1985) Back to Top 1986 TOP: André Christopher Heltai ('86); BOTTOM: Catherine Bégin ('86) et son fils Guilhem ● BIRTHS/NAISSANCES: From Catherine Begin : "Mon mari Frédéric et moi avons l'immense joie d'annoncer la naissance de notre fils Guilhem le 7 mars 2007 à Paris. Nous nous émerveillons chaque jour devant les progrès de Guilhem, ses sourires et, ...son appétit gargantuesque. A trois mois, Guilhem a le format d’un bébé de 7 mois. J'ai déjà repris le chemin du travail mais compte limiter mes déplacements en province autant que possible, c’est déjà difficile de quitter mon petit garçon tous les matins. Nous sommes comblés." ● Andre Christopher Heltai wrote: "I presently live in Los Angeles and have two children." (Andre Christopher is an actor, and you can see the films he played in, by clicking on the link below.) -- Andre Christopher Heltai's movie career -- Class Notes Archives (1986) Back to Top 1987 TOP: Guillaume Rambourg ('87); BOTTOM: Noga Arikha ('87)  TOP: Jennifer Mackay ('87); BOTTOM: Guillaume Leclair ● BIRTHS/NAISSANCES: From Guillaume Rambourg: "Just a quick line to announce the arrival of Selma Jade Ella Rambourg, in the early hours of Thursday 6th of March. She shares that birth day with heavyweight artists in their fields such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Lorin Maazel, Andrzej Wajda, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ivan Boesky (!), Alan Greenspan, Dick Fosbury and Shaquille O'Neal. Weighing 4.175 kilos and expanding over 54cms, let's hope she doesn't emulate the latter's size too much. Last but not least, she picked the day of her sister Yasmin's 4th birthday. In times of recession, the cost saving of a combined birthday party is not negligible. Good girl! I will endeavour to deliver fund performance as consistently as I produce babies." ● Claude Schwab wrote: "I wanted to share news regarding myself and one of my brothers, Solan Schwab ('88). Our firm, Schwab Enterprise, was recently acquired (April 2008), and I have included below a small article on this event. [Click on link below to access the article] Schwab Enterprise established a niche in hedge fund executive search and hedge fund online and print publications. Solan and I, along with our team, have joined Heidrick & Struggles and will continue to work in hedge fund search and hedge fund online and print publications." ● Nathalie Shalofsky told us that she is looking for Patricia Barthe ('87). "If anyone has any contact with her - please let me know. We were together in Class 6A2 in the school year 1980-1981. We were 11 years old. She was my best girl friend then and I really want to make contact again." (If you have an email address for her, please send it to us, and we will forward it to Nathalie.) -- Claude Schwab's firm acquired by Heidrick & Struggles -- Class Notes Archives (1987) Back to Top 1988_Meaney.jpg) Dr. Marie (Cabaud) Meaney ('88) and her book  TOP: Laure Irrmann ('88); BOTTOM: Nagi Hatoum ('88) WEDDINGS/MARIAGES ● Patricia (Zwerling) Potter wrote: "I wanted to let you know that I was married on May 17th of this year! I married David Potter, an attorney in NYC. Delphina (Carriglio) Jackson ('88) was my matron of honor. Unbelievable, to think we have been friends for all these years." ● "Dr. Marie [Cabaud] Meaney received her doctorate and an M. Phil. in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford. She also obtained an M. Phil. in philosophy from the International Academy of Philosophy in Liechtenstein and a D.E.U.G. from the Sorbonne in Paris. Dr. Meaney is a specialist on the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. Currently, she is an Arthur J. Ennis Teaching Fellow at the University of Villanova in Philadelphia." (http://www.hli.org/infertility/about_marie_meaney.html) ● Sibylle (Giraud) Lesay nous informe qu'elle est mariée à Guillaume Lesay et qu'ils ont trois enfants --Hector (2001), Seraphine (2002, Isaure(2004). Elle est architecte DLPG depuis 8 ans dans le groupe LVMH. Elle est aussi actuellement membre du comité de gestion du Lycee Pierre Loti a Istanbul, en charge de la renovation des batiments. ● Nagi Hatoum is a doctor, engineer and inventor, and is CEO of Biotele L.L.C. ● Aida (Wane) Neary