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--Comments and Feedback-- --Comments and Feedback-- Please tell us how we are doing, and/or what we could do better! If an item appears here that you would like us to remove, let us know and we will do it right away. Send your comments to aalfny@gmail.com. Merci!! Back to Top --Editors' Highlights-- ● Les "YouTubiens du LFNY": If "a picture is worth a thousand words", is a video worth many more? In this newsletter, we present a total of 96 links (under various class years) to internet videos, mostly on YouTube, of LFNY alumni and former professors. ● Gabrielle Griswold ('44) visited the Lycée's new facilities, 60+ years after her studies at 3 East 95th Street, and shares her impressions with us. (See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) ● Susan Fales-Hill's ('80) first novel -One Flight Up- was recently published. "Susan Fales-Hill writes a dazzling narrative of New York's social diorama with wit, irony, and great humor." (André Leon Talley, editor at large, Vogue) (Click on link below for more reviews.) ● To access our permanent newsletter sections -- In memoriam archives and Aujourd'hui et hier (yearbook and current photos, classes 1940 to 1983)-- click on links below. -- SIXTY-PLUS YEARS LATER--The Lycée Revisited, by Gabrielle Griswold -- 'One Flight Up', by Susan Fales Hill ('80) -- In Memoriam -- Aujourd'hui et hier Back to Top --Former Professors and Staff-- Yoka Verdoner and her book  TOP: Jean-Francois Genay; MIDDLE: Annie Vanrenterghem-Raven; BOTTOM: by Benoît (Anger) Gréan  TOP: Normand Genois; BOTTOM: Renaud Redien-Collot  Brigitte Nahon and one of her sculptures-- 'Equilibrium' (2002, permanent outdoors sculpture, French Justice Ministry, in front  Annette Becker and her new book ● Avis de Décès: Jean Boorsch (Prof. de grec, années scolaires 1942 à 1961) "the Street Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages, who pioneered a total-immersion method to train Americans in French, died at his home on March 23, 2008 at the age of 102. A Yale faculty member for 40 years, Boorsch was among a group of French compatriots ...... who brought international acclaim to Yale’s Department of French...." (For more details, click on link below.) ● Yoka Verdoner (Prof. d'anglais, années scolaires 1962 à 1967) wrote: "Greetings from Oakland, California, where I have lived since 1978. Although I thought I was taking just a one-year leave of absence in 1967, things turned out differently. Instead of one year, I lived eight years in Israel where I taught at the Hebrew University and the University of Tel Aviv, then three years at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, where I am originally from. I finally went to California and made up my mind to stop moving. I went back to school in order to learn a new profession and have been a practicing psychotherapist in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1983. I remember my years at the Lycee with great pleasure and clearly remember many of your names and faces. This week, Jean Pierre Harpignies ('68) suddenly turned up and we had a most enjoyable lunch together after about forty-four years or so. I would be delighted to see any of you who travel this far west, or to hear from any of you. Thank you, Roger, for making all this possible!" Editor's note: Ms. Verdoner is a psychologist in Oakland and is the co-author/co-editor of Signs of Life: The Letters of Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer from Nazi Transit Camp Westerbork, 1942-1944. The book is "an intensely personal account of [her mother's] life in a Nazi camp in Holland from which trains carried Dutch Jews to their death in the extermination camps of Eastern Europe. These eloquent letters were written by a thirty-three-year-old housewife and mother of three young children...." (http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Kan,%20Francisca) ● Michael Rywkin (Prof. de russe, années scolaires 1962 à 1981) shared this with us: "I am still active at my age. Professor Emeritus of Russian Area Studies, CCNY of CUNY and President Emeritus, Assoc.for the Study of Nationalities, I am currently Project Director, Central Asian Project, National Committee on American Foreign Policy. Still, I am (with my wife) spending several month per year in Normandy, where we have a property, and keeping contact with the French academic establishments in Paris. Still keeping good memories of my teaching Russian at the Lycee (in addition to my job at CUNY)." ● Mathieu Vallauri (Prof. de judo, années scolaires 1964 à 1968) is doing well and living in South Carolina. He no longer practices Judo, but goes for long bicycle rides everyday. ● Waldemar Kasriels (Directeur des sports, années scolaires 1959 à 1971) See class of '56, below, for his latest doings. ● Jean-Francois Genay wrote: "I am now the North American representative for the Mission Laïque Française and based in Portland, Oregon. I was a teacher and then the director of the primary grades at the Lycée between 1967 and 1973. I have retired as head of school after a career in French American and international schools in New York, Miami, Detroit, Los Angeles and Portland." ● Brigitte Nahon (Prof. de dessin, années scolaires 1996 et 1997) wrote: "Since 1997, when I won an international competition of an outdoors sculpture for E.D.F. Electricité de France, Cap Ampere Saint-Denis, I have been working my art full time. I show internationally. Please visit my website: www.brigittenahon.com. [Or, click on link below] I still think of The Lycée Français de New York. I keep a very strong memory in my heart and very often, I think about those years. asking myself what a child became, what he/she is doing, and how are the staff with whom I worked? I keep such good memories of some parents as well. I hope, thanks to you, that the link can be maintained." ● Benoît (Anger) Gréan (Prof. de lettres, années scolaires 1985 à 1994) a partagé ceci avec nous: « Auteur de plusieurs recueils de poèmes, publié dans de nombreuses revues, en France et ailleurs, Benoît Gréan vit à Rome après un long séjour aux U.S.A. Sa poésie recherche à la fois le caractère incisif et rythmique du vers et les possibilités multiples du mot pris en lui-même ; d'où un effet paradoxal de densité et de dépouillement. La “Petite suite blieuxoise en vingt-quatre heures” est avant tout un poème adressé. Adressé à un village provençal de moins de cent âmes. Chaque poème marque un point de déplacement autant qu'un angle de vision sur une réalité minérale et humaine dont la lenteur rémissante et la dureté de pierre sont peut-être les premières et essentielles caractéristiques. » ● Annette Becker (Prof d'histoire, années scolaires 1984 à 1986) nous écrit: « Bonjour, je viens de publier un nouveau livre, demain le 13 octobre en librairie. Mes anciens élèves devraient trouver cela joli, je vous mets la couverture ci-dessous. » From the book cover: "Professeure à l’université de Paris-Ouest-Nanterre et membre senior de l’Institut universitaire de France, Annette Becker est spécialiste des deux guerres mondiales et travaille au sein de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre et du Mémorial de la Shoah." ● Sophie Anne Leterrier (Prof. d'histoire/géographie, années scolaires 1987 et 1988) est professeure d’histoire contemporaine à l'Université d’Artois (Arras). "J’appartiens depuis 1988 à la Société d’histoire de la révolution de 1848 et des révolutions du XIXe siècle, qui édite la Revue d’histoire du XIXe siècle. J’ai fait partie depuis l’origine (1999) jusqu’en 2003 du comité de rédaction de la Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines (rédacteur en chef Laurent Mucchielli), éditée par les Presses universitaires du Septentrion, à Lille." (http://www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/ficheschercheurs/Leterrier/Leterrier.html) ● Dr. Annie Vanrenterghem-Raven (Prof. de mathématiques, années scolaires 1986 à 1988), Ph.D., MP.H is a Research Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. (http://archive.poly.edu/faculty/ravenannie/index.php) ● Philippe Barazer nous écrit: "Bonjour: J'ai été professeur de physique-chimie au lycée entre 1989 et 1994, et je suis ensuite parti au lycée français de Bogota, Colombie. [Je suis] actuellement au lycée franco-argentin de Buenos Aires." ● « Nomand Génois [Prof. de sports, année scolaire 1989] enseigne pendant une trentaine d’années l’éducation physique dans une école secondaire. Homme épris de plein air et de nature sauvage, il voyage en Europe, habite en Suisse et plus tard à New York......Il publie ses premiers textes en 1992 dans Estuaire, puis les années suivantes dans Nouaison et la revue Poésie des Éditions de l’Oésie à Québec. Son premier recueil parait en 2002 aux Éditions du Noroît, L’écrin des jours, un deuxième suivra en 2007, Le même souffle chez le même éditeur. Il participe régulièrement à des lectures publiques, spectacles, rencontres littéraires, surtout dans la région de Québec. Il est membre de l'Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois. »(http://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/genois-normand-1225/) ● « Diplômé de l’Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme à Paris, Henri Lazarini [Prof. d’arts dramatiques, années scolaires 1984 et 1985) voue sa vie au théâtre. Dès 1962 il créé le « Festival d’Art Dramatique de la Haute Auvergne » au château de Pesteil, où Jean Cocteau tourna les extérieures de son film : « l’Eternel Retour. » En 1968 il fonde la compagnie d’Art Dramatique « Théâtre 91 ». Professeur d’art dramatique au lycée Français de New York, il revient en France en 1986 et crée le théâtre de « la Mare au Diable » à Palaiseau en Essonne et en 1992 « la Mare au Diable-Rive Gauche » à Paris. En une peu plus de quarante ans de carrière il montera plus d’une trentaine de spectacles d’auteurs comme Molière, Hugo, Tennessee Williams....et bien d’autres encore qui n’ont plus aucun secret pour lui. Depuis 2003 le Théâtre de Longjumeau aime travailler avec ce metteur en scène de talent qui a offert à notre public pas moins de sept créations..... » (http://www.viva-concertino.fr/chap/index.php?idch=9&idrb=109&idpg=272) ● « Nouveau Directeur délégué d'ADVANCIA : Passionné, depuis toujours, par l’entrepreneuriat sous toutes ses formes .....Renaud Redien-Collot [Prof. de lettres classiques et modernes, années scolaires 1995 à 1998] a été, entre 1992 et 1996, chef de projet à l'ONU d'un programme international qui promouvait la reprise d'étude et la création d'entreprises des populations féminines du bassin méditerranéen. Il a ensuite été membre du conseil d'administration de la Fondation E. Roosevelt où il a travaillé en lien avec des réseaux d'universités et d'incubateurs impliqués dans l'accompagnement des projets entrepreneuriaux des populations féminines et immigrées sur le continent américain. En 2002, il a obtenu un Ph.D. en sociologie du genre, à l'Université de Columbia (New York). En tant qu'enseignant, il a dispensé des cours à l'Université d'Amiens, l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, New York University, Brown College, Princeton, l'Université d'Heidelberg et l'université libre d'Anvers .......» (http://www.advancia.fr/advancia.nsf/id/FR_Nomination__Renaud_Redien-Collot_nouveau_Directeur_dlgu_dADVANCIA) Videos on the internet of former LFNY professors and staff: ● Rencontre avec André Kaspi (Prof. d’histoire et de géographie, années scolaires 1966 et 1967), l'auteur de la biographie de John F. Kennedy ● Pierrette Fleutiaux (Prof. d'anglais, années scolaires 1969 à 1974) nous parle de la place de la femme dans l'édition et dans la société ● Entretien avec Joel Vallat (Directeur des études, années scolaires 1976 à 1983) ● Entretien avec Henri Lazarini (Prof. d’arts dramatiques, années scolaires 1984 et 1985) au sujet de la mise en scene de La Pie Voleuse à l'Opéra de Massy ● Interview with France Telecom CEO Thierry Breton (Prof. d'informatique et de mathématiques, années scolaires 1980 et 1981) ● Renaud Redien-Collot (Prof. de lettres classiques et modernes, années scolaires 1995 à 1998) parle aux Etats Généraux du Management (Click on links below) -- In Memoriam: Prof. Jean Boorsch -- André Kaspi on YouTube -- Pierrette Fleutiaux on YouTube -- Joel Vallat on YouTube -- Thierry Breton on YouTube -- Henri Lazarini on DailyMotion -- Renaud Redien-Collot on DailyMotion -- Brigitte Nahon's website -- Entretien avec Annette Becker Back to Top 1940-1946 Paul Lochak ('46)  ● Gabrielle Griswold ('44) visited the Lycée's new facilities, 60+ years after her studies at 3 East 95th Street, and shares her impressions with us. (See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) ● Ludmila Svetlana (Alexeieff) Rockwell ('44) nous écrit: "« Mes mémoires (Snapshots) vont être publiées en Russie . J'ai fait deux expositions de mes pastels en Nouvelle Angleterre. Vous pouvez voir mes œuvres sur le site www.svetlanarockwell.com. D'autre part je suis en train de faire publier les 115 gravures pour Don Quichotte que mon père Alexandre Alexeieff a fait il y a 50 ans de cela à Paris pour les imprimeurs Rigal. Je serai donc à Paris lors de leur sortie cet hiver. Mon fils Alexandre Rockwell, metteur en scène indépendant, vient de terminer son dernier film "Pete Small is Dead" . J'ai vu Jean Alvarez de Toledo ('44) et Michel Grinberg ('44) à Paris en juin, et je suis toujours en communication avec Betsy Jolas ('43). » Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ●Michel Grinberg Vinaver ('44): Entretien à l'occasion de la mise en scène de Par dessus bord (Click on link below) -- SIXTY-PLUS YEARS LATER--The Lycée Revisited, by Gabrielle Griswold -- Michel Vinaver on YouTube Back to Top 1947 Edward Perry Gaskell ('47)  ● Edward Perry Gaskell wrote: "Attached is a poem I wrote for my local paper: The Old Book.....My latest project is transferring my extensive LP record collection to my computer to be able to use the music on my iPod. Classical and music from the 60's and 70's mostly." (To read Perry's poem, in both French and English, go to Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Joanna (Rogers) Macy talks about the concept of a 'Great Turning' ● George Steiner: An interview with the literary critic and writer ● Tanaquil (Leclercq) Balanchine (deceased, December 2000) dances in Afternoon of a Faun (choreography by Jerome Robbins) (Click on links below) -- The Old Book, by Edward Gaskell ('47) -- Joanna (Rogers) Macy on YouTube -- George Steiner on YouTube -- Tanaquil (Leclercq) Balanchine on YouTube Back to Top 1948 André Baeyens ('48) _Ristich_de_Groote2.jpg) Michèle (Delahaye) Ristich de Groote ('48)  Paul Berçot ('48) and spouse Jehanne  ● Avis de Décès: "Bernard L. Varney, retired IRS agent, Memphis, [passed away] on May 14, 2008. Varney was born in Grenoble, France, of an American father and a French mother..... " (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ● Avis de Décès: "Charles de Chambrun, ancien ministre du général de Gaulle et député du Gard entre 1986 et 1988 sous la bannière du Front national, est décédé jeudi [21 0ctobre, 2010] près de Tunis à l'âge de 80 ans.....Né à Paris en 1930, ce descendant direct du marquis de Lafayette a été secrétaire d'Etat au Commerce extérieur (entre février 1966 et mars 1967) du gouvernement Pompidou......" (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ● "Ambassador André Baeyens --French Foreign Service (ret.): The great-grandson on his mother’s side of Montana’s Senator William A. Clark, Ambassador Baeyens was born in France and graduated from the École Nationale d’Administration in Paris. He then followed in his French father’s footsteps and joined France’s diplomatic corps. His first postings as a Secretary of Embassy were in London, Bonn, Washington, D.C., Rome, and Vienna. From 1974 to 1976 he headed the personal staff of the Secretary of State to the French Foreign Minister in the first Chirac government. Ambassador Baeyens has been posted to the United States three times: as second secretary to the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., as director of the French Press and Information Service in New York City, and again in New York City as Consul General of France. He also has served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and to the Office of the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna. He is an officer of the “Legion d’Honneur.” Currently at work on a book about Franco-American relations, he has lectured and published extensively about his great-grandfather’s remarkable life." (http://www.umt.edu/president/lectures/2005-2006/baeyens-seminar.aspx) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Charles de Chambrun est élu Maire de Saint-Gilles (deceased October 2010) (Click on link below) -- In Memoriam: Bernard Varney and Charles de Chambrun -- Charles de Chambrun on Ina.Fr Back to Top 1949 TOP:Jean-Pierre Radley ('49); BOTTOM: Bruno de Panafieu ('49)  ● "Bruno de Panafieu, Phd, architecte et sociologue français, est né à Paris le 24 janvier 1932. L’architecture le conduit à la sculpture, au meuble, puis au bijou féminin. La sociologie le conduit chez les danseurs Dogons du Mali, puis à la recherche, dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques français, d’une thérapie de groupe fondée sur l’emploi des masques......." (http://artsphere.wordpress.com/) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Interview with animator Jacques Rouxel (deceased April 2004) (Click on link below) -- Jacques Rouxel on YouTube Back to Top 1950 TOP: Michel David-Weill ('50); BOTTOM: Bernard Bégué ('50)  TOP: Catherine (Rocherolle) Lepoutre ('50); BOTTOM: Anne (Benech) Cirier ('50)  ● "Michel David-Weill, né à Paris le 23 novembre 1932, est un banquier français, dirigeant de la Banque Lazard de 1977 à 2001. Il fait ses études au Lycée français de New York, puis à l´Institut d'études politiques de Paris. Il est élu membre libre de l'Académie des beaux-arts en 1982. Il est également membre de l'Automobile Club de France et du Cercle de l'union interalliée. En avril 2007, il est promu Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur." (http://blog-top-secret.over-blog.com/article-michel-david-weill-47730504.html) ● Catherine (Rocherolle) Lepoutre nous écrit: "Ayant fait des rangements récemment dans une boite de vieilles photos, j'ai retrouvé une photo de notre classe dans le Yearbook du Lycée Français, 1945-1946, publié pour célébrer le dixième anniversaire du lycée. Nous étions en Quatrième, ma dernière année au lycée. From there I went to the Ursuline School in New Rochelle, N.Y., and graduated from high school in 1949......Dans la photo de la classe de Sixieme, il y a mon frere Didier Rocherolle ['52], et dans la classe preparatoire, notre soeur, Marie-Laure Epron, née Rocherolle ['57]. Le temps passe vite !" ● Anne (Benech) Cirier wrote: "The invitation to celebrate the LFNY's 75th anniversary in Paris was particularly attractive. Easier of course to travel from Bretagne to Paris, than flying to New York…. Though all this happened a long time ago, the Lycée remains vivid in my memory. My elder brothers and younger sister arrived in October after the beginning of school. We came from Martinique and I had completely forgotten the English language during our stay there, though I had started school in Washington DC and had grown up as an American child. So my schedule at the Lycee in 6ème was special: Our first hour was always American language and history, in order to get back to fluent English, and I did not take Latin like all the others. After two months, all the English language which had remained hidden in my brain came forward, and that was it. I still have the book of American History in my library. Going to school as a child: I remember my friends well, and when the bell rang when it was time for recess we would rush to the stairs, and immediately look for our boyfriend. It was something natural: We would hold each other's hand for a while, pronounce a few tender words, and that was it. Then we would play very noisily in the yard, and seek those who collected “camcards.” I have kept my album all these years. It was our way of making an exchange, a child’s business. Some valuable camcards were prints of famous paintings, which opened a door into the art world. So if any of you are still interested in camcards, come to Belle Ile, visit me, bring yours and we shall "exchange again !" Be sure to click first on www.belle-ile.com then send a few words to ac.tournesol@orange.fr I can accommodate 2 to 3 persons a few days between April and end October. But, I have 5 children who all live on the continent plus 12 grandchildren plus friends (often musicians) so you might to have wait for your turn." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Delphine Seyrig (deceased October 1990) in the movie Le Lys dans la vallée (Click on link below) -- Delphine Seyrig on YouTube Back to Top 1951 by Ted (Sanche de Gramont) Morgan ('51)  ● John Clark nous écrit: "A 77 ans: Tout va tres bien, Mme la Marquise...." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Ted (Sanche de Gramont) Morgan discusses his 19th book, "Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America Into the Vietnam War" (Click on link below) -- Ted (Sanche de Gramont) Morgan on YouTube Back to Top 1952 TOP: Anne-Colette (Newman) Sluys ('52); BOTTOM: Martine (Frances Neil) Wood-Brandner ('52)  Didier Rocherolle ('52) ● Didier Rocherolle nous écrit: « J'ai des bons souvenirs du Lycée, 1942-1946. Aux Etats Unis à partir de 1938, mon père était Directeur USA pour Roger & Gallet. Je ne suis pas complètement français et certainement pas 100% américain, (half/half). Diplôme de l'Académie Commerciale de HEC. Je suis devenu directeur pour la distribution de R&G en 1969 après la retraite de mon père. Je ne regrette pas ma vie aux USA. Ma femme et moi, nous avons quatre enfants, plus ou moins bilingues, 7 petits enfants et beaucoup de famille en France. » Back to Top 1953 Philippe Radley ('53)  TOP: Solange (Leven) Landau ('53); BOTTOM: John Rinde ('53)  At October 2010 LFNY 75th anniversary event, in Paris. TOP, left to right: Irène Kowarski, Annick Szendroi, Jean-Paul Quinson (all '53); BOTTOM: Jocelyne Benoît-Barné (left) and Irène Monel (both '53)  ● Irène Kowarski nous a envoyé les photos ci-dessus, et nous a écrit: " A l'occasion de la réunion des anciens élèves du LFNY à Paris, cinq élèves de la promotion '53 se sont retrouvés, ayant à peine changé depuis 57 ans !" Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Peter Herford co-hosts a war correspondents conference in Shantou (Click on link below) -- Peter Herford on YouTube Back to Top 1954 Michel Strauss ('54)  'Blast from the past': Photo submitted by Michel Mendès France: Class of '54, in 8eme  ● Michel Mendès France wrote: "You may like this photo from our family album. It is 8eme in 1946. On the back row, first left Richard Pini, third from left Bernard Mendès France, Jean-Pierre Cauvin, and fifth from the left Michel Mendès France, unknown, maybe Sybil At the far right Michel Strauss. At the far left Alain Brodin. The front row far right Murielle Milshtein." (For a larger version of the photo, click on link below) ● Elizabeth (Reiss) Baecher shared this with us: "Not all that much to report from here. I am involved in the congressional and state senate campaign, play as much on line bridge as I can find time for, and for exercise, hike and go on coin and bottle digs. I don't expect to find anything of great value, but it's great fun." ● "Michel Strauss brings to Fine Art Wealth Management over 43 years of experience advising many great collectors and has been responsible for the sale of numerous important paintings and collections. An Art Historian and renowned expert in the field of Impressionism and 20th Century art, his expertise covers the period from 1865 to 1973, from the birth of Impressionism to the death of Picasso. Michel Strauss was Head of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Department and Board member from 1965 to 2000. During this time he assisted the British Rail Pension Fund in building their collection from Impressionist paintings from 1974 to 1979. Following his successful career at Sotheby's, he went to work for Bernard Arnault of LVMH to build their corporate collection in Paris followed by a brief period at Phililips de Pury & Luxembourg before becoming an independent consultant." http://www.fineartwealthmgt.com/home/about-fawm/art-advisory-board Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Philippe De Montebello interviewed on WNYC (Click on link below) -- Philippe de Montebello on YouTube Back to Top 1955 André Moraillon ('55)  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Danièle (Gorlin) Lassner recalls a 1987 visit with Rebbitzen Chaya Mushka. (Click on link below) -- Danièle (Gorlin) Lassner on YouTube Back to Top 1956 Waldemar Kasriels ('56) (Photo by Alison Hain of the Press Republican) ● Avis de Décès: John Kaiser passed away on October 31, 2009. (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ● "WESTPORT-March 10, 2010: As a child, Waldemar Kasriels wasn't allowed to play outside like the typical young boy. His parents didn't want him to engage in 'rough and tumble activities' for fear he might get hurt or even lose his life. But his life choices have been just the reverse. The owner of Normandie Beach Club on Furnace Point Lane devotes his life to giving others the opportunity to enjoy the outdoor world. He believes in opening up this world to everyone — but especially for children. Kasriels, now 73, was born in France in 1937. His father was stationed in New York City as a representative of the French government responsible for promoting French products in the United States. The family moved back and forth between the two countries with some frequency, and the boy grew up bilingual. A GLORIOUS VIEW: By the age of 20, Kasriels supported himself by picking up odd jobs in New York City. In time, he assumed the responsibility of running the sports activities of the Lycée Francais there.... During winter breaks, Kasriels led ski trips and gave skiing lessons. In the summer, he rented facilities in New England to run as summer camps for children. Some of those were less than satisfactory, for example the one that featured a dining room with a collapsed roof..... Eventually, Kasriels began to search the real-estate advertisements for a camp on the market. He left Vermont and headed for the Adirondacks with little knowledge of the area. 'I crossed Lake Champlain in September and found this place in Westport.' The property's main house had once been the home of Chicago department store magnate Marshall Field....... 'In 1970,' Kasriels said, 'I opened a camp here for children aged 6 to 16. Many of my early campers came from the Lycée Francais.....' SUMMER RESORT: By the mid-'90s, Camp Normandie had fallen prey to the conditions affecting all childrens camps. Economic problems, the changing interests of children and the costs of maintenance ate away at their very existence. So it was time for a change. Kasriels turned Camp Normandie into a summer resort featuring a sandy beach with an array of waterfront activities, tennis and basketball courts, a swimming pool, informal lakeside dining at the Coco Café by the waterfront and a more formal dinner environment up the hill. The camp cabins were extensively renovated and converted to individual and family rental lodges......His wife, Molly, takes care of camp registrations and the finances.... 'When I walk around this property at this time of year, I realize how much I have done to make it as beautiful as it is,' Kasriegs said. 'Yet the beauty of this land was here long before me and will be here long after I am gone.' " (http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x794090585/Beach-Club-represents-lifes-work-for-Westport-Man) -- In Memoriam: John Kaiser Back to Top 1957 Pierre (Kyriazides) Kyria ('57)  Paolo Romani ('57)  ● Pierre Kyriazides: « Né à Paris en 1938, Pierre Kyria est parti à dix-sept ans pour les Etats-Unis afin d’y achever ses études. Il a ainsi résidé plusieurs années à New York et a été diplômé des universités américaines. Sa vie adolescente à New York a inspiré son premier roman Manhattan blues (1961) et son passage sur un campus américain son second, L'Eté à cœur perdu (1967). Après son service militaire effectué en grande partie en Algérie, Pierre Kyria est entré dans le journalisme. Critique, traducteur (L'Homme qui n'avait pas d'ombre de Colin Wilson, Les Procès d'Oscar Wilde), il est aujourd'hui responsable du supplément littéraire au journal Combat et directeur de collections dans l'édition. Après son troisième roman, La Mort blanche (1972), il a fait paraître une étude critique consacrée à l'écrivain de la Belle Epoque Jean Lorrain (1973). Il va publier, au mois de septembre 1974, un nouveau roman: Mademoiselle Sarah. » (http://www.livrenpoche.com/auteur/Kyria-Pierre/18930.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Milou [Marie-Louise] De Montferrier talks about a hospice in San Miguel ● Gilles Larrain talks about photography of Flamenco style and artists (Click on links below) -- Milou [Marie-Louise] De Montferrier on YouTube -- Gilles Larrain on YouTube Back to Top 1958 Françoise Manodritta ('58)  ● “Dr. Firouz Vakil, advisor, Lazard Frères & Company, Paris: Dr. Firouz Vakil is the Director of Cartesian Advisory Services in Paris, as well as Advisor to Lazard Frères & Cie, Paris. He is an expert in international finance, structured debt transactions, and economic planning. Previously, Dr. Vakil served as Director of GMC International, Ltd., London, Vice-President, Asset Trading Unit, Developing Markets Groups of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, New York and Divisional Manager/Senior Economist for the World Bank, Washington, D.C. Dr. Vakil served as Deputy Minister of Plan and Budget Organization, Iran, from 1972 to 1979. He has taught courses in economic theory, finance, money and banking and development as Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA. Dr. Vakil authored The Political Environment of Economic Planning in Iran: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic with H. Razavi, Westview Press, 1984. He has published numerous articles as well, including "Iran's Basic Macro-Economic Problems - A Twenty Year Horizon." Dr. Vakil has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from MIT, holds graduate degrees in Water Resources, Finance and Economics, and earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.” (http://www.petro-hunt.com/lectures/speeches/htm/Vakil.htm) ● Françoise Manodritta "a d'abord été Assistante de recherche (en biochimie) aux USA. Elle vire vers les Lettres et suit l'enseignement Humaniste du Professeur Daniel Penham à Columbia University, où elle reçoit le Prix Beatrice and Philip Sisson pour un essai sur Nodier. Puis, elle a la grande chance de suivre le dernier séminaire du Professeur Gérard Moignet consacré à Gustave Guillaume. Sa thèse de Ph.D. préfigure la méthode d'approche qu'elle appliquera à Paul Valéry : un nouveau regard, plus sensible, porté sur la Chanson de Roland révèle, au niveau phonémique, des jeux signifiants, qui appuient la thèse de la non-oralité soutenue par Bédier. Elle s'est consacrée depuis au mystère valéryen." (http://www.paulvalery.fr/paul-valery-5.php) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Olga Georges-Picot (deceased June 1997) in the movie the Man Who Haunted Himself, also starring Roger Moore (Click on link below) -- Olga Georges-Picot on YouTube Back to Top 1959 TOP: Rosette (Winger) Tucker-Teitel ('59); BOTTOM: Laurence (Thiollier) Moscato ('59) (left) & Sarah-Jane (Freymann) Schwartz ('59)  TOP: Antoine Polgar ('59) BOTTOM: Hubert Goldschmidt ('59) ● The classes of '59 and '60 held a "50 year" reunion on October 2, 2010 in New York City. (Click on link below for a 'class picture' taken at the event) Théodore de Wyzewa ('60) wrote: "Les classes de '59 et '60 se sont réunies à New York le 2 Octobre 2010 pour célébrer leur cinquantième anniversaire depuis le départ du Lycée Français de New York. Journée mémorable et inoubliable avec de nombreux souvenirs échangés entre tous les participants. Malheureusement beaucoup de collègues n'étaient pas présent donc une autre réunion est prévue pour le samedi 12 mars à New York. Pour plus de renseignements veuillez contacter Théodore de Wyzewa au 717-377-2106 ou par courriel au w3ted@hotmail.com" ● Michael Bleier wrote: "We just returned from spending a month in France. First two weeks in the south (Lyon, Vence, Avignon, Nice, St. Tropez) and then two weeks in Paris. For the first time we rented an apartment in Paris in the 6eme Arrondisement. Our apartment faced Rue de Buci, our favorite street in Paris. While my wife Carol took classes at Alliance Francaise (having taken private lessons for two years from a teacher in Pittsburgh), Carol decided to learn French at her somewhat late stage in life and really enjoys it. At the same time I worked out of Reed Smith's Paris office on Boulevard Henri Poincare. I also traveled on the Eurostar to London and made two presentations at our London office and another one in our Paris office. Paris is much less frenetic than London, which is fairly close in speed to New York. The pace of life in Paris is much more reasonable and humane The food in France was as usual, so enjoyable. There is a lot Americans can learn from the French in terms of the pace of life. We can't wait to return." ● "Sarah Jane Freymann has been a literary agent since the 1970s and is the founder and president of the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, LLC.....The Agency has a strong commitment to serious self-help and spiritual books, with titles that have sold more than 100,000 copies in the U.S. and throughout Europe and Asia. At least five of the agency’s cookbook authors have won the prestigious Julia Child Award....." (http://www.sarahjanefreymann.com/about.html) -- Sarah Jane Freymann's website Back to Top 1960 TOP: Carey Harrison ('60); BOTTOM: Jean-Jacques Richard ('60)  TOP: Jacques Kosciusko ('60); BOTTOM: Frank Ferran ('60)  Class reunion in Rome: TOP: Lisa (Freymann) Wassong & Vittorio Plaja; BOTTOM (left to right): Liliane Frizzole, Ludina Barzini, Claire Mesnard (all '60)  TOP: Théodore de Wyzewa ('60) ; BOTTOM: Jean-Jacques Hourclé ('60) (deceased)  ● Avis de Décès: The sister-in-law of Jean-Jacques Hourclé informed us that he passed away on July 31, 2010. ● The classes of '59 and '60 held a "50 year" reunion on October 2, 2010 in New York City. (Click on link below for a 'class picture' taken at the event) Théodore de Wyzewa ('60) wrote: "Les classes de '59 et '60 se sont réunies à New York le 2 Octobre 2010 pour célébrer leur cinquantième anniversaire depuis le départ du Lycée Français de New York. Journée mémorable et inoubliable avec de nombreux souvenirs échangés entre tous les participants. Malheureusement beaucoup de collègues n'étaient pas présent donc une autre réunion est prévue pour le samedi 12 mars à New York. Pour plus de renseignements veuillez contacter Théodore de Wyzewa au 717-377-2106 ou par courriel au w3ted@hotmail.com" ● The class of '60 also held a "50 year" reunion on September 29, 2010 in Rome. In an attempt to organize another one Marie-Christine Comte ('60) wishes to inform her classmates of the following: "Théodore de Wyzewa et moi avons découvert que [les membres de notre promotion] sommes extrêmement éparpilles entre les Etats Unis, cotes est et ouest, et l'Europe (France, Italie, etc.) Ted a finalement réussi à planifier une réunion le 2 octobre à New York et va aussi essayer d'arranger une autre réunion le 12 mars prochain, de nouveau sur la cote est. Mon idée de se retrouver en Provence a du être remise au printemps 2011. Je serais vraiment heureuse de savoir si cette possibilité vous attire et si vous avez des idées et des suggestions à me communiquer -- dates, localités, etc. Vous pouvez me joindre à mchrisc.3@gmail.com et joindre Ted à w3ted@hotmail.com" ● "Carey Harrison was born in London to actors Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer, and raised in Los Angeles and New York, where he attended the Lycée Français. Subsequently, in Britain, he attended Sunningdale Preparatory School, Harrow School, and Jesus College, Cambridge.......He is the author of 35 stage plays and 16 novels, most notably Richard's Feet....... Harrison has received numerous grants from the UK Arts Council, and his prizes include Sony Radio Academy Awards, the Giles Cooper Award, the Prix Marulic, the UK Writers' Guild Award for Best Play, the Prix Italia Silver Award and the Best Play award from the Berlin Akademie der Kuenste, as well as two nominations (2005 and 2007) for the Pushcart Prize for Journalism. His work has been translated into thirteen languages. His output includes published translations from French, Italian, German and Spanish authors, and performed translations from the works of Pirandello, Goldoni, Feydeau and the late Gert Hofmann; most recently he published 20 Poems from the Arabic of Firas Sulaiman, in Banipal, the UK magazine of contemporary Arabic writing. Since 2005 he has contributed a monthly essay on linguistic trends in The Vocabula Review. Harrison's essays have appeared in magazines as diverse as New Politics: a journal of socialist thought, and Chronicles: a paleoconservative magazine of American culture. He has also been a book reviewer for numerous newspapers and journals including the San Francisco Chronicle[6], the Chicago Tribune, the New York Sunday Times[7]and the London Review of Books. Harrison lives in upstate New York with his wife and youngest daughter, and is Professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Under the name Ustaz Omar Bey he is Bishop of Woodstock in the Moorish Orthodox Church of America......" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Harrison) ● Jean-Jacques Richard nous écrit: « 58, année mémorable: fraichement débarqué de France, je découvre en même temps New York et le Lycée. Je n'ai passé qu'un an au Lycée français. Année trop courte qui me laissa toutefois d'excellents souvenirs, aussi bien professeurs comme Mr. Brodin que camarades. Première partie du BAC passée en 59, j'ai continué mes études a Washington University puis a Queens College, terminant avec un bachelor en Anglais. En 62 je suis entré à Air France à New York aux bureaux de la 5eme ave et 53eme rue. En 79 toujours avec Air France j'ai obtenu un transfert à Los Angeles. Seulement récemment j'ai quitté Air France et ai déménagé à Sacramento ou je me suis lancé dans l'immobilier. Il faut dire que le soleil de Californie est irrésistible. Travaillant pour une compagnie aérienne, ou j'étais dans les services commerciaux, j'ai beaucoup voyage pendant toutes ces années. Cela m'a permi, entre autres, de retrouver souvent les délices de la cuisine française. Cela manque parfois. J'ai 2 enfants qui ont tous deux fait leurs études au Lycée français de Los Angeles, entouré de palmiers, avec comme directeurs Mr et Mme Kabbaz, qui étaient professeurs au lycée de NY l'année ou j'y étais élève. Retrouvailles. Bonne idée de Marie- Christine et Ted d'organiser ces échanges. Avec le recul, je trouve que cette décade des années 60 fut exceptionnelle. Avoir 20 ans à ce moment fut un vrai bonheur et le Lycée pour moi en a fait partie. » (Jean-Jacques also contributed an essay based on his visits to the La Brea museum. See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) ● François Pettit nous a envoyé ce message pour ses classmates: « Bonjour à tous et toutes!! Bien qu'à peine un demi-siècle se soit écoulé depuis qu'on était en classe ensemble, j'ai eu envie de vous donner quelques (brèves) informations sur mon parcours depuis, pour ne pas qu'un nouveau demi-siècle passe et que certains d'entre vous ne soient plus là pour me lire et peut-être me répondre...... J'étais l'ainé des 4 frères Pettit qui ont débarqué au LFNY en 1957...et j'entends encore notre père se plaignant amèrement (malgré sa situation de diplomate) du budget que celà représentait. J'ai passé 3 années au lycée, au terme desquelles j'ai largement raté mon bac...que je suis parti repasser en France, en pension au lycée de Fontainebleau. Après des études plutôt modestes en raison d'un dilettantisme persistant dont on m'a toujours accusé (à juste titre!), j'ai débarqué un jour chez Publicis, puis 2 ans plus tard chez Bates et enfin chez Lintas. Ces quelques années dans la pub m'ont enfin donné l'envie et le goût de travailler, et je suis entré en 1971 chez Nestlé, où j'ai sévi...pendant les 33 années suivantes, jusqu'à ma retraite! Après une douzaine d'années en France, Nestlé m'a expédié au siège en Suisse, à Vevey, au bord du lac Léman. 5 ans plus tard, l'envie de partir plus loin m'ayant saisi, je me suis retrouvé à Dakar (Sénégal), puis à Lagos (Nigeria). Enfin, j'ai passé mes 9 dernières années à Jeddah, comme DG pour Nestlé Moyen-Orient. Entre-temps je me suis marié 3 fois et suis le très heureux père de 2 garçons (19 et 22 ans, étudiants) et d'une fille de 5 ans, qui vivent tous avec moi dans un bel exemple de famille recomposée. (ci-joint une photo qui date de l'arrivée de ma fille). Je suis à la retraite au pays basque, tout près de Biarritz, où mes enfants, ma femme Lucie, mon jardin, la mer et la montagne agrémentent activement le nouveau demi-siècle en cours. Quelques autres passions qui m'occupent beaucoup: la musique (d'abord le jazz, mais aussi le classique), le golf (j'avais 3 de handicap avant de partir vers les déserts d'Arabie), les échecs. Voilà, j'espère que ce gros effort d'information de ma part motivera certains d'entre vous à me faire savoir (directement, ou par le biais de la newsletter) comment vous allez et ce que vous devenez...Alors, à bientôt? » Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● CUNY English professor Carey Harrison gives his class a summary of Homer's Iliad (Click on link below) ● Sally Hess demonstrates yoga -- Carey Harrison's website -- 'One Little Indian' by Jean-Jacques Richard -- Carey Harrison on YouTube -- Sally Hess and yoga Back to Top 1961 TOP: Jean-Claude Valode ('61); BOTTOM: Barbara (Bailer) Smiley ('61)  Bernard Edinger ('61)  TOP: Henri Duroselle ('61); BOTTOM: Exposition de ses oeuvres ● Nicole (Hervé) de Montmorin shared thus update with us: "Now living in Paris. On the board of Bienvenue en France (Welcome of foreign diplomats) and teaching Porcelain Painting. Member of Paris Chapter of French Heritage and of the Wellesley Club of Paris. We have eleven grand children (two in Dubai, four in Hong Kong and five in Clermont-Ferrand). Their parents graduated from the Lycée. Our daughter Sophie du Boucheron ('81) teaches American History in Clermont Ferrand, is working on her PhD in English, and has found many former classmates from the Lycée through Facebook. She has met on several occasions the designated new President of the Lycée. We share fond memories of the Lycée with André Baeyens ('48), the Gounod, Dormeuil, Paret, Carrasco-Saulnier, Marie Alice Bérard ('64), Montebello, Cédelle, Casala etc... The 75th Anniversary cocktail at the Interallié in Paris was a wonderful warm reception where I met up with friends not seen in 50 years! Thank you for organising it. Our son Paul in Dubai wanted a full report. Loved the appearance on screen of Mr. Lombrozo's and Mr. Otalora’s pictures! Marie-Noelle Pierce ('85) is doing a remarkable job as President of the Alumni Board." ● Le peintre Henri Duroselle nous a informé que ses œuvres seront exposées le 21 novembre 2010 (de 9h30 à 18h30, 18 bis avenue de Maintenon, Le Chesnay – tel : 06 86 08 83 79) (To view a sampling of his works, see newsletter section "Les artistes du LFNY" by clicking on link below) -- Les artistes du LFNY Back to Top 1962 Both books by Ronnie Hess ('62)  TOP: Jean-Michel Cousin ('62); BOTTOM: Claude Lestelle ('62)  ● Ronnie Hess wrote: "Last October, a book of my poems, "Whole Cloth: A Poem Cycle," was published by Little Eagle Press. This November, my "Eat Smart in France," a culinary travel guide, published by Ginkgo Press, will be out." (For more details on Ronnie's books, click on links below.) ● Jean-Michel Cousin told us that "the Cousin family (Jean-Michel, Mariam, Diane-13 and Gabriel-10) has been living in Nice for three years now and we do like it here." ● Svetlana (Bielosoub) Caton-Noble nous écrit: "Chers amis, Colette, Claire, Madeleine, Pierre, Claude, Peter, et tous nos "forever young" anciens de la classe '62 - salutations chaleureuses! Je regrette de manquer trop souvent l'occasion de contacter mes amis. Grand merci à Roger Liwer et Alessandra Gagliardi . Je ne manquerai pas l'occasion précieuse d'être en contacte. Quelques nouvelles récentes de mon centre d'entrainement et ma companie de ballet classique à Long Island: Cet été nous avons présenté un ballet en trois actes - Le Lac des Cygnes. Au mois de septembre nous avons présenté un morceau de mon ballet "Fleur de Neige" (Snow Maiden) à un événement extraordinaire à Sea Cliff au bénéfice du 'Paul Klebnikov Fund'- une organisation Russo-américaine qui avance la liberté de la presse en dépit du danger. Au mois d'octobre quinze de nos élèves se présenteront au Concours de Danse Classique, The Long Island Ballet Competition- le 23 Octobre au Théâtre Maguire- SUNY College in Old Westbury. Finalement nous sommes en préparations pour le ballet Casse Noisette qui aura lieu le 4 et 5 Décembre au Théâtre Maguire à SUNY College in Old Westbury. Tous les renseignements sont sur notre site www.lumiereballet.com" ● Pierre Sauvage informed us that "his new documentary short, Not Idly By -- Peter Bergson, America and the Holocaust (www.chambon.org) won the documentary award at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, and will be released in 2011." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Author Suzanne Slesin is interviewed by TV Host Cognac Wellerlane (at minute 4:22) (Click on link below) -- 'Eat Smart in France', by Ronnie Hess -- 'Whole Cloth', by Ronnie Hess -- Suzanne Slesin on YouTube Back to Top 1963 TOP: Daniel Bollinger ('63); BOTTOM: Margot (Yanitelli) Birke ('63)  TOP: Catherine (Cousin) Garcia ('63); BOTTOM: Iréne (Brun) Bowers ('63)  ● Daniel Bollinger nous écrit: « Cela fait toujours plaisir d'avoir des nouvelles des anciens du lycée français de New York. J'en garde un si bon souvenir! C'était mon premier séjour à l'étranger, ensuite j'en ai fait mon métier: 40 ans de vie internationale comme consultant en réorganisation de gouvernements: j'en ai vu du pays et des gens si différents. Ci-joint ma photo de l'époque et celle d'aujourd'hui. Bravo en tous cas pour ce contact qui m'a réchauffé le coeur. » ● "Margot [Yanitelli] Birke founded Elder Law Solutions to focus on the intricate legal and financial needs of older and disabled adults. She has extensive experience in Elder Law as an advocate, mediator, and volunteer. She speaks frequently at assisted living centers, geriatric centers, and councils on aging to empower the elder community by providing the information they need to make informed choices. [She] visits nursing homes as an advocate for residents to ensure they are receiving the good care they need and deserve..... [She] received her B.A. from Fordham College in New York, and her J.D., with academic honors, from Fordham University Law School. She is admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and New York." (http://www.elderlaw-solutions.com/) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Guy Wildenstein interviewed on France 24. (Click on link below) -- Guy Wildenstein interviewed on France 24 Back to Top 1964 TOP: Dominique Plihon ('64), BOTTOM: Evelyn (Wahl) Soum ('64)   ● Evelyn (Wahl) Soum nous écrit: "Chers Alumni de la classe 1964, chers camarades, J’espère que vous allez tous bien et me réjouis de découvrir vos messages dans la prochaine newsletter, pour un grand coup de souvenirs heureux. Mon actualité professionnelle est très remuante. Je viens d’emmener toute mon agence de publicité le week end dernier dans le désert du sud marocain pour fêter les 10 ans de l’entreprise. 3 jours et 3 nuits de pistes en 4x4, de méharées, de bivouacs sous les étoiles et de fiesta non-stop. Un paysage magique et intense. La photo [ci-dessus] est prise le 10 octobre au petit matin dans l’oasis de Fint près de Ouarzazate. A bientôt, et donnez de vos nouvelles." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Antoine Comte interviewed on the topic of war crimes in Algeria ● Dominique Plihon au sujet des fonds d'investissement et la crise financière ● Dominique Tabah, Directrice de la Bibliothèque Municipale de Montreuil, parle à la soirée de soutien à Livres au Trésor ● Entretien avec Eric Seydoux au sujet de l'exposition d'art "Labium" (Click on links below) -- Antoine Comte interviewed on ina.fr -- Dominique Plihon on GoogleVideos -- Dominique Tabah on DailyMotion -- Eric Seydoux on DailyMotion Back to Top 1965 TOP: Victor de la Serna ('65); BOTTOM: Tuyet Ha Vinh ('65)  TOP: Allen Furst ('65) ; BOTTOM: Bonnie Bailer ('65)  TOP: Stephan Hawranick Serra ('65); BOTTOM: Reinald Van Rijckevorsel ('65)  This new book includes a memoir by Renée Marton ('65)  ● Victor de la Serna told us that he "is still Deputy Editor of El Mundo, a newspaper in Madrid, and that he has just completed the tenth harvest at his Finca Sandoval wine estate in southeastern Spain." ● Renée Marton wrote that she "has written a culinary memoir about food and family, and especially about making cheesecake-- a family tradition-- with her mother, who had Parkinson's disease for many years. The memoir, and recipe, can be found in "Storied Dishes: What Our Family Recipes Tell Us About Who We Are and Where We've Been," a compendium of 50 essays, memoirs and recipes which will be published this November, 2010, by Praeger. The book can be pre-ordered at amazon.com and bn.com." (click on link below) ● "Bonnie Bailer, J.D. is the Director of the Center for Healthier Communities at Northridge Hospital Medical Center. She is responsible for the overall CATS [Center for Assault Treatment Services] program administration and fiscal management. She has more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit organization management, in her capacity as Directing Attorney for two public interest programs at Public Counsel Law Center, Los Angeles, and professional fundraiser for the NAACP and the United Nations Association, New York. Ms. Bailer joined Northridge Hospital Medical Center in 1999. She holds a Masters degree in Education from Queens College of the City University of New York, and a law degree from Columbia University." (http://www.abuse-assaultservices.org/about.