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Class NotesClick on a class year or scoll down.
--Editors' Highlights-- --Editors' Highlights-- ● Our Feature Article -Les docteurs du LFNY- describes the backgrounds and accomplshments of 140 LFNY alumni who are (or were) health care professionals. It is the 4th in a series of listings of alumni in various categories. The previous three -Les auteurs, Les artistes, and Les 'YouTubiens' du LFNY, can be accessed by clicking on the links below. ● For classical music fans, Henry-Louis de la Grange ('41 or '42) "is universally recognized as the biographer of Gustav Mahler." (See Classes of 1940-46 below for further details) ● Allan (Brassolff) Hamilton ('69) is a Professor of Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Psychology at the University of Arizona. He also runs an equestrian center called Rancho Bosque, in Arizona. (See Class of 1969 below for further details) ● Riccardo Guariglia ('78) has been appointed Ambassador of Italy to Poland. (See Class of 1978 below for further details) ● Myriam Tekaia ('86) co-stars in a new movie released in September 2011 --Le Cochon de Gaza, "une joyeuse comédie qui ne manque pas de profondeur." (See Class of 1986 below for further details) ● After a sold-out event at this year's Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow and great reviews of its performance in Paris, Leilah Broukhim ('96) is bringing her Flamenco show --Dejando Huellas (Traces)-- to New York in February, 2012. (See Class of 1996 below for further details) ● In Memoriam: On a much more somber note, the past two years have been unusually tragic in terms of the loss of many of our classmates who passed away in 2010 and 2011. The In Memoriam section of this newsletter gives more details (click on link below) on these people as well as others who, we found out recently, passed away in the 2000-2009 period. (For a full listing of all alumni whose departures have come to our attention, click on In Memoriam Archives link below) -- Les docteurs du LFNY -- Les 'YouTubiens' du LFNY -- Les auteurs du LFNY -- Les artistes du LFNY -- In Memoriam: This newsletter -- In Memoriam: ARCHIVES Back to Top --Former Professors and Staff-- TOP: Patrick Starck; BOTTOM: Bruno Le Brize  TOP: Christiane Lafon; BOTTOM: Benoît Anger Gréan  TOP: Cecile Acakpo; BOTTOM: André Berly  TOP: Cécile Bourlange; BOTTOM: Virginie Quintallet ● Mme. Christiane Lafon (Proviseur [1983-1987] et Président par interim [1989]) a partagé ceci avec nous: « Merci de votre message qui a réveillé en moi tant de beaux souvenirs . Pouvez-vous dire à ceux que nous avons connus qu’après le décès de mon mari j’ai pu alléger ma solitude en acceptant d’être Vice-Présidente de la Légion d’honneur de la Côte Basque afin d’y assurer un service d’entraide . J’ai pu suivre , de trop loin il est vrai , l’évolution du Lycée français Toujours très attachée à sa belle mission , je souhaite la meilleure réussite à tous ceux qui s’y dévouent. J’ai eu beaucoup de peine en apprenant le décès brutal de Jean François Galy ('69). Je m’associe à la peine des Alumni pour le départ de tous ceux qui nous ont quittés. Avec mes fidèles pensées. » ● Mme. Pascale (Chevalier) Casati-Ollier (Prof. de français et latin, année scolaire 1985) nous écrit: "J’ai enseigné le Français et le Latin au collège en 1984/85, puis suis retournée en France pour mon mariage. J’ai depuis élevé 5 filles et suis revenue vers le scolaire, non plus comme enseignante, mais dans l’encadrement, au Lycée Sainte Marie de Neuilly (où j’ai accueilli une élève du LFNY) et depuis cette rentrée dans le Primaire à Saint Jean de Passy (Paris). J’ai évidemment été très marquée par mon passage au LFNY, et particulièrement par l’opérette que nous avions montée profs/élèves, avec un professeur de théâtre et un professeur de musique exceptionnels. Je les avais retrouvés sur des scènes parisiennes il y a des années (l’un s’appelait Henri et l’autre Rémi), mais n’ai pas repris de nouvelles depuis. Bref, il régnait une bonne ambiance au sein des professeurs qui ne ménageaient ni leurs conseils ni leur aide pour faire progresser la débutante que j’étais." ● M. Benoît Anger Gréan (Prof. de lettres classiques et modernes, années scolaires 1986-1994) nous a envoyé une "liste et les liens de mes publications en tant que poète, mais je crois que cela vous est déjà connu mis à part les deux livres les plus récents, PSB 24 et PSA 14, ainsi que les deux textes publiés sur le site rhuthmos." (Click on PdF file below to view the list) ● M. Jean-François Genay (Censeur et prof. de 7eme, années scolaires 1968-1973) told us that he "is now the General Representative of the Mission Laïque Française in North America. The Mission Laïque Française is a French non-profit organization managing and/or providing services to 120 schools in the world including 20 schools in the United Sates. He is based in Portland, Oregon." ● Ms. Yoka Verdoner (Prof. d'anglais, années scolaires 1962-1967) wrote: "I am currently living in Oakland, CA, and am slowly ending my psychotherapy practice here. In April 2011, I had the very great pleasure of a mini-reunion in Paris with Roger Liwer ('68) and Nina Bernstein ('68) -- after roughly forty-five years. It was truly wonderful! Thank you, Roger and Nina, for your warm hospitality, your extensive (!) tours of Paris, and your delightful company. I can't say enough about how enjoyable it was and the good memories of meeting again with you." ● M. François Bouvier (Prof. de maths et de sciences naturelles, années scolaires 1969-1972) nous écrit: "J’ai enseigné la biologie au Lycée de 1968 à 1972, en classes de premières et terminales. Souvenirs emplis de chaleur. Bonheur de vivre au milieu de ces élèves que j’appréciais tant, de leur ouvrir l’esprit sur une discipline d’apparence secondaire (du moins si l’on se réfère aux coefficients du bac) et de constater que beaucoup d’entre eux y ont fait une brillante carrière par la suite. Plaisir aussi de créer ce « laboratoire » au sous-sol, qu’il m’a fallu équiper entièrement, disposant des moyens importants que me fournit alors l’administration. J’eus même la chance de pouvoir l’équiper d’un système vidéo, bien rare à l’époque. Et puis la vie a tourné, je suis revenu en France, devenant successivement universitaire toulousain, haut-fonctionnaire au ministère français de la Recherche, puis au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, et conseiller scientifique à la Région Ile-de-France. Tout ceci est raconté dans mon site : http://www.fbouvier.fr . Retraité depuis quelques années, je consacre mon temps, partagé entre Paris et le Périgord, d’une part à l’édition, comme directeur de la collection scientifique d’Albin Michel, et d’autre part à la présidence des carrières des élèves et anciens de l’Ecole normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm, au cœur du quartier latin, tout en donnant quelques conférences sur… l’histoire de l’Art. Je suis toujours très enthousiaste à revoir mes anciens élèves (certains très régulièrement) et recevoir des nouvelles de ces jeunes personnes devenues personnalités souvent importantes, et partager avec eux souvenirs ou se mêlent nostalgie, pensées et rires. Je serais heureux de recevoir vos saluts amicaux (ou sévères !) par mail à francois@fbouvier.fr" (To view a recent photo of M. Bouvier with his grandchildren as well as souvenirs of his teaching days at the LFNY, click on PdF file below) ● « Patrick Starck [Prof. d'informatique, année scolaire 1984] est Corporate Senior Vice President et General Manager, EMEA Sales, basé à Paris...... Avant de rejoindre CA Technologies en avril 2006, M. Starck était directeur général de HP France et vice-président, directeur général du groupe TSG (Technology Solutions Group) en charge des serveurs, systèmes de stockage, logiciels et services de HP pour l'Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l'Afrique.....Avant de rejoindre HP, M. Starck a passé sept ans chez Compaq.....M. Starck a débuté sa carrière informatique chez IBM en 1984, en tant que développeur de logiciels, suite à une brève mission au Lycée Français de New York et après avoir obtenu un diplôme d’ingénieur à l'École supérieure d'électricité (SUPELEC).....» (http://www.ca.com/fr/about/content.aspx?cid=145747) ● « New Director at Lycée Français La Pérouse de San Francisco: M. Bruno Le Brize [Prof. de classes élémentaires, années scolaires 200-2004] ....... a une licence de sociologie. Il est titulaire de l’Education Nationale depuis quinze ans. Il fut professeur des écoles pendant onze années, dont quatre années passées au Lycée Français de New York. Il est devenu directeur d’école et formateur à l’Institut de Formation des Maîtres dans la région parisienne avant que l’AEFE ne le recrute pour l’envoyer diriger le campus de Ashbury. » (http://www.lelycee.org/life/new%20directors.en.php) ................................................................................ Videos of former LFNY prof.'s on the internet: ● Voeux de Françoise Moulin Civil, présidente de l'université de Cergy-Pontoise (Click on link below)  -- François Bouvier and family -- Publications of Benoît (Anger) Gréan-- Françoise Moulin Civil on DailyMotion Back to Top 1940-1946_Raimbault_FINAL_2.jpg) Dr. Ginette (Girardey) Raimbault ('40) and one of her books  Henry-Louis de la Grange ('41 or '42) and one of his books  TOP: Jacqueline (Dutacq) Le Hanaff ('43); BOTTOM: Ludmila Svetlana (Alexeieff) Rockwell ('44) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Dr. Baruj Benacerraf ('40) (†August 2, 2011) ● Maurice R. Raviol ('44) (†February 28, 2011) ● José-Maria de Gamboa ('45) (†December, 2009) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ............................................................................... ● Dr. Ginette (Girardey) Raimbault ('40) est "Directeur de recherches à l'INSERM en retraite. [Elle est] diplômée de l'Université de Columbia de New-York, de l'Institut de Psychologie de Paris, [et] elle est Docteur en médecine, psychiatre et a suivi une formation de psychanalyste. Elle a suivi, à Londres, la formation du Docteur Michaël Balint, le fondateur du mouvement pour la formation psychologique des médecins et travailleurs sociaux. Elle a l'occasion de donner de nombreuses conférences en France et à l'étranger sur son expérience de psychanalyste à l'Hôpital des Enfants Malades à Paris, où elle a côtoyé des enfants atteints de maladies mortelles, leurs familles et leurs soignants, et recueilli leurs paroles." (http://www.canal-u.tv/auteurs/raimbault_ginette) ● Miriam (Lipschutz) Yevick ('41) wrote: "I attended the Lycée Francais de NY during the schoolyear 1940-1941, when I obtained my first bachot with mention - I forgot what. We had arrived from Europe in August 1940 after a three month flight from the Nazis' invasion of Holland and Belgium. I have written an account of our Odysee, starting from Antwerp on May 10, 1940, where we lived at the time......Most memorable from my educational point of view, was the interview I had with M. Brodin. I had first entered an American high school, where they put me back two years because I had not studied civics or American literature. I was desperate to get out of the trap and to continue my Lycée education. My father, since we had not brought much money with us, begged the principal to give me a scholarship (tuition at that time was $500). M. Brodin agreed and then had me tested. There was a wonderful math teacher (I think his name was M. Klein) who asked me to write down a fifth degree polynomial with positive coefficients, which I did painlessly. He then gave me some advice which I have harkened to always follow in my mathematical carreer. "When you have a math problem, don't immediately start writng and calculating. First see it in your head, see it as a whole and only then do the detailed work." I actually skipped one year since I had been in the troisieme in Belgium. The Lycée put me in 1ere. Then I went to NYU for college and they gave me a year of advanced standing for my Lycée studies. So I graduated in two years and went on to MIT, and ended up as the fifth woman to earn a PhD in mathematics from that Institution. Sort of a breathless career. But after the Ph.D. I was unable to find an academic job, being that I was a woman in the filed of mathematics." (Miariam also shared with us a true story of her youth entitled "Gloves." Go to Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below.) ● Henry-Louis de La Grange ('41 or '42) "(b.1924) studied music at Yale University, then in Paris with Yvonne Lefébure and Nadia Boulanger. Music critic for numerous French and foreign journals and periodicals, and adjunct lecturer for the Université de Tours, he is also universally recognized as the biographer of Gustav Mahler. His monumental work on the composer was published in English [and in] French and is in the process of a revised, augmented, and complete edition (four volumes) in English. Furthermore he is the author of the two-volume « Vienne. Une Histoire Musicale » . He also organized the Alziprato Festival in Corsica (1974-1979); assisted the Musée d¹Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1985 with a large Mahler exhibition; and collaborated with the Théâtre du Châtelet with its Mahler cycle in 1989, as well as with that of Lyons in (1991-1994). He was the artistic director of the Mahler Festwoche in Toblach (Southern Tyrol) in 1986, and a co-organizer of the Mahler Festival of Amsterdam in 1995." (http://www.mediathequemahler.org/en/institution/henry-louis-de-la-grange.html) (Click on link below for an extensive biography on Wikipedia) ● Ludmila Svetlana (Alexeieff) Rockwell ('44) wrote: "At the age of 88 I am doing really very well. I have been painting and having shows of my work which consists in making abstract pastels of the New England Coastline. I also curate the graphic works of my father the illustrator of rare books Alexandre ALEXEIEFF. I worked with the Museum of Russian Literature and the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow this year for an exhibit which showed fifteen of his books during august and september. A magnificent catalogue is available through the publisher Vita Nova in St.Petersburg Russia. I also helped the director of the Fondation Art ex East in Geneva to publish 115 illustrations for Cervantes's Don Quichotte's book which was printed by the Rigal printers in Fontenay aux Roses,France. My memoirs "Snapshots" are to be published in Saint Petersburg as well. My three daughters Dominique Valery and Alexandra are very active in the Boston area and my son Alexandre is teaching film directing at NYU. I had the great pleasure of seeing Claudine Herrman ('44) this fall who came to Boston and went with me to Provincetown Mass., a place we cherish and remembered well from the forties. Claudine is working on her father's letters and intends to publish them. We have been in touch also with Claire Nicolas ('44), Jean Alvarez de Toledo ('44) and Michel Grinberg ('44). The hard part about getting old is that you see your friend vanish like flies . If you read this note and are still alive please read my website (click on link below) and get in touch with me." ● Michel Guggenheim (’44) (Ph.D., Yale University) is Professor Emeritus of French at Bryn Mawr College -- In Memoriam: Dr. Baruj Benacerraf ('40), Maurice Raviol ('44) , & José-Maria de Gamboa ('45) -- Ludmila Svetlana (Alexeieff) Rockwell's website -- GLOVES, by Miriam (Lipschutz) Yevick ('41) -- Henry-Louis de la Grange on Wikipedia Back to Top 1947 Edward Perry Gaskell ('47) ● Edward Perry Gaskell shared this with us: ""Triste histoire. Geneviève, mon épouse de 57 années est décédée le 16 juin. Alors, impossible pour moi de rester seul à la maison. J'ai déménagé, et je vis juste en dehors de Washington dans un immeuble de retraite pour officiers de marine. C'est superbe, et ma fille habite à cinq minutes. Après un temps très difficile, je me suis remis, et je travaille maintenant à organiser et décorer mon appartement ici." Perry also added, regarding the photo we found (above) on his Facebook page: "The photo is fine, but doesn't explain why I am running in a 5k race. I was the only resident to enter! It was a fund-raising event to benefit the wounded soldiers from the war. They never expected an 83-year old ancien like me to enter. At least they have stopped bothering me to participate in the exercise classes! I am still struggling to organize my apartment after Thanksgiving with my son in Baton Rouge. Salut a tous les anciens, surtout a ceux qui sont plus agés que moi!" Back to Top 1948_Ristich_de_Groote3.jpg) Michèle (Delahaye) Ristich de Groote ('48), at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Gabriel Dognin(†August 19, 2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................. ● Michèle (Delahaye) Ristich de Groote nous a écrit au sujet "d'un voyage qu'organise au mois de mai pour célébrer l'amitié franco-américaine, un ancien élève du lycée Paul Berçot ('48). Ce voyage aura lieu aux EU en Virginie, particulièrement dans les sites des batailles de Chesapeake et de Yorktown avec des visites de Philadelphie, Williamsburg, Annapolis et Washington. Toute personne intéressée peut s'y inscrire. C'est un voyage qui se fait en collaboration avec le Cercle de la Mer. Il y aura notamment une réception officielle avec les autorités navales américaines à Norfolk." (For further details at the Cercle de la Mer website, click on link below.) ● Michèle (Delahaye) Ristich de Groote nous a aussi envoyé un compte-rendu d'une réunion recente avec ses 'classmates': "Pour célébrer son anniversaire (nous ferons l'économie des années, nous sommes toujours jeunes) Françoise Deloraine (Revuz par son mariage) a invité quelques anciens du lycée, classe de '48. Il y avait Michèle Delahaye (maintenant Ristich de Groote) son inséparable de l'époque, Françoise Bonnet (maintenant Brown), Brigitte Dognin (maintenant Fay) et Geneviève Rondon-Arnoux, Nicole Minor(qui avait épousé un de nos professeurs Monsieur Rivaud) et enfin quand même un homme --Paul Berçot. Après plus de soixante ans, c'était vraiment sympathique de se retrouver. On a parlé de tous ceux dont on se souvenait du temps du Lycée pendant la guerre et surtout on aurait aimé avoir des nouvelles de ceux de la classe dont nous n'avions plus jamais entendu parler et savoir quel avait été leur parcours: Lucienne Breffort, Roland Zaharo, Roland Lacroix, William Massée, Nadine Bertin, Sandra Nebolsine et de tant d'autres que nous connaissions bien mais qui n'étaient pas dans notre classe. On les voyait sur la terrasse du toit pendant la récré et on les croisait dans l'étroit escalier des élèves. Nous savions que de notre classe, Marie-Rose Wormser, Annie Chaillou, Muriel Cournand, Marie-Thérèse Bonavita, Charles de Chambrun, Bernard Varney et Claude Tripet étaient décédés. Mais des autres nous ne savions plus rien et c'était frustrant. Même si autour de la table nous n'avions plus grand'chose en commun, nous avions beaucoup à raconter et il y avait en commun ce merveilleux souvenir du Lycée Français de New York." -- In Memoriam: Gabriel Dognin -- Cercle de la Mer website Back to Top 1949 Dr. Nicole Baumann and her book  Two books by Lux Boelitz-Vidal ('49) _Orton.jpg) Ruth (Altmann) Orton ('49) ● Eléonore Zimmermann nous a écrit qu'elle "pleure la perte de son compagnon de 38 ans, Sverre Lyngstad, décédé le 2 mai 2011. Professeur de lettres, né en Norvège, il était connu pour ses traductions du Norvégien, de Knut Hamsun en particulier, sur qui il a écrit une longue étude (Knut Hamsun. novelist, a Critical Assessment) et dont il a traduit tous les romans les mieux connus, notamment Hunger, ainsi que plusieurs romans d'autres auteurs norvégiens contemporains." ● "I was an M.D. student when in 1971 I entered the Neurochemistry Lab of Hôpital de la Salpêtrière to meet with Dr. Nicole Baumann and discuss with her the possibility of receiving some training in neurochemistry........Nicole had received an M.D.