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In MemoriamDr. Baruj Benacerraf ('40), Maurice Raviol ('44), Gabriel Dognin ('48), Claude Duthuit ('50), Raymond Ostinett ('51), José Huertas Jourda ('51), Cecil Altmann ('51), Valentin Berger ('52), Pierre Treuil ('53), Joseph Arseguel ('56), Serge Aniel ('56), Robert Abady ('57), Marc Pelanne ('57), Valérie (de Bourmont) Eldridge ('58), Phillippe Leguay ('60), Aude-Monique Courtines ('61), Bruno Grob ('66), Sandra Haas ('66), Louise (Loulou) de la Falaise ('66), Sheila Odzer ('68), Matthieu Bonnifay ('78), Francesca (Scarsini) Pignatelli ('79), Marc Boleis ('79), Frédéderic Martin ('79), Marcel Bruell ('80), Frederic Fierens ('90), Eloise Gale ('04)(Click on "related links--Archives" below for a full list of Lycee alumni and staff who are deceased, to our knowledge.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● "Dr. Baruj Benacerraf ('40), a Venezuelan-born immunologist who received a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in exploring why diseases like multiple sclerosis affect some people but not others, died on Tuesday August 2, 2011 at his home in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston. He was 90. The cause was pneumonia, according to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Dr. Benacerraf, the son of a textile merchant who had hoped he would carry on the family business, was president of the institute from 1980 to 1991....." (Click on "related links", to the right, under the last photo, for further details from this NY Times article, and one from Boston.com) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● "Maurice R. Raviol ('44) of Bronxville, NY passed away on February 28, 2011 at his home with his family by his side. Beloved husband of Antoinette, loving father to Michel and cherished GrandPere to Fallon and Alexis. Born in New York on December 6th, 1926 Maurice attended the Lycée Francais in New York. He Graduated from Cornell University with honors at the age of nineteen. As a Major in the United States Army he became an intelligence officer. His facility with languages led to his being assigned as the personal interpreters to both General Ridgway and Bradley in Germany. Following the war he was offered a position in the Diplomatic Corps of the US State Department. Instead, he followed his nose into the Fine Fragrance Industry with the French Firm of Lautier Fils. This began a career in the Fragrance industry spanning over six decades. Over the years he held Senior Vice President positions in global firms including PFW, Robertet and Polarome International. He also founded his own company, Fragrance Designs, and was Chairman of Les Poochs Fragrances. His expertise and knowledge of the Global fragrance market led to his being elected Vice President of the Essential Oil Association. He was also a founding member of the Alumni Association of the Lycee Francais de New York. He will be missed by many." Gabrielle Griswold ('44) wrote: "Maurice was a classmate during our Lycee years and a friend later, in both Paris and the U.S. He remained an active participant in the world and its affairs until the end. My warm and sincere condolences to his family and close associates." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● José-Maria de Gamboa ('45) passed away in December 2009. He was "the son of Negros hacendero Don Marino de Gamboa. His ancestors had immigrated to the Philippines in the mid-19th century. His father was also owner and Director of the Mid-Atlantic Shipping Company. His wealthy family was living in Bilbao, Spain when the Spanish Civil War broke out and relocated to France, where they would live in exile until the German invasion. His family then moved to the U.S., where young Jose Maria would enlist in the army. Jose Maria fought in General Patton's 3rd Army in France and is a veteran of the famous 'Battle of the Bulge'in the Ardennes forest. He would later study History and Political Science at the presitigious Cornell University and spend the rest of his life involved in the Basque Studies Congress intiatives." ( http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=426655&page=37) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Anne Cirier ('50) informed us that "Gabriel Dognin ('48) an alumnus who attended the LFNY like his brother Francis and his sisters Josiane and Brigitte (years 1944-1950) passed away (Alzeimer's disease) on August 19, 2011 at the age of 80." Audrey (Clark) Kelm ('47) wrote: "Gabriel Dognin, his brother and older sister, (Brigitte, who was in my class) and I used to commute via train together to Scarsdale. I remember how scholarly he was as I would watch the whole family start doing their homework the minute we boarded the train. The typical French family living in a "country home" with chickens and geese in the backyard. They were very private people. Please forward my condolences to his sister Brigitte, if you know her whereabouts....Gabriel was 2 years younger than me." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Claude Duthuit ('50), le petit-fils de Henri Matisse s'est éteint, à près de 80 ans, le 16 mai 2011, à New York. Il était notamment le directeur de l'Institute of Nautical Archeology, le président de la succession Matisse et chevalier de la légion d'honneur. Il était aussi un grand donnateur. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● José Huertas-Jourda ('51) "who served as a professor of philosophy at both the University of Waterloo and at Wilfrid Laurier University, died March 1, 2007, aged 74. Born in Spain, educated in the United States, he first came to UW in 1970. In 1974 he moved his primary appointment to WLU, but continued to teach part-time at UW, and spoke and wrote extensively about existentialism, Heidegger, Husserl and 'the comic sense of life'." (http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2007/mar/09fr.html) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Cecil Altmann ('51) "passed away in Geneva, Switzerland on July 28, 2008. He was born July 24th, 1934, in Vienna, Austria. [He]was the son of cashmere manufacturer Bernhard Altmann and Wilhelmine Altmann......He leaves his beloved wife Sanda (m. 1970) and his loving daughter Ileana. From a first marriage, he leaves his devoted children Calixte and Bernhard-Olivier. He is also survived by two sisters, Ruth [Altmann-Orton, '49] and Yvonne. He graduated from Harvard University in 1957 and moved to New York and Geneva, Switzerland. His brilliant mind and adventurous spirit pioneered new domains in mutual funds, finance and real estate......." (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E7D9143AF930A3575BC0A96E9C8B63) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Raymond J. Ostinett ('51) "75, of Manlius, died Sunday October 12,2008 at the VA Medical Center in Syracuse. Born in Nice, France. He had lived in Manlius for three years, previously living in Erieville. He was an Army veteran. He retired from General Electric in 1992, where he was an electrical engineer. He loved his family and loved to spend time with them on his farm. An avid hunter and outdoorsman, he loved animals and working on his land. He had his own apple orchard where he sold apples and cider. He was a member of Eastern Hills Bible Church, Toggenburg Ski Hill and Cazenovia Country Club. Raymond loved to travel, especially to France where he would visit his sister, Yvette and Franck Pottin. He was predeceased by his wife, Diana Ostinett, in 1989 and by his daughter, Peggy, in 1976." (http://obits.syracuse.com/obituaries/syracuse/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-j-ostinett&pid=118815414) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Valentin Berger ('52) Robert Kaiser (’52) shared this with us: "According to the MIT Alumni Association Directory, Valentin Berger passed away last year, on June 16, 2010 ." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Pierre Treuil ('53) "(1934 - 2000) immigrated to Canada in 1956 from his hometown, New York City, to pursue a career as an actuary in the Federal government where he became one of the architects of the Canada Pension Plan. In 1967, Pierre married. His wife, Geraldine, said of their marriage, “it was a great 33 years”. He retired in 1991. At the bridge table, Pierre was renowned for both his brilliance and sensitivity to others. If his partner made an error, Pierre would look for a way he might have made partner’s decision easier. If he found a way, he would do the apologizing......Pierre won the Canadian Open Pairs Championship in 1992, 1993 and 1995. He is the only triple winner in the history of the event." (http://www.infobridge.it/Campioni_TreuilP.htm) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Joseph Arseguel ('56) "Recently of Forestville, Joe passed away at his home in April 2011, succumbing to emphysema. He was 74. A French native, Joe emigrated to the US with his parents Leon and Antoinette Arseguel in 1953. He attended Darrow School and Middlebury College and lived in New York City. In 1958 he moved west and worked as sommelier at his parents' famed San Francisco restaurant, Chez Leon. It was there that he met Miriam Waksman, his future wife and with whom he would raise three children. In 1962 they met the Macrobiotic visionary Georges Ohsawa at a summer camp in Big Sur and would have their lives forever changed through the Macrobiotic diet and philosophy. In 1972 they bought an 11-acre former horse ranch on Ross Branch Road in Forestville and would transform it into an early self-sustaining organic family farm. In 1980, the marriage over, Joe moved to Boston to further his Macrobiotic studies with Michio Kushi. He practiced