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Danielle Schulein Steel talks about her book, SOUTHERN LIGHTS (Click on link below) -- Danielle Schulein Steel on YouTube -- 'Storied Dishes' at Amazon.com Back to Top 1966 Top: Rodrigo Calderon ('66); Bottom: Daniel le Scieller ('66)  TOP: David Passigli ('66); BOTTOM: Pierre Seydoux ('66-left) & Paul Oppenheim ('66-right)  TOP: Gary Marton ('66 -left) & Roger Liwer ('68); BOTTOM: Gary and daughter Danielle  TOP: Anne Cassegrain ('66 -left) and Patricia Hesse ('66); BOTTOM: Philip Engelhardt ('66) & Tessie Arpels ('67)  ● Avis de Décès: Nadia (Kondratiev) Popov ('74) informed us that her brother "Alexei Kondratiev died at about 2am during the night of Thursday, May 27, to Friday, May 28, of a heart attack on his way home to Queens from Manhattan." ● Avis de Décès: " Rebeca, sa femme, Elisabeth, Philippe, Andréa, Caroline, ses enfants, Jean et Renée, ses parents, Isabelle ['68] et Françoise ['70], ses sœurs, ont l’immense chagrin de faire part de la mort de Henri-Armand Kohn, survenue le 7 août 2010, à l’âge de soixante ans, à Montevidéo. Il a été inhumé le mardi 10 août, en Uruguay." (Le Monde, mercredi, 15 aout, 2010) ● Gary Marton and his daughter Danielle stayed with Roger Liwer ('68) in Paris and they all toured the Normandy WWII memorials, in July 2010. ● "Rodrigo Calderón is vice president of public affairs and communications for Coca-Cola Latin America. In this role he directs communications, government relations, public policy and community relations throughout 40 countries in the region. Previously, Calderón held public affairs and strategic communications positions at American Express, McCann-Erickson and Alcatel. A graduate of Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico, he has also studied at INSEAD and the Université Jean Moulin Lyon Business School in France, as well as the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México." (http://kellogg.nd.edu/about/calderon.shtml) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Loulou de La Falaise parle de sa dernière collection inspirée des Fleurs du Mal de Baudelaire ● Entretien avec l'acteur Xavier Gélin (décedé juillet,1999) (Click on links below) -- In Memoriam: Alexei Kondratiev -- Loulou de la Falaise on YouTube -- Xavier Gélin (deceased) on Ina.fr Back to Top 1967 TOP to BOTTOM: Dominique (Petit) Sauthier ('67), Denys Henriquez-Ohme ('67), Nancy (Kleinman) Shaw ('67)  TOP: Philippe Bigar ('67); BOTTOM: Francoise Fielding ('67) and daughter  TOP: Jacques Hirschler ('67); BOTTOM: Guy Cassegrain ('67)  TOP: Mayssoun (Khanachet) Adel ('67); BOTTOM: Textile sculpture (detail) by Jane Trigere ('67)  ● Dominique de Ziegler shares his reminiscences in his nostalgic "Au retour des Iles Marquises" (See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below) ● Françoise Fielding wrote: "My oldest daughter (lawyer practicing in the areas of white collar crime and import-export violations at Latham & Watkins in DC) got married July 17th, 2010 (not-so-good photo of me walking her down the "aisle" attached). My work is going well. The downturn in commercial real estate has so far bypassed me (fingers tightly crossed). My partner and I spent a month in the 'Stans' this summer. It was an area I knew very little about and even though our itinerary had to be altered due to the recent unpleasantness in Kyrgyzstan, we had a great time." ● Mary Alpern wrote: "I went to fifteen different schools by the time I was 18 -- in France, Austria, USA, and Canada. Was at the Lycée twice, once in sixieme in 1959-1960 and then again in troisieme in 1963-1964. Did my bac a year late, in '68, in Montreal, and haven't used my French much since. I'm an academic librarian, I've taught at every level from pre-school to college. I have three grown sons, 34, 37, and 40, and two grandchildren. I've been politically active in various progressive/left/pacifist causes since Lycée days. Anyone remember a group that was called, I think, the inter-school council? I remember we went door to door in Stuyvevsant Town raising money for SNCC." ● Jane Trigere told us that her works of textile art will be shown in an exhibit entitled "A Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative Textiles" at the HUC-Hebrew Union College Museum, in NYC, from September 7, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The exhibit showcases 41 "international textile artists [who] explore issues of Jewish history, culture, social justice, ritual, and sacred texts." (For further details, click on link below.) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Le musicien Nicolas (Jean-Jacques Tazartez) Peyrac chante "Et mon père" ● Painter and writer Mira Schor talks about Recipe Art (Click on links below) -- 'Au retour des Iles Marquises', by Dominique de Ziegler ('67) -- Nicolas (Jean-Jacques Tazartez) Peyrac on YouTube -- Mira Schor on YouTube -- A Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative Textiles -- Class Notes Archives 1967 (Dec. 2009 newsletter) -- Class Notes Archives 1967 (Feb. 2001 to Jan. 2009 newsletters) Back to Top 1968 TOP: Hervé Guilbaud ('68); BOTTOM: Frederic Cabaud ('68)  TOP: by Jean-Christophe Mitterand ('68); BOTTOM: by Francine Egger-Sider ('68)  TOP: Jon Paine ('68); BOTTOM: Muriel Soriano ('68)  TOP: Francoise Rouillon ('68) & Eric Sliman ('68); BOTTOM: Michael Barmache ('68)  ● Avis de Décès: Brent Bailer ('63) informed us that his brother "Lloyd Bailer passed away in January 2009 as a result of an infection he contracted during his recovery from a successful double transplant operation." (See In Memoriam section for further details, or click on link below.) ● Michael Barmache wrote: "Even though I never really excelled at the Lycée, the discipline that the rigors of French education instilled in me enabled me to do well enough in college and medical school to become an emergency medicine physician. After 30 years of being a full time ER Physician, I called it quits this past January. Life is now much more relaxed.....I invite anyone from the Lycée to stay with me in Portland Oregon if their travels bring them this way....My son Ross is still going to school - he is in a sound engineering program at California Institute of Art and Music in Valencia CA. I continue to be as athletically active as ever, although at 60 I'm slowing down. For the time being, life is good!" ● Valerie (Pierce) Jeffers nous écrit: "Bonjour à tout le monde! Ma fille ainée, Tara, va nous présenter notre premier petit-enfant l'été prochain. Et Chloë vient d'annoncer qu'avec son mari elle cherche une maison dans les environs de Portland...donc nous serons tous dans le Maine ce qui est génial. J'enseigne le français et l'espagnol au lycée; je me sers beaucoup du cinéma dans mes cours. En ce moment nous étudions le film "Ce qu'il faut pour vivre". L'année dernière nous sommes allés à Québec. Nous avons avons aussi reçu des lycéens de Pontlevoy qui pensent nous rejoindre en mai. En ce moment nous faisons des préparations pour recevoir des élèves de Bogotá. Ces deux lycées voudraient bien nous recevoir en France et en Colombie." ● "C’est le rédacteur en chef «France» depuis 2005 à l’Agence France-Presse (AFP), de Paris, Hervé Guilbaud qui vient d’être nommé directeur du bureau de l’AFP à Rabat. «L’arrivée d’un poids lourds de la rédaction de l’AFP sur Rabat montre tout l’intérêt que porte désormais la célèbre agence de presse au Maroc»......." (http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?r=2&sr=1021&n=590&id_artl=17982) ● Nina Bernstein wrote: "It took the Paris hospitality of Roger Liwer, the ebullient editor of this newsletter, to break my silence of 44 years, along with the prospect of seeing other Lycée friends for the first time in half a century. My husband, Andreas Huyssen, and I are lucky enough to be in Paris this academic year, while he is on research fellowship/sabbatical at Columbia University’s Reid Hall in Montparnasse and I am on a working leave of absence from the New York Times (pursuing some investigative reporting projects related to immigration). Our two sons, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old grandson will visit us here over Thanksgiving. My mother, now 85, reminds me that had she not sent me to the Lycée from 9eme through Seconde, I would be unable to discuss citoyenté with sociologists at cafés or buy filet de Merlan from the poissonier on rue Lepic. And my father, 90, managed to recall the street address where he visited my French cousins in 1945, after the the liberation. Avec grand plaisir, je retrouve tout un passé français! " Editor's note: Nina was awarded the 2009 Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism, for her reporting on “Deaths in Immigrant Detention” (http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2009-hillman-prize-newspaper-journalism) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Nina Bernstein at Hillman award ceremony ● Coco (Corinne Franco) Kopelman is interviewed at a gala event ● Martine Aballéa parle de son oeuvre, sur vodeotv ● Jean-Christophe Mitterand parle à propos du livre "Une Famille au secret" ● Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower talks about her first SEJ conference (click on links below) -- In Memoriam: Lloyd Bailer -- Nina Bernstein on YouTube -- Coco (Corinne Franco) Kopelman on YouTube (starting at minute 1:05) -- Martine Aballéa on YouTube -- Jean-Christophe Mitterand on ina.fr -- Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower on YouTube Back to Top 1969 Dr. Valerie Rusch ('69)  TOP: Dr. Alison Estabrook; BOTTOM: Dr. Maria (Schless) Baer  TOP: Pierre Vittori ('69); BOTTOM: Sylvie Damien ('69)  TOP: Jennifer Schmid ('69); MIDDLE: Deborah Press ('69); BOTTOM: Francoise Perrin ('69)  ● The class of '69 had two mini-reunions in 2010--one in Paris in May and the other in Long Island in July. Go to "Reunions/Events" section of this newsletter for a write-up by Rémy Ayache and photos, or click on link below. Rémy is already starting to plan 45th-anniversary reunion in 2014, so stay tuned! ● Nancy (Roskein) Vines wrote: "My business partner and I have just launched a new company called Stick-It. It's a visual effects studio that creates 3-D photo-realistic objects and seamlessly integrates them into commercials, film, TV, music videos and web content. Check out this press release if you have a minute [or click on link below]: http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2010/09/29/Stick-It.aspx The Stick-It website is www.stick-it.tv. My son David Vines has just started his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He's majoring in Political Science and he continues to write for The Huffington Post. If you want to check out his articles and his photography, they are at www.davidvinesonline.com" ● Michel Alix wrote: "......Well, during the year I made some advances in art theory -- if not with the collectors. And I did start working seriously on a memoir of the sixties that I call "The Counter Clock Revolt" -- I'm attaching the poem that prefaces it." (Go to Alumni Creative section of newsletter to read Michel's poem, or click on link below.) ● Nadine Joseph told us that she "is coaching high school journalists in West Oakland who write for the Oaktown Teen Times. She would like to interview alumni/alumnae (including those of you in Europe, Asia and Africa) who have kept their favorite childhood toy (and have a childhood picture of themselves with the toy) about its importance. Email me at joliclown@aol.com" ● C.C. (Claudine Clarke) Elian shared this with us: "At the moment I am working on a book that parallels the content of the artwork that I've been doing these many years. The book's title is The Art of Reality. It will be written in the Latin alphabet, and uploaded to Kindle when completed, sometime around Spring. I'm in the 3rd edit of the manuscript and focusing on limiting other projects until this one is done. After that I'll be doing an audio version of the same content as podcasts. As an aside, I'm working with a local college doing regular on air radio interviews of various professionals in the fields of medicine, social activism, art, psychology, and adolescents, as a way to learn how to do audio broadcasts. Je sais que tous cela parait très différent de mon travail des dernières années, mais c'est vraiment exactement la même chose. Je vais retourner au tableaux après avoir finis ces choses ci." ● "Dr. Valerie Rusch has gained international recognition for her work in surgically treating mesothelioma, lung cancer and cancer of the thorax, esophagus and chest wall. Dr. Rusch currently serves as Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is also the Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Surgery and she holds the prestigious William G. Cahan Chair.......Dr. Rusch received her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed residencies in both general and cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Washington and from 1982-1983 she served as a Faculty Associate at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Prior to moving to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1989, Dr. Valerie Rusch completed a six year faculty assignment at the University of Washington." (http://www.mesothelioma.com/doctors_valerie_rusch.htm) ● "Dr. Alison Estabrook is the director of the Comprehensive Breast Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. She was previously the chief of breast surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and she established the Comprehensive Breast Center, a state-of-the-art facility for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer." http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/4870 ● "Maria [Schless] Baer, M.D., a nationally recognized leader in leukemia treatment and research, has been named head of the hematologic malignancies program at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center in Baltimore. Dr. Baer will also join the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine......Dr. Baer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in medicine and received additional training in hematology at Vanderbilt University before joining the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 1986." http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/maria_baer.htm Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Dr. Alison Estabrook discusses breast cancer on the Charlie Rose show ● Dr. Maria (Schless) Baer discusses leukemia and lymphoma (Click on links below) -- Class of '69 mini-reunions -- Alison Estabrook on YouTube -- Maria (Schless) Baer on YouTube -- Nancy (Roskein) Vines' website -- Prologue to 'The Counter Clock Revolt', by Michel Alix Back to Top 1970![TOP (left to right): Romana Lowe ('70), David Rosenthal ('70), Margeurite Yates ('71) [Paris, July 2010]; BOTTOM: Eva Tabor ('70](./webfiles/images/1970_Lowe_Rosenthal_Yates_tabor.jpg) TOP (left to right): Romana Lowe ('70), David Rosenthal ('70), Margeurite Yates ('71) [Paris, July 2010]; BOTTOM: Eva Tabor ('70  TOP: Cyril Pervilhac ('70); BOTTOM: Karin Link ('70)  TOP: Eric Stoclet ('70); MIDDLE: Martine (Benjamin) Larche ('70); BOTTOM: Xaypladeth Choulamany ('70)  TOP: Francois De Nervaux Loÿs ('70); BOTTOM: Nicholas Rafael ('70)  ● Karin Link shared this news with us: "Historic Preservation's work honored at Historic Seattle awards ceremony: Seattle Department of Neighborhoods' Historic Preservation Program and the City's Landmarks Preservation Board, along with Katheryn Krafft, Karin Link and Mimi Sheridan, project consultants, were honored at Historic Seattle's Second Annual Preservation Awards Ceremony at the Women's University Club on May 11. The Downtown Historic Resource Survey and Inventory was recognized for "Excellence in Preservation Planning" and was honored along with a range of projects in downtown Seattle....." (http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/news/newsletter2010summer.htm) ● Cyril Pervilhac wrote: "I work on HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva and live in France." ● “David Rosenthal has been the principal percussionist of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 1982. He has also played with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera, the Chamber Symphony of San Francisco, The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and the Cabrillo and Ojai Festival Orchestras, as well as many other performing organizations. He has recorded for CRI, Columbia, and Reference records.” (http://www.sfsu.edu/~music/bios.htm) ● "Gilgian Gelzer is a Swiss artist, born in Bern (1951). He lives and works in Paris, where he also teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He is engaged in the concurrent exploration of three media: drawing, painting and photography. The specific features of these practices are rigorously adhered to, and all of them produce – and are produced by – an asynchronous experience of duration. Through an approach that is both active and contemplative at once, his work questions the definition of space and the way form takes place within it. Language, translation, idiom, awkwardness, failure, instability, arrhythmia, barbarism, etc.: these are all reflected in work that is fundamentally hybrid, as if involved with the expression of an abstract Unconscious mapping its collective reach......" (http://www.gilgiangelzer.com/) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Gilgian Gelzer discusses art ● Philippe Dauman interviewed at the Web 2.0 Summit ● William (Bill) Kristol interviewed on the Jon Stewart show ● David Rieff talks about his new book A Bed for the Night at UC Berkeley (Click on links below) -- Gilgian Gelzer on YouTube -- Philippe Dauman on mefeedia.com -- Bill Kristol on the Daily Show -- David Rieff on YouTube Back to Top 1971 TOP: Published by Rafael Rodrigeuz ('71); MIDDLE: By Ronald Grelsamer ('71); BOTTOM: by Kem Knapp Sawyer ('71)  TOP: Dominique Pancol ('71); BOTTOM: Sophie Dumanoir ('71)  TOP: Luc Boleis ('71); BOTTOM: Leslie Bogart ('71)  TOP: Nicholas Walker ('71); BOTTOM: Malcolm Walker ('71) (twin brother of Nicholas) as Pelleas in the opera Pelléas et Mélisande  TOP: Manoële (Jacques) Dochy (71); BOTTOM: Philippe Soriano ('71) ● Rafael Rodriguez "has published My Diary a book of his mother's writings that includes the 1934 diary and a newspaper review of the piano recital, several previously unpublished writings, and a reprint of her last-published work......." (North Jersey.com, July 8, 2010. To see full article, click on link below.) ● Ronald Grelsamer told us that he "has just published "Into the Sky with Diamonds," a colorful history of the Beatles and the Race to the Moon. It will appeal to both the die-hard enthusiasts and those curious to see what the fuss was about. Roll up for the tour!" (Click on link below for more details at the publisher's site.) ● Manoële (Jacques) Dochy wrote: "While having a quick trip in New York last year, I had the pleasure of spending a very good evening with Serge Pinto during which we talked about all the good memories." ● Kem (Knapp) Sawyer shared this with us: "Jon and I now have four grandchildren. The two newest -- Raya Isabel McCarey and Thomas Francis Keane -- are only a month apart in age. Two of our daughters (and their families) live in the D.C. area. Our youngest Ida is off in Congo working for Human Rights Watch. I have a new book out -- it's a children's biography of Harriet Tubman (http://kemsawyer.com/)." ● "The fall menu at La Crémaillère will debut in a few weeks and it will once again be a collaborative effort of owner Robert Oliver Meyzen ['71] .......Robert Oliver Meyzen's father Robert Louis Meyzen was a co-founder of La Caravelle, a legendary French restaurant in Manhattan......Growing up, Robert Oliver Meyzen went to school first at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills and then at Lycee Francais de New York in Manhattan......" (To read the full article, click on link below) ● Nicholas Walker: "He stole our attention first as dashing Sen. Trey Clegg on "Capitol," and later as an infinitely more urbane and sophisticated recast of Max Holden on "One Life to Live." He stepped away from Hollywood several years ago to follow his other passion --- landscape design --- and has just teamed up with the legendary Kathy Ireland as her design ambassador...."