–Ph.D. training. Humdrum nowadays, this was certainly not the case in France in the mid 20th century. Such a double training was even more exceptional for a young woman neurologist. But is there anything that is not exceptional in Nicole’s career? As an M.D., she specialized in neurology mostly at Hospital de la Salpêtrière, birthplace of neurology......Energy, passion, enthusiasm in the search for excellence. These are the qualities that probably best define Nicole Baumann. This is how I’ve always known Nicole, how she still is, and how we all wish her to remain." (To read the entire article, click on link below) (Source: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m016t5hl740px235/) ● Lux Boelitz Vidal "is a professor of the Department of Social Anthropology of the University of Sao Paolo. She is the author of several books about the indigenous culture, in addition to advising various indigenous communities." "She graduated with a BA from Sarah Lawrence College (1951), MS in Social Science (Social Anthropology) from the University of São Paulo (1972) and doctorate in Social Science (Social Anthropology) from the University of São Paulo (1973)....She is Advisor of the Research Foundation of the State of São Paulo and Advisor of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development......" "involved in the creation of organizations' indianists in Brazil, always acting in defense of the indigenous peoples. Founding member of the Iepe - Institute of Research and Training Indigenous...." (http://www5.usp.br/?s=lux%20boelitz%20vidal&busca=g) -- Dr. Nicole Baumann Back to Top 1950 Philippe Dennery ('50)  Catherine (Rocherolle) Roger Lepoutre ('50) and her children ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Claude Duthuit (†May 16, 2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Anne (Benech) Cirier wrote: "I like the video [that you] added to Ted Morgan's name [in Class Notes]. We are almost twins: We had our first communion together in D.C. at The Sacred Heart's Church, then were together at the LFNY, then also as students in Paris for a while. My parents knew his, and he is my daughter's godfather." ● Catherine (Rocherolle) Roger Lepoutre nous écrit: "C'est grâce a mon amie Anne (Benech) Cirier ('50), ancienne du Lycée Français de New York, que je vous envoie quelques nouvelles et quelques photos. Elle me parle souvent de l'Association des Anciens du Lycée avec beaucoup d'enthousiasme....." (To continue reading Catherine's message, which was accompanied by numerous photos of her family and of her art, click on the PdF file below) ● Philippe Dennery is a Trustee of The American University of Paris: "From 1990 to 1999 [he] was President, Director General of Société Dennery where he directed this European interior construction company. He managed major projects in the Middle East and Africa, and in France. Previously, Mr. Dennery was a research physicist at the University of Pennsylvania and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the recipient of the Silver Medal of the French Academy of Architecture for outstanding accomplishments in the field of architecture. Mr. Dennery’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are in theoretical physics. (B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Columbia University)" (http://auptrustees.com/philippedennery.html) -- Catherine (Rocherolle) Roger Lepoutre's full message for her classmates-- In Memoriam: Claude Duthuit Back to Top 1951_Higonnet.jpg) Martine (Lazard) Higonnet ('51) at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● José Huertas-Jourda (†March 1, 2007) ● Raymond Ostinett (†October 12, 2008) ● Cecil Altmann (†July 28, 2008) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Martine (Lazard) Higonnet wrote: "At a recent dinner party at the Cercle de la Mer, in Paris, I was happy to meet two LFNY alumni, not quite classmates but almost, one being Paul Berçot (48) and the other Nicole Minor ('48). At Théatre Montparnasse I saw Coralie Seyrig acting the part of Madame de Vilmorin: Coralie is Delphine Seyrig's ('50) niece. Another great pleasure was an encounter with Claude Duthuit ('50) who inquired about Claudette Jobin ('50), whose brother was in my class. Pour vous dire un mot de mes activités, je porte depuis un certain temps un intérêt croissant au personnage d'Othello et serait heureuse de pouvoir correspondre avec des collègues anglicistes. Let me address to all the former LFNY students of my generation who may remember me, or not, "Good Joy", a greeting I found in Shakespeare, and suitable for the New Year." -- In Memoriam: Raymond Ostinett , José Huertas Jourda, and Cecil Altmann Back to Top 1952 André Jobin ('52) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Valentin Berger (†June 16, 2010) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................. ● Robert Daniel Vock nous écrit: "Comme elle le fait chaque année à l'invitation de l'Alliance Française of Greenwich, CT, Jeanine Plottel ('52) y tiendra une conférence cet automne et y sera accueillie par Daniel Vock ('52). Elle parlera du monde capitaliste et des rouages de la bourse et des marchés, des grandes sociétés anonymes financières et industrielles, de mines, de chemins de fer, et de transports, de banques, des conseils d’administration. Financements occultes, malversations des uns et des autres: s'agit-t-il de Wall Street au 21ème siècle? Et bien non: c'est Émile Zola qui démonte ces machinations et se sert des figures et des faits réels de la fin du dix-neuvième siècle. Loïc Gallais ('52) et Daniel Vock se sont rendu en Grande Bretagne cet été pour y visiter des cousins, tandis que Colette Newman ('52) a traversé l'Atlantique dans le sens inverse pour passer quelque temps dans sa famille à Boston. Loïc, son épouse Mireille, et Colette ont déjeuné ensemble chez Loïc à Paris, et Jeanine et son mari Roland ont dégusté un repas gastronomique préparé et servi par Susan Vock dans son domicile de Greenwich. Tous les quatre restent en contact permanent." ● André Jobin: "Ténor, comédien, metteur en scène (Québec, 20 janvier 1933). Après 10 années passées à New York, il se rendit à Paris où sa famille s'était établie et commença l'étude de l'art dramatique..... Il devint membre de la Compagnie Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud avec laquelle il joua en Europe ainsi qu'aux États-Unis et au Canada en 1952. Parallèlement, il étudia le chant, d'abord avec sa mère puis avec Janine Micheau..... Il débuta en 1958 dans Nouvelle-Orléans, comédie musicale..... Il aborda l'année suivante l'opérette classique, particulièrement l'opérette viennoise, dont les premiers rôles mettaient en valeur son double talent de chanteur et de comédien. Il se tourna vers l'opéra en 1963...... En 1970, il joua La Chauve-Souris à Genève et La Veuve joyeuse à la télévision de la SRC. Sa carrière prit une nouvelle orientation au milieu de 1971 alors qu'il accepta l'invitation du producteur Harold Fielding et joua à Londres le rôle de Gaylord Ravenal dans une production de Showboat de Jerome Kern à l'Adelphi Theatre. Son succès comme tête d'affiche fut considérable si bien qu'il resta près de trois ans à Londres, chantant ce rôle 935 fois.... le quotidien L'Aurore écrivit (17 novembre 1978) : « André Jobin est le ténor-maison par excellence. Il a de la jeunesse, du souffle, de la séduction et il est de ceux qui ne craignent pas plus le contre-ut que la demi-teinte. » " (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=Q1ARTQ0003855) -- In Memoriam: Valentin Berger Back to Top 1953 TOP: Catherine (Nebolsine) Coulter ('53); BOTTOM: Marie-Lise Gazarian ('53)  Peter Herford ('53) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Pierre Treuil (†2000) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ........................................................................... ● Peter Herford wrote: "I would enjoy hearing from anyone of the ancient tribe. My life in China continues, nine years and still teaching and living in Shantou about 300 kilometers up the South China coast from Hong Kong. If anyone from any class finds themselves in the vicinity, let me know and come spend a day or two in what I call "the real China" not the mega-cities of Beijing and Shanghai. If you are in the fields of journalism, advertising or marketing, all the better, I'll pay your way in from anywhere in China and put you to work with a lecture or two to an exciting generation of students." ● De la part de Nadine (Oppert) Bicher: "J'ai écrit un livre au sujet de ma famille ( très spéciale} qui s'intitule De Babylone à Boston. Ce livre est aussi traduit en anglais. On peut le commander en m’écrivant un courriel." (Editor's note: The parents of Nadine and of her sister Francelyne (Oppert) Lurie ('57) --Yves and Pauline Oppert-- were members of the French resistance during WWII who worked "with a network of Catholic and Protestant volunteers to hide, and save Jewish children left behind by Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and French Jews when they were deported to the concentration camps.....while [their] two daughters were being cared for by Pastor André Trocmé in Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon." At that same time, the parents of another LFNY alum' --Pierre Sauvage ('62)-- were being sheltered in the same town, where Pierre was born towards the end of the war. Read more about the Opperts here: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/fink-paulette-weill-oppert, and about Pierre Sauvage's award-winning documentary about Chambon, Weapons of the Sprit, here: http://chambon.org/) ● Catherine (Nebolsine) Coulter "was born on January 21st 1934 in London, England. [She] practices classical homeopathy half time since 1961, full time since 1974. She has taught since 1975, mainly in the United States. She teaches homeopathic doctors through the preceptorship method. She only works in conjunction with licensed practitioners. She is affiliated with the National Center of Homoeopathy and the Summer School Course for Physicians. (Lecturer on Materia Medica 1977 - 1988) Ms. Coulter is the author of: Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines (3 Volumes)." (http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/catherine_coulter.html) ● "A graduate of Columbia University, Dr. Marie-Lise Gazarian is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature, and Director of the Graduate Program in Spanish at St. John's University......Dr. Gazarian has had a long-standing experience in the promotion of Hispanic culture in the United States, for which she received the Al Mérito Cultural award from the Government of Spain, in 1981, and a Citation of Honor from the Honorable Claire Shulman, President of the Borough of Queens, in 1991 and 2000. She was awarded a Certificate of Special Recognition from the United States Congress in 1997 and a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the Government of Ecuador in 2000.....Dr. Gazarian is the author of countless articles and over 14 books.....[and] a specialist in the works of Gabriela Mistral, Camilo José Cela, Carmen Conde , Ana María Matute, and Elena Poniatowska. An expert in the art of the interview, she has interviewed some of the most famous writers from both Spain and Latin America on CBS, ABC and Channel 47. She has also published interviews in books and literary journals....." (http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/undergraduate/liberalarts/departments/languages/faculty/gazarianm) -- In Memoriam: Pierre Treuil Back to Top 1954 Alexei Sossinski, ('54) and one of his books  Michel Strauss ('54) ● Elizabeth (Reiss) Baecher wrote: "Nothing that great to report other than enjoyment of travel and duplicate bridge, on line, in clubs and at tournaments. Other involvements include politics, blogging, metal detecting, bottle digging and occasional hikes. It would be fun to learn news of former classmates and what is going on in their lives. Perhaps more class stories will show up next year? That will be a great deal more fun than hearing echos of my own voice!" ● Pictures, Passions and Eye: A Life at Sotheby’s, by Michel Strauss: "[He] embarked on an enduring love affair at the age of six when he saw for the first time paintings by Manet, Monet and Degas: the passion aroused by these artists never left him. This passion, this ‘eye’ as he calls it led to his becoming Head of the Impressionist Department at Sotheby’s where he remained for forty years. He describes the personalities he met along the way: the collectors, the dealers, the colleagues and even the forgers, as well as the clients who shared his passion....." (http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/Pictures-Passions-and-Eye/Michel-Strauss/book_9781905559213.htm) ● Alexei Sossinsky: "Born in Paris (1937) of Russian emigre parents. French primary and secondary education, BS degree from New York University (1957), MS (1961) and PhD(1965) from Moscow State University. Taught at MSU (1963-1974) as assistant and then associate professor of the Topology Chair..... He was forced to leave MSU for political reasons in 1974, worked as the math editor of Kvant magazine (1975-1989), wrote several articles and did a lot of creative rewriting of popular science materials for Kvant. He was (and still is) active in the International Mathematics Tournament of Towns (in particular in its Summer Schools). He resumed teaching at the university level after perestroika (1989), first at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, and then at the Independent University of Moscow. Was the Moderator of the Panel Mathematiques et Grand Public at the First Congress of the European Mathematical Union (Paris 1992).....He has written several popular science booklets in mathematics..... Alexei is basically a research mathematician (algebraic and geometric topology) and university teacher, without any published research work in mathematical education, but has always had a strong interest in mathematical education, mathematics competitions, and the popularization of mathematics." (http://www.amt.edu.au/icmis16participants.html) Back to Top 1955 TOP: Yves-Albert Feder ('55); BOTTOM: Bruno Quinson ('55) ● Yves Feder nous écrit: "Si cela vous interesse, mon CV pour nos concerts satiriques de musique classique est dans ce link. [click on link below] Comme vous verrez, je ne suis pas tres serieux :-) " ● From Bruno A. Quinson's website: "In 1996, after 36 years in book publishing I retired from the business and decided I wanted to be involved directly in the arts. Not just serve on some boards as a trustee, but actually physically participate in the arts. During the summer of 1996 I signed up for a charcoal drawing course at the Interlaken School of Art, now known as IS183, located just outside of Stockbridge, MA.....For the summer I have built a studio in my home in the Berkshires where I try to go work at least 5 days a week for approximately 3 hours at a time. Painting just puts me into another world....... I sign my paintings "Grand-Pere Quinson" to remind my grandchildren and great grandchildren when they do come along of my French heritage. My book publishing career began at Simon & Schuster in 1960 after I graduated from Williams College and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. After 5 years I went to Golden Books for another 5 years and then became President of Larousse & Co., a subsidiary of Librairie Larousse in Paris, France. I stayed 12 years then moved to Macmillan Publishing as President of its General Books and Reference Division. In 1988 I became CEO, Publisher and President of Henry Holt & Co a subsidiary of the Holtzbrinck Publishing empire out of Stuttgart, Germany from which I retired in 1996. Today I serve as a Trustee of the Museum of the City of New York, the Leopold Schepp Foundation, Graywolf Publishing. I have also served on a number of other boards, among them, the Eudora Welty Foundation, Manhattan Theater Club, the Robert Frost Place and the Lycee Francais de New York to name just a few." (http://brunoaquinson.com/about.php) -- Yves Feder's website Back to Top 1956 Dr. Edward Tarlov ('56) and his book ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Joseph Arseguel (†April, 2011) ● Serge F. Angiel (†August 27, 2008) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ......................................................................... ● Dr. Edward Tarlov "was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1938, the son of a Professor of Neurosurgery and an accomplished artist and sculptress. At Harvard he was Lampoon President and Ivy orator, and at the University of Chicago he won the Gellhorn Prize in Neurophysiology and the American academy of Neurology Research Prize. He trained on the Halsted Surgical Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.......He had his Neurosurgical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital.....In 1977 after five years on the attending staff at the MGH he joined Dr Charles Fager at the Lahey Clinic. Dr Tarlov’s work since that time has focused on general clinical neurosurgery and posterior fossa microsurgery...... He has had a 35-year experience with about 2000 operations for tic douloureux. He has also had a great interest in spinal surgery. He is the author of 60 articles and a book and editor of two books on subjects related to the spine.....In 1969 he married Suzanne Roffler.....Together they have raised Dr.Nicholas Tarlov, a Neurologist who is doing a fellowship in Interventional Stroke Neurology at the Boston Medical Center, and Katherine, who is a premedical student at Harvard." (http://westnsurg.org/society/bio.aspx?MemberID=3498) -- In Memoriam: Joseph Arseguel & Serge Aniel Back to Top 1957 TOP: Marie-Paule Rondepierre ('57); BOTTOM: Jaquine (Turrel du Caillaud) Arnold ('57) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Robert H. Abady (†March 19, 2008) ● Marc Pelanne (†September, 2001) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) .......................................................................... ● Pierre Pelanne has retired from the United Nations staff where he had been in charge of professional recruitment. ● Marie-Paule Rondepierre est "adhérente de l'Association France Etats-Unis de Loir & Cher, et membre du Conseil d'Administration. Retraitée, education aux USA (New York), carrière au sein d'entreprises internationales (French Line, Colgate Palmolive, Publicis pour De Beers, Cointreau, Grand Hotel Café de la Paix), chambre d'hôtes aux Montils, adhésion à France Etats-Unis 41 pour maintenir des contacts Franco-Américains et faire de nouvelles connaissances dans cette région." (http://www.france-etatsunis41.com/marie-paule-rondepierre.html) -- In Memoriam: Robert Abady & Marc Pelanne Back to Top 1958 TOP: Firouz Vakil ('58); BOTTOM: Daniel Labeille ('58) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Valérie (de Bourmont) Eldridge (†January 2003) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ............................................................................... ● Daniel Labeille told us that he "is retired after a long career teaching theatre at the college and university level. He and his wife, Grace, live in the Finger Lakes area of New York State." ● Alexander N. Rossolimo "is an American think tank executive, entrepreneur, and corporate director. [He] was born in Paris. His parents were Nicolas Rossolimo, an International Grandmaster of Chess, and Véra (née Boudakovitch). At age twelve, he emigrated with his parents to the United States, settling in New York, where he attended Stuyvesant High School and the Lycée Français de New York. [He] graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the City College of New York, where he was awarded the Belden gold medal in mathematics and the Blonder Tongue Award in electronics, and was elected to the national engineering honor societies Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. He attended graduate school at Harvard University, where he had a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, and received an M.A. in applied mathematics and in 1973 a Ph.D. in applied physics.....That same year, he received a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of Management. During 1991-93, he was a Visiting Fellow in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University." (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alexander-N-Rossolimo/140055012679117) -- In Memoriam: Valérie (de Bourmont) Eldridge Back to Top 1959_de_Brissac_FINAL.jpg) Jacqueline (de Contades) de Brissac ('59) and her book ● "Madame la Duchesse de Brissac, née Jacqueline de Contades, d'une illustre famille languedocienne dont la noblesse est prouvée depuis 1317........