wrote that she "is still leaving in Newport, RI with her husband Tim. She is now the international student advisor at Salve Regina University, helping to facilitate the transition for international students coming to study in the U.S.. In an interesting coincidence, she will be meeting the staff of the French-American school of Rhode Island at a friend's party this summer. The big news, however, is that Aida and Tim are expecting their first child in early December!" ● Clotilde (Teiling) Perbost shared this with us: "So much has happened since I last wrote to you. I now live in Luzern, Switzerland and still work for Roche Diagnostics but now in Rotkreuz. The kids and I are learning German and really enjoying the beautiful Swiss mountains. We have a beautiful apartment in the center of town and are enjoying and learning the advantages of a European lifestyle." -- Class Notes Archives (1988) Back to Top 1989 Christian Rieupouilh ('89)  Michel Robert Abood ('89)  Vincent Nida ('89) and wife Grace being blown away! 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.] -- Michel Robert Abood's website -- Bibi Eng's website -- Class Notes Archives( 1989) Back to Top 1990 TOP: Chantal Kordula ('90) ; BOTTOM: By Olivier Imbert ('90): 'Consumed' (Pastel on paper)  TOP: Marie-Laure (Bruneton) Tabary ('90); BOTTOM: Marc Becker ('90) ● “Chantal E. Kordula is an associate based in the New York office [of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP]. Ms. Kordula’s practice focuses primarily on transactions in Latin America, particularly project finance, privatizations and joint ventures. Ms. Kordula has co-authored a number of articles on various aspects of project finance. Ms. Kordula joined the firm in 1997. She received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1997 and an undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Amherst College in 1994. Ms. Kordula is a member of the Bar in New York. Her native language is English, and she is fluent in French and Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.” (http://www.clearygottlieb.com/english/lawyers/bio.aspx?id=6124) -- To see more of Olivier Imbert's graphic design and fine art works, click here -- Class Notes Archives (1990) Back to Top 1991 Jurgen Coppens ('91)  Nicolas Moute ('91) & Maite Carcedo ('91) ● Nlandu Nguayila wrote: "Hi. I left the LFNY in the first quarter of 1985.I was in 6eme A3. I was happy to read messages from Alehandro Munoz-Ledo, Marcel Agueros and Vivian Holtzman. Greetings to all. I am currently back in my homeland after spending alomost 12 years in Poland. So I have enriched my language skills to four now. I have also become an avid born again christian (the best part of my life). Special greetings to some of my then close buddies Roger Mashihi, Gaetan Ouedrago, Sonia Marcus, Vivian Holtzman , etc. I remember all my former collegues (trust me). If anybody writes I will definitely respond." -- Class Notes Archives (1991) Back to Top 1992 TOP: Marcel Agueros ('92); BOTTOM: Johann Le Calvez ('92)  TOP: Annabel Teiling ('92) ; BOTTOM: Emilie Bouhet ('92)  Etienne Lénack ('92) ● Marcel Agueros is an NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University. For more news, see his interview with The Spectrum (January 2007) by clicking on the .pdf file below. ● Etienne Lénack est architecte et urbaniste. Il est un des associés d’Ateliers Lion, et le site web de son agence est accessible en cliquant sur le lien ci-dessous. ● Laurie (Gineys) Feugère wrote: "I have been married for seven years and have two little boys: Sacha, 2 years and 4 months, and William, 5 months old. We live in Montreal, Quebec (it’s been 6 1/2 years now). I work in a legal firm. I’d be happy to hear from several former classmates." ● Helga McIntyre shared this with us: "I am now back living in Jamaica. I work as a Legal Manager for Digicel (an Irish telecommunications company headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica) and I love it!!! I am getting married on May 2nd next year to a Barbadian and will be going to live in Barbados - as you can tell my life is getting harder and harder. :-) Nicholas ('94), my baby brother, is still grinding it out in NYC and works for JP Morgan Chase