(www.blogtalkradio.com/brandonsbuzz) ● "Né à Bogotà (Colombie), le franco-américain Malcolm Walker suit des études universitaires à Londres, New York et Paris. Parallèlement, il étudie le chant à l’Ecole d’Art Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris. Il se perfectionne ensuite auprès de Vera Rosza à Londres et Paul von Schilhawsky à Salzbourg. Depuis ses débuts à l’Opéra Comique et à Glyndebourne, Malcolm Walker a collaboré avec quelques uns des plus importants chefs d’orchestre et formations symphoniques du moment.....Ses engagements l’ont amené, entre autres, au Wiener Stadtsoper, Opéra de Paris, Maggio Fiorentino, La Fenice, Opéra de Seattle, Opéra de Genève, et l’Opéra de Tel-Aviv ainsi qu’à quelques grands festivals internationaux. Le répertoire de Malcolm Walker, qui va du baroque au contemporain, contient plus de cinquante rôles dont les principaux rôles mozartiens et le rôle titre de Pelléas et Mélisande de Debussy..... Passionné par l’enseignement qu’il pratique depuis de nombreuses années, il est nommé professeur au Conservatoire national supérieure de musique et de danse de Paris en 2004....Malcolm Walker est fréquemment sollicité pour faire partie des jurys dans des concours internationaux de chant et est invité régulièrement à donner des master-classes, notamment aux U.S.A." (http://conservatoiredepa.ecritel.net/fr/enseignants_detail.php?idens=439&iddis=107) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Ancien 1er ministre Dominique de Villepin nous livre son analyse sur l'élection de Barack Obama à la Maison Blanche ● Suzan (Uchitel-Minoret) Lewis gets DNA results showing she is daughter of comedian Jerry Lewis ● Dr. Ronald Grelsamer discusses ice and snow-related injuries ● Nicholas Walker in a commercial (click on links below) -- 'My Diary' by Rafael Rodriguez -- Into the Sky with Diamonds....' by Ronald Grelsamer ('71) -- Robert Olivier Meyzen -- Suzan (Uchitel-Minoret) Lewis on Inside Edition -- Ronald Grelsamer on CBS -- Dominique de Villepin on YouTube -- Nicholas Walker on YouTube Back to Top 1972 TOP: William Spears ('72); BOTTOM: Renée (Arnoff) Johnson ('72)  TOP: Arthur Kulick ('72); BOTTOM: Tanya Lowe ('72) (self portrait)  TOP: Michele Burger ('72); BOTTOM: Gerard Salomon ('72)  ● Patricia Charton nous écrit: "Marie-Françoise Cararon ['72] et Patricia Charton se sont revues au mois de juillet 2010....premières retrouvailles depuis le bac en 1972 ! C'est très sympa et nous sommes toujours en contact." ● Michele Burger wrote: "I have an MSW and work as a Policy/Constituent Aide for Councilmember Rosie Mendez who represents the East Village and the Lower East Side. I am on the Board of ParentJobNet. I am married and have a daughter in medical school and one in college." ● Tanya Lowe waxed nostalgic and wrote: "I started the at the Lycée at age eight, in 1961!" ● Stefan Janis wrote: "I am writing a little regional book which has to do with New England in the 17th century. I have not submitted a book proposal to a publisher yet. At the beginning of October I had a cameo in my father's documentary about his courage and the many medical ordeals he went through in his life. It has been purchased, so I am told, by 150 public television stations in different American cities. Also, my father is coming out with his autobiography in November, which happens to mention me briefly "Chopin and Beyond: My extraordinary life in music and the paranormal." I have tried to stay active with the local Alliance-Francaise in New Haven, CT, but they seem to have vanished from the area. I have joined a hiking group, which I have not taken advange of merely enough. The concert season is starting up at the Yale Music School and I plan to go to a lot of concerts." ● Hala (Tomeh) Ibrahim wrote: "I came to work in Amman in September 1977 as a consultant to the Ministry of Social Affairs and started the first governmental centers for the mentally challenged. After several years, I then helped in starting the first center for psychological and educational services. During that time, I assisted many schools in starting learning support services for students with learning difficulties and did a lot of in-service teacher training. I also served as a consultant to UNESCO for the Middle East. This took me to many Arab countries to do training on Special Needs in the Regular Classroom. My third and hopefully last line of work started 12 years ago with children under the autism spectrum and I am still at it. I think that my experience as a student at the Lycee and how students with difficulties were treated at the time had a significant effect on the career I chose. I am married and have two children who are now in college. In May of 2004, while vacationing in Antigua for our son's high school graduation, I planned a reunion with my best friend from the Lycee, Marie-Nancy Pascal. It was the first time we saw each other since we graduated in 1972. I once was walking in Harvard Square in the 1990's and recognized a classmate from the way she walked. Sure enough it was Nina Schlossman. I then met with her and Patricia Baudoin for a lunch. Those were the only times I had the chance of seeing someone from my school days. Thanks to the Alumni, I was also able to contact Catherine Flego, Valentina Goncharov and Carol-Ann Holzberger by email. And the best was being able to find Mlle Popa who taught me Maths in 5ieme and was the teacher who had the greatest influence on my life as a student. Would love to hear from other alumni of 1972." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Ballet Master Jean-Pierre Frohlich in one of a series of interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. (Click on link below) -- Jean-Pierre Frohlich on YouTube Back to Top 1973 TOP: Dinah Louda ('73); BOTTOM: Eric Sonn ('73)  TOP: Anne Fougeron ('73); MIDDLE: Dominique Asper-Reginato ('73); BOTTOM: Sophie Welsing ('73)  Diane Homo ('73) and two of her recent paintings ('Gabriel et Luna' & 'Le Lecteur')  ● Avis de Décès: David Alix passed away on May 4, 2010. Diane (Ansberry) Rahardja ('73) sent us this message: "David's mother, Madame Alix, was my teacher and David's in 7emeB. She passed away, getting on the subway, from the Bronx on her way to school, holding David's hand. Unfortunately David has also passed away much too soon." (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for more details, or click on link below.) ● Avis de Décès: According to the Hamptons.com newsletter, Jean Hertog passed away in July, 2009. (See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for more details, or click on link below.) ● Diane Homo wrote that she "is well and alive in Paris." She enclosed pictures "two of my last paintings." ● Christopher Yates wrote: "My professional affiliation has transitioned from the Netherlands-based Getronics to the Texas-based CompuCom. I continue to provide support to users who are not in the office, yet require access to the corporate environment remotely. Although, I am in the office daily, I may soon be working from a home office and I look forward to this new 'commute'." ● Dana Scanlon wrote: "Salut tout le monde.......My oldest daughter Annie passed her Bac exam at the Lycée Rochambeau in Bethesda MD, and is now in her senior year at Concordia University in Montreal. The Bac earned her a full year's credit, an excellent reward for all the hard work involved. Youngest daughter Claire left the Lycée Rochambeau after "college" to attend Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington MD. She is now a freshman at University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Architecture & Planning. No Bac, but lots of AP courses which have earned her quite a few credits towards her college degree. Fortunately, my real estate business continues to grow and is keeping me quite occupied in the empty nest. I continue to ride horses, a life-long passion occasionally interrupted in recent years by unfortunate accidents. But I am back in the saddle and even venturing back in the competition arena. My husband Leo is still CISO at the National Archives, and enjoys his sailing when weather permits. And occasionally I am at his side on the boat, but only if there is no chance of stormy weather." ● "“Dinah Louda graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and she holds a Masters in Political Science from Harvard. She began her career as a journalist and was in particular from 1983 to 1991 the French correspondent for Business International (The Economist Group). In 1991, Dinah Louda joined the Victoire insurance group (now Aviva) as Director for European Communications. From 1993 to 2002 she served as Director of Communications for Abeille Assurances and was then appointed Director of Communications for Crédit Agricole Indosuez. In October 2004 Dinah Louda became Senior Vice President of Areva T&D (Transmission and Distribution) and Deputy Senior Vice President Communications of Areva. In April 2006, she was appointed Executive Vice President - Communications Director and member of the Executive Committee of Veolia Water.” (http://www.veoliawater.com/veolia-water/organization/management/) ● "Anne Fougeron has provided architectural services in the Bay Area for over 25 years. Currently, her firm’s breadth of work is impressive, ranging from feasibility studies to building rehabilitation to new construction projects in the institutional, commercial, health-care and residential sectors. She is personally involved in all aspects of a project, from inception to completion, serving as the main client point-of-contact. As a result, her projects have frequently been recipients of local and national awards and have been featured in national and international publications...... She has taught architectural design to both undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley and at the California College of Arts." (http://architectslist.com/cities/San-Francisco/firms/159-Fougeron-Architecture#more) ● "Dr. Alain D. Hyman received his BS at Lycee Francais and his MD at The University of Montpellier. [He] is Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology with additional qualification in Neuroradiology specializing in Cross Sectional Imaging, particularly CT and MRI. Dr. Hyman is an Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine [and] is a member of The Radiological Society of North America, and The New York State Radiological Society." (http://nymiassociates.com/rad-hyman.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Tom Teicholz interviews David Mamet ● A biographical video of Maria Teresa (Mestre), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ● Charles Masson talks about his NYC restaurant La Grenouille ● Anne Fougeron discusses the design of a Planned Parenthood clinic (Click on links below) -- In Memoriam: David Alix & Jean Hertog -- Charles Masson on YouTube -- Maria Teresa (Mestre) on YouTube -- Tom Teicholz on TommywoodVideo -- Anne Fougeron on YouTube Back to Top 1974 TOP: Gonzalo de la Serna ('74); BOTTOM: Claudia (Baenasoares) Pinto ('74)  TOP: Julie Davis ('74); BOTTOM: Francis Deschamps ('74)  TOP: Cristina Pérez de Cuéllar ('74); BOTTOM: Ariel Borremans ('74)  TOP: Daniella (Beerman) Blyth ('74); BOTTOM: Avram (“Butch”) Kaplan and son Elan  ● Avram (“Butch”) Kaplan wrote: "The big news is we are officially empty nesters. Our youngest son Elan (born 1992) is attending University of Arizona in Tucson. He is studying Political Science and Creative Writing. He could become a Lobbyist!! His older sisters are both hard at work in the entertainment industry, the eldest at Twentieth Century Fox, and the younger at The Gersh Agency. Please see a picture attached of me and Elan his new school." ● Jessica Levine wrote: "I'm starting to publish my creative writing. You can find links to pieces of mine that have been published in online literary reviews at www.jessicalevine.com" (Click on link below) Editor's note: One of Jessica's publications, a short story entitled "My Other Guitarist", can be read online. (Click on link below) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Etienne Danois-Maricq talks about manufacturing in Taiwan ● Elsa Berry est nommée Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Click on links below) -- Etienne Danois-Maricq on YouTube -- Elsa Berry on elysée.fr -- Publications by Jessica Levine -- 'My Other Guitarist', a short story by Jessica Levine Back to Top 1975 TOP: Seth Lewis ('75); BOTTOM: Marina Baudoin ('75)  TOP: Michel Lepeltier ('75); MIDDLE: Lisa Jordan ('75); BOTTOM: Lisa Bendelac ('75)  ● Avis de Décès: Véronique (Stanek) Rousseau-Vellones ('77) informed us that her sister Emmanuelle Stanek passed away on July 28, 2010 at age 53, in Holland. ● Jean-Claude Chaouloff informed us that he got married on February 5, 2010. ● Baina Masquelier a partagé avec nous son poeme "Marguerite ma grand-mère et Marie-Louise la centenaire" (See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) ● "Seth Lewis, nouveau patron de la restauration, vient d'arriver à l'InterContinental Paris Grand Hôtel.....Américain francophone et francophile de longue date, Seth Lewis a fait un premier séjour en France à l'âge de 4 ans lorsque son père était à la tête de la restauration du Casino de Divonne. Bachelier formé au lycée français de New York, il est diplômé de l'École hôtelière de Lausanne. Sa carrière, commencée comme f & b, l'a mené d'Asie aux États-Unis, à Londres et surtout au contact de plusieurs mondes de la restauration.....Tout l'intéresse, pourvu que cela soit enrichissant et soit un vrai challenge....." (http://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/hotellerie-restauration/articles/2007/3028_10_Mai_2007/L_InterContinental_Grand_Hotel.htm) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Murhaf Jouejati speaks at the Middle-East Institute on Arab-Israeli peace (Click on link below) -- In Memoriam: Emmanuelle Stanek -- 'Marguerite ma grand-mère et Marie-Louise la centenaire', de Baina Masquelier ('75) -- Murhaf Jouejati on YouTube -- Marina Baudoin's website: Fireside Quilting and Fiberarts Back to Top 1976 TOP: Brigitte Briand ('76); BOTTOM: Charles Dale ('76)  TOP: Beatrice de Lataillade ('76); BOTTOM: Michael Ramon ('76)  TOP: Danielle Erville ('76); BOTTOM: CD album by Nick Haimo's band ● Avis de Décès: Fadhima Thiam ('76) informed us that Audrey Bodner passed away on August 9, 2010. See In Memoriam section of this newsletter for further details. (Click on link below) ● Isabelle (Baudry) McDonald wrote: "We just moved to Lexington MA after 18 years in Montclair NJ. All 3 kids out of the house. Starting the empty nest years and having lots of fun!" ● Nicolas Haimo wrote: " I will be performing at the Lycée Francais for the fall festival with my 7 piece band THE BLUE STRAW BERRIES! The show is between 2 and 3PM on the 13th of November....This soulful and multi cultural band plays a variety of styles ranging from Rock to Jazz with little Country in between. Music and fun for children of all ages! Hope you can make it to the show. There is a $5.00 donation to the school and the band will be donating its performance. See you there!" (To preview some of Nicolas' songs, click on link below) -- In Memoriam: Audrey Bodner -- Preview songs by The Blue Straw Berries Back to Top 1977 TOP: Philippe Doo Kingue ('77); BOTTOM: Nanette Norwood ('77)  TOP: Michel Cariou ('77); BOTTOM: Raphaèle Herbin ('77)  TOP: Gilbert Mahé ('77); BOTTOM: Tarik Rahal ('77)  ● Philippe Doo Kingue wrote: "I would like to express my thanks to all, and in particular Harold Hyman (‘77) and Charles Giblain (’78), for their support following the earthquake we experienced in Haiti and to let everyone know that despite the loss of several people that were dear to us, my wife Catherine and I and our two daughters - Naomi and Yelena - age 12 and 10, are doing alright and finding our way back to normalcy." ● Beatrix (Peponnet) Fougeron nous écrit: "Nous voici depuis mi août expatriés à Singapour. Mes enfants sont donc rentrés au Lycée Français de Singapour, le LFS." ● Mokha Virginie Laget told us that she "is exhibiting her artwork at the Salon D'Automne, art exhibition from Nov 10 to Nov 16, 2010 at Espace Champerret. 5, rue d'Oestreicher, Paris 17e. She will also have a solo exhibit of her work at the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico in December 2010." ● "Nanette Norwood most recently worked on the role of Hannah in Tennessee Williams' most poignant drama NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. Previously, she played Estelle in NO EXIT, Gwendolyn in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, and Miriam in THE WOMEN at Marymount Manhattan Theatre. Off-Off Broadway on 42nd Street's Theatre Row at the Nat Horne Theatre, she appeared as Nina in THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA and Lily in MIDSUMMER...... Ms. Norwood trained in the renowned Gately-Poole studio with Richard Poole in the Meisner Technique and most recently with Larry Silverberg in Meisner Technique. She has also studied with Tara Bowles at Stella Adler and Improvisation at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Currently Nanette is a soprano soloist with the Oceanside Chorale in Oceanside, Long Island.......Nannette is also currently at work on several concerts and will be doing a video of the song "Climb Every Mountain". In her spare time Nanette enjoys a lot of outdoor sports; volleyball, tennis, swimming, jogging, hiking, sailing, and ice-skating. She is an excellent photographer, capturing the human spirit in her character studies." (http://www.nanettenorwood.com/biography.