épouse en 1958 François de Cossé, Marquis de Brissac qui devient au décès de son père le 13ème Duc de Brissac. La Duchesse est mère de cinq enfants et grand-mère de quinze petits enfants. Elle a partagé sa vie entre la gestion du Château de Brissac et des actions bénévoles : Secouriste, monitrice de secourisme, et ambulancière de la Croix-Rouge. En 1975 elle entreprit des études de théologie [et] fut reçue en 2003 à son doctorat de théologie soutenu auprès de la Faculté de Théologie de Lugano (Suisse). Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages....." (http://www.stlz.org/le-grand-prieur-de-france.html) Back to Top 1960 Martha (Neustadter) Mendelson ('60)  Ludina Barzini ('60) and her book ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Phillippe Leguay (†March 2001) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter, or click on link below, for souvenirs of Philippe by his classmates Jean van Rijckevorsel and Jean-Claude Valode) ................................................................................. ● Ludina Barzini "is an Italian journalist and writer. As a journalist, she worked at 'Espresso', the "Corriere della Sera" and "Stampa". Editor of "Reader's Digest Selection" from 1971 to 1987, was responsible for the Rome office of RCS Publishers. She has conducted radio programs for Rai Uno and for Rai Sat Premium and participated in various television programs. Elected town councillor in Milan with the Liberal Party in 1986, was appointed commissioner for culture. She was a member of the Governing Council of the Venice Biennale and of the Council of the Aspen Institute of Italy. She is a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic." (http://www.booksworld.it/ludina-barzini-biografia.php) -- In Memoriam: Philippe Leguay Back to Top 1961 At the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY; LEFT: Jean-Paul Olivier ('61); MIDDLE: Jean-Claude Valode ('61); RIGHT: Anne (Giraud) Lamassiaude ('61)  Benedetta Barzini ('61) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Aude-Monique Courtines (†2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................. ● Barbara (Bailer) Smiley told us that she "is retired from teaching and is living in Columbia, SC." ● Benedetta Barzini "(born September 22, 1943, in Porto Santo Stefano) is an Italian actress and model, daughter of Italian journalist and author Luigi Barzini, Jr. and his second wife, heiress Paola Gadola Feltrinelli....She was a model from 1963-1969 and established a successful fashion career in New York City. In December 1966, she was named one of the "100 Great Beauties of the World" by the American fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar. That same year, Barzini became involved with, and later engaged to, New York poet and media artist Gerard Malanga, an early collaborator of Andy Warhol. Malanga's black-and-white film In Search of the Miraculous (1967) is an emotional, vivid poem of adoration for Barzini. She was clearly headed for the top rank of New York models, but decided to return to Italy to act. She met Italian film director Roberto Faenza, and they married in 1969....In 1973 she left the modeling business to become a Marxist and radical feminist organizer in her hometown of Milan. She joined the Italian Communist Party. As of 2008, she is teaching in Milan." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetta_Barzini) -- In memoriam: Aude-Monique Courtines Back to Top 1962_Wright_&_granddaughter.jpg) Marjorie (Zilliacus) Wright ('62) and her granddaughter Melanie  Agnès Claret de Fleurieu ('62) ● Marjorie (Zilliacus) Wright "and her 15 year old granddaughter, Melanie, spent a wonderful week in Paris last July. Photo taken [above] on the Seine boat ride after a busy (and crowded) visit to the Louvre. " ● Jean-Michel Cousin wrote: "Thanks for your continuing efforts in favor of the class of 1962 ! You may want to inform the alumni that I am now retired and living in Nice. Should any of them wish to make contact with me I would be delighted to exchange news." ● Madeleine (Barraud) de Bérard was kind enough to share with us a Conte de Printemps that she wrote, entitled L’aviateur et les hirondelles, "une histoire absolument vraie arrivée à mon grand oncle l’an dernier." (See Alumni Creative section of newsletter, or click on link below) ● Claude Lestelle sent us a humorous discourse on "Franglais" which can be read in the Alumni Creative section of this newsletter (or click on link below). ● Agnès Claret de Fleurieu: "Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mérite et Chevalier du mérite agricole. Diplômée de Sciences Po, ENA promotion 1976, et ancien auditeur de la 45ème session des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Inspecteur Général de l’Equipement depuis 1995 et membre du Conseil Général des Ponts et Chaussées, elle est la première femme issue de l’ENA à y occuper les fonctions de Président de section.........Elle a préalablement à sa nomination à l’Inspection Générale de l’Equipement en 1995, occupé des fonctions de responsabilité croissante comme chargée de mission à la Direction des Affaires Economiques du Ministère de la Coopération (1966-1968), chargée de mission à la direction des Industries Agricoles et alimentaires; Assistant au Fonds d’Orientation et de Régularisation des Marchés Agricoles ;et chargée de mission au cabinet de Michel Cointat, ministre de l’Agriculture (questions budgétaires et internationales) (1970-1972). A la sortie de l’ENA, elle a, de 1976 à 1980 comme jeune Administrateur Civil au Ministère des Transports (Mer), été en charge des négociations internationales maritimes bilatérales. De 1980 à 1987 elle a été successivement été Attaché Financier près la Représentation Permanente de la France auprès des Communautés Economiques, Conseiller des Affaires Etrangères à la Direction d’Europe Etrangères et au Service des Questions Atomiques du Ministère des Affaires et Premier Conseiller à l’Ambassade de France à Yaoundé. En 1987, elle devient la première femme Délégué Général du Comité Central des Armateurs de France. En 1994, elle est, au ministère des affaires étrangères, chargée de mission auprès du Directeur des Français de l’Etranger et des Etrangers en France. Elle rejoint en février de la même année, le Cabinet de Madame Simone VEIL et est nommée, en avril 1995, conseiller auprès du Ministre d’Etat, Ministre des Affaires Sociales de la Santé et de la Ville. De novembre 1996 à janvier 1998, elle est Secrétaire Général du Haut Comité pour le Logement des Personnes Défavorisées et, de janvier 1998 à janvier 1999, Secrétaire Général du Haut Conseil à l'Intégration." (http://www.femmesaaeena.com/interviews.html) -- L’aviateur et les hirondelles, by Madeleine (Barraud) de Bérard -- Echanges culturels, by Claude Lestelle Back to Top 1963 TOP: Janine (Lourie) Jaboulay ('63); BOTTOM: Pierre Caranicas ('63)  TOP: Daniel Carponcy ('63); BOTTOM: Eliana (Pearse) Houston-Boswall ('63)  Paloma Santa Briz ('63) and her son, in October 2008, at a ceremony honoring her father, 'The Angel of Budapest' ● Eliana (Pearse) Houston-Boswall is the "principal founder of Hampton Court House [an independent co-ed school] and the former founder and Head Teacher of the Harrodian. She discovered her passion for teaching at the age of twelve when she mentored her younger sister....[She] studied French and Russian Linguistics at Georgetown University and obtained a postgraduate degree at the Ecole d’Interprètes at the Sorbonne in Paris. Her first job was teaching English as a foreign language at West London College......" (http://www.hamptoncourthouse.co.uk/info/governing-body/lady-eliana-houstoun-boswall/) ● Paloma Sanz Briz: "The Spanish diplomat Angel Sanz Briz, known as the "angel of Budapest" for saving the lives of 5,200 Hungarian Jews in 1944,has been honored by the Ministerio de Exteriores with a commemorative plaque on the facade of the embassy of Spain in the Hungarian capital. In the photo [above] Paloma Santa Briz and her son." (http://www.elimparcial.es:6681/hemeroteca/2008/10/27/contenido/25806.html) Back to Top 1964 Antonio Donini ('64) ● Antonio Donini shared this with us: "After 26 years in the UN, Antonio is a senior researcher at the Feinstein Center at Tufts University where he works on conflict and humanitarian issues. Recently he has been doing fieldwork in Afghanistan and Nepal. He lives in Geneva." Back to Top 1965 TOP: Berit de Koenigswarter ('65); BOTTOM: Monique Lecoufle ('65)  Daniel Braunschvig ('65) ● Renée Marton wrote: "After spending many years running restaurant kitchens, I now teach in culinary school, and research and write about food history. My book on the history of rice will be published in 2012. My next project will be to translate an old French cookbook into English." ● "Berit de Koenigswarter is the perfect example of the multi-faceted artist. In the early days of her career, she worked as a commercial graphic artist in New York City. More recently, she concentrates on creating artwork as a printmaker. She works primarily in Monotype, Etching, Collagraph, Woodcut and Lithography. Her career exhibits the balanced and talented hand of the consummate professional......Berit's pieces have been exhibited at the Musee D'art Moderne, Paris and the New York Printmakers Show. Exhibitions in Scotland include: the Dundee Contemporary Art Center, the Dundee Heritage Trust, Dundee Repertory Theatre, the Society of Scottish Artists at the Edinburgh Royal Academy, the Watermill Gallery-Aberfeldy, the Fortingall Art Exhibition, and the Glasgow Print Studio Summershow. Berit was born in Norway, now lives in New York City. She has received the Venture Magazine Cover Award and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, The School of Visual Arts and Art Students League. She is also a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. Her work can be found in private collections around the world." (http://www.yourart.com/go.php?id=95530&url=aHR0cDovL3d3dzQud2VibmcuY29tL2Jlcml0ZGVrLw==) Back to Top 1966 TOP: Patricia (Hesse) Khosrofian ('66); BOTTOM: Jean-Pierre Marchand ('66 --at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY)  TOP: Gabrielle (Longhi) Chautin ('66); BOTTOM: Ion Pervilhac ('66) _Santi_Weil.2.jpg) Afsaneh (Djahanbani) Santi Weil ('66)  ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Sandra Haas (†July 26, 2011) ● Louise (Loulou) de La Falaise (†November 5, 2011) ● Bruno Grob (†November 11, 2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................ Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Irène Finel-Honigman talks about the Greek government's call for a referendum on the European Union's financing package. (Click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Raymond Morini wrote: "I wish to inform everybody out there that I just spent a terrific week-end in Brussels with Gary Marton ('66) who stopped over while on his way to Paris to see his daughter Simone who's studying at Sciences Po. Gary will be staying at the world famous Paris resort run by Roger Liwer ('68) in the 7ème arrondissement. And may you all prosper in the many years to come." ● Gaby (Longhi) Chautin told us that she "is living with her husband Lee in Westport, CT. One daughter Laura, aged 19 is at Chicago Art Institute and the other, Allegra, 23, is living in London." ● Irène Finel-Honigman wrote: "I am still teaching courses on European Banks and on International Banking at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs. Since 2008, I also lecture and provide media commentary on the crisis in Europe and US-French issues on Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Radio, Le Monde, Radio France International, Radio Suisse, La Libre Belgique. I would be very glad to hear from Lycee classmates. As many of us, I am disappointed that we are no longer on the Lycée mailing lists for events or even information. Thank you for your efforts and hopefully you can help bring alumni back into the Lycee community." ● Heidi Vanderbilt wrote: "I attended the Lycee for the first three years of my education, a very long time ago. I live in Arizona, on a ranch near Tucson, in the foothills of the Rincon Mountains. I rescue and rehabilitate horses, and for many years have been involved in endurance riding. I have ridden the 100-mile-in-a-day Tevis Cup four times, and I manage the 50-mile LuckyPup Ranch Ride here in March. My web site is: www.luckypupranch.com (Click on link below) I am also a writer --fiction, non-fiction and poetry-- and was a contributing editor at Lears magazine. My husband, artist Bernard Fierro, (http://bernardfierroart.com) and I have two grown boys. His son, Ethan Fierro, authored the book, The Outdoor Shower and lives on Maui. My son Jack Harris teaches physics at Yale. In January Bern and I became grandparents to Abraham, who is all things wonderful." (Editor's note: Heidi has also received numerous awards for her writing, including a Special Edgar Allan Poe Award from Mystery Writers of America. Her poetry has appeard in CUTTHROAT: A Journal of the Arts, Stone Country, On Island and other literary journals.) ● Alain Letort told us that he is "Now working at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. and “supering” with the Washington National Opera as opportunities and time permit." ● Diana Henry shared this with us: "This year my photographs were shown at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in DC. Having sold my B&B, I am looking for affordable living space (an apt. share would be ideal) and work space in NYC, as two exhibits there next year will feature or solo my work. I am focusing more uniquely now on preparing to place the collection of 60,000 black and white negatives, and tens of thousands of prints and color slides, of our historic years, at a museum or library of stature. The University of Texas at Austin in 2000 and the Newseum in 2010 were eager to take the work, but with no remuneration, which I need to survive having devoted myself to write the history of social movements in images, and then to archiving it with the ephemera that accompanied these historic events. (See Spotlight page of the website, with Ron Kovic tribute and Jane Fonda reportage) I would appreciate your referring me to an institution you know, and/or to sponsoring the gift of the collection which is currently being sought after for the Special Collections of another large and prestigious university. Oh! et ma fille est super, belle est mariée! Faites-moi signe!" -- In Memoriam: Louise (Loulou) de la Falaise, Sandra Haas, and Bruno Grob -- Irène Finel-Honigman on Bloomberg -- Heidi Vanderbilt's website Back to Top 1967 Catherine (Tabory) Shalen ('67) and Naomi (her fifth granddaughter)  TOP: Patrick Sharrock ('67); BOTTOM: Onyx Orton ('67)  TOP: Dr. Ann Tabor ('67); BOTTOM: by Dr. Daniel Frydman ('67)  Lucien Viola ('67) ● Françoise Fielding wrote: "Am still living in San Francisco, working in Real Estate, and travelling. Just got back from Jordan, Syria and Lebanon in May and am going to Patagonia in December. Am expecting my first grandchild (a girl) in February." ● Dominique de Ziegler chronicles his trip, with his son, sur le Chemin de St. Jacques, during the summer of 2011. (Go to Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below) ● Dr. Ann Tabor is a Professor of Fetal Medicine at Copenhagen University Hospital. ● Dr. Daniel Frydman is a psychiatrist practicing in Paris. « Le docteur D. Frydman [est] spécialiste en psychothérapie, membre de la société européenne de recherche sur le sommeil. [Il] a participé avec sa femme, praticienne des méthodes de relaxation, à la création d'un service spécialisé dans l'étude et le traitement des troubles du sommeil. » -- Voyage au-delà d’hier, sur les plateaux de l’Aubrac, by Dominique de Ziegler Back to Top 1968 TOP: Ms. Yoka Verdoner (Prof. d'Anglais) with Nina Bernstein ('68) and Roger Liwer ('68) (Paris, April 2011); BOTTOM: Philippe Velay ('68) and spouse Lydia  TOP: Henry Hogarth ('68); MIDDLE: Francine Egger-Sider ('68); BOTTOM: Antonia (Pearse) Pavia ('68)  Béatrice Dauberville ('68) and her book  TOP: Isabel de la Serna ('68); MIDDLE: Venus (Monem) Nasri ('68); BOTTOM: Michael Ellis ('68)  TOP: JP Harpignies' new book; BOTTOM (left to right): Eric Sliman ('68), Fred Cabaud ('68), Roger Liwer ('68) (Paris, November 2011) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Cleo (Sheila) Odzer (†March, 2001) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) .............................................................................. Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Maria Oppenheim talks about her art ● JP Harpignies gives a speech on “Psychedelics, Utopianism, and Psycho-Spiritual Inflation” (click on links below) ................................................................................ ● A Bard College classmate of François Cailliarec (deceased in 1994) was kind enough to send us some of his poetry that he wrote when he was at Bard. We publish it posthumously in the Alumni Creative section of this newsletter. (Click on link below) ● Astrid (Middelmann) Motz wrote: "No (special) news from my side - I am still posted between Southern Alsace, Basel and Munich - but looking forward to settling in the Southern Rhine region. I have just bought an apartment which, when it is fit for the purpose once again (some renovation needed) I plan to rent out to visitors to cover costs, until I do move there myself. It's great - and close to Basel, in the center of the blooming city of Weil, yet quiet. The weather is so much better and milder than in Munich that my friends there have started complaining I come there too rarely. Apart from that, I am enjoying retirement and seem to 'suffer' from the usual complaints: too little time - house, garden, neighbors, friends, family across the world, art, museums, Pilates, reading to take care of, and some finance consulting still going on in Munich and Basel, and a shorter or longer trip now and then in either Switzerland, France or Germany. That seems to be it. No more publishing for me, either....." ● Valerie (Pierce) Dornan wrote: "I am teaching high school French and Spanish in Maine. Taking a student group to Montreal. Have been hosting student groups form Colombia. My two daughters and their husbands live here in Maine and second grandchild is due next summer! I myself just remarried in October, to my college flame, Jack Dornan. We are hoping to get some traveling/skiing in. Anyone who comes to New England is very welcome chez nous!" ● “Born in London, Antonia (Pearse) Pavia has been a New Yorker for forty years. A graduate of Barnard and Columbia, she holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology as well as a PhD in Immunology. She spent many years working in cancer research and as an instructor in Immunology and Virology. Since leaving the field of medicine she has taught French language at the high school level and is active as a facilitator for a non-profit parent support organization. Over the last ten years, Antonia has been able to indulge her lifelong love of antiques, art and art history as a student and teacher of decorative painting.” (http://www.thenewstudiony.com/about.html#Antonia_Pavia) ● JP Harpignies wrote: "An autobiography of an old friend of mine that I basically wrote based on his notes and recollections will be out this December. It's called The Magic Carpet Ride: My Life So Far by Souren Baronian with J.P. Harpignies (published by Cool Grove Press, Brooklyn, NY). The fellow in question is an Armenian-American jazz and Middle Eastern musician, now 82 but still going strong, who was most likely the first one to fuse those two genres back in the late 1950s. He's had a wild life and has the most joie-de-vivre of anyone I've ever met, so it's a fun tale, especially for anyone interested in the evolution of jazz or Middle Eastern music or the life and gigs of an unusual master musician over the decades. I also started serving last year (on top of my ongoing long-term eco-oriented work with Bioneers (www.bioneers.org) and other organizations and other writing/editing gigs) as part of the Review Team for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, "an annual international design prize awarding $100,000 to support the development and implementation of a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems. Named "Socially-Responsible Design's Highest Award" by Metropolis Magazine, it seeks bold, visionary, tangible initiatives focused on a well-defined need of critical importance. Winning solutions should be regionally specific yet globally applicable and present a truly comprehensive, anticipatory, integrated approach to solving the world's complex problems." The review team has to go through slews of proposals to help pick 20 or so contenders to hand off to a jury that picks the winner. Anyone working on such initiatives who might want to consider entering should check out the organization's website: www.bfi.org" ● Roger Liwer and his wife Doris Speer have been living in Paris for the past 8 years. They both recently obtained French citizenship and are now dual-nationals. Roger also wrote: "I am attaching for your amusement a letter that M. Brodin wrote to my parents back in 1967 when I was in 1ere. It explains why it was necessary to punish me for wearing a red armband during the lunch hour, in Central Park, on May 1rst. I distinctly remember, however, that it was JP who organized this event!" (Click on Pdf file below to open the document) ● Martine Aballea told us that her art will be displayed at a "solo show, opening on January 28 2012, at the CRAC (Languedoc-Rousillion, Sète). [It will be] an installation called La maison sans fin, a sort of labyrinth to meander through or to contemplate." ● Michael M. Ellis "was born and raised in New York City and .....[He] was educated at the Lycée Français and the Browning School in New York and earned a BA in Economics and Business from Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA., as well as an MBA from Pace University in New York. Following a career as an international banker with Northern Trust, in 1984 he co-founded Computer Catalysts, a banking software company which he subsequently sold to NYNEX. From 1990 to 1999, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Systems, Inc., a financial technology firm he also co-founded. He sold this company to SunGard Data Systems in 1999 and continued to manage the renamed SunGard Banking Systems as President until his retirement in 2001. Ellis is currently the Managing Member of Pantera Partners LLC, a private equity investment and hedge fund consulting firm, and has most recently led a group of investors in purchasing the Copperfield Inn located in North Creek, NY." (http://clarkson.edu/ADK/ellis.html) -- Lettre disciplinaire de M. Brodin-- Posthumous poetry of François Cailliarec -- In Memoriam: Cleo (Sheila) Odzer -- Maria Oppenheim on YouTube -- JP Harpignies on Vimeo Back to Top 1969 Allan (Brassloff) Hamilton ('69) and his book  TOP: Cynthia Fielding-Singh ('69); BOTTOM: Peter Laurence ('69)  TOP: Deborah Press ('69) and her sons; BOTTOM: Donald Zilkha ('69)  TOP: Francis Dumanoir ('69); BOTTOM: Puck Wullenweber ('69)  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Dr. Allan (Brassloff) Hamilton shares his thoughts on horse training ● Dr. Alison Estabrook discusses when women should start getting mammograms. (click on links below) ..................................................................... ● Francis Dumanoir wrote: "It's been an eventful year for the Dumanoir clan. Mariam and I are now effectively empty nesters. Katherine graduated from High School in May and has now started the next leg of studies at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville (beautiful location - and she wanted out of TEXAS!). Danielle, our eldest, graduated from Texas A&M in May (Econ. and French) and is working for BNYMellon - in College Station to stay close to her boyfriend. We're ecstatic that she got a job in this economy! I passed the 60 year milestone back in March....Still kicking....Being empty nesters does have its silver lining: Mariam and I jumped on a quick spur-of-the- moment ten day trip to France in early November to go visit friends in Marciac (Gers). The fall colors were beautiful and the weather cooperated. We ate too much duck in all its forms. Spent less than 48 hours in Paris (WAY too short) on the way back. We're still working but hope to be able to make more trips and see old friends in NY next year (pourquoi pas?). We wish everyone a very happy holiday season, good health and a prosperous new year. Keep in touch!" ● Dr. Allan (Brassloff) Hamilton "is the President of Rancho Bosque LLC. Allan's grandfather was an avid horseman and Austrian cavalry officer who had many opportunities to ride and train with the famous Viennese Spanish Riding School housed in the Hapsburg palace in Vienna. Allan thus acquired an interest in horses at a very early age. During his undergraduate years in college, Allan taught horseback riding at summer camp. Allan graduated from Harvard Medical School and then went on to complete his Neurosurgical Residency in Boston. He is currently a Professor of Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Psychology at the University of Arizona. He is considered one of the nation's leading experts on brain tumors as well as the applications of computers in training medical students and residents in the surgical disciplines. Allan has developed horsemanship programs for troubled kids through VisionQuest Inc, cancer support programs with equine-assisted therapy for adults and children, and unique equine programs for industry and healthcare. His work as a horseman has been featured in Western Horseman, Equus, Practical Horseman as well as on PBS, CNN, and NBC television...." (http://www.ranchobosque.com/team.html) -- Allan (Brassolff) Hamilton on YouTube -- Alison Estabrook on YouTube -- Allan (Brassolff) Hamilton's website Back to Top 1970 TOP: Rabbi Suzanne Singer ('70) in Ghana; BOTTOM: Romana Lowe ('70) and daughter Rafaela  TOP: Sylvia Flescher ('70); BOTTOM: David Rosenthal ('70)  TOP: Polly Estabrook ('70); BOTTOM: Olivier Steigel ('70)  Philip (Leahey) Dreyfus ('70) and his latest book  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Jacques Luben is interviewed and talks about incorporating a business in the USA ● Philippe Dauman accepts 2010 Golden Heart Award (click on links below) .......................................................................... ● Rabbi Suzanne Singer shared with us a very touching article she wrote about child slavery in Ghana, and about her experience there helping to build a computer center for children along with 15 other rabbis. Click on Pdf file below to read the article. ● Carole Hanania Pinto wrote that she "moved back from Paris where she lived for over twenty years, to New York where she currently works as an art dealer and advisor, specializing in late XIXth and XXth century paintings. She has remained in close contact with Laurence Falzon and Sabine Hugueny, both classmates from the lycee. She can be contacted by email, pintocarole@aol.com." ● Hester van Heemstra (BFA Pratt Institute, class of '74) told us that she "has been living in Tucson, AZ since 1987 and just began a new job as art specialist for an elementary school." ● George Skibine joined the law firm SNR Denton in October, 2011. "Skibine is an enrolled member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma and his practice focuses on gaming and tribal land acquisitions including compliance with a broad range of National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and DOI regulations. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management (Indian Affairs) at the Department of the Interior, and also served as the Acting Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Director of the Office of Indian Gaming, Deputy Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development and Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. Skibine received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, his B.A. from the University of Chicago and a baccalaureate degree from Lycee Francais de New York." (http://dc.citybizlist.com/5/2011/10/12/SNR-Denton-Bolsters-Indian-Law-and-Tribal-Representation-Practice-in-Washington-DC.aspx) ● "(MAHWAH, NJ) – Dr. Sylvia Flescher, a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in private practice in Ridgewood, N.J. and a faculty member at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, [spoke] at Ramapo College of New Jersey in September [2011] at the invitation of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College. Her talk, “Googling for Ghosts: A Meditation on Writer’s Block, Mourning and the Holocaust,” [described] her decades-long struggle with writer’s block and how her voice was overshadowed by her analyst father, a writer and Holocaust survivor. Themes of survivor guilt, incomplete mourning and the transmission of trauma to the second generation [were] discussed." (http://www.ramapo.edu/news/pressreleases/2011/08-22-2011.html) ● Dr. Polly Estabrook "is Deputy Section Manager of the Communications Architectures and Research Section [at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology]. She is interested in the development of new telecom architectures and networks for future space exploration missions and the application of new communication technologies to space exploration. She was the Lead Telecom System Engineer for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project, responsible for the performance of the entry, descent, and landing telecommunications system and for the overall design and performance of the direct-to-Earth and relay communications system.......Polly received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University; she received a B.S. in Engineering Physics and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley." (http://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/DPSummary/bios/estabrook.cfm?force_external=0) ● Dr. Philip (Leahey) Dreyfus "is an Associate Professor of History at San Francisco State University. He received his Ph.D. in American History from the Graduate Center of CUNY in 1993. He did not follow a direct academic path from college to the doctorate, but spent years working alternately as a baker, an electrician, and a community advocate for the elderly poor. As the first American-born in a family of post-World War II French immigrants, he has always been a gatherer of stories. In graduate school and for years thereafter, Dr. Dreyfus focused primarily on labor militancy, political radicalism, and the intersection of ethnic, national, and class identities. After leaving New York City for the San Francisco Bay Area, he offered courses in US labor history and African-American history at San Francisco State University and the California State University at Hayward, respectively. By the end of the 1990s, his intellectual interests had migrated to the young field of environmental history. He began offering courses in American environmental history and the environmental history of California cities at San Francisco State University, and has received several meritorious teaching awards.....His recent book is Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco....." (http://bss.sfsu.edu/dreyfus/philip_j_dreyfus_brief_bio.htm) 'Challenging Heights 2011', by Rabbi Suzanne Singer ('70)-- Jacques Luben on YouTube -- Philippe Dauman on YouTube Back to Top 1971 TOP: Vivian (Wayne) Henderson ('71); BOTTOM: Dr. Alain Baron ('71)  TOP: Dominique Pancol ('71); BOTTOM: Marina Malchin ('71)  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Martine Fougeron discusses her 5-year photography project, Tête-à-Tête (Click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Ronald Grelsamer wrote that he is having "fun lecturing at Brown, Columbia, FIU, MIT, and at orthopedic meetings on [his book] The Beatles and the Race to the Moon. A small thrill last spring to speak to astronaut Bill Anders who took the famous "earthrise" picture during the Apollo 8 mission. See "Into the Sky with Diamonds" Facebook page for other updates." (Click on link below) ● "Dear Lycée friends.....": Rafael Rodriguez sends his greetings to his classmates in a personal and touching letter. (Click on PdF file below to read the letter) ● Suzan (Uchitel) Lewis, Jerry Lewis' daughter, is launching a new Reality TV concept called Celebrity Houseguest. She asked us to share her press release with you. (Click on Pdf file below) ● "Alain Baron was named President of Elcelyx Therapeutics in March, 2010. Prior to Elcelyx, Dr. Baron was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and a member of the Life Science Team at Morgenthaler Ventures, a position he has held since 2008. Prior to joining Morgenthaler, he was Senior Vice President of Research at Amylin Pharmaceuticals where he served in senior roles in R&D since 1999. Previously, Dr. Baron worked at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, where he served as Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He has also held faculty positions in the Division of endocrinology and Metabolism at University of California, San Diego, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Diego. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards for his research in diabetes and vascular disease, including the 1996 Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award from the American Federation for Medical Research. He is also a past National Institutes of Health MERIT award recipient. Dr. Baron is co-editor of the Ellenberg & Rifkin Textbook of Diabetes, has authored over 100 original publications and is an inventor on more than 20 patents. Dr Baron graduated from McGill University, Canada (B.S. in Biology with honors) and the Medical College of Georgia Augusta (MD). Postdoctoral studies were completed at the University of California, San Diego." (http://www.elcelyx.com/alain-baron.html) ● Patrick (Brassloff) Hamilton "is a Senior Attorney with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Prior to this, he was a partner in the law firm Day Pitney LLP, where he represented corporations and individuals in federal and state white-collar criminal investigations, prosecutions, and regulatory probes, and in civil matters related to such inquiries, as well as in complex commercial litigation. Before Day Pitney, Patrick served almost 13 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting federal crimes in the District of Massachusetts. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Patrick had extensive experience in the law and in law enforcement. He had served as executive director of the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council and, before that, executive director of the Massachusetts Committee on Criminal Justice and the Governor's Statewide Anti-Crime Council. Patrick also had been a litigator in major law firms in both New York and Boston. He has a BA from Yale University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. Patrick is first-generation American and attended the Lycee Francais de New York for six years while growing up in New York City. Patrick and his wife, Gretchen, have two children attending the International School of Boston." (http://www.isbos.org/page.cfm?p=431) -- Suzan (Uchitel) Lewis' press release -- Greetings from Rafael Rodriguez-- Martine Fougeron on PhotoReview.com -- Facebook page of Ronald Grelsamer's book -- Dominique Pancol's website Back to Top 1972 TOP: Gerald Sampson ('72); BOTTOM: Bambi Sloan ('72)  TOP: Karin Annabel MacGowan ('72); BOTTOM: Belinda Aberbach ('73)  Tanya Lowe ('72 --right) and sister Romana ('70) ● Vivian Belmont wrote: "I'm living in Los Angeles, working in Early Childhood Education, working with children children and teachers... Love my work which I have been doing for over 20 years... I saw my old friend Karen MacGowan (now goes by the name Anabelle) when visiting Paris a year ago, and enjoyed visiting with Patsy Baudoin while we were both in NYC. My dear friend Belinda Aberbach ('73) is someone else that I have stayed in touch with... Old friends are so special. And of course, I always see my cousin Ronald Grelsamer ('71) when I'm in NY. I have two daughters (21 & 24) who are making there way in the world... C'est beau d'etre jeune!" 