and I think he loves it too. I can be reached at [email address availble upon request from AALFNY] As always, I am looking for Sandrine Bodereau ('92) so if she shows up anywhere let me know. Please point her in my direction." ● "Annabel V. Teiling focuses her practice in the areas of toxic torts, products liability, environmental law and civil litigation. She practices in both New York and New Jersey, as well as the Eastern and Southern Federal District Courts of New York. Ms. Teiling received her law degree and the International Law Certificate from Pace University School of Law, where she was an editor of the Pace Environmental Law Review (White Plains Bar Association Outstanding Environmental Law Scholar Award and Scholarship, 1999). She has extensive experience defending major corporations in environmental cases/claims involving hazardous substances, claims involving equipment and machinery malfunction, toxic torts, water damage, water main breaks, mold, property contamination, and other pollution-related matters. She also defends claims brought by individuals who allege that they have contracted mesothelioma or lung cancer as a result of exposure to asbestos from cigarettes with asbestos filters, brake pads, transmission clutch pads and engine gaskets. Upon graduation, Ms. Teiling served as assistant to the Ambassador of Honduras at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization during the 1999 General Conference. Ms. Teiling maintains dual citizenship in France and the United States. She is bilingual in French and English, fluent in German, and conversant in Italian. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her previous studies were conducted in the French system. She is a member of the New York State and American Bar Associations. She also worked for the Institute of International Commercial Law, translating French and Belgium cases decided under the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”) into English." (From Lester Schwab Katz and Dwyer, LLP –Attorneys at Law, New York, http://www.lskdnylaw.com/attorney.asp?key=227)  -- Marcel Agueros-- Ateliers Lion -- Class Notes Archives (1992) Back to Top 1993 Franck Desbhy ('93) & Estrid (Teynier) Rose ('93)  Etienne Bernard ('92) & Véronica Boboc ('93) ● Frederic Vuillet nous écrit: "Ca m'a fait tres plaisir de découvrir ce site, d'avoir un peu de nouvelles et de voir certaines tronches de crabes que je ne croyais pas revoir un jour....Remember ze time! Un grand salut à tous !!" ● " Né sur le territoire français, c’est aux States que Franck Desbhy alias Frades grandit et prend ses marques dans la production d’instrus. Il y passera 26 ans avant de venir s’installer en France, il y a 2 ans, pour développer son activité. « Tombé » dans le Hip Hop à l’époque de Run DMC, Jam Master Jay entre autres, il a vécu l’épopée du mouvement depuis la base et de surcroît, sur place. Autant dire que ses influences sont multiples et teintées de purisme américain. Multiples car, d’origine Ivoirienne, il a su s’inspirer des rythmes afro de ses racines, et des diverses ambiances et mélodies européennes, lors de ses nombreux voyages. Ce qui fait que sa musique est unique et ne ressemble qu’à lui. Un autre élément caractéristique de sa « patte » est aussi reconnaissable : la présence d’une grosse caisse lourde et saturée mêlée à des sons ou chants mélodieux. En même temps, rien là d’étonnant si on remonte aux sources de ses influences, on y trouve tant du Motown, Michael Jackson, que du Dre ou du Timbaland, entre autres. Aujourd’hui référencé sur Acid Planet (www.acidplanet.com) depuis 2005 où il est même 1er au classement Top Artistes Hip Hop ; Frades vend des prods un peu partout à travers le monde ; en Chine, au Chili, au Moyen Orient…et n’a pas fini d’enrichir son carnet d’adresse et d’acheteurs via ce site..Ainsi, de nombreux artistes et producteurs lui commandent des beats, instaurant ainsi une marque de qualité et de reconnaissance dans le milieu. En passe de monter un label associatif incluant la production et l’évènementiel ; il a su s’entourer d’une équipe de soldats (zouk, hip hop, dancehall…) afin de développer les activités de cette structure dans un esprit convivial voire communautaire