and taught shiatsu and nutrition and operated a study-house until returning to Sonoma County to care for his ailing parents. He is survived by his three children, Benjamin Arseguel who lives in the Southwest, Ariege Arseguel of Sebastopol, and Sebastien Arseguel of San Francisco; as well as two grandchildren, Stella and Hugo Sappington. Email contact: ariege@basearts.com" (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pressdemocrat/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-leandre-arseguel&pid=149893215) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Serge F. Angiel ('56): "Retired educator, ski patroller, Springfield, N.J., passed away on August 27, 2008. Born in Paris, Angiel came to the United States in 1940. He earned B.A., M.A. and Ed.D. degrees from Columbia and was principal of Columbia H.S., Maplewood, N.J. from 1973–80. From 1980–93, Angiel was superintendent in the Emerson, N.J., school district. He was a volunteer ski patroller and former director of the Southern New York Region of the Eastern Division of the National Ski Patrol. Angiel traveled frequently throughout his life and spent many summers in France and Greece. He is survived by his wife, Christine; daughter, Nicole ’93; brother, Pierre; and a granddaughter." (http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan_feb09/obituaries) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Robert H. Abady ('57) "69, of Verbank died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Mr. Abady was the founder and owner of the Robert H. Abady Dog Food Co.....Born in Curacao on June 18, 1938, he was the son of Jack and Fortune Farhi Abady. He left Curacao after the war with his family and was schooled at the Lycee Francais de NY. Having a great love for animals, he proceeded to develop nutrition and supplements for them over the years. Robert embarked on a lifelong mission to help people and their four legged friends, and became well known around the world for his vision. As a child he mended broken wings, as a young man he single handedly saved the Bouvier from a slow but certain extinction, and as an adult funded the most scientifically sound nutrition company of its kind, focusing on animals’ nutrition and welfare.....He was a complex and eclectic personality, a talented artist, and a bon vivant.....He leaves behind his wife of 8 years, Maya Sherpa; his mother Fortune; and his sister, Margo Sally Abady ('57)." (http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/print.cfm?type=obituary&o_id=205909&fh_id=11129&s_id=75BEA81F9CBA8C5A9B835F6DBC36E001) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Marc Pelanne ('57) "61 years old, passed away at his residence in League City, Texas, in September, 2001. He was born July 9, 1940 in New York City to Jean Henry and Marie Pelanne. Marc served in the U. S. Navy and was employed by Continental Airlines as a pilot. He is survived by his wife, Candy Sue Pelanne; son, Jean P. Pelanne; mother, Marie Pelanne and this three brothers and sisters-in-laws, Pierre ['57] & Peggy, Claude and Sandy and Thierry and Teresa Pelanne." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Valérie (de Bourmont) Eldridge ('58) "a dedicated and devoted member of this university [SUNY at New Palyz], served as transfer admission advisor, director of international admission, assistant dean of student advising, and after retirement continuing her service to New Paltz at the Haggerty Institute, died in January 2003." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Phillippe Leguay ('60) passed away in March 2001. Jean van Rijckevorsel ('60) shared this with us: "Philippe left the USA with the S.S. Liberté (French Line) on December 27, 1957. Many of his friends accompanied him to his cabin that day and offered him a book we all signed in the back, pledging that we would be meeting 5 years later at 11:00AM under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. I was there (on December 27, 1962) and as promised, Philippe was there too. This was the start of a strong friendship between us two. After this date he went 2 years to Abidjan on cooperation (instead of going to the Military Service). When he came back he started his career in advertising, first in Paris then in London. It is in London that they found out in 2000 that he had cancer. He underwent an operation and within a year the sickness caught up with him. He died end of March 2001. He was buried in the cemetery of Barbeville next to Bayeux in Normandy on March 31st 2001. He had 2 daughters and a son. His wife Corinne lives in Paris and paints under the name of Corinne Leguay." Jean-Claude Valode ('61) nous a aussi écrit: « Philippe est parti de NY en 1956 ou 1957, car je suis arrivé l’année d'après son départ et je n'ai donc pas connu Philippe à New York, mais en pension à l'École des Roches en Normandie