40-Year Class Reunion ● Pierre Erville wrote: "Salut tout le monde! Can you believe we're about to start 2012, the 40th year since our graduation? Some say it's the end of times -- well ... what a great excuse for a party! Let's have a boum to end all boums! Seriously folks, unless I've missed something, we have yet to have a reunion all our own. Long overdue, dontcha think? I'd love to help plan one, whether it's in New York, DC, or elsewhere. Anyone else game? I figure it would take at least 5 of us to form a planning committee to get this thing off the ground. Qu'en pensez-vous? I started a Facebook page "lycee 72" where we can start talking about it. Ciao for now!" ● "Walking into Bambi Sloan’s Parisian apartment is like entering an exotic gipsy caravan. Wafts of incense float past ornate tassels and brass lamps, lending a heady, exotic fragrance to the warm autumn air. Gold braid shimmers richly on red velvet cushions. Shelves groan with collections of modern iconography. One almost expects a Madame Rosa figure to appear, swathed in embroidered robes and carrying a crystal ball. But it is a petite Frenchwoman clad in designer black who greets me, her hair casually twisted in an elegant chignon, her fingers clamping a cigarette......." (From The Telegraph.uk To read full article, click on link below) ● Rachel Kaplan wrote: "For those newsletter readers who might be interested, I am happy to report the following regarding my business Events & Company. We have launched France Wedding Planner –a Paris-based destination wedding company.........This year, we had the pleasure and privilege of organizing a number of VIP events including for Bates College and the Wiesenthal Center of Tolerance. We are extending a special 5% discount to all LFNY alumni who choose to organize an event or travel program through Events & Company. We are also seeking an ardent Francophile alumnus to represent our services. If you are interested please write to rachel.kaplan@orange.fr" -- Bambi Sloan in the Telegraph.uk Back to Top 1973 TOP: Yves Cloarec ('73); BOTTOM: Martha Solinger ('73)  Dana (Sloan) Scanlon ('73) at work and at play ● Dana (Sloan) Scanlon wrote that she "has enjoyed another great year in real estate in the Washington DC metro area, having been voted One of the Best Realtors of 2012 by the Readers of Bethesda Magazine. Many of her clients are families whose children attend the Lycée Rochambeau in Bethesda, MD, which was attended by her two daughters. Her oldest daughter, Annie, just graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a Bachelors in Sociology, and is teaching music and violin to young children. Youngest daughter Claire is in her second year in the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Husband Leo is CISO at the National Archives. Dana's great pass-time continues to involve horses, and a Thoroughbred named Dover Glory was added to the family this year." Back to Top 1974 TOP: By Dr. Theresa (Pearse) Eichenwald ('74) and others; BOTTOM: Etienne Danois-Maricq ('74)  TOP: Alix (Gudefin) Perrachon ('74); BOTTOM: Eric Michel Schwartzman ('74)  TOP: Olivier Paul ('74); BOTTOM: Lee (Liberman) Otis ('74)  Sylvie Kleinman ('74) ● Avram (“Butch”) Kaplan wrote: "I spent 8 months in Montreal working on "Upside Down" directed by Juan Solanas for the French Company Onyx and Studio 37. The film is in French is "Le Monde a l'envers" and stars Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess. I then went to New York to start prep on "Gotti" directed by Barry Levinson and starring John Travolta, Al Pacino and Ben Foster. Sadly, the financing on Gotti fell through. Happily, I then found myself in Detroit on a 1968 period musical starring Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston directed by Salim Akil. In other news, our eldest daughter Ariella is getting married to Brian Hurwitz on December 17th." ● Sylvie Kleinman told us that "she has been living in Ireland since 1987 and partially beats recession blues by spending most of her time in the past, though some of its inhabitants can give her grief! Working occasionally as a conference interpreter, she is mostly an academic and lectures and tutors in Trinity College and UCD in French and Irish history of the Revolutionary Period, with a special interest in war-time travel narratives and intercultural transfers, an evident outcome of our LFNY upbringing! Multi-tasking for survival means she has no time for online socialising sites and prefers the conviviality of email chats. She runs twice a week in the beautiful and free coastal setting of the south Dublin suburbs, swims and hill-walks. Her daughter Claire, now 24, has studied fashion design and also works as a DJ." ● Theresa (Pearse) Eichenwald wrote: "I have looked at the new website, it looks like the Lycee has undergone a transformation. I am living in Texas and married to an author. He has written several books, mostly narrative nonfiction. I am a geriatric doctor and I love it. I rarely speak French anymore- I would be very rusty. I have three sons, the oldest is in college in Maine, at Bowdoin college. I love hearing from Lycee graduates: I have caught up with Juliette Rouillon, Diana Flescher and Charles Knapp. I am very interested in hearing what has happened to our classmates. I am looking forward to the newsletter." ● Alix (Gudefin) Perrachon "started her magazine writing career while still in college and specialized in writing about antiques and oriental rugs. Fomer editor of The Oriental Rug Magazine and consulting editor on AREA Magazine, she has been a consultant in handmade decorative and oriental rugs to the design trade and private clientele since 1991. Her goal is to provide clients with the best possible quality at the best possible value." ● Lee (Liberman) Otis: "Senior Vice President and Faculty Division Director, The Federalist Society: After graduating from Yale College and the University of Chicago Law School, where she served on the Law Review, Ms. Otis clerked for Judge Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Court of Appeals, served as a Special Assistant at the Department of Justice under Attorneys General William French Smith and Edwin Meese, and returned to clerk for Justice Scalia after his appointment to the Supreme Court. She then joined George Mason University School of Law as an Assistant Professor, where she taught Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Appellate Advocacy and Legislation. She went on to serve as Associate Counsel to President George H.W. Bush, to practice appellate litigation at the Washington office of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, and to serve as Chief Counsel to the Immigration Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, General Counsel of the Department of Energy, and most recently as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Ms. Otis has been an important member of the Federalist Society team since the organization’s beginnings 25 years ago......She was a Founding Director of the Federalist Society. .......on April 26, Ms. Otis was awarded the Heritage Foundation’s Henry Salvatori prize for citizenship for her work in connection with the Federalist Society....." (http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/id.443/default.asp) -- Alix (Gudefin) Perrachon's website -- Sylvie Kleinman's website -- 'A Rough Guide to Revolutionary Ireland' by Sylvie Kleinman Back to Top 1975 TOP: Alexandra Lichine ('75); BOTTOM: Hubert Mattia ('75)  TOP: Elizabeth Estabrook ('75); BOTTOM: Jean-Claude Chaoulouff & wife Mariza  Baina Masquelier ('75) & husband Chris ● Baina Masquelier is currently writing a book for her father's 80th birthday. It includes a poem she wrote, based on genealogical research, and that she shared with us. (To read her poem, go to the Alumni Creative section of newsletter, or click on link below) ● Jean-Claude Chaouloff wrote that he "and his wife Mariza had the pleasure of connecting with Seth Lewis ('75) and his wife Jackie while in London recently and had a great time. Seth made me laugh so much while reminiscing about the Lycee days and just talking about movies, sports and life in general. We both went from 11eme to terminale together and have known each other 46 years!! Seth, you are a true original and looking forward to seeing you again soon." ● Marco Elser wrote: "I have been living in Rome for over a quarter of a century; my oldest son is a senior in an international boarding school in the south of France (near Nice) and my two youngest ones are still at the Lycee here in Roma. I am still in the financial services industry and still enjoy the adrenalin of the markets. Notwithstanding all the news in the papers about Italy's potential default, nothing has changed... Plus ca change, plus ca reste le meme!! Italy has seen these type of events often in the past 20 centuries...I had the pleasure of lunching with fellow classmate Andrea Migliuolo ('75) last week. He was part of the "famous" investors who decided that they would support en masse the Republic by buying its bonds ealier this week. His name even appeared in the press. So far he is right! Any LFNY'ers are welcome to contact me if they come to Rome." -- Baina Masquelier's genealogical poem Back to Top 1976 TOP: Jenny Skoble ('76); BOTTOM: Nicky Haimo ('76)  TOP: Dan Thu Nguyen ('76); BOTTOM: Oliver Le Lay ('76)  TOP: Isabelle Bassette ('76); BOTTOM: Maria Blacque-Belair ('76) ● Michael Ramon wrote: "I am practicing as a chiropractor on the island of Noirmoutier, in the Vendée region, Atlantic coast of France. I graduated in Toronto, Canada. In 1986. I am divorced since 2005, and am the father of three girls, ages 16, 20 and 21. My website is www.chiroatlas.com" ● Jenny Skoble wrote: "I am starting my own law practice, specializing in providing counsel to nonprofit organizations on issues including obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status, fiduciary duties of boards, employment issues, lobbying, best practices in fundraising and co-ventures. I will also consult on foundation grants. It's exciting and scary. Tough times call for extreme measures!" ● Maria Blacque-Belair "founder and executive director [of The Refugee Immigrant Fund], is a licensed clinical social worker with about twenty years experience in international and domestic refugee work. Her clinicial speciality is war and refugee trauma. She worked as a humanitarian relief worker in Iraq, Bosnia, Romania and Rwanda. She established the RIF Asylum Help Center in 2006. In addition to functioning as the coordinator of the program, Maria also provides direct psychosocial services (Psychological affidavits for asylum hearings, and counseling). She speaks English, French and Spanish." (http://asylumhelp.org/?page_id=2) Back to Top 1977 TOP: Régis Le Goff ('77); BOTTOM:Jeanne (Barbalata) Schayes ('77)  Michele Migliuolo ('77)  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Nanette Norwood sings Die Junge Nonne (by Schubert) (click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Michele Migliuolo "Ph.D., is President and COO, and Director of NeuroInterventional Therapeutics, Inc. [He] received a Doctorate in Physics from the University of Rome, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Rochester. He has twenty years experience as an executive in manufacturing and sales of scientific capital equipment and analytical instruments. He has launched foreign products in the United States including mass spectrometers, and imaging chemical microscopes and has launched American products abroad, including thin film deposition systems and surface analysis systems. His expertise is with worldwide customers ranging from academic-government research laboratories, to medical device, semiconductor, superconductor, data storage, electro-optic, microscopy, and analytical chemistry industries. Previously, he was Vice President of Technology at the Kurt J. Lesker Company, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at E.A. Fischione Instruments Inc., and President of XACTIX. Most recently, his experience includes positions at The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, Seagate Technology, Vice President at Powercast, and Founder and CEO of Verimetra, Inc., a startup manufacturer of MEMS biomedical devices and sensors." (http://www.neurointerventions.com/directors.php) -- Nanette Norwood on YouTube Back to Top 1978 Alain Benzaken ('78) & Livia Corredor ('78)  TOP: Lianne Coleman ('78); BOTTOM: Anna Migluolo ('78)  TOP: Carla Rosen Vacher ('78); BOTTOM: Isabelle de Geofroy ('78)  Riccardo Guariglia ('78)  ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Matthieu Bonnifay (†April 30, 2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................. Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Chantal Mariani presents a sampling of taped TV programs (click on link below) ................................................................................. ● Carla Rosen Vacher wrote: "I have been very busy at work at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg with the recent arrival of our new marvelous Ambassador, Robert Mandell, a political appointee (businessman) from Orlando, FL. On the hobby front, I have solidified my lifelong passion for films by investing in a start-up production company in Los Angeles, "Royal Road Entertainment", with an exciting slate of projects, and by attending film festivals such as Berlin, Cannes and Deauville (American Film Festival), for the first time this fall. Just spent a great Thanksgiving holiday in London including watching the great Roger Federer at the ATP tennis tour finals. Will be "home" in New York for the year-end holidays - very sad without my Mom but good to stay connected and hopefully catch up with many friends! Best to everyone." ● Dara Seng Sourinho wrote: "Down memory lane: The two years I spent at the Lycee happened a long time ago (4eme et 3eme). They were brief but I remember --well, a few things at least-- a few people! I live now in California. Who knows until when?! Our son is in college in Boston, so we wonder which new destinations should be on our list. Time flies! Anyway, to all the 1978 classmates I knew and the ones I could not meet, Happy Holidays, Joyeuses Fêtes de fin d'année, wherever you are!" ● Annabelle Cone wrote: "I'll be directing programs for Dartmouth in Lyon and then Toulouse in the winter and spring of 2012. Any alums living in and around those cities? Please contact me, I would love to hear from you. And for those interested in bande dessinée, my article on Bécassine during wartime has just come out in the European Journal of Comic Art." ● From Riccardo Guariglia: "After three and a half years spent in Rome, as Director for European Countries in the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, I will move with my wife, at the end of December, to Warsaw, Poland, where I have been appointed as Ambassador of my country. I will miss the busy life of Rome, as well as all my frequent trips to European and all former Soviet Union Countries, but I am sure that it will be a new challenging page in our lives, in a very friendly and beautiful country. Our two sons, Raffaele (21) and Nicola (20), will stay in Rome, and continue their studies at the University, while our daughter, Maria Benedetta (almost 18), who got her French "Bac" last July, decided to follow us and attend Polish University. Cheers to all of you, and if anybody comes to Warsaw, especially from the class of 1978, it will be a pleasure for me to meet her/him again!" ● From Jean-Pierre Clejan: "Now in the solar energy business. Living on Long Island, divorced with two teenage sons, enjoy skiing, sailing and watersports." ● Alain Benzaken was recently appointed Senior VP at Buddy Media and "has been involved in technology and startups throughout his career, leading large technology teams at some of the most successful NYC startups. Before joining Buddy Media, Alain was VP of Technology at TheLadders.com from 2006 to 2011, helping the company achieve significant growth and revenues. Previous to that, Benzaken was an executive at Priceline.com, serving as Vice President, Development, International Systems, where he launched e-commerce travel products in Europe and Asia, and was the architect of Priceline.com's Customer Systems. Alain is also on the board of the NY Tech Meetup, the largest meetup in the world with over 18k members, and a big proponent of the NYC tech startup scene." (http://www.buddymedia.com/index.php/company/management#10) ● Lianne Coleman "received her BA in Theater: Performance/Production from Marymount Manhattan College. After following a different career path for many years, Lianne is making her theatrical debut in Glimpses of a Modest Life. She is currently working as a background actress on several TV shows and films and also works as a commercial print model. Lianne is a native New Yorker and divides her time between her Upper Manhattan neighborhood and the Catskill Mountain Area." (http://www.trnfljswa.obpk.com/actshow.xzc?PK=17341) ● Claude Cernuschi is Professor and Assistant Chair of Art History in the Fine Arts Dept. of Boston College. He wrote and told us that he recently published the following: - “Defining Self in Kokoschka’s Self-Portraits,” German Quarterly 84(Spring 2011 - “Painting with Drops, Jets, and Sheets,” (with Andrzej Herczynski, Physics Department, Boston College and L. Mahadevan, Physics Department, Harvard University) Physics Today (June 2011) - “Depth and Surface, Will and Representation: Egon Schiele and Arthur Schopenhauer,” in Jill Lloyd (ed.) Birth of the Modern; Style and identity in Vienna 1900 (New York: Mirmer Verlag, 2011) -- Chantal Mariani on YouTube -- In Memoriam: Matthieu Bonnifay Back to Top 1979 TOP: Exhibit curated by Nadine Orenstein ('79); BOTTOM: Eric Jensen ('79)  TOP: Victoria Love ('79); MIDDLE: Mamadou Ciss ('79 --left) & Claude Schenck ('79); BOTTOM: Massimo Elser ('79)  TOP: Marie-Francoise Baker ('79); BOTTOM: Paul Golub ('79)  TOP: Patrice Kouame ('79); BOTTOM: Sophie Lallement ('79)  ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Francesca (Scarsini) Pignatelli (†July 17, 2010) ● Marc Boleis (†March 25, 2011) ● Frédéric (‘Frédo’) Martin (†October 20, 2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) .................................................................................. Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Nadine Orenstein talks about Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine ● Dr. Alexander Sasha Bardey, forensic psychiatrist, discusses his consulting role for the TV show Law and Order: Criminal Intent ● Jerome Bonnifay talks about "Emotional Intelligence" (Click on links below) .................................................................................. ● Natacha Rajakovic ('80) organized a Thanksgiving dinner in Paris for alumni of the classes '79, '80 and '81. She sent us a compte-rendu which can be seen (with photos) in the Reunions section of this newsletter (or click on link below). ● Nadine Orenstein wrote that she is "curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [and] has organized Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine , on view through March 4, 2012. A fun exhibition. There is something in it for everyone." -- In Memoriam: Francesca (Scarsini) Pignatelli, Marc Boleis, and Frédéric Martin -- Nadine Orenstein on YouTube -- Dr. Alexander Sasha Bardey on USA Network -- Jerome Bonnifay on YouTube -- Thanksgiving reunion in Paris Back to Top 1980 TOP: Alain Bobet ('80); BOTTOM: Carole Virginie (Leprette) Davis ('80)  TOP: Fawzy Ghérab ('80); BOTTOM: Salif Thiam ('80)  TOP: Pascal Ehrlich ('80); BOTTOM: Harriet Gérard ('80) _Timsit_at_2011_LFNY_Paris_event.jpg) Natacha Rajakovic ('80 --left) and Juliette (Feeney) Timsit ('80) at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY  ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Marcel Bruell (†May 17, 2010) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ................................................................................ Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Hani Morgan presents a paper on William Heard Kilpatrick (Click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Natacha Rajakovic organized a Thanksgiving dinner in Paris for alumni of the classes '79, '80 and '81. She sent us a compte-rendu which can be seen (with photos) in the Reunions section of this newsletter (or click on link below). ● Hani Morgan wrote: "I still work for the University of Southern Mississippi as an assistant professor of education and developed my own website this year, which is available at: http://hanimorgan.com (or click on link below). I presented my research at two conferences this fall. In October, I presented a paper in Chicago, Illinois on William Heard Kilpatrick for the Organization of Educational Historians, an academic society of scholars from throughout the nation who produce research on educational history...... In November, I presented a session titled “What Teachers, Parents, and Schools Can Do to Prevent Cyberbullying” at the MSERA conference in Oxford, MS. The Mid-South Educational Research Association was formed in 1972 as a nonprofit incorporated educational organization to encourage research in institutions of higher learning. I hope to do research and write a paper on the LFNY one day!" -- In Memoriam: Marcel Bruell -- Hani Morgan on Vimeo -- Thanksgiving reunion in Paris Back to Top 1981 TOP: Alice Croisier; BOTTOM: Monica Dugot ('81)  TOP: Jean-Pierre Dareys; BOTTOM: Ellen Passloff ('81)  TOP: Isabelle (Ehrlich) de Melo ('81); BOTTOM: Jonathan Peters ('81)  TOP: Alban Neveux ('81); BOTTOM: Antoine Delcourt, both at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Philip Lasser "presents an analysis of the western chromatic scale as a by-product of each of the church modes." (Click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Marc Fontanet wrote: "I was very happy to spend his summer in Chatham, MA, where I hooked up with long-time friend Jacques LONGERSTAEY ('81). We were happy to see our daughters carry on the “sleep over” we had initiated many years before. I was also very fortunate to hook up again with Robyn FRANK (’81) and Valérie LAVION (’81) in NY last September, very happy as well to share tapas and go to the theatre in Paris with Ghislaine CARSON PARKER ('81) and Béatrice CALLENS ('81), and, very lucky to benefit from Juliette FEENEY’S ('80) advice & wisdom on sending a teenage daughter to a US university." ● Natacha Rajakovic ('80) organized a Thanksgiving dinner in Paris for alumni of the classes '79, '80 and '81. She sent us a compte-rendu which can be seen (with photos) in the Reunions section of this newsletter (or click on link below). ● Dr. Alice Croiser est "épidémiologiste à l'Organization Mondiale de la Santé (OMS). [Sa] formation de base est celle d’un médecin généraliste......spécialisée en épidémiologie, d’abord en effectuant un Master à la « London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine » suivi de deux ans de formation appliquée avec EPIET (European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training), un programme européen durant lequel on effectue une formation pratique en épidémiologie au sein d’un institut de santé public ou apparenté....." ● Monica Dugot "is the International Director of Restitution and Senior Vice President at Christie's, coordinating Christie's restitution issues globally. Prior to joining Christie's, Ms. Dugot served as Deputy Director of the New York State Banking Department's Holocaust Claims Processing Office (‘HCPO’), where she coordinated the Art Claims branch of the HCPO's work and assisted owners and heirs in seeking to recover art collections that were lost or looted during the Nazi-era. During her almost eight year tenure at the HCPO, she represented New York State on art restitution matters at venues including the Washington Forum on Holocaust-Era assets and the International Conference on Holocaust Era Looted Cultural Assets in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ms. Dugot is on the Advisory Board of Claremont McKenna College’s Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights and has served as a member of the NYC Bar Association's Art Law Committee." (http://www.baselgovernance.org/events/past-events/combating-the-financing-of-terrorism-copy-1/governance-of-cultural-property-speakers/) ● Isabelle (Ehrlich) de Melo is the Chief Financial Officer of PrivatAir, an aircraft charter, sales, and management company. "After graduating in business administration from HEC in Paris, de Melo joined Arthur Andersen as an Auditor. In 1992, she left her position as Manager to join Gemplus as CFO, successfully overseeing a period of rapid expansion, with a tenfold increase in group turnover. Between 1998 and 2003, she worked as a financial advisor to rapidly growing high tech companies and was also involved in real estate and financial portfolio management." (http://www.privatair.com/static/uk/en/1/4/9/23.html#) ● Philip Lasser "(born 4 August 1963 in New York City) is an American composer, pianist, and music theorist. He is a professor of music at the Juilliard School in New York City. [He] began taking piano lessons at age five. At age sixteen he entered the Ecole d'Arts Americaines in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France. He studied at Harvard University, and following receipt of a Bachelor's degree he lived in Paris (1985 - 1988). In 1988 Lasser entered Columbia University for a Master's degree in Composition, then entered Juilliard, receiving a degree in Doctor of Musical Arts. He wrote an academic work on the contrapuntal analysis of music entitled The Spiraling Tapestry, published by Rassel Editions. His piece Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J. S. Bach has been recorded by pianist Simone Dinnerstein on the Telarc record label. Lasser is president of the European American Musical Alliance. As director of EAMA's Summer Music Programs in Paris[4] since its 1996 inception, he promotes the pedagogical training of young musicians. Lasser became a faculty member of Juilliard in 1994. In 2006 he received the Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He previously received the National Orchestral Association's New Music Orchestral Project, and the Louis B. Mayer Award for operatic endeavors. He has been composer-in-residence at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, and at the Yaddo Colony." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Lasser) ● Jean-Pierre Dareys is the Director América Latina, International Sybase User Group of SA/LA RUG in Mexico. He asked us to share his bio and summary of current activities, which can be viewed by clicking on the PdF file below. -- Jean-Pierre Dareys: Bio and current activities-- Philip Lasser on YouTube -- Interview with Dr. Alice Croisier -- Thanksgiving reunion in Paris Back to Top 1982_Gnaman.jpg) TOP: Gilles Rollet ('82); BOTTOM:Katia Marie (Labaze) Gnaman ('82)  TOP: Andrew Dareys ('82); BOTTOM: Bettina Bellande ('82)  TOP: Stephan Donelian ('82); BOTTOM: Nathalie Winterfield ('82) ● Gilles Rollet wrote: "I have been living in Dubai for the past 7 years after living in Geneva, San Francisco, Tashkent, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Hanoi, New York and London. I have 2 kids, Charles, 18, who goes to Northwestern and a daughter, Danae, 15 who is in grade 11 in Dubai. Lately, I ran a Swiss Bank in Dubai and now I have set up my own Firm. My hobbies are waterskiing, skiing, scuba and skydiving." ● Andrew Dareys wrote: "Dear LFNY Alumni: I attended the LFNY a bit less than 2 years (95th and 93rd St. buildings), but I have great memories of LFNY and many of my classmates (Andre Casteybert, Antoine Fobe, Philip Newlin, George Fraise, Mauro Gabriele, George Katapodis, Michael Kasselian, to name just a few from 2nde and Premiere B). Since then, I returned to my place of birth, Mexico City, to pass my Baccalaureat in the French Lycee of Mexico, then returned to the USA to attend NYU undergraduate (Class of 88) and graduate school at Stern School of Business (Class of 1996). Prior to Business school, I spent 6 years working at AT&T Bell Laboratories before running off to Europe after graduation in 1996, specifically Paris /Spain for 4 years in Banking (where I crossed paths with Mauro Gabriele), then London for Consulting. In 2002, after a severe economic downturn following 9/11, I landed a job in Mexico City in the Telecom Sector where I continue working for Mr. Slim´s Telecom companies. In the middle of all of this, I was able to have a son which I am very proud of, Lucca Antonio Dareys Maley (now 8 years old), who currently lives with his mother in Austin, Texas. I travel very frequently to Austin, so unfortunately, I have not been able to visit New York City. I returned for the first time in 15 years to New York City a few weeks ago (what a positive change!!) and obviously did not see any of you, given that I have been out of touch for a while. I will continue my travels with more frequency to NYC and would love to catch up with some or all of you: I sincerely want to re-connect with my LFNY classmates, not exclusively (I found a long time ago that all LFNY people are interesting and fun!). Please let me know where are you, how are you doing, I would love hearing news from all of you. All the best, and Merry Xmas 2012!" Back to Top 1983 TOP: Philippe Saint Gilles ('83); BOTTOM: Audiobook 'read' by Liz de Nesnera ('83)  TOP: Louise Alexandra Ehrlich ('83); BOTTOM: Michel Bénéat ('83)  TOP: Jean-Marie Gervais ('83); BOTTOM: Colette Dartnall ('83) ● "THE SECRET OF CHANEL NO. 5: The Most Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume: Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, [was] born in 1883.....Her signature product became Chanel No. 5, a fragrance still popular 90 years after its introduction. Although this audiobook offers no way to smell the scent, narrator Liz de Nesnera’s native French transports listeners to the origin of the eponymous brand and the country in which Coco blossomed. De Nesnera’s voice gives a delicacy to the story, a proper touch to a woman who began with few options and became one of the richest women of the twentieth century." (Click on link below to hear a sample of Liz's reading) (http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showreview.cfm?Num=61195) -- Sample of Liz de Nesnera 's audio book Back to Top 1984 TOP: Nathalie Fraise ('84); BOTTOM: Philippe LeRouzic ('84)  TOP: Beatriz Margarita Heuze ('84); BOTTOM: Cédric Sarret ('84) ● Nicolas Zart wrote: "It has been a busy and unique year for us here. We traveled southern India for a few weeks, which was an eye opener. It reminded us how easily our lives get taken over with trivialities. I tweaked my Coaching practice to reflect more what I have seen in India, integrating that sense of the sacredness, or spirituality in our every day life. I wondered how the business world would react to it but have been surprised at the amount of interest is has generated. Maybe Occupy Wall Street is raising awareness after all. I've included new tools into my Coaching practice, the newest being an ancient Holy Numerology system rediscovered a few decades ago. After a most uncanny reading, I felt this would be a perfect tool for a Coach. As the year winds down, I'm working on many projects, including a High Power Computing (HPC) project to allow companies to tap into super computer clusters. I'm always looking for help there if anybody if familiar with this. My business partner and I are also launching soon an electric car community website. We are still building websites and integrating social networks. Lastly, I will launch a parallel wholistic practice. Yes, that is wholistic with a "w", because if you don't approach life from the whole, then you are surely missing pieces. After I finish revamping my website, which badly deserves it after a decade of letting it go, everything should be online, hopefully within the first few months of the new year." Back to Top 1985 TOP: Irène Remi-Lekun Ogouma ('85); BOTTOM: Pierre Oury ('85 --right) and outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mu  TOP: Laurence (Hessler) Girard ('85); BOTTOM: James Lasry ('85)  TOP: Daniel Bénéat ('85); BOTTOM: Marianne (Foeillet) Pujol ('85) ● Irène Remi-Lekun Ogouma wrote that she "is a Project Manager specialized in Peace and Security Community Development/Community Empowerment, Training and Capacity Building, Child Protection Issues and Gender initiatives in a post-conflict rehabilitation context. Her major interest is to deepen the linkages and dialogue between Field workers, Institutions (Universities and Educational organizations) and key Stakeholders toward community initiatives for a sustainable peace and development around the world. Born on the 4th July 1966 in the Republic of Benin, a French speaking country in the west coast of Africa, Remi moved to the USA (Riverdale, New-York) the first time in July 1983 when her father served as the first Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations until (1982-1987). During that period she attended the Lycee Français de New York......." She also wrote: "I would very much like to touch base with my former colleagues and possibly exchange with those who are interested in the area of Peace and Security." (To read Irene's full biography, click on the PdF file link below) ● Pierre Oury wrote: "I was promoted to Colonel in the USAF in May and am now the Chief of Current Operations & Training for 89 Wings across the Air National Guard. I am stationed at Andrews AFB, and still live in Washington DC with my wife Jennifer and daughter Jacqueline (five years old)." ● Zouera (Youssoufou) Keita shared this with us: "My husband Moise Keita and I have finally fulfilled a long lasting dream: to return to Africa and bring our modest contribution to its development, and also to expose our two kids, Modibo (12) and Kaliyah (9) to our continent. So, since July, we have moved to Gabon, where I am the Country Manager for the World Bank. I also cover Equatorial Guinea. Moise is running his drilling company, which is drilling for both minerals and water wells. A truly challenging and exciting adventure begins! Wish us luck :-)" ● Our "poet in residence" Gabin Langue Tsobgny, sent us another of his poems -- Sur le chemin de l'école. (Go to Alumni Creative section of this newsletter, or click on link below) ● James Lasry wrote: "Hello to all my former classmates! After I left the LFNY in '79, I went to the Browning School and Shaarei Torah where I finished high school. Then off to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and finally Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law. I took a one year position in a law firm in Gibraltar where my mother is from. It's now over 13 years since then and I have been a partner at that firm (Hassans International Law Firm-www.gibraltarlaw.com) for the last 6 years. I practice trust law and I set up investment funds. I have been very active in the local funds industry - including drafting local legislation and advising the government on fund law. I am also involved with the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society (www.philharmonic.gi) so I get to play some music from time to time. I have a son, 23 who is studying engineering and I am married to Lianne, a midwife from South Africa with whom I have two daughters of 3 and 7 years. I would love to hear from any LFNY alumni who come to Gibraltar or the Costa del Sol!" ● Regine Day wrote: " Coucou Marie-No...!! Bisous de Montreal...xoxox" Biography of Irene Remi-Lekun Ogouma-- Sur le chemin de l'école, by Gabin Langue Tsobgny Back to Top 1986 TOP: Myriam Tekaia ('86, left) and Emma (Skoble) Bonnet ('84) at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY; BOTTOM: New movie co-starring Myriam  TOP: Judith (Hoenig) Adelson ('86); BOTTOM: Stephane Naudin ('86)  TOP: Anne Dufau ('86); BOTTOM: Lunavi (Amega) Parish ('86) ● Myriam Tekaia is the co-star of a movie released in France in September 2011 -- Le Cochon de Gaza (When Pigs Have Wings). (Click on links below for reviews of the movie, for Myriam's filmography, and to see her in a trailer for the movie) ● Judith (Hoenig) Adelson wrote: "I'm back to work full time in an office after a nebulously long maternity leave. I'm the Senior Booking/Engagement Manager at Broadway Booking Office and excited to be working on such shows as WAR HORSE, SOUTH PACIFIC, LES MIS and a whole bunch of others. Though juggling family and work leaves little "downtime" I'd still welcome hearing directly from class mates and would try to get together face-to-face." -- Critiques Presse: Le Cochon de Gaza -- Myriam Tekaïa's filmography -- Myriam Tekaia in Le Cochon de Gaza (trailer) Back to Top 1987 TOP: Juliette Barroux di Giovanni ('87); BOTTOM: Kenneth Smith Ramos ('87)  TOP: Guido Milner ('87); BOTTOM: Caroline Hodak ('87)  TOP: Alexander Souri ('87); BOTTOM: Guillaume Leclair ('87) at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Alexander Souri is interviewed by CBS about Relief Riders International (Click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Kenneth Smith Ramos is "General Director for Institutional and International Affairs, Federal Commission for Competition. [He] holds a BA in International Affairs from Georgetown University, and a MA in International Economics and European Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies—SAIS. [He worked at the] Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C.—Office for Negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (1992-1997). He also was First Secretary in charge of institutional relations and liaison for the Ministry of Commerce and Industrial Development with the United States Congress. From 1997 to 1999, he was Associate in charge of managing investment projects in Mexico made by Canadian and United States companies. From 2000 to 2002, he collaborated at the Ministry of the Economy as General Coordinator of Advisors in International Trade Negotiations. Later he became General Director for Negotiation Evaluation and Monitoring. Among his duties, he was responsible for the implementation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as well as coordinator of international negotiations regarding standards, unfair trade practices and safeguards, and trade and the environment." (http://cedan.org.mx/bio_smith_en) ● Alexander Souri "is the Founder & Executive Director Relief Rider International (RRI), a humanitarian childrens foundation. RRI is a humanitarian-based, adventure travel company that organizes horseback journeys through breathtaking areas in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. Over the last six years RRI has held ten successful Relief Rides, [designing and developing] far reaching medical and educational programs providing school supplies, goats, medical care and cataract surgeries to rural communities in Rajasthan." (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2011/07/25/relief-rider-international--alexander-souri) -- Alexander Souri on YouTube Back to Top 1988 TOP: Geraldine (Struye) Van De Graaf ('88); BOTTOM: Guillaume Bouisset ('88)  Charles-Henry Choël ('88) and family ● Charles-Henry Choël wrote: "Just a quick message to say that I have recently relocated to Shanghai with my wife Raphaëlle (Janoray) Choël ('94) and our twin girls Ines and Penelope, and that we enjoy it very much. The girls are not yet three years old but are already much better in Chinese than me. My wife as well but that goes without saying, as I lose track of how many languages she now speaks." Back to Top 1989 TOP: Khadidja Benouataf ('89); BOTTOM: André Vanyi-Robin ('89) ● "Ariane Amsz (’89) et Jeantet Fields (’91) ont le plaisir d’annoncer leur premier anniversaire de mariage et la naissance de leur fille, Lyra Alexandra Madeleine Fields." ● Melchior Dikkers wrote: "After working in investment banking in Paris, London, and various emerging markets for nine years, I returned to study. I have been living in Rio de Janeiro since 2003. I often go back to France to see my parents and sail around Corsica and to the US to see my grandmother and attend the annual conference of the American College of Sports Medicine. My parents will now be living in New York half the year so I expect to visit more often." ● André Vanyi-Robin, "of French nationality and a resident in Barcelona, has a BA in Political Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo, a CEP in Political Science from the Institut National de Sciences Politiques in Paris and an MBA in Finance & Business from the University of Miami. He has worked in Miami at Visualcom as President and CEO for five years." (http://www.hitbarcelona.com/downloads/CV_Andre-Vanyi-Robin_HIT10.pdf) ● Khadidja Benouataf "est journaliste aux Nouvelles de Tahiti.....Militante de la cause des femmes depuis longtemps, ses motivations sont personnelles comme idéologiques." (http://www.ladepeche.pf/article/societe/coup-de-projecteur-contre-coups-de-poing) Back to Top 1990 TOP: David Pujol ('90) & family; BOTTOM: Sabrina Guttman ('90)  TOP: Thierry Fierens ('90); BOTTOM: Kristina (de Koszmovszky) Georges ('90)  Vanessa (Dubs) Guénée ('90) and samples of her jewelry ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Frederic Fierens (†March 11, 2011) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for condolence messages left by his classmates, or click on link below) ................................................................................. ● Sabrina Guttman told us that she "still lives in San Francisco and recently joined the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller as Managing Director and Deputy Practice Chair of the agency's Technology Practice." ● Vanessa (Dubs) Guénée nous écrit: "Je suis créatrice de bijoux, ayant lancée ma marque (vanessa dubs) il y a un an. Aujourd'hui le développement continue avec des points de vente à