mettant à l’honneur la diversité culturelle et artistique. L’autre sensible différence de ce label, et pas la moindre, réside dans le fait que Frades développe sa musique dans le souci de satisfaire pleinement le client. Ainsi, affiner, remodeler, coller à la personnalité artistique tout en gardant son authenticité est son cheval de bataille. De nombreux projets découleront de cette structure, on peut déjà annoncer une compile en cours de réalisation ; affaire à suivre… " (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=96696690) -- Franck Desbhy's website -- Class Notes Archives (1993) Back to Top 1994![TOP: Gabriel Taran ('94); BOTTOM: Agathe (Apparu) Snow ('94) [photo by Elizabeth Fasolino, the East Hampton Star]](./webfiles/images/1994_Taran_Snow.jpg) TOP: Gabriel Taran ('94); BOTTOM: Agathe (Apparu) Snow ('94) [photo by Elizabeth Fasolino, the East Hampton Star] ● Agathe (Apparu) Snow's work is being exhibited at the Southampton (NY) Parrish Art Museum until the end of the 2008 July 4th weekend. From the 6/25/2008 East Hampton Star: "....For the first 12 years of her life, she grew up in Corsica, France, and she has the accent and je ne sais quoi to prove it. In 1988, she and her mother and two siblings moved to New York City, where she attended the Lycée Francais, a bilingual private school on the Upper East Side, while resisting the transition by refusing to speak English...She started calling herself an artist only eight months ago. 'It’s really my life,' she said over lunch in Greenwich Village last week. 'I was searching for a way to express myself, and the art allowed me to have a voice.' ” (To read the full article, click on link below) ● “Gabriel Taran is an associate in [WilmerHale’s] Litigation and Controversy Department. He joined the firm in 2007 after completing a clerkship for the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Practice: As a summer associate for the firm in 2005, Mr. Taran researched and drafted sections of two Supreme Court briefs, summarized contents of provisional patent applications for a due diligence review matter, and worked on antitrust and immigration matters. In 2004, Mr. Taran served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Richard M. Berman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Taran worked for five years as a computer programmer, developing websites and databases. He was a lead developer for The Princeton Review and developer for Citigroup, Inc. Professional Activities: Mr. Taran is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.” (http://www.wilmerhale.com/gabriel_taran/) -- Agathe (Apparu) Snow in the East Hampton Star -- Class Notes Archives (1994) Back to Top 1995 TOP: Benedicte Perrot ('95); BOTTOM: Linos Pantelakis ('95)  TOP: Alexandre Mazuranic ('95); BOTTOM: Delphine Naudin ('95) WEDDINGS/MARIAGES & BIRTHS/NAISSANCES ● Pierre Fraiture and Caroline Imbert-Fraiture ('96) wrote: "We got married in the Summer of 2006 and live in New York City. Pierre works in Real Estate and Finance. Caroline works in Marketing. We recently welcomed a little daughter in our lives: Nikita Marie-Sophie Fraiture who will hopefully be a future Lycee alumna." ● Victoria Kisseleva wrote: "After almost 10 years of life and work and New York, I moved to London six months ago. The transition was fairly easy as I am still with the Mergers & Acquisitions team at Société Générale and although miss New York a bit, being closer to Europe has a lot of advantages. If there are any LFNY alumni in London or anywhere else in Europe it would be nice to receive some news" ● Florence (Theil) Goguel-Nyegaard nous écrit: "Bonjour à tous ! Hmmm...le temps passe et celui du lycée me parait déjà bien loin...mais je dois dire qu'avoir lu des nouvelles de certains d'entre vous m'a facilement plongée quelques 15 années (!!!) en arrière ! Alors à mon tour de vous donner de mes nouvelles : je suis médecin à Paris, où j'habite. Je suis surtout l'heureuse femme d'un homme, Sébastien, avec qui je vis depuis 10 ans et avec qui je partage l'extraordinnaire quotidien auprès de nos deux enfants, Alice 3 ans et Basile 9 mois. Depuis la fin du lycée, j'ai toujours vécu en France mais je pars plusieurs fois par an à l'étranger pour les