où nous faisions notre terminale. Nous avons de suite sympathisé, ne serait-ce qu'à travers nos nombreux souvenirs sur NY et il m'a souvent parlé de ce rendez-vous sur la Tour Eiffel !!! Je me souviens aussi de détails sur sa coopération, de mon coté j’étais au Québec (ce n’est pas pareil !) mais j’y ai connu mon épouse. Nous nous sommes souvent vus à Paris (il habitait rue de Rémusat dans le 16éme et moi rue Raynouard ) et nous nous sommes perdus de vue ( c'est souvent, hélas, la vie ). De mémoire, son père travaillait à NY pour les parfums Ricci. Le fils Jean-Louis était également aux Roches avec nous. L'annonce de son décès m'a beaucoup peiné. » +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● François Courtines ('62) informed us that his sister Aude-Monique Courtines ('61) passed away in 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Bruno Grob ('66): "Les membres du conseil et l'équipe d'United Way expriment leur peine face à l’annonce de la disparition le 11 novembre, 2011 de Bruno Grob , président d’Otis NEEA (Europe du Nord, de l'Est et Afrique) et membre du conseil d'administration de United Way Tocqueville. Bruno Grob était un président très actif, apprécié et respecté de tous" (http://www.uwtfrance.fr/2011/11/14/d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s-de-bruno-grob/) "Le Président de « Special Olympics France », Monsieur Bruno GROB, est décédé brutalement le 11 Novembre. Rien ne laissait prévoir cette issue fatale, tant Bruno paraissait en bonne santé, lui qui était un sportif accompli. « Special Olympics France » perd un Grand Président et la Société OTIS un Grand Capitaine d’industrie. L’action de Bruno GROB était soutenue par des valeurs morales appréciées de tous : Homme enthousiaste qui provoquait le dynamisme des Dirigeants, des Bénévoles et des Collaborateurs de « Special Olympics France ». Homme chaleureux et généreux à l’égard des Sportifs en situation de Handicap Mental qui aimaient à le rencontrer et à l’aborder familièrement, à l’occasion de rencontres sportives. Avec le départ de Bruno vers un monde meilleur, c’est une belle figure de dirigeant qui disparaît, c’est une page riche de souvenirs qui est tournée....." (http://www.specialolympics.asso.fr/site/archives/2246) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Sandra Haas ('66) passed away on July 26, 2011 after a long illness. She had been living in Pasadena, Maryland. Her brother Richard posted this message on her Facebook page: "My sister Sandy died this afternoon. She went into respiratory failure and cardiac arrest last Friday, and by the time the ambulance got to her house, she had neither pulse or respiration. The EMTs were able to get her heart going again but not in time to prevent massive brain damage. She never awoke, and, as it became certain that she never would awake, she was taken off of life support and allowed to go peacefully." Alain Letort ('66) wrote: "Earlier today I attended the funeral service of Sandra Haas at Glen Burnie, Md., as well as her interment in the lovely and peaceful country churchyard of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Croom, Md., which was founded by an ancestor of Sandra’s. I was the only Lycée alum at these services and I was glad that someone, at least, from Sandra’s Lycée years was present." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Louise (Loulou) de la Falaise ('66) "died on Saturday November 5, 2011 at her home in France at the age of 64. Loulou was most famous for her role as muse to Yves Saint Laurent throughout his long career, but she was also widely regarded as a long time collaborator on the designer's eponymous label, and spent over thirty years designing for jewellery and accessories for the brand. Fashion folklore credits de la Falaise for inspiring one of Yves Saint Laurent's most iconic designs the 'le Smoking' suit which pioneered the merging of beautiful and masculine into one look for women. After Saint Laurent retired in 2002 de la Falaise launched her own fashion business with a clothing and jewellery line, and into her 60's Loulou remained strikingly beautiful and always poised - true fashion royalty." (http://www.pedestrian.tv/fashion/news/r.i.p.