l'international et une bonne présence dans la presse." (Click on link below to access Vanessa's website) -- In Memoriam: Frederic Fierens -- Vanessa Dubs' website Back to Top 1991 TOP: Nicolas Pujol ('91); BOTTOM: Françoise Plusquellec ('91)  TOP: Jeantet Fields ('91) & Ariane Amsz ('89); BOTTOM: Marcel Agueros ('91)  Maite Carcedo ('91)  TOP: Bertrand Damiba ('91); BOTTOM: Christina Huynh ('91) ● Joëlle Thiemele told us that she is currently living and working in Brazzaville, Congo where she teaches English to French adults and kids. ● Françoise Plusquellec wrote: "I have been living in Madrid for almost 6 years now after living and practicing as a lawyer in New York for 7 years. I met and married my soul mate here: a Frenchman raised in New York! We now have a beautiful 21 months old daughter and love living here. It is always great to hear and reconnect with old class mates thanks to the newsletter. Hope to read up on other classmates´ news soon!" ● Maria-Teresa (“Maite”) Carcedo shared this with us: "I am expecting again, due February 10th. It will be another boy, and big brother Noah (3 years), along with his parents, are very excited about the new arrival. Other than that, life continues as usual. I am still working at Ericsson as a Solution Architect. In 2004, I relocated to Dallas, TX, where I presently live. I wish all the Lycée folks very happy holidays and the best for 2012!" ● "Ariane Amsz (’89) et Jeantet Fields (’91) ont le plaisir d’annoncer leur premier anniversaire de mariage et la naissance de leur fille, Lyra Alexandra Madeleine Fields." ● Frédéric Bouhet shared this with us: "I'm currently working as a financial web communications officer for Amundi Asset Management in Paris. I celebrated two days ago my five-year relationship with my partner Philippe, a historical landscape designer. My sister Emilie Bouhet ('92) works as a regional marketing director for Lacoste. She got married in St Tropez last August to a Credit Agricole trader. My friend Isabelle Blanca ('91) moved to Montpellier where she works for the region Languedoc-Roussillon. My friend Christine Huynh ('91) has started her own web agency called Elephante that specialises in interactive trends. She lives in Paris. Viviane Lorans ('91) lives in London, is about to give birth and has opened a restaurant called North London that just won a star in the Michelin Guide." ● Marcel Agüeros "is a junior faculty member in the Astrophysics Laboratory of Columbia University. Marcel earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle. Marcel's research interests are in stellar astronomy, and in particular neutron stars and other by-products of stellar death. Marcel is also invested in education and diversity issues. As an undergrad, he was certified to teach high school physics, and since then, he has taught and/or worked in classrooms at every level from elementary to adult. Marcel has also worked extensively on increasing the numbers of women and underrepresented minorities in the sciences." Back to Top 1992 TOP: Agnès Leclair ('92); BOTTOM: Annabel Teiling's ('92) daughter Valeriane  TOP: Eve Pujol ('92); BOTTOM: Frederic Guarino ('92) ● Agnès Leclair wrote: "Je me suis marié en août 2009 et j’ai eu une petite Laure, née le 29 avril 2010. Elle a aujourd’hui un an et demi." ● From Annabel Teiling: "On September 14, 2011, my partner Michael Ronan and I welcomed our daughter Valeriane Jacqueline Ronan." Back to Top 1993 TOP: Valerie MacCarthy ('93); BOTTOM: Marie-Caroline Piché ('93)  TOP: Arnaud Desbiez ('93); BOTTOM: Olivier Plusquellec ('93)  TOP: Marine (Nouaille) Lesur ('93); BOTTOM: Olivier Bardet ('93)  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Valérie MacCarthy sings Carmen by Bizet (click on link below) ................................................................................ ● Olivier Bardet wrote: "I have three kids , was living in Madrid and am now moving to Rome to work in commodities trading for a large utility. My kids who were attending the Lycee francais de Madrid will follow on at the Lycée français de Rome." ● Valérie MacCarthy "is a professional Opera Singer working in some of the great houses around the United States and Europe. She was born in the Melting Pot that is New York City to a French mother and American father and started traveling before she can even remember. These travels awakened a passion for the variety of cultures, languages and art found across the planet and her work as a singer gave her a chance to see even more of the world. All the while, a burning love for jewelry design had always existed, a little hobby her grandmother had ignited by giving her a box of beads and string as a child. Through the years, she collected various stones, beads and ideas that she would subsequently turn into marvelous creations. Her fellow opera singers were the first to take notice and immediately bought whatever she was wearing right off of her. Everyone began to take notice when even a publishing company asked if she might write a book about her work (Beading with Gemstones). Three years ago, Valérie moved to Paris on a bit of a whim and launched a company called Simone Gabor. The French press (Vogue), loved it, and the American press (Women’s Wear Daily) took notice too. It was therefore obvious that Valérie needed to let everyone know that the opera singer and jewelry designer were one and the same. It is for this reason that in March 2010 she launched her new brand, Valérie MacCarthy. But the story doesn’t end there! All the while, Valérie has not only been singing opera, but has added Pop to her repertoire." (http://www.valeriemaccarthy.com/) ● Dr. Marie Caroline Piché "AHMC Palliative Care Program Director and Hospice of the North Country Medical Director, was a guest speaker for the Alice Hyde Nursing Home Family Council. She spoke to family and friends of the residents about the MOLST (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) program which emphasized the importance of improving and maintaining effective communication about end of life care that is carried throughout all health care settings. 'Advance Care Planning is a good way to bring peace of mind to patients, residents, and their families,' said Dr. Marie Caroline Piche. 'It is very important to make decisions about care while we are still able to speak for ourselves and not to wait for a crisis to happen—this makes it easier for us and our loved ones.' " (Nov. 2009: http://alicehyde.com/news/index.asp?nmonth=0&nyear=2009) ● Arnaud Desbiez "is a conservation biologist who has been working in the Brazilian Pantanal since 2002. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has been funding Arnaud’s work since 2005. He was made their Regional Conservation and Research Coordinator for Latin America in 2010. Although Arnaud is French he has spent very little time in his native country and has worked in countries as diverse as Belize, Argentina, Bolivia and Nepal. [He has] a Ph.D in Biodiversity Management from Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology." (http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/research/researchstaff/ecological/) ● Lucas Dikkers wrote that he "is happily married, in Geneva Switzerland. After more than 10 years with P&G, Lucas recently started a Swiss-based company, uniquely positioned as a scientific beauty expert. Thanks to combinations of food supplements and cosmetcis, Pure Suisse Laboratoire 'cares for you inside & out'. If interested, please have a look @ www.puresuisse.com and I'm to hear from 'old' or potential new friends: lucas.dikkers@puresuisse.com" -- Valérie MacCarthy on YouTube Back to Top 1994 TOP: Pauline Fraisse ('94); MIDDLE: Edith Marcelle Tommo-Monthe ('94); BOTTOM: Kenneth Winston Wood ('94)  Mélanie Chappuis ('94) and her first book ● Pauline Fraisse wrote: "Après une Maîtrise de Lettres et un DESS de Communication, j'ai travaillé plusieurs années dans la communication, avant de faire un tour du monde une année en solitaire puis de passer à mi-temps dans mon travail pour poursuivre ma formation en peinture. Je suis partie ensuite comme professeur d'anglais en Chine, dans la banlieue de Kunming (capitale du Yunnan), où j'ai enseigné la moitié de la semaine, peint et écrit l'autre moitié du temps, et étudié le mandarin. De ce séjour chinois j'ai rapporté, outre une fabuleuse expérience, de nombreux carnets de voyage (dont certains ont été publiés par les éditions Reflets d'Ailleurs en 2009 sous le titre Autour du Yunnan), un roman (Vol intérieur, éditions Les Promeneurs Solitaires, 2009), deux séries de peintures sur l'urbanisme chinois. Depuis septembre 2009, je me consacre à l'écriture, à la peinture et à l'illustration à Paris, où j'anime par ailleurs des ateliers de Carnet de voyage et d'Illustration. Je garde une grande fascination pour l'Asie, ainsi que pour les Etats-Unis où j'ai vécu enfant pendant un an à NY, puis à nouveau comme étudiante en 1998. Et pour Paris, à mi-distance entre les deux !" (To access Pauline's website, click on link below) ● Edith Marcelle Tommo-Monthe wrote: "Hi. This is Edith the girl who used to be very shy. Today, I work in a petroleum company. It is all ok. I come to New York usually on vacation during summer time. I have my family living in New Rochelle, and another part living in Brooklyn. I would really want to communicate, share my work experience with my old classmates. I still don’t have a family of my own, I am single but very open minded! Hope to read you soon!" ● "A 32 ans, Mélanie Chappuis publie son premier roman, Frida. Concentré, il va à l’essentiel au cœur des angoisses et des passions d’une femme. Un discours intérieur sans artifice, entre impérieux besoin de plaire et peur de n’être qu’illusion, où la jeune auteure a mis beaucoup d’elle-même..... Après des études de lettres à Genève – précédées par une année à l’Université de Fribourg – Mélanie Chappuis a suivi un DEA à l’Institut européen, puis a écrit des piges pour différents journaux, dont la Tribune de Genève. Aujourd’hui, elle travaille à la Radio Suisse romande. Fille d’un diplomate suisse, elle a grandi entre le Guatemala, le Nigeria, l’Argentine, Berne et New York, avant le début de ses études universitaires. De ses voyages et des escales de quatre ans qu’elle a faites dans la plupart des lieux où elle est passée – « mais je ne veux pas faire de la psychologie à deux francs » – elle a gardé une habitude de « prendre et de donner un maximum dans la vie »." (http://www.lagruyere.ch/fr/le-journal/laculture/articles-2008/culture-12-06-08.html) (En 2010, le deuxieme livre de Mélanie a été publié --Des baisers froids comme la lune.) -- Pauline Fraisse's website Back to Top 1995 Nicolas Remy ('95) and spouse Heidi  TOP: Justin de Koszmovszky ('95); BOTTOM: Maud Daniel-Lombard ('95)  TOP: Karim Bourgi (95); BOTTOM: Rockhyatou Tanon ('95) ● Nicolas Remy nous écrit: "Après avoir traversé l'Océan Pacifique Sud, l'une des plus longues étapes de notre voyage autour du monde, nous avons atteint les chaudes et chaleureuses îles tropicales de Polynésie Françaises en août 2011. Depuis, nous sommes à la découverte de ce pays extraordinaire, et nous prévoyons de continuer notre séjour pendant les premiers mois de 2012 également, avant de remettre le cap à l'ouest. Plus sur http://journal.belle-isle.eu/ et de nombreuses photos sur http://photos.belle-isle.eu/ . Si vous voulez recevoir nos newsletters, svp abonnez-vous sur notre site. Je serais en tout cas content de recevoir des nouvelles d'anciens !" ● "Le Centre de Formation d'Apprentis de Nogent-sur-Oise est l’un des très rares, si ce n’est le seul, à avoir mis en place un point-écoute pour les apprentis. Depuis 2006, Maud Lombard-Daniel reçoit les jeunes qui viennent la voir, soit sur le conseil d’un de leurs formateurs, soit spontanément, pour parler de leurs difficultés. « Il peut s’agir de problèmes avec leur employeur ou au centre de formation, de soucis personnels ou familiaux, d’un mal-être... » détaille la psychologue qui leur réserve un moment de dialogue libre, sans jugement, sans conséquence et en toute confidentialité. « Il ne faut pas oublier qu’à 16, 17 ans, ils sont très jeunes, il faut les aider à s’adapter au rythme et aux contraintes de l’apprentissage. Parfois, en leur posant des questions pour mieux comprendre leurs difficultés, je les amène à trouver eux mêmes la réponse qui leur conviendra », confie-t-elle. Et même si certains jeunes éprouvent quelque réticence à « aller voir la psy », ils sont nombreux à apprécier cette « soupape »." (www.oise.cci.fr/content/.../file/LOE-112_W.pdf) ● In September 2011, Justin de Koszmovszky was interviewed by Business Fights Poverty. "Until July 2011, I lead SC Johnson’s Developing Markets sustainability initiatives, focused on Africa and sustainable business model adaptation and innovation to engage extremely low-income communities (ie: Base of the Pyramid, Inclusive Business, Creative Capitalism. I originated and then managed a portfolio strategy that included supply-chain projects in Rwanda co-sponsored with USAID, urban sanitation micro-franchises in Kenya (Community Cleaning Services, CCS) and a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation focused on malaria. I am now leading sustainability action for SCJ Europe, but, given it has been only two months, will rely on my former position for this profile." (http://www.businessfightspoverty.org/profiles/blogs/meet-justin-dekoszmovszky-sc-johnson-member-of-the-week) (To read the full interview, click on link below) -- Interview with Justin de Koszmovszky Back to Top 1996 TOP: Samuel Hornblower ('96); BOTTOM: Andréa Whannou ('96)  TOP: Leilah Broukhim ('96) in her new show; BOTTOM: Nicholas Harland and spouse Christine ● Samuel Hornblower of CBS 60 Minutes on CBS, told us that he was "winner of 21st Century Snake Oil for OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN A NEWS MAGAZINE at the 32nd annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards." ● Nicholas Harland wrote: "I’m working at Macquarie IB (oh dear, another investment banker) in London and got married last year to Christina Too in Hong Kong. Desperately missing NY." ● Leilah Broukhim wrote: "Tickets are now on sale for the NYC performance of my new flamenco show Dejando Huellas (Traces) at the 92nd Y Kaufmann Concert Hall on Saturday, February 25th, 2012 as part of the Flamenco Festival USA. Please help spread the word to all New Yorkers! Dejando Huellas (Traces) tells the story of a Sephardic woman through time and fuses flamenco with Sephardic and Persian music. We premiered the show to a sold-out audience at this year's Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow and just returned from another successful performance in Paris at the Museum of Art and History of Judaism. For a taste of what to expect on Feb. 25th, take a look at the show's promo video. Hope to see you all there!" (Click on three links below to buy tickets, for a promotional video, and to read a review of the show in Paris.) -- 92nd Street Y link to Leilah Broukhim's show -- Leilah Broukhim' spromotional video -- Review of Leilah Broukhim's show in Paris Back to Top 1997 TOP: Sarah Geay ('97); BOTTOM: Charles de Navacelle ('97)  TOP: Sareh Javaheri Saatch ('97); BOTTOM: Clément Valla ('97) ● Sarah Geay nous écrit qu'elle est "Avocat au Barreau de Paris depuis 2006 et exerce depuis peu au sein de sa propre structure, en droit des contrats, droit de la famille, droit pénal et droit de la responsabilité." (To access her website, click on link below) ● Charles de Navacelle "has experience representing clients before the European Commission, the French Conseil de la Concurrence, the United States Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission in response to many antitrust investigations and large document requests, including criminal grand jury investigations relating to alleged international cartel activity and price-fixing cases at a global level.....Charles is a dual French and U.S. citizen and received his legal education in Europe and in the U.S. He is a member of the New York State Bar, the Paris Bar, and the American Bar Association (Section of Antitrust Law)." (http://www.jonesday.com/cdenavacelle/#) ● Vladimir Colas "joined AXA Private Equity in 2003. He previously worked in Exane BNP Paribas’ sell-side equity research department and completed internships with Hertz France’s corporate finance department and Divento.com, where he was Assistant to the CFO. Vladimir holds a Master of Management from Université Paris IX-Dauphine and post-graduate MS in Finance from ESSEC." (http://www.axaprivateequity.com/en/company/offices/Pages/newyork.aspx) ● "A WORKING GIRL IN NEW YORK: Vérane (de Marffy Mantuano) Grange, brunette pétillante, se sent très « internationale » depuis sa prime jeunesse : elle a vécu à New York avant d’intégrer le MBA Institute.....Elle a, au fil des 4 années de scolarité, pris confiance en elle et acquis les outils intellectuels nécessaires pour assumer les responsabilités que lui a confiées l’Oréal. Une fois diplômée, c’est en effet vers cette grande entreprise mythique qu’elle se dirige, à New York, avec à la clé un stage de 5 mois en tant que chef de produit junior. Ce stage se transforme rapidement en poste d’assistante manager.....Après avoir effectué des études de marché (aux États-Unis, en France, en Chine et au Japon), testé des consommateurs potentiels, participé à la réalisation du packaging et travaillé - avec la production - sur les couleurs, elle a le sentiment enivrant d’avoir réellement contribué au succès du nouveau produit qu’elle arbore fièrement ! Elle vit et travaille à Manhattan, une ville « incroyable » pour cette jeune femme qui s’est vraiment donné les moyens de ses ambitions." (http://www.fis.edu.hk/documents/Orientation/FlashInfo14fev2008_A5_MBAi.pdf) -- Sarah Geay's website -- Class Notes Archives 1997 (Jan. 2009 to Nov. 2010 newsletters) -- Class Notes Archives 1997 (July 2001 to Dec. 2007 newsletters) Back to Top 1998 TOP: Patrick McGrath ('98); BOTTOM: Melinda Faylor ('98)  TOP: Constance (Gounod) Hartig ('98); BOTTOM: Julie Milliet-Crochet ('98) and family  TOP: Alix Donhossou ('98); BOTTOM: Laurent Willm ('98) ● Constance (Gounod) Hartig wrote: "After six years of living in London, studying for my MA and working at publishers and art institutions (Phaidon, Hayward Gallery and Saatchi Gallery), I moved back to Paris in September 2010 after 24 years abroad. I now work as an international press officer at Claudine Colin Communication, the leading PR agency in France specialized in the cultural sector, for clients such as the François Pinault Fondation and the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival. My husband and I are also the proud parents of a little girl called Sixtine, born on 11/11/2011. I would be delighted to keep in touch with any Lycée alumni and look forward to seeing them in Paris." ● Julie Milliet Crochet wrote that she "and her husband Thibaut Crochet were thrilled to welcome a little girl, Cerise, on september 7, 2011. Their son, Basile, 3, is a happy big brother!" ● Patrick McGrath is the Principal of Saint Stanislaus College, "a Catholic day and residency school for boys seven through twelve and post graduate" located in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi. ● Melinda Faylor "a native of Queens, New York, began piano at the age of four at the School for Strings in NY. She received her undergraduate diploma from the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio where she was the recipient of the Dean's Talent Award, and her Masters degree in piano performance at the Manhattan School of Music..... [She] has experience as an accompanist, chamber musician, orchestral pianist and solo pianist.....and has participated in the Mannes College of Music IFCP Festival, as well as the Orford, Las Vegas, Tibor Vargas, and Ecole Normale de Musique Paris summer festivals.....She is currently freelancing, teaching privately, is staff accompanist for the Children's Aid Society Choral programs, and for the Rose Academy of Ballet.....Melinda is currently collaborating with fire dancer Rachel Ersof as a founding member of Dames en Feu, a multimedia electronic feminist cabaret/fire dancing ensemble for whom she also composes electronic and instrumental music." (http://www.culturesinharmony.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160:melinda-faylor&catid=40:piano&Itemid=64) Back to Top 1999 TOP: Edouardo Morena ('99); BOTTOM: Shamina de Gonzaga ('99)  TOP: Shilley Tanon ('99); BOTTOM: Eric Le Calvez ('99) ● Emilie Rosanvallon wrote: "We had a little thanksgiving reunion [for classes 1999 and 2000] at a bar in the East Village on Friday Nov 25th." (To view photos of the event, click on link below) ● Edouard Morena "worked at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) from January 2006 to July 2006 working as an intern .....on issues relating to civil society and social movements. After graduating from the University of Paris IX Dauphine, where he obtained a B.A. in Economics and Finance, he went on to complete an M.A. in European Studies at King’s College, London. His M.A. dissertation was on Corporate Social Responsibility in the European Union. Whilst at UNRISD, he was also a PHD student at King’s, where he was doing research on farmers’ organisations and their links with the anti-globalisation movement, after having spent a year at the Confédération paysanne headquarters near Paris." (http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BC203/%28httpPeople%29/05910AD40D87CF78C12570F9003489B5?OpenDocument) ● "Born to a globe-trotting family, Ghassene Jerandi has spent most of life relocating across different continents and within different cultures before moving to Canada in 1999. Currently residing in Montréal, where he freelances, his work is heavily Influenced by Humanity’s diversity as well as the effects of visual communication on society, culture and the exponentially complex urban environment. He has worked as a graphic designer & art director for a wide variety of individuals and institutions, from local bands to city-wide initiatives." (http://cargocollective.com/ghassene#246887/Communicate) ● Shamina de Gonzaga "is a free-lance writer and consultant for non-profit organizations, with 12 years serving as a bridge between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the United Nations, including three years as Special Adviser on NGO relations in the Office of the President of the General Assembly where she advised on NGO involvement in the GA and identified ways to improve the, transparency and effectiveness of UN and NGO partnerships. She was the Chairperson of the 61st Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ms. Gonzaga is a representative for the Fundación Cultural Baur, a Mexico-based NGO focusing on human rights education, and a Vice-Chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee. She began her involvement with the UN when she was invited to participate in the 1990 UN Children’s Summit and became an NGO representative to the UN in 1996 at the age of 14. During the past decade, she has focused on engaging youth in the work of the UN, and bringing UN issues to a diverse global audience. In 2004 she partnered with photographer Gala Narezo to form what moves you?, an on-going collaborative project that explores and documents the relevance of global issues in people’s lives through photography, interviews and other media. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 with a Masters in French and Spanish literature." (http://www.theworldwater.org/HTML/EVENTS%20WS%20Agenda%20SPEAKERS.html) -- Classes of '99 & '00 Thanksgiving photos Back to Top 2000 TOP: Vlad de Brancovan ('00); BOTTOM: Thomas Troisgros ('00)  TOP: Mayssoun Chakir ('00); BOTTOM: Evelyne White ('00)  TOP: Asma Rezgui ('00); BOTTOM: Fred Petit ('00)  Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Pictures of Vlad De Brancovan performing in various shows ● Thomas Troisgros is interviewed in the kitchen of his '66 Bistro' restaurant ................................................................................ ● Emilie Rosanvallon ('99) wrote: "We had a little thanksgiving reunion [for classes 1999 and 2000] at a bar in the East Village on Friday Nov 25th." (To view photos of the event, click on link below) ● Séverine Martin (PhD, Columbia, 2011) "specializes in 19th century poetry and visual arts culture, the history and theory of poetry, genre studies, avant-garde art and modernism. She has taught French language and literature courses at Columbia University." (http://columbiaprograms.reidhall.com/undergraduate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=248) ● "Global private equity firm The Riverside Company is expanding its targeted efforts to invest in clean technology and energy efficiency companies (“cleantech”)....with the addition of Associate Evelyne White, whose role is to explore opportunities within cleantech and develop Riverside’s specialisation in the sector.....White has a MBA from Harvard Business School, where she focused on wind development finance through independent projects with cleantech-focused professors and entrepreneurs. She also completed her BA in politics with a minor in environmental studies from Oberlin College." (http://www.riversideeurope.com/~/media/Files/Press%20Releases/Riverside%20Strengthens%20Cleantech%20Focus_Jan%202011.ashx) ● "The head chef at 66 Bistro, Thomas Troisgros, recently picked up the title of best newcomer on the city's dining scene. Given his culinary heritage, the 25-year-old's success is hardly surprising. Thomas is the son of Claude Troisgros, Rio's most celebrated chef and the man behind the helm of uber-chic French restaurant Olympe......66 Bistro offers classic, sophisticated French dishes at prices that won't have you weeping into your bank statement. Classic Duck A l'Orange is prepared to perfection here, and roast chicken with Dijon mustard is another popular choice. The bistro-style restaurant sits in the leafy, upper-class Jardim Botanico neighborhood, and 66 Bistro is a great spot for lunch or dinner after a visit to the famous botanical gardens." (http://www.nileguide.com/destination/rio-de-janeiro/restaurants/66-bistro/401883) -- Vlad de Brancovan on YouTube -- Thomas Troisgros on YouTube -- Classes of '99 & '00 Thanksgiving photos Back to Top 2001 TOP: Amélie Petit ('01); BOTTOM: Alexandre Sauveplane ('01)  TOP: Arnaud Hollinger ('01); BOTTOM: Laureen Moyal ('01) ● The Fasken Martineau Excellence Fund: "Alexandre Sauveplane-Stirling received the fund’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) research grant, which helped offset his travel and living costs for a two-month trip to Colombia during the summer of 2010.....[He] focused his research on the CSR obligations of Canadian corporations operating in Colombia and in Latin America more generally. Sauveplane-Stirling’s time abroad took him all over Bogota, from the mountainous edges of the city’s sprawling skyline to the cavernous mining sites where he investigated how Colombia’s Legal Stability Contract allows the government to regulate labour, environment and human rights. 'I wanted to look at how the contracts are being used and relate their use to corporate social responsibility,' he explained, adding that being on-the-ground gave him direct insight into the international implications of CSR practices and their role in ensuring legal as well as social stability." (http://publications.mcgill.ca/droit/2011/02/04/fasken-martineau-fund/) ● Jean-Marc Donics told us that he "recently moved to Houston to work for the investment bank Lazard." Back to Top 2002 TOP: Aline Sara ('02); BOTTOM: Isis Valliergues Barnum ('02)  TOP: Martin Runel ('02); BOTTOM: Remy Karim Franzoni ('02) ● Aline Sara informed us that she is "a full time staff reporter at a Beirut based online publication, NOW Lebanon.com, [and that she] also freelances for a few other publications in the region." She shared a fascinating article of hers entitled The state-sponsored gangs of the Arab Spring which begins: "They’ve been around for a while, but never have they been put to such twisted, terrifying and effective use. From Egypt’s baltageya to Syria’s shabiha, from Yemen’s baltija to the Libyan mourtazakad, state-sponsored mercenaries have been essential in squelching dissent during the popular uprisings spreading across the Middle East...." (Read the full article by clicking on the link below, and access all of Aline's articles by clicking on the second link.) -- State-sponsored gangs of the Arab Spring, by Aline Sara -- Aline Sara's web page at NowLebanon.com Back to Top 2003 Jeremy Suyker ('03) and his book  TOP: Charles Andreo ('03); BOTTOM: Michèle Gaigbe Togbe ('03)  TOP: Sophie Duron ('03); BOTTOM: Lorraine Buhannic ('03) ● "Jeremy Suyker is a self-taught photographer born in Paris in 1985. He studied literature at University la Sorbonne and journalism at l’Ecole supérieure de journalisme (ESJ). After working two years as a reporter for a French newspaper, he decided to pursue a career as a photojournalist. In 2010, he travelled around Sri Lanka documenting the consequences of the civil war for Tamils. “The Aftermath of the Sri Lankan War” is his first reportage as a freelance photojournalist. Among other activities, Jeremy Suyker is currently working on “The Black Sea Project”, a personal voyage across Bulgaria, Roumania, the Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Turkey." (http://www.lightstalkers.org/rekyus) ● Charles Andreo "a French-Brazilian, took up his internship with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division after completing a masters degree in international relations at Bristol University. 'As an intern at NATO you really have to step up your game and be on top of the subjects you are dealing with', he says. 'Also, there is an excellent group dynamic between all interns, generating a vibrant social life in Brussels.' Charles works in the NATO Countries Section of Public Diplomacy Division and was also assigned to a special team dealing with media operations in connection with the crisis in Libya. 'NATO is truly a unique professional environment that stimulates your intellectual capacities and boosts your professional credentials', he says." (http://www.mzv.cz/file/647937/NATO_CPE_Newsletter_April_11.pdf) Back to Top 2004 TOP: Patrick Taqui ('04); BOTTOM: Sophie McNally ('04 --left) & Isabelle McNally ('07) ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Eloise Gale (†February 12, 2010) (See In memoriam section of this newsletter for further details, or click on link below) ............................................................................... ● Patrick Taqui "is emblematic of a rare breed of real estate agents whose consummate professionalism, insight and work ethic reveal a profound dedication to his clients. A graduate of Stony Brook University where he majored in Philosophy, Patrick’s experience in financial services, environmental campaign fundraising and art gallery event coordinating provides him with a diversified skill set uniquely adapted to his work in real estate. More specifically, it is his rigorous understanding of the real estate market in New York City, paired with a charming facility of expression, that have helped him place over 120 clients from the Bronx to Brooklyn and Manhattan to Westchester." (http://luxuryliving-nyc.com/users/patrick-taqui) -- In Memoriam: Eloise Gale Back to Top 2005 TOP: Zied Laaribi ('05); BOTTOM: Stephanie Tardieu ('05)  TOP: Fanny Portay ('05); BOTTOM: Pierre Carras ('05)  Vianney Ausseil ('05)  TOP: Camille Holden ('05); MIDDLE: Anna Loumbrozo ('05); BOTTOM: Justine Goy ('05) ● Stéphanie Tardieu wrote: "On July 30, 2011 I got married to Gustavo Hernandez, my college sweetheart! We are both currently 2nd year medical school students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. LFNY grads and my long time friends Camille Holden, Anna Loumbrozo, and Jusine Goy were all in attendance." ● Pierre Carras told us that he is "working in Zurich, Switzerland for Citigroup." ● Zied Laaribi "is a graduate in Finance & Economics from JSMB, Concordia University. He is currently working in one of Canada's leading banks. During his university years, he was actively involved in student groups..... Zied also has experience in the pharmaceutical, banking and development sectors. At MSR [Missions de Solidarité Responsable] he is responsible for corporate relations and fundraising events. Coming from a developing country, he is interested in sustainable development, microfinance and humanitarian projects that connect the expertise and resources of developed countries to the needs of developing ones." (http://msr-intl.com/?s=zied+laaribi&x=18&y=14) ● "Antoine Bitan is a graduate of the University of Chicago. Prior to joining the firm [MoloLamken], he worked for Credit Agricole's Corporate Investment Banking division and previously for a global advertising and marketing agency in London." (http://www.mololamken.com/lawyers-27.html) ● "......For Vianney Ausseil, a 23 year-old Rutgers senior, making and marketing good music boils down to what makes music great in the first place: passion, drive, ingenuity and a belief in the integrity of one's work that no potential amount of page views can sway. Armed with these values, a non-generic charisma and unique tactics, he takes his only client, promising hip hop band, Inside Our Universe, better known as I.O.U., through the honest, good old-fashioned hard-earned road to the pinnacle of the music industry..... Ausseil’s role with I.O.U. entails promoting the music as well as the artists themselves.....Ausseil was born in the South of France in Perpignan on December 9, 1987. He lived in a small village in the Alps until he was five years old then emigrated to the United States with his family to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He later moved to Newtown Square, Pennsylvania and then settled with his family in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Ausseil commuted to school during his middle school and high school years at a French private school in New York City called Lycée Français de New York. He spent his first year of college in the South of France at Euromed Marseille then returned back to the United States where he took a year off to work on political campaigns. He then spent one year at Bergen Community College then transferred to Rutgers University where he is currently an undergraduate student....." (http://ausseil.blogspot.com/) (To read the full article, click on link below. To view a video recently produced by Vianney, click on second link below.) -- Vianney Ausseil's blog -- Video produced by Vianney Ausseil Back to Top 2006 Shaan Couture ('06)  TOP: Eleonore Hannezo ('06); BOTTOM: Edouard Lorenceau ('06) ● Shaan Couture wrote: "After finishing my B.A. in Sociology in Montreal, I decided to enroll in a Communication Masters program. At the same time, as it might be in my genes, I have always wanted to evolve in the audio-visual sphere. I remember when I started the photo club at the LFNY: Any opportunity to take my camera out was a good one --parties with friends, spring fairs at the LFNY, teacher-parent meetings, the prom, the gates in Central Park, anything. Nowadays, people seem to always be in a hurry and for many of my generation, reading has become mainly a means to an end. Using visual content seems to be more appropriate as a way to mix entertaining and information. With Daniel Duchene, an alumnus of the French International School of Washington D.C., I decided to create WEDIAWIX, a mixed media collaborative company. Relocated in San Diego, CA, WEDIAWIX uses a diversity of methods of expression to share information through media in the purpose of creating social awareness, entertainment, and a platform for contributive exchanges. Built on our strengths and experiences, WEDIAWIX enables us to share a passion and a vision of the world....." (Click on PdF file below to read more about Shaan's vision and her WEDIAWIX project) Shaan Couture's WEDIAWIX project-- Shaan Couture's website Back to Top 2007 TOP: Amedeo d'Amore ('07) & Eleonora d’Amore ('09); BOTTOM: Jessica Schinazi ('07)  Marcos Eliades, ('07) at the October 5, 2011 reunion in Paris, organized by the LFNY ● "Hello, Adrian Landon the artist metal sculptor here. I brought two life-size horse sculptures to France this summer: One to St. Tropez, the other to Deauville." (Click on link below to access Adrian's website) -- Adrian Landon's website Back to Top 2008 TOP: Chloé Goirand ('08) ; BOTTOM: Abdel Jawad Alfa Zerandouro ('08)  TOP: Sophia le Fraga ('08); BOTTOM: Anis El Hadj Ali ('08) ● Chloé Goirand nous écrit: "À Montréal depuis 3 ans, je termine mon Bachelor Marketing & Management à HEC Montréal dans un an et espère trouver un premier emploi à l'étranger une fois encore. En attendant, je pars en échange universitaire pour 6 mois à Sao Paulo et commence donc à apprendre le portugais et la samba." (Click on link below to access her website) ● "New York based Sophia Le Fraga is finishing her B.A. Linguistics and Poetry at New York University. Her work has appeared in The Last Romantics, The Stolen Island Review, Sole Literary Journal, The Broome Street Review and Lemon Hound, and was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, and in 2011, throughout Berlin." (http://quantumpoetry.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/sophia-le-fraga/) -- Chloé Goirand's website Back to Top 2009 TOP: Cecilia Iliesiu ('09); BOTTOM: Capucine Avenas ('09)  TOP: David Chevreux ('09); BOTTOM: Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin ('09) ● Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin wrote: "I am currently a junior at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY with a major in political science and a concentration in international law. For the last two and a half years I have been an active participant in the college's model United Nations, campus newspaper and mock trial. Second semester of my freshman year, I surprisingly became a back line player for the school's rugby team. This semester I have been living in the city, participating in a program called Bard Globalization an international affairs program in which I intern during day and take classes at night. I am currently interning at the Global Justice Center, an NGO which works with women leaders on the strategic and timely legal enforcement of international equality guarantees. Many of my professors have asked me about my bilingual education and have decided to look into the lycée for their own kids. I told them that there is no better place." ● Ziad Chalhoub nous écrit: "Je suis actuellement étudiant en deuxième année dans l'école de management hôtelier de Glion en Suisse, Montreux." ● Cecilia Iliesiu joined the Carolina Ballet in 2009. She "began dancing at age 3 with Christine Neubert. She studied at The School of American Ballet (SAB) in New York City for 10 years with Kay Mazzo, Susane Pilarre, and Suki Schorer, among others. She also studied at the former Studio Maestro with Francois Perron and Deborah Wingert. Cecilia was choreographed on by Daniel Baudendistel in 2006 for the Studio Maestro Spring Workshop. She also participated in the 2008 Student Choreographic Workshop as a dancer and choreographer." (http://www.carolinaballet.com/Bio-Iliesiu.html) Back to Top 2010 Anne-Catherine Moyse ('10) ● Anne-Catherine Moyse wrote: "I am now in Santiago de los Caballeros, city of Santiago in the Dominican Republic. I am studying there. It's great and I like it. I hope that sometime this year or next year, I'll be able to come and visit the LFNY again." Back to Top |
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