vacances. Mon frère par contre est retourné vivre aux Etats-Unis puis ailleurs. Il vit actuellement au Mexique. Voilà pour l'essentiel des nouvelles, forcément succin. Peut-être à bientôt par mail... Bonne continuation à vous tous. J'ai cru comprendre que la vie n'avait pas toujours été clémente pour certains depuis le lycée... Tous mes voeux de bonheur plus particulièrement pour eux." ● "Alexandre Mazuranic is an associate in Schellenberg Wittmer's arbitration group in Geneva. He was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 2003. He graduated from the University of Geneva School of Law in 2000. In 2007, he also graduated from King's College London (University of London) with a Master of Laws (LL.M.). Before joining Schellenberg Wittmer, Alexandre Mazuranic worked in law firms specialised in litigation. Alexandre Mazuranic joined Schellenberg Wittmer as an associate in 2007. He is a member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and of the Geneva Bar Association." (From: Schellenberg Wittmer, http://www.swlegal.ch/profiles-details.php?selectMod=1&pId=151) -- Class Notes Archives (1995) Back to Top 1996 Matthieu Zuretti ('96) & Amelie (Allard) Bouchard ('96)  Gustaf Demarchelier ('96) & Eleonore Gounod ('96) WEDDINGS/MARIAGES & BIRTHS/NAISSANCES ● Caroline Imbert-Fraiture and Pierre Fraiture ('95) wrote: "We got married in the Summer of 2006 and live in New York City. Pierre works in Real Estate and Finance. Caroline works in Marketing. We recently welcomed a little daughter in our lives: Nikita Marie-Sophie Fraiture who will hopefully be a future Lycee alumna." ● Loys Martin wrote: "Hi All! 12 years and this is my first note. After university I spent 4 years in London in Investment Banking (very original), came back to Paris in 2006, still working in finance, and left my job a couple of weeks ago. A little tour du monde (or something like it) is planned (sort of) until January '09. By that time I will probably be starting an MBA, either in Singapore or in NYC. On a related front: for those of you who don't know, Thibault is getting married in August! I hope to see you soon at some point (I really do!). Take care!" -- Matthieu Zuretti's website -- Class Notes Archives (1996) Back to Top 1997_deVitton_Solomon.jpg) Daphné (Silva) de Vitton ('97) & Jeremy Salomon ('97)  TOP to BOTTOM: Adama Essy ('97); Alexandra Brunais ('97); Federica Sainte-Rose ('97)  Caroline Pierre ('97) ● Charles Mulliez wrote: "After leaving the LFNY, I went in Prepa at Ste Geneviève and then entered Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 1999. After a one-year internship in New York and a one-year stay in Madrid as part of the Erasmus program, I entered ESSEC to get an MBA in Marketing and Strategy. I now work at Reckitt Benckiser and am currently in Milan for a year, going back to France as of May. On a personal level, I got married on October 16th 2004 to Laetitia Morel and we had a little girl named Astrid on April 10th 2006. I would be really glad to get back in contact with all of my classmates between 1995 and 1997. Hope to here from you soon, Charles" ● Daphné (Silva) de Vitton wrote: "After spending ten years getting re-acquainted with life in Paris, I'm moving to Moscow with my husband this June. We are both starting new marketing jobs in international companies and are very excited for the new challenge. If anyone is based or has contacts in Moscow, we would be happy to be in touch." ● Caroline Pierre nous écrit: "Je ne suis restée que 3 ans au Lycée Français, mais j'en garde un souvenir très fort, bien qu'étant très jeune à l'époque. J'adorerais avoir des nouvelles de mes anciens camarades de classe, en particulier d'Anaïs et de Frantz. J'habite à l'Ile de la Réunion, le "secret le mieux gardé de France"!!! Si des personnes passent par ici, contactez-moi!" -- Class Notes Archives (1997) Back to Top 1998 TOP: Dara ('98) & Valerie ('94) Darguste; MIDDLE: Frederic Loisy ('98); BOTTOM: Isabelle Denis ('98)  TOP: Christelle Ferris ('98); MIDDLE: Juan Carlos Losada ('98); BOTTOM: Sushanti Campana ('98) ● Paul de Montmorin told us that he "is now living in Dubai, UAE with his wife and daughter" and that his classmates can reach him at [email address available