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Mezzosoprano Anna Steiger performs in Offrandes (de Edgar Varèse) ● Harold Hyman reports on the French defense industry in the Middle-East (Click on links below) -- Nanette Norwood's website -- Anna Steiger on YouTube (at minute 2:27) -- Harold Hyman on BfmTV Back to Top 1978 Annabelle Cone ('78) and the new book she co-editied  TOP: Natalie Yates-Cacciato & husband Richard; MIDDLE: Pierre Savy ('78); BOTTOM: Jean-Marc Urbini ('78)  ABOVE: Sacha Alexis Lichine ('78)  TOP: Nicole (Girod) Owens ('78); BOTTOM: Deborah (Nitke) Bedrossian ('78)  ● Annabelle Cone told us that she "co-edited a book that finally came out in January. Its title: "The Francophone Women's Magazine Inside and Outside of France" (University Press of The South, editor). My contribution is on mothers in Marie-Claire. Otherwise, I had a wonderful but much too quick visit with Carla Rosen ('78) in Brussels and The Hague. I will never forget drinking beer on the Place des Sablons in Brussels and walking through a hofje in The Hague." ● Sacha Alexis Lichine wrote: "I am living with my family in Hong Kong, from where I am developing Asian markets for my wine business. My company is divided into three segments, Chateau d’Esclans which produces some of the finest estate bottled Provencal Rose in the world (www.chateaudesclans.com) and Sacha Lichine which produces branded new world style wines from the south of France (www.sachalichine.com). I also own a Bordeaux based negociant firm that bears my name. For those who remember me and wish to reach out, they can do so at vconstantin@sachalichine.com" Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● The New York Film Academy presents an interview with Paul Rachman, as part of its guest lecture series (Click on link below) ● Sacha Lichine talks about his wines -- Paul Rachman on YouTube -- Sacha Lichine on YouTube Back to Top 1979 TOP: Georges Doo Kingué('79); BOTTOM: Shawn Warren ('79)  TOP: Nadine Orenstein ('79); BOTTOM: Claude Schenck ('79)  TOP: Simone Alimanestianu Desiderio ('79); BOTTOM: At 30-year reunion in Paris: Nathalie Girod ('80-left) & Anthony Mohl ('79)  ● The classes of '79, '80, and '81 had class reunions in NYC and Paris in September, 2010. (See Reunions & Events section of this newsletter, or click on link below, for two detailed "comptes rendus" by Christine Auclair, Nathalie (Girod) Buet, and Tuki Chabou-Péladeau.) ● "I had the pleasure of meeting Shawn Warren, former psychologist turned jewelry designer extraordinaire, at her Los Angeles launch event a few weeks ago, and discovered a true talent whose eye for design is impeccable. Her collection, which ranges from whimsical yet classic, to modern interpretations of antiquities, is exquisite. What is truly exceptional about her designs is that they can be worn with a cocktail dress or with jeans and a t-shirt. I love versatile pieces like these and the price points are incredibly reasonable as well......." (http://www.jewelsnob.com/2009/06/shawn_warren_fine_jewelry.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Martin Bisi discusses his album Sirens of the Apocalypse ● Adam Lindemann discusses the art market (Click on links below) -- Martin Bisi on YouTube -- Adam Lindemann on YouTube -- Shawn Warren's website -- September 2010 class reunion Back to Top 1980 TOP: Susan Fales-Hill ('80, left) & Bettina Zilkha ('77); BOTTOM: Susan Fales-Hill's latest novel  TOP: Hani Morgan ('80); BOTTOM: Philippe Denham Hyman ('80)  At 30 year reunion in NYC: TOP (left to right): Norah Lincoff ('80), Colette Smith ('80) & Christine Auclair ('80); BOTTOM: Pierre Cailliarec ('80), Jean Pierre Riou ('80), and Alessandra (Kelmans) de Bozzo ('81)  At 30 year reunion in Paris: TOP (left to right): Juliette Feeney, Carole Leprette & Nathalie Girod; BOTTOM: Daniel Lefloc’h, Juliette Feeney, et Guido Van Hauwermeiren (all '80)  ● The classes of '79, '80, and '81 had class reunions in NYC and Paris in September, 2010. (See Reunions & Events section of this newsletter, or click on link below, for two detailed "comptes rendus" by Christine Auclair, Nathalie (Girod) Buet, and Tuki Chabou-Péladeau.) ● The class of 1980 now has its own website, with photos, a forum, a calendar of events, news, etc. (Registration is required) Visit it at http://www.our80slfnyclass.org/, or click on link below. ● Donatella Lorch wrote that she "has been living in Nairobi Kenya for almost a year and a half. Her husband works with the World Bank there. She mostly consults with the United Nations. Oldest daughter is a freshman in college, 16 year old son is in boarding school near Boston, 12 and 5 year old sons greatly enjoying school and life in Kenya. She can always be tracked down through her website: www.donatellalorch.com." ● Susan Fales-Hill wrote: "As I watch the grey hairs increase on my head, so too, happily does my productivity. Now that my beloved only daughter is in school full time, I am concentrating full tilt on my career once again. My second book, first novel, "One Flight Up" hit the bookstores this summer and garnered some lovely reviews. It is, to paraphrase a 19th Century writer, "mad, bad and dangerous to read." The subject: four women who grew up together attending the same New York private school all find themselves at 37 in adulterous relationships...It's available on Amazon and all major bookstores. Otherwise, la vie est plutot belle. Good health, good friends, fantastic child." ● Jean Pierre Riou wrote: "Hi to lycée alum. Living in N.C. since 1994. Plastic surgeon married to Lori Scneider,MD neurologist. Met at NYU in 1984. Have 2 kids: Jessica born in 1997 and Justin born in 2000. Parents mMrcel and Marie-Louise retired from their restaurant La Vielle Auberge (48th street & 8th avenue) in 1994 to live near us at Lake Norman, north of Charlotte, N.C. Had a great time at our 30 yr lycée reunion on 9-11-10. Hope everybody is doing well!" ● Hani Morgan wrote: "I am still working as an assistant professor of education for the University of Southern Mississippi. I made many friends with classmates from the Lycee on Facebook last year. I also developed my own website this summer which can be viewed at: http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w674770/" (Or, click on link below) ● Nina (Wolff) Feld shared this with us: "I have been working on Chère Mamo: Letters From A Charmed Life for three years. As I have progressed towards completion of the manuscript, public recognition of the project has helped build a foundation for its future publication. For example the website cheremamo.com has become part of Apple's corporate library and they continue to help by inviting me to speak at their New York flagship store." (Editor's note: Nina's book is about to be published, and she was recently interviewed by Skidmore University's Alumni Magazine on her project. Click on pdf file below to read the interview.) ● Philippe Denham Hyman "has been producing and directing for over 15 years. He has over a dozen features and 15 television shows and documentaries to his credit. Recently he dedicated a year supervising producing and directing the rugged National Geographic series "Expeditions to the Edge" where he shot in such locations as the Sahara Desert, the jungles of Peru, and the clear underwater caves of New Zealand as well as a new 6 part Discovery/Travel Channel series.......His varied career has seen him seamlessly move between the artistic stages of Off-Broadway New York (his home town), to a lengthy stint on the mean streets of the long running hit show "America's Most Wanted," to the lyrical beauty of Paris for a series of successful short films, to the tightly run sets of indie films...... He has completed projects for The History Channel, Discovery Channel, TLC, F/X and National Geographic.....As a producer/director he also writes, shoots, and edits. Along with his numerous credits Philippe teaches graduate film at USC School of Cinema when his schedule permits." http://caferacerfilmworks.com/team.html Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Donatella Lorch talks about her experiences as a reporter in Afghanistan ● Susan Fales-Hill talks about her new book, One Flight Up (Click on link below)  -- Nina (Wolff) Feld interview in Skidmore Alumni Magazine-- Hani Morgan's website -- Donatella Lorch interviewed by Charlie Rose -- Susan Fales-Hill on YouTube -- September 2010 class reunion -- Class of 1980 website Back to Top 1981 TOP: Ghislaine (Carson-Parker) Desbois ('81) & family; BOTTOM: At NYC 30-year reunion: Maurice Zara ('79) et Robyn Frank ('81) _Turolla_Milard_GuillermeOelbaum.jpg) TOP: At 30-year reunion in Paris: Paul Peters (’80-letf) & Philippe Turolla (’81); MIDDLE: Catherine Milard ('81); BOTTOM: Brigitte Guillermé Oelbaum ('81)  TOP: Nicholas Gleckman ('81); BOTTOM: Didier Caire ('81)  At 30-year reunion in NYC: Tuki Chabou-Péladeau ('81 -left) and Florence Rondeau-Chang ('81)  ● The classes of '79, '80, and '81 had class reunions in NYC and Paris in September, 2010. (See Reunions & Events section of this newsletter, or click on link below, for two detailed "comptes rendus" by Christine Auclair, Nathalie (Girod) Buet, and Tuki Chabou-Péladeau.) ● Ghislaine (Carson-Parker) Desbois wrote: Here is "a picture of [me] with children Juliette, Bertrand and Maylis at the Cheesecake Factory, celebrating Maylis' 19th birthday last July." ● Jean-Pierre Dareys shared this with us: "I am currently in Mexico where I am selling my skills and services in a variety of ways, including my expertise in the architecture and maintenance of global, distributed, heterogeneous and replicated RDBMS systems using Sybase, Inc. products, in particular. I have also expanded my offerings to the setup and maintenance of computer equipment and the teaching of business English or advanced English vocabulary to local executives and people at large. In addition, I am resurrecting the Mexican chapter of the International Sybase User Group, was recently named Director of the International Sybase User Group in Latin America, and represented the organization (ISUG) at the Sybase, Inc. TechWave Conference in Washington DC in early August 2010." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Interview with Emmanuel de Brantes ● Bernard Harcourt at the third annual conference on Law and Mind Sciences (Click on links below) -- Emmanuel de Brantes on ina.fr -- Bernard Harcourt on YouTube -- September 2010 class reunion Back to Top 1982 TOP: Erin Boisson Aries ('82); BOTTOM: Gilles Rollet ('82)  TOP: Claire Hui ('82); MIDDLE: Andre Castaybert ('82); BOTTOM: Leila Tekaïa ('82)  TOP: Juliette Bensaid-Ernst ('82); MIDDLE: Robert Mouttet ('82); BOTTOM: Pierre Van Bockstaele ('82)  TOP: Claire Chabre ('82); BOTTOM: Guillaume Beguin ('82)  ● Roger de Montebello "will be showing in London soon... the exhibition can be viewed in the attached catalogue." (click on PDF link below) ● "An innovative and creative thinker, Erin Boisson Aries, a senior vice president and director at Brown Harris Stevens, is widely recognized as one of the top real estate brokers and residential development specialists in New York.....Reared between North and South America and in Europe, and as a student at the Lycée Français in Manhattan, Erin is fluent in French and Italian. As a result, Erin has a keen perspective on the importance of home in New York that is appreciated most by her international clientele. Erin and her husband and two children live in Greenwich Village." (http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/agent.aspx?id=EBA) ● "Andre Castaybert joined Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP as counsel in 2010 and has more than 22 years of experience as a commercial litigator, 20 of them at Proskauer Rose LLP, where he started his career. Mr. Castaybert has a broad range of experience litigating complex commercial disputes in New York state courts, particularly the Commercial Division, and in federal courts.....Mr. Castaybert received his law degree in 1988 from New York University School of Law, where he was a staff member of the Journal of International Law and Politics. He received his bachelor degree in International Politics in 1985 from Columbia College, Columbia University.....On weekends, he coaches his young sons and their teams in baseball, soccer and basketball." (http://www.llf-law.com/attorneys/andre_castaybert.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Juliette Nothomb, la soeur aînée du célèbre écrivain, parle de son livre-hommage, La Cuisine d'Amélie ● Entretien avec le peintre contemporain Roger de Montebello (Click on links below) Roger de Montebello catalogue-- Juliette Nothomb on L'EXPRESS.fr -- Roger de Montebello on YouTube Back to Top 1983 TOP: Karine Silla ('83); BOTTOM: David Rubinger ('83)  TOP: Max Godoy ('83); BOTTOM: Véronique (Harbin) Pineau ('83) _bernard_Moes.jpg) TOP: Eric Bernard ('83); BOTTOM: Françoise Moës ('83)  Left to right: Céline Garelli, Felix Partow, Stephane Galistinos, Michaël Bénéat and Druce Vertes (all '83) at a recent dinner ● Eric Bernard wrote: "I ran across some pictures from the 2003 class réunion in NYC and Paris. Brought some good memories back and I hope to be able to attend the next one...2013 maybe?" ● Gladys (Mensah) Burdin nous écrit: "Je vis à Abidjan, en Côte d'Ivoire depuis 1983. Je suis médecin spécialiste en Imagerie Médicale et exerce en privé depuis onze ans. Je suis mariée à Jacques Burdin, cardiologue et nous avons deux filles de 12 et 9 ans." ● "Karine Silla fait ses premier pas au cinéma dans Sanguine de Christian François en 1988 aux côtés de Clémentine Célarié. Elle alterne entre cinéma et télévision, notamment avec Les Cordier, Juge Et Flic où elle obtient un rôle récurrent durant 16 épisodes. En 2000 et 2002, elle tourne dans Epouse-moi et Peau D'Ange (dont elle signe le scénario) en compagnie de son mari Vincent Perez. L'année suivante elle décroche un petit rôle dans la comédie Moi César, 10 Ans 1/2, 1m39. Amanda Sthers lui offre de jouer aux côtés de Carole Bouquet et Pierre Arditi dans Je Vais Te Manquer en 2009." (http://www.commeaucinema.com/cannes/personne/karine-silla,135702) Back to Top 1984 TOP: Nick Zart (84); BOTTOM: Delphine Hibon ('84)  TOP: Muriel Borna ('84); BOTTOM: Peter Moore ('84)  TOP: Giulio Durini di Monza ('84); MIDDLE: Geneviève Bax-Mejia ('84); BOTTOM: Stefano Sani ('84)  ● Nick Zart wrote: "After leaving the Lycee, I finished my high school years at Mamaroneck High and eventually left for Paris. After that I went to Nice for about a decade as an ESL teacher, coordinator and multimedia language director. I eventually left for Japan where I continued computer work, teaching languages and helped establish the World Craft Council. There, I met my wife, originally from Savannah, Georgia whom I've been married to for 13 years with no kids. We lived in NY where I had a successful IT consulting company until we got tired of the weather and left for Long Beach, California, 20 minutes south of LA. I am a professionally trained business and life coach with an international accreditation. I write as the National Coach Examiner for the Examiner, as well as the National Electric Car Examiner. I have always lived in a world of collectible cars and only drive old Italians. I have a passion for ancient civilizations and philosophies and I'm actively involved in different online esoteric groups as well as coordinating the Mystic Academy in Second Life. Gosh, this sounds like a resume. I would love to hear more about old friends and see what they are up to. Hopefully some of them are near me." ● Peter Moore told us that he "recently published a piece of fiction in the academic literary journal, the Massachusetts Review." To read his piece --The Nutcracker’s Overbite-- see Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below. Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Amélie (Fabienne) Nothomb nous parle de son dernier roman, qui est sa propre histoire d'amour (Click on link below) -- Amélie (Fabienne) Nothomb on YouTube -- 'The Nutcracker's Overbite', by Peter Moore Back to Top 1985 TOP: Melissa Unger ('85); BOTTOM (left to right): Stéphane Bailby ('85), Melissa Unger, Gabriel Sylla ('85) (Paris, 2010)  TOP: Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts ('85); BOTTOM: Stéphane Dehais ('85)  TOP: Marie-Noelle (Colas) Pierce ('85); MIDDLE: Tamsir Abdourahmane Gaye ('85); BOTTOM: Matthew Caws ('85)  TOP: Paolo Camerini ('85); BOTTOM: Amelie Porcher ('85)  ● Melissa Unger shared a touching tribute to her father Sy Unger on the 10th Anniversary of his passing. (See Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) ● Michelle Adrienne (Lappas) Kotara wrote: "Michelle left for Kent boarding school and then graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1989 with an M.A. in International Relations and French Literature. After receiving a Dutch Language Degree from Leiden Universiteit in 1991, she pursued marketing and graphic design at Shell Oil in The Hague, The Netherlands. Upon her return she settled in North Carolina where she opened her own graphic design agency Better by Design, LLC. In 2004, she transitioned into full time parenthood and co-established Kotara Studio, LLC with her husband Kenn Kotara, a full time visual artist. (www.kotarastudio.com) Michelle, Kenn and their six year old son Julian Alexander live in Asheville, North Carolina." ● Nicolas Manset shared this with us: "I have been living in Hong Kong since August 2009 with my wife Marianne - who is a dentist, a peridontist specialized in implantology and gum grafts- and our two children Arthur ,aged 12 and Zoe ,aged 10. The Lycée Francais International in HK, where they both go is good but I still have a special spot for the LFNY! I am a partner with Russell Reynolds Associates, an executive search and assessment firm , where I have worked for 16 years and where I run a part of our AsiaPacific business. I am still in touch with some of my Class of 1985 friends (too few) but would love to hear from those I have not heard from in a while. I travel very regularly throughout Asia (in particular Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo) as well as Paris , where I still have a home, and New-York. Breakfast, coffee, lunch or dinner with former friends from LFNY would be great!" Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Matthew Caws of Nada Surf plays an acoustic version of Blonde on Blonde ● Daniel (Prieto Castro) Lorca performs "La Pour Ca" from Nada Surf's Let Go album ● Gabriel Sylla interviews one of the clients of Sylla-Fitness (Click on links below) -- Your Daughter, I Will Always Be, by Melissa Unger ('85) -- Matthew Caws on YouTube -- Daniel Lorca on YouTube -- Gabriel Sylla on YouTube Back to Top 1986 TOP: Robby Amar ('86); BOTTOM: Alexandra (Suy) Gobbi ('86)  TOP: Kaisa Akerlund; BOTTOM: Mahiratra (Rakotomalala) Raveloson ('86)  TOP: Frederic Binder ('86); BOTTOM: Hedi Filali ('86)  Jean-Emmanuel (“Jeff”) Flory  ● Alexandra (Suy) Gobbi wrote: "We recently relocated from the Dallas area to Atlanta, Georgia as I was offered a new position as VP of Marketing & Communications with PRGX. Life has been very hectic with new schools, a new role in a new industry, but we are enjoying it. Unfortunately we haven't been able to buy a house yet as we are waiting for our house to sell in Texas." ● "The dapper, well-groomed Euan Rellie works in finance, but he's better known for his social presence and for his Brit designer wife, Lucy Sykes. The son of a British diplomat, Rellie was raised in London and attended the right schools (Eton, Cambridge) before joining the investment bank Schroders. Stints in the Singapore and New York offices followed, and he remained with the company until 1996, when he went off on his own and co-founded Business Development Asia LLC, which assists American companies seeking to invest in Asia. It's not his banking career, though, that's made him something of a name in town—it's his ubiquity on the social circuit. If there's a society photographer in the house, you can count on Euan and his wife Lucy to jump in front of the flashbulbs. Euan and Lucy now have two sons, both of whose full names are insanely pretentious—Heathcliff Felix Alastair Euan Rellie was born in July 2003 and Titus Jasper Jake Icarus Rellie was born in March 2007. The Rellies live in the West Village....." (http://cityfile.com/profiles/euan-rellie) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Musician Alain Nkossi Konda in a promotion clip for the BREEZE SESSION ● Some samples of Andre 'Christopher' Heltai's acting work ● Euan Rellie at the Fabulous Women Event (at minute 1:34) (Click on links below) -- Alain Nkossi Konda on YouTube -- Andre Christopher Heltai on YouTube -- Euan Rellie on PlumTv.com Back to Top 1987 TOP: Lancelot Gambis ('87); BOTTOM: Eve Harrison ('87)  TOP: Nathalie (Shalofsky) Sissener ('87); BOTTOM: Björn Bratteby ('87) with son Ingmar (Jan. 2010)  TOP: Karina Beznicki ('87); MIDDLE: Nicolas Cherix; BOTTOM: Sophie Gest ('87)  ● Lancelot Gambis wrote: "In 2010, while continuing to work as a French/Spanish translator, Lance has dedicated more time to helping his wife, Patricia, launch her online boutique of handcrafted children's clothes (www.patriciagambis.com). He's also passionate about cooking, baking and making movies with his 8-yr old son, Nicolas, (http://vimeo.com/user688275, or click on link below) They have recently moved to Forest Hills, NY." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Noga Arikha discusses her book, "Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours." (Click on link below) -- Noga Arikha on YouTube -- Lance Gambis and his son on Vimeo Back to Top 1988 TOP: Grégoire Poux-Guillaume ('88); BOTTOM: Florence Nida ('88)  TOP: Grégoire Ganter ('88); BOTTOM: Danielle (Tin-Aung) Gooding ('88)  TOP: Tamara Benveniste ('88); BOTTOM: Youssef Benhaddouch ('88) ● Solan Schwab informed us that "in August 2010 [he] joined General Re Corporation (a Berkshire Hathaway company) in a senior legal role." ● Danielle (Tin-Aung) Gooding nous écrit: « Ma fille Chloé a 4 ans et l’autre, Sabrina, a 14 mois. Nous sommes une famille entourée de tennis. Mon mari est Australien et il est coach de tennis, et moi, j’organise les tournois en Amérique pour les joueurs qui commencent leur carrière professionnelle. Patricia Zwerling ('88) travaille avec moi cet été au US Open. » ● Grégoire Poux-Guillaume “is a Managing Director with CVC Capital Partners, a global private equity firm with $32 billion under management. He was previously with Alstom, which he joined as Head of Strategy before running its Hydro Plants business. He was most recently in charge of Alstom Power's Environmental activities, including its post-combustion carbon capture efforts. Greg also worked for McKinsey and started his career as a drilling engineer and offshore supervisor for Total. He is a mechanical engineer and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.” (http://www.ftconferences.com/energy/speakerdetails/759/) ● "Grégoire Ganter created Lea’s Alphabets after the birth of his first daughter in May of 2003. He captures individual letters and images along his travels and assembles them into themed images. New York city features prominently in his collages, but he also uses images from his travels throughout the United States and Europe...." (http://www.gregoireganter.com/leas_alphabets/index.html) Back to Top 1989 TOP: Iman El-Banhawy ('89); BOTTOM: Jeremy Lodeon ('89)  TOP: Adam Cahan ('89); MIDDLE: Karine N'Diaye ('89); BOTTOM: Sigrid (Lemaire) Perrot ('89)  TOP: Dana Watkins ('89); BOTTOM: Beatrice Pelletier ('89)  ● Iman El-Banhawy nous écrit: "J'ai commencé un nouveau poste juillet dernier et suis maintenant responsable du service de la Francophonie au sein du Ministère Affaires étrangères au Caire." ● Jeremy Lodeon wrote: "Hello! I went back to New York last month and got in touch with an old classmate. It is was both exciting and insightful to reminisce back to the times of LFNY. I am now in Washington DC as a banker during the day and a musician at night. Apprentissage honoré! :-) " ● Gregory Diamond wrote: "I am a law graduate, having worked in legal and business affairs and in production at MTV Networks, Paramount Vantage, and for criminal defense attorney Robert Shapiro. I've been residing in Los Angeles for over seventeen years, and I still miss living in NYC. Out of all the teachers at the LFNY, I miss two: Monsieur Dorion [prof. de classes elémentaires, 1980-82] and Madamme Nguyen [prof. de classes elémentaires, 1977-80]; and that, to me, is worth having had the privilege of attending Le Lycée." ● Christine (Reinholt ) Makarigakis wrote: "I currently live in Ethiopia as my husband works for the United Nations here. Since the Lycée and University, I worked as a Psychologist and then moved to the field of Human Resources. My husband joined the UN in 2003 and we have been living in Africa since (4 1/2 years in Namibia and for the past 2 1/2 years in Ethiopia). I have two boys and since I cannot work in Africa I have turned to photography." ● "60 Minutes' Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson Reflects on Her Recent Trip to Her Homeland (January 2010): 'When a severe earthquake hit Haiti last Tuesday, there was no question that I had to go. As a journalist, the severity of what was unfolding made it obvious to cover, but as a Haitian-American who'd spent her childhood there, I felt I could be of help.......'" (To read the full article, click on link below) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Karine N’Diaye ('Keniia') performs at the bar/discotheque Au Saï-Saï in Paris (Click on link below) -- Karine N’Diaye on DailyMotion -- Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson describes her trip to Haiti Back to Top 1990 TOP: Edouard Darboux ('90); BOTTOM: Michel Nacoul ('90)  TOP: Sabrina Guttman ('90); BOTTOM: Kadidja Ide Oumarou ('90)  TOP: Diego Colas ('90); MIDDLE: Nathalie Dassas ('90); BOTTOM: Julien Le Tourneur D’Ison ('90) ● Eurydice (Capo-Chichi) Reinert wrote: "I can just inform you as well as the others that I'm now moving as a writer and editor. The related website is : www.euryuniverse.net" ● "Diégo Colas was born in Paris, grew up in France and then in the USA (New York). He studied and took a BA at Georgetown University (Washington), then a diploma at Sciences-Po Paris (Paris Institute of Political Studies) and the École Nationale d’Administration. He has been a member of the French foreign service since 1999...." (http://www.sussexineurope.org/events/22%28Oct08%29.htm) Back to Top 1991 TOP: Marina Treves ('91) & family; MIDDLE: Julien Kokocinski ('91); BOTTOM: Myriam Essy ('91)  TOP: Alejandro Muñoz-Ledo ('91); BOTTOM: Joëlle Thiemele ('91)  TOP: Fiona Bult ('91); BOTTOM: Pascal Renucci ('91) ● Marina Treves-Conforto shared this with us: "My son Luca Conforto just turned 1 year old. Here comes the LFNY's future!" Back to Top 1992 TOP: Windy Gancayo ('92); BOTTOM: Stan Wojewodzki ('92)  TOP: Alexandre Demetrio ('92); BOTTOM: Alix Perrot-Verney ('92)  TOP: Dr. Kevin Jovanovic ('92); BOTTOM: Caroline Muller ('92)  ● Windy Gancayco told us: "I have left NYC and am now in Marseille!" ● Stan Wojewodzki wrote: "I still have my european fine wine export business out of Luxembourg (The W Group of Fine Wine Estates), catering to Latin American importers. I also have developed over the last three years a political consultancy activity in Latin America. My company, The W Group Strat Comm Unit, based in Panama, advises Presidencies, Foreign Relations ministries and promotional agencies from Central American & Dominican Republic. I am also latin american editorial director for hemispheric reports in Foreign Affairs. I recently published eight pages in the sept edition on Haiti reconstruction. Finally, I am married and live with my wife and chocolate labrador (CHOKO) in Rio de Janeiro, and spend more than half of my year in planes and hotels." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Fabrice Grinda talks about business and venture capital (Click on link below) -- Fabrice Grinda on YouTube Back to Top 1993 TOP: Sophie Bartsich ('93); BOTTOM: Scott Weber ('93)  TOP: Jeroen Coppens ('93); BOTTOM: Sylvie Ntsama ('93)  TOP: Isabel van Daele ('93); BOTTOM: Charles Dupin de Saint Cyr ('93)  ● Dr. Sophie Bartsich wrote: "After graduation, I completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Cornell University, followed by a graduate degree in design at Parsons School of Design. I traveled widely for a year, studying art, Italian language, and Spanish language. I then returned to New York to pursue a medical career. I completed medical school at Cornell Medical College in 2005. This year, I will complete my Plastic Surgery training at New York Presbyterian Hospital. I will be opening my practice in New York City in July 2011, and will be accepting new patients at that time. On January 1st, 2011, I will be married to Alexander Bozic. I look forward to staying in touch with my Lycée Francais family." ● Stéphanie Busson wrote: "After seven years in Nashville, TN, I have returned to France. I now live in Marseille and work for CMA CGM as an Internal Auditor." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Cécile Doo Kingue interviewed (Click on link below) -- Cécile Doo Kingue on YouTube Back to Top 1994 TOP: Raphaëlle (Janoray) Choël ('94) and her husband Charles-Henry Choël ('88); BOTTOM: Raphaëlle's new book  TOP: Valerie Ouedraogo ('94); BOTTOM: Alberto Costa ('94)  TOP: Daniel Amiot Priso ('94); BOTTOM: Oksan Bozkir Mirap ('94)  TOP: Christelle Leprêtre Zitnik ('94); BOTTOM: Alexander Gomez Trochez ('94) ● Camille Hottlet wrote: "I moved back to France in 1998 and have been working as a translator since 2000 in Paris. I currently work as such for the law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel. In August 2009, we were thrilled to welcome the birth of our daughter, Isabeau." ● Raphaëlle (Janoray) Choël wrote: "I have just published a book on Japanese women (I spent 2 years in Tokyo) and I thought this might be of interest to your readers. I would really love to share this with you and my classmates of the Lycée." According to the press release on Raphaëlle's book: "Rues arpentées, semelles usées, observation, confidences, interviews, expériences, moments partagés et carnets griffonnés. 54 mois à Tokyo, 124 pages du Tokyo City Atlas annotées pour écumer les quartiers sans s’égarer, une centaine de femmes interviewées, mariées ou célibataires, femmes au foyer ou business women, killeuses ou soumises, constituant un panel représentatif de femmes entre 15 et 60 ans. A travers ces témoignages, Raphaëlle Choël et Julie Rovéro-Carrez ont souhaité raconter sous forme de chroniques la ville de Tokyo vue par ses habitantes...... Raphaëlle Choël et Julie Rovéro-Carrez reportent ici leurs longues discussions avec ces jeunes femmes autour d’une bière Asahi, des femmes qui se livrent sans tabou dans une société qui ne leur laisse pas toujours la parole......." (http://www.autrement.com/ouvrages.php?ouv=2746714755) (The book can be purchased online at amazon.com or fnac.com, as well as in France and London) Back to Top 1995 Nicolas Remy ('95) et son voilier 'Fleur de Sel'  TOP: Elvyr Missinhoun ('95); BOTTOM: Mathieu Bretillon ('95)  TOP: Grace Ravelo ('95); BOTTOM: Pierre Fraiture ('95)  TOP: Raphael Schricke ('95); BOTTOM: Delphine (Teynier) Smaine ('95)  ● Nicolas Remy nous écrit: ""Bonjour à tous ! Après notre mariage, ma femme Heidi et moi-même sommes partis en voyage à la voile. Nous avons fait un premier tour en Europe du Nord sur deux saisons comme galop d'essai, et nous sommes maintenant en route depuis mars 2010 (6 mois déjà !), et actuellement au Brésil après avoir traversé l'Atlantique. Nous souhaitons faire le tour du monde, ce qui nous prendra plusieurs années. Pour ceux qui souhaiteraient en savoir plus sur notre projet, et avoir des nouvelles plus récentes ou plus régulièrement, n'hésitez pas à nous retrouver sur notre journal de bord : http://journal.belle-isle.eu/ . Ca me fera très plaisir d'avoir de vous nouvelles ! A très bientôt. Nicolas" ● Pierre Fraiture wrote: "I am working privately in the residential and commercial Real Estate sector. I am no longer working for Prudential Douglas Elliman. I have a daughter, Nikita Marie-Sophie Fraiture, who will be three years old this January." ● Anis Kalthoumi wrote: "What a beautiful moment in life to be able to go back in time and remember the unending memories of the LFNY. After 17 years spent in NY and Philly, finally came back home to Tunisia and started my own ceramic factory. I have about 20 employees and I export to Europe, US and Africa. Because of the different nationalities in my class at the LFNY, I was able to adapt to all clients I encounter. I’m staying in touch with most of my classmates through Facebook and it’s been great. Sader Nadimi, Kamal Toybou and Christophe le Friec are meeting me in Nice for New Year 2011. If anybody wants to come, you’re more than welcome...à tres bientot..Gros bisous" Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● The Old Noise, by Gwenaëlle Gobé (Click on link below) -- Nicolas Remy's website -- Gwenaëlle Gobé's art on YouTube Back to Top 1996 TOP: Leilah Broukhim ('96); BOTTOM: Juvence Ramasy ('96)  TOP: Michael Mascarau ('96); BOTTOM: Malorie Game ('96)  TOP: Michel Louet ('96); MIDDLE:Jocelyne Khau ('96); BOTTOM: Diane Louvel ('96)  ● "Leilah Broukhim was born in New York of Iranian parents, although she has been based in Spain for the last seven years. At a young age, she became interested in the dance world studying ballet, jazz and tap in the Professional Children’s program at New York’s distinguished Broadway Dance Center. Later, she began her flamenco dance formation with such respected New York-based professors, such as Jose Molina and La Meira, who gave her the necessary foundation to follow her growth in Spain. After graduating magna cum laude from Columbia University with a B.A. in Film Studies, she decided to move to Spain in order to fully immerse herself in the flamenco world. In Madrid she continued her studies at the renowned dance academy Amor de Dios under great masters of flamenco, including Maria Magdalena, Manuel Reyes, Rafaela Carrasco and Jose Maya. At the same time, she completed her knowledge of flamenco in Seville with the ‘Farrucos’ a Gypsy family who as marked her personal dance style....." (http://www.beyondpersia.org/index.php/artists/details/leilah_broukhim/) To view a video of Leilah, click on link below. Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Celine Ottria dans "Tout autour de la terre", conte écologique et musical (Click on link below) -- Leilah Broukhim on YouTube -- Celine Ottria on YouTube Back to Top 1997 TOP: Verane Grange; MIDDLE: Nancy Danielle Rahajason ('97); BOTTOM: Mathieu Akita ('97)  TOP: Christopher Lavelanet ('97); BOTTOM: Stéphanie Mauvernay-Ravelomanantsoa ('97)  TOP: Federica Sainte Rose ('97); BOTTOM: Bruno Guélaff ('97)  ● "Julien Akita ('97) et Mathieu Akita ('99) sont deux frères franco-japonais, né en 1979 et 1981 à Tokyo. Après plusieurs années passées à New-York et Mexico, ils posent leurs valises à Lyon pour suivre les cours d'illustration de l'école Émile Cohl. Diplômés en 2004, Julien se lance dans le monde de la presse et l'édition jeunesse (Bayard, Milan, Magnard, Excelsior ...), tandis que Mathieu entame une carrière de game-designer à Etranges Libellules (Astérix XXL2, Arthur et les Minimoys...) Début 2006, leur rencontre avec Jean-Luc Istin, leur permet de signer leur première BD, Tom Sawyer." (http://baikin.blogspot.com/search/label/about) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Interview with Nikolai Fraiture, bass player for the American rock band, The Strokes (Click on link below) -- Nikolai Fraiture on YouTube Back to Top 1998 TOP: Guilhem Avenas ('98); BOTTOM: Caroline Perez Muller ('98)  TOP: Morgane Bitan ('98); BOTTOM: Greg Habay ('98)  TOP: Mathieu Austry ('98); BOTTOM: Ghislaine Ouedraogo ('98) ● Vanessa Wildenstein-Marinopoulos nous écrit: "J'habite en Grèce depuis 2004, me suis mariée en 2005 et suis la maman de deux enfants adorables, un petit garçon de trois ans et une fille d'un an. Depuis que mon fils a commencé l'école, je pense souvent à mes années au Lycée, à mes vieux camarades de classe et à mes profs, avec nostalgie. J'espère que tout le monde va bien et que nos chemins se croiseront à nouveau un jour." ● Ghislaine Ouedraogo wrote that she "is currently a Program Consultant for a network of international and local organizations working to create adolescent girl programs in Haiti and Francophone West Africa. In her role, she leads training sessions and provides technical advise and coordination to facilitate program implementation. Ghislaine currently resides in New York City. In her free time, she works for the AfroCarib Marketing Group, which promotes African and Caribbean social and business endeavors in and outside Africa. She is co-editor of the guide A Taste of Africa and the Caribbean, which is a New York City guide. Ghislaine loves to write, dance and design." (click on link below to access the guide) -- A Taste of Africa and the Caribbean Back to Top 1999 TOP: Joelle Tahindro ('99); BOTTOM: Matt Stockl ('99)  TOP: Fabien Najib Saint-Roch ('99); BOTTOM: Maïlys Suncic ('99)  TOP: Ghassene Jerandi ('99); BOTTOM: Nicky Samson ('99)   ● Maïlys Suncic told us that she is "currently pursuing an MBA at HEC Paris." ● Joelle Tahindro wrote: "I currently still reside in New York, and work as a child and family Psychotherapist (Clinical Social Worker) at a large Manhattan Hospital's outpatient Psychiatry department. I remain in contact with many LFNY classmates, including Martine Gren ('00), who I see frequently. I also have the pleasure of being the godmother to Martine's two beautiful girls, Giselle (soon to be six years old) and Natasha (three years old.) Facebook allows me to remain in touch with many other LFNY classmates from my class, and from other classes as well, which has been fantastic. My older sister Daniela Tahindro ('95) still resides in Paris, where I last travelled in November 2009, and was also able to catch the comedy duo "Coco et Véro" in Paris, and catch up with the creators, fellow '99 classmates Sophie Beaulieu and Emilie Rosanvallon. During that trip, I was also able meet with Laura Mamelok ('99) who resides in Paris. In October of last year, I attended Caroline's School of Comedy, at the famed Caroline's Comedy club, and successfully performed my stand-up routine there on two occasions. Though the club has asked me to return, (and I even received kudos from Saturday Night Live alum Darell Hammond, who loved my performance!) I think, I'll continue to pursue my other interests for now, such as photography. I have self-published a photo book on Madagascar, and I currently maintain a photo-blog of my favorite photographs, some of which have gathered some interest from some friends and acquaintances. I have transformed my photographs into various formats, including prints on canvas, as well as framed prints. Below is the link to my book and website. Anyone interested in any photographs can feel free to contact me at joelletahindro[at]gmail.com. I wish the Lycée community, past and present, all the best." (click on links below to access Joelle's photo album and photo blog) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Genevieve Labean performs at the Bitter End ● Sophie Beaulieu and Emilie Rosanvallon interviewed about their comedy act (Click on links below) -- Genevieve Labean on YouTube -- Sophie Beaulier & Emilie Rosanvallon on YouTube -- Joelle Tahindro's 'Akorabe! Images from Madagascar' photo album -- Joelle Tahindro's photo blog Back to Top 2000 TOP: Albert Sara ('00); BOTTOM: Francesca Schavran Haniquet ('00  TOP: Thu-Nhi Nguyen-Petit ('00); BOTTOM: Marc Attiyeh ('00)  TOP: Tamara Kummer ('00); BOTTOM: Pierre Parisot ('00)   ● Albert Sara told us that he "completed his M.B.A. at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in May 2010. Following graduation, he joined a global management rotational program at Nissan, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to work in Nissan's Americas Headquarters. Currently, Albert holds the position of Program Manager in the Corporate Planning division. Please contact him if you happen to be in the Nashville area!" ● "Tamara Kummer is currently the spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in France. She holds a B.A. from Boston University and a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, both in International Political Economy. Early in her career, Tamara focused on information and communication technologies and their application to international development efforts - particularly for women’s empowerment and education in Sub-Sahara Africa. At the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Tamara headed the philanthropic foundation’s “Virtual Library Initiative” supporting African university libraries in eight countries. After completing her MSc, she went on to work as the Africa-Middle East analyst for a telecoms consulting firm in London. Later, in Dakar, Tamara joined Courants de Femmes, a French NGO supporting the computer literacy and web visibility of women’s associations in West Africa. Previous to joining WFP, Tamara worked as a programme officer in a British NGO, EAP, promoting the corporate social responsibility of gas and mining companies in the developing world." (http://www.pimun.eu/guest%20speaker.html) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Videos directed by Bijoux Altamirano ● Tamara Kummer talks about the global food crisis ● Albert Sara (wearing a red shirt) performs a Michael Jackson tribute (Click on links below) -- Videos by Bijoux Altamirano -- Tamara Kummer on France 24 -- Albert Sara on YouTube Back to Top 2001 TOP: Thomas Courribet ('01); BOTTOM: Constance Smith ('01)  TOP: Camille Wiart ('01); BOTTOM: Mohammed Dieye ('01)  TOP: Rebecca Hilltout ('01); BOTTOM: Jaime Dastis Alonso ('01)  ● "Thomas Courribet started his career as a DJ in Granada at the small afterhours club Quilombo. After holding a summer residency there he came back to Montreal and started making his way into the nightlife. He surely brought back from Spain a love for house music and the spirit of Ibiza. He quickly made a name for himself playing with international DJ's such as Adam Freemer or Jake Childs as well as with local talents such as Nicola Torriero, Max Hebert, Bruno Brown, Greg Pidcock, Peter Anthony, Matt Lee and many more. Now resident DJ of Deep Confessions at Salon Daomé he will always give you the the best of house from the heart, from deep house to the grooviest aftherhour tribal or progressive, he reads the crowd and finds a way to make them dance." (http://www.rave.ca/en/event/deep_confessions_hakim_guelmi_dj_ellroy_thomas_courribet/) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Chloë Temtchine sings Let it burn at the Hiro Ballroom (Click on link below) -- Chloë Temtchine on YouTube Back to Top 2002 TOP: Teddy Wyss ('02); BOTTOM: Frederic Brault ('02)  TOP: Armelle Wiart ('02); MIDDLE: Hermione Avocetien ('02); BOTTOM: Raphaelle Coumes ('02)  ● Nelly Parisot wrote: "I am finishing up my fourth year of medical school at Columbia University and am currently applying for residency in Emergency Medicine." ● Dr. Caroline Magasweran (DVM) "joined the team at NYC Veterinary Specialists in 2010. Education: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (2009) & Bachelor of Science, Binghamton University (2006). Off Duty: Dr. Magasweran spends off-duty hours with her boyfriend and their family: Optimus Prime, an energetic Kittitian rescue dog; Rambo, a hingeback tortoise; and Luna, an adorable lab-chow-mix. You might also find Dr. Magasweran reading, camping or traveling whenever and wherever possible." (http://newyork.bluepearlvet.com/caroline-magasweran/) ● "Eve de la Mothe Karoubi graduated cum laude from Smith College in 2006 with a B.A. in Government and African Studies, focusing on international relations and conflict resolution. As a 2007 Insight Fellow, Eve focused on empowering youth in conflict areas by conducting training workshops and by working to help improve the efficiency of grassroots youth organizations. Currently Eve is pursuing a double Masters in International Relations through the prestigious Dual Degree program offered by Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Sciences Po Paris." (http://www.insightcollaborative.org/ic_2009/fellowship_description_template.php?journal_year=2007&j_id=5) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Nelly Parisot as a volunteer in Thailand with Cross-Cultural Solutions (click on link below) -- Nelly Parisot on YouTube Back to Top 2003 TOP: Sharon Feiereisen ('03); BOTTOM: Octave Lapeyronie ('03)  TOP: Timothée Bonavita ('03); BOTTOM: Yasmine Fatimatou Aliou ('03)  TOP: Sarah Salanic ('03); BOTTOM: Simon Martellozo ('03)   ● “A born and raised New Yorker, Sharon Feiereisen is a freelance writer based in New York City.She has been published in Newsday, AM New York, WHERE New York, Dan‘s Papers, and on BlackBook.com among many others......In addition to being the main writer at The Fashion Spot, Sharon Feiereisen is also the New York Editor for the Snob Network of blogs: Bag Snob, Beauty Snob, Couture Snob, and ghostwrites Posh Mom‘s Fashion/Beauty and Celebrity sections. Sharon Feiereisen graduated from the Lycée Français de New York where she received her French Baccalaureate in Economics and Sociology, before continuing her studies at Cornell University, majoring in Textiles/Apparel and Management and graduating with a B.S.” (http://sharonfeiereisen.com/home/) ● “Daryaneh Badaly was one of the first psychology majors admitted to the new Psychology honors program at Georgetown......Badaly examined the differences between younger and older adults in their abilities to recognize patterns in visual sequences. She presented the study at the Association for Psychological Science in New York (May, 2006). Within the new honors program, students must develop a research problem and compose an honors thesis that makes a novel theoretical, empirical, or integrative contribution to a branch of psychology.......”Because the program was small and all the honors students met once a month, we all got to know each other,” said Badaly. “We got moral support when deadlines were fast approaching and feedback on how to make things better. The support from my advisor and the graduate student looking over my work was also great. They were always willing to go over new results or problems.” Since graduating, Badaly has begun work as a research assistant ……. in the Infant Action Lab at NYU. She hopes to go to graduate school and pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.” (http://www1.georgetown.edu/college/research/learning/14904.html) Daryaneh provided this update: "I am no longer at NYU. In 2008, I started graduate school in USC's clinical science program. Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Flavia Masson performs in clips from from the TV Pilot Huge ● Laureen Lembé on LOL-Pancakes (Click on links below) -- Flavia Masson on her own website -- Laureen Lembé on YouTube Back to Top 2004 TOP: Gabriella Oser ('04-left) and Eliane Oser ('08); BOTTOM: Edouard Hannezo ('04)  TOP: Paul Boulat; BOTTOM: Marie-Elise McNeeley ('04)  Zyade Bader ('04) Back to Top 2005 TOP: Alimatou Keita ('05); BOTTOM: Nicolas Iaconelli ('05)  TOP: Andrea Ballfour ('05); BOTTOM: Maxime Albertus ('05)  TOP: Sophie Santallusia ('05); BOTTOM: Savinien Caracostea ('05) -- Savinien Caracostea's website Back to Top 2006 TOP: Peyam Tabrizian ('06); BOTTOM: Caroline Holman ('06)  TOP: Maude Delice ('06); BOTTOM: Matthieu Hauret ('06)  TOP: Stephen Youdeem ('06); BOTTOM: Nadia Franzoni ('06)  ● Peyam Tabrizian wrote: "I just wanted to let everyone know that I am currently pursuing a PhD in Mathematics at the University of California - Berkeley!" Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Peyam Tabrizian does Dragostea Din Tei on YouTube (click on link below) -- Peyam Tabrizian YouTube Back to Top 2007 TOP: Alban Bressand ('07); BOTTOM: Olivia Pei ('07)  TOP: Adrian Landon wearing his metal helmet-sculpture; BOTTOM: Adrian's latest sculpture: 'life-size horse'  TOP: Carlotta Morteo ('07); BOTTOM: Philippe Noeltner ('07)  TOP: Daniel Noeltner ('07); BOTTOM: Nicole Pardo ('07)  ● Alban Bressand wrote: "I seize this opportunity to say hi and let everyone know, for what it's worth, that I am currently doing an exchange in Buenos Aires for the semester, and will keep helping Jessica Schinazi and the new vice-president of our association -the FAA(French-American Alliance)- which will strive to receive this year other interesting guests and promote the French culture through various themed events around Columbia campus. Students who live or work in NY and are interested to join should contact Jessica or Alienor through "Contact Us" on our website, www.frenchamericanalliance.com" ● Adrian Landon informed us that we could "check out my latest piece, my life size metal sculpted horse" here: http://adrianlandon.com/adrian/lifesize_horse.html (or, click on link below) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Tora Fisher performs at her first live gig at Don Hills, Sept. 3, 2010 (Click on link below) -- Adrian Landon's latest sculpture -- Tora Fisher on YouTube -- Class Notes Archives (2007) Back to Top 2008 TOP: Hanna Berthaut ('08); BOTTOM: Lucas Loustau ('08)  TOP: Jose Gaigbe Togbe ('08); BOTTOM: Julie Baron ('08)  TOP: Léa Baylet; BOTTOM: Vincent Gaudemard ('08)  ● "Hanna Berthaut est une actrice française. Sa première apparition au cinéma se fait dans Le Petit Poucet d'Olivier Dahan où elle incarne Rose, la fille de l'ogre. D'après les critiques, elle se distingue de la médiocrité des autres acteurs et sa très bonne prestation, aux côtés de Romane Bohringer (la mère de Poucet), donne un certain relief au film. Sa carrière continue à la télévision dans la série télévisée P.J. en 2003, ainsi que dans des téléfilms Mon fils cet inconnu en 2004 et La Femme Coquelicot en 2005. Actuellement étudiante à l'UCL (University College de Londres), elle ne devrait pas apparaitre prochainement au cinéma." (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Berthaut) ● "Washington State Community College's Science and Art Center served as the backdrop Tuesday for scenes in the independent romantic comedy Her Name is Me. Production on the film - written and directed by 2001 Marietta High School graduate Chad Eddy - started in the area on June 7 [2010] and is expected to wrap up Thursday...........The movie tells the story of two people who fall in love after meeting on an Internet dating site, but a past one-night stand re-emerges to ruin everything.......Giselle Brasseur is portraying the female lead, Maggie. This was her first experience with this type of project, she said. "In school, I did Broadway theaters and small student films," said Brasseur, answering questions in a French accent that disappeared when she performed her scenes as an American Character. Originally from France but now living in New York, Brasseur attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She said she has enjoyed her time in Marietta, which she described as different than what she's used to." (http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/531180.html?nav=5061) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Rachel Valinsky and Amandine Bressand in a video, "Eight People", written and directed by Flavia Casa (Click on link below) -- Rachel Valinsky & Amandine Bressand on Vimeo Back to Top 2009● If you are a member of Facebook, you can see a great video of the class of ’09 posted by Paul Sara, by clicking on the link below.-- Class of '09 video Back to Top 2010 Elodie Jacques, Louise Malle, and Marianne Barthelemy (all '10)  Left to right: Margot Monges, Elodie Jacques,Marie Bellanger, Naomi Gaye, Marie-Lilas Onanga, Lucie Monges ● Elodie Jacques wrote: "I am sending you two pictures of my friends and me at the LFNY last year. The first in black and white is a picture of the college terminales....and the second one is the graduation. These two pictures mean a lot to me." (The pics that Elodie sent us are above) Back to Top |
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