-ysl-muse-loulou-de-la-falaise/57529.htm) (Click on "related links", to the right, under the last photo,for more news reports) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Cleo (Sheila) Odzer ('68) passed away in March, 2001 in Goa (India) where she had been living. She was the author of Goa Freaks: My Hippie Years in India, which describes "how the hippies of the '70s managed to live seemingly luxurious lives in Goa without doing a day's work......how they spent months on a tiny stretch of Anjuna beach" and Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World, "an insider's account based on three years of research into the near-epidemic proportions of prostitution in Asia." (Click on link below for a detailed chronicle of her life in Wikipedia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Jerome-Pierre Bonnifay ('79) wrote: "I come today again with a very sad news, this one touching my family closely. My sister Victoire ('84) and I have the sadness to announce the passing of our brother Matthieu Bonnifay ('78). He left us on April 30, 2011 in Spain from a heart failure. He was 52. Matthieu was in Terminale in 1978. Let’s all have a thought for those people who have the rotten idea of leaving so early......So much more to do together, so many things to tell to each other..... We will miss him and he leaves a big void amongst us." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● "A member of an extended family of former LFNY students --Francesca (Scarsini) Pignatelli ('79)-- passed away in Milan on July 17, 2010 . She had battled cancer with great strength and courage for the past four years. She was the sister of Antonella (Scarsini) Calastri ('77) and Alessandro Scarsini ('82). She and her former husband Charles Masson ('73) are the parents of Flavia Masson ('03) and Charles Christopher Masson ('05). Using the name Francesca Visconti, she was a renowned jewelry and handbag designer. She was born in 1961 in Egypt, and grew up in Cairo, Rome and New York." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Marc Boleis ('79) "a resident of Woodside Queens and Waterhole Road in East Hampton, died of heart failure at Westchester Medical Center on Friday, March 25, 2011 following a four month illness. He was 49 years old. Mr. Boleis was born in New York City on June 22, 1961 to Roger and Mimi (Jousseaume) Boleis. He grew up in New York City and East Hampton and attended Lycee Francais in New York City and Boston University in Boston, Mass. Mr. Boleis worked as an IT Specialist for American Express for 20 years. He was described by relatives as being devoted to his family and many friends and he also enjoyed travel and boating. Survivors include his parents Roger and Mimi Boleis of East Hampton and Quiberon, France; a brother, Luc LeBoleis of East Hampton; and nephews Sean and Scott LeBoleis." (http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/obituaries/obituaries-3-31-11-11859) His classmates wrote these remembrances: Alessandra (Kelmans) de Bozzo ('81): "Your beautiful smile I see on your face Assures my heart you are in a better place I knew you were special but not just to me How so many people loved you was clear to see ...Trust that we will never forget you My dear friend, we are going to miss you." Nathalie (Girod) Buet ('80): "Nous sommes tous très attristés, il était si gentil, le cœur sur la main.....Ce n'est qu'un au revoir Marc. Nous penserons toujours à toi, à ta gentillesse, ton sourire, et tout ce que tu as fait pour nos réunions en Septembre 2010." Philippe Gouamba ('79): "I can't believe it. We were all just together at the reunion and now this? Life can be so cruel at times. Marc lives on in our hearts; death has not won anything by taking him. My deepest condolences go out to his family." Christine Auclair ('80): "Bien triste nouvelle. Marc a été merveilleux lors de notre réunion à New York et a Paris. Il a organisé toute la musique et les photos présentées aux deux réunions. Je n'ai aucun doute que sans lui, la réunion n'aurait pas été aussi mémorable; le pouvoir de la musique et des images du passé ne peut pas être minimisé dans son apport aux émotions et a beaucoup contribué a l'atmosphère si chaleureuse dont nous nous souvenons tous. Marc était d'une très grande gentillesse et avait le don du partage de lui même. Il était très simple et très facile à vivre. Notre dernière conversation a eu lieu pendant la semaine de son hospitalisation; je devais le rappeler et n'en ai pas eu la chance. J'en suis bien sure bien triste. C'est tellement difficile d'accepter qu'on ne sait jamais si et quand on parle a quelqu'un pour la dernière fois. Avec beaucoup de chagrin et de regrets sur le départ de cette âme." Tatiana Nekrassoff-Ceccatto ('79): "I can still remember that lavish head of blonde hair being swept by the wind, as he got to school in his double-breasted blue blazer and his unmistakable french briefcase. He had a beautiful head of hair, even though he had none in his old age. He had the kindest soul a person could have. He was not the most popular kid at school; quite to the contrary, he befriended those that were either picked on or that came from far away countries. Never did he have a bad word for me. Others called me "fatty", "fatso" yet Marc was the one to come make me feel better as I sat in a corner, crying. We need more people in this world like Marc Boleis. He was one of the angels that God sent to make us all smile. You will be missed." Robert Preston ('79): "..... it feels