upon request]. ● Julie Milliet wrote that she "is a freelance writer who just got married to Thibaut Crochet. They live in Paris and will soon welcome a little boy. Feel free to contact her if you too are in Paris!" -- Class Notes Archives (1998) Back to Top 1999 TOP: Constance Hervé ('99); MIDDLE: Caroline Debreuve ('99); BOTTOM: At Martine (Gren) Ureña's ('00) restaurant, Christine Phil -- Class Notes Archives (1999) Back to Top 2000 TOP: Alexandra Breitenstein ('00); MIDDLE: Sandra Hamai ('00); BOTTOM: Guillaume Fournier ('00) ● Albert Sara wrote: "I thought I’d give you a quick update on myself: I will be starting a full-time MBA at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) this fall. The program is two years, which means I’m part of the MBA Class of 2010. In the past few years, alongside my regular full-time jobs, I have developed an event planning business, Mobius Events, which focuses on nightlife entertainment and charitable fundraising. Voila!" (Click on link below to access Albert's website.) -- Albert Sara's website -- Class Notes Archives (2000) Back to Top 2001 Top to Bottom: Marie-Amélie Deucher ('01), Arnaud Taquet ('01), Katherine Malakpour ('01) -- Class Notes Archives (2001) Back to Top 2002 Olivier Donadieu ('00) and one his photos selected for the Paris Match contest.  TOP to BOTTOM: Guillaume Galy ('02); Jessica Shearer ('02); Julia Martellozo ('02)  Cyril Lavaire ('02) & Eve de la Mothe Karoubi ('02) ● Olivier Donadieu nous a écrit qu'il a "participé au concours photo reportage de Paris Match et [que son] reportage au Népal fait partie des 23 sélectionnés." ● Eve de la Mothe Karoubi shared this with us: "I am currently wrapping up the Insight Fellowship, a yearlong Fellowship program that sponsors exceptional young professionals to study and promote effective conflict management internationally (www.insightcollaborative.org). After receiving training in Boston last summer, I went to work as a consultant to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. After 3 months in the Netherlands, I went to Lebanon where I was hosted by my LFNY classmate Aline Sara ('02) and I developed and led a workshop on "Youth and Reconciliation" at the American University in Beirut. In January, I moved on to Thailand to begin my second international placement. During my three months there, I focused on the role of young activists in the Burmese pro-democracy movement and worked with several organizations in Northern Thailand, from where most Burmese organizations operate in political exile. In April, I began my third and final international placement in Liberia. I am working with Youth Action International (YAI), an NGO that works to support and empower conflict-affected youth in Africa, and am overseeing the development of new programs in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Over the course of the year, I have kept a personal blog documenting my experiences at www.allaboutevedlmk.blogspot.com. [Click on link below to access Eve's blog] On another note, I'm thrilled announce that I was recently accepted to my top choice Masters program: the Sciences Po/ SIPA dual degree program in international affairs. I will spend my first year at Sciences Po in Paris and my second year studying at the School of International & Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York." ● Our AALFNY Class of 2002 representative, Ana Ortiz, was kind enough to write to her classmates and to send us these updates, below. Merci Ana!! ● Aline Sara has spent the past year in Beirut, Lebanon studying Arabic and interning at Human Rights Watch. She is glad to have spent time with her family and to have experienced such a difficult environment firsthand. After a summer of backpacking through Greece, Turkey and Syria, she will return to New York to begin her law school applications. ● Anoush Varjabedian is beginning her second year as a graduate student at Harvard University, manjooring in History and Middle Eastern studies. Her primary field of interest is Ottoman history and she is currently researching Protestant missionary education in 19th century Anatolia. ● Nelly Parisot has just completed her first year at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Her summer activities will include participating in a volunteer medical program in Vietnam and then traveling around southeast asia. ● Sixteen LFNY alums Chanez Baali ('02), Elektra Carras ('02), Raphaelle Coumes ('02) , Aliocha Hansen-Love ('05), Igor Hansen-Love ('01), Stewart Laufer ('00), Olivier Lauzon ('95), David Macleod ('01), Jonathan McIntosh ('99), Miguel Patriota ('99), Thomas Patriota ('01), Sarah Poyet ('02), Jessica Shearer ('02), Oliver Shearer ('99), Philip M Shearer ('95), and Gabrielle Archer ('03) have been working with Manyc Records since it was founded in 2003. Manyc Records (manycrecords.com) is a record company based out of the South Bronx, NY. Its roster includes artists Bandamous, Milt Opus, Multiple Mono, Strip Darling and Tramponaline, in addition to djs and electronic music producers. The company and its artists seek to make actual music. In collaboration with sputnyc (sputnyc.com), Manyc Records has artists playing parties in diversified venues, going all city by throwing monthly sputnyc Carnival parties. Listen out for long-awaited studio recordings this winter. -- Eve de la Mothe Karoubi's blog -- Class Notes Archives (2002) Back to Top 2003 TOP: Camille Agon ('03); MIDDLE: Jerome Prunera; BOTTOM: Lina Hadj Hamou  TOP: Pierre Duperrin ('03); MIDDLE: Rommel Rodney ('03); BOTTOM: Lea Vuong ('03) -- Class Notes Archives (2003) Back to Top 2004 TOP: Tamara Jacques ('04); MIDDLE: Gaspard Guillonneau ('04); BOTTOM: Elizabeth Grobel - Class Notes Archives (2004) Back to Top 2005 TOP, left: Julien Pradier ('05); TOP, right: Paul-Eric Rose ('05); BOTTOM: Charlotte Bocly ('05)  Daphne Paret & Alexandre Ange ● Paul-Eric Rose sent us some pictures of the class of 2005's last day at the Lycée. Click on link below to see them. ● Jean-Pierre Adechi and Alexandre Ange have started their own catering business --Touche de Finesse. (For more details, click on website link, below) -- Class Notes Archives (2005) -- Last day in school, class of 2005 -- Touch de Finesse catering website Back to Top 2006 TOP to BOTTOM: Illona Viornery ('06), François Hoscheit ('06), Alix Paulhac ('06) -- Class Notes Archives (2006) Back to Top 2007 TOP to BOTTOM: Guillaume Pfistner ('07); Melissa Las Fargeas ('07); Maëlle-Charlotte Charpié ('07) ● Philippe Gregori told us that he has been cited in the December 20, 2007 edition of Le Monde: "La fin du blocage du centre parisien Censier a été votée, mardi 18 décembre. Des tensions persistaient à Amiens. Quatre étudiants sont en grève de la faim à Montpellier. Jusqu'où n'irait-on pas contre une « loi fasciste » ? C'est ainsi que Philippe, étudiant en première année de licence de physique à Montpellier-II, qualifie, mardi 18 décembre, la loi Pécresse (loi LRU) sur l'autonomie des universités, dont il exige l'abrogation. Interrogé sur l'usage de ce terme, il persiste et signe, soulignant « le fait que ce gouvernement a commencé par attaquer les universités » et dénonçant « la désinformation des médias, tellement flagrante ». Philippe, qui, au téléphone, remercie Le Monde de faire écho à son action, n'est pas un plaisantin. Avec trois de ses camarades, Tristan, Lilian et Thomas, il est en grève de la faim depuis le 10 décembre. Installés à l'UFR de sciences, ils sont entourés par des étudiants qui, malgré l'arrêt du blocage depuis plus d'une semaine, restent mobilisés. Pourquoi en venir à cette extrémité ? « C'est un mode d'action non violent. Et radical. Là, au moins, on ne peut plus nous accuser de bloquer. Je vois que ça marche, car beaucoup de gens nous disent maintenant qu'ils ont du mal à dormir le soir », dit Philippe. Les grévistes de la faim de Montpellier s'attendent à être rejoints par d'autres, ailleurs. Philippe n'envisage pas une poursuite illimitée : « Nous avisons tous les deux ou trois jours. » Son objectif est à moyen terme : « Je suis sûr à 100 % qu'il y aura, après les vacances de Noël et après les partiels, une nouvelle étape du mouvement. Nous allons repartir sur de nouvelles bases. » " He is also cited in Liberation.fr. To read that full article, click on link below. -- Philippe Gregori in Liberation.fr -- Class Notes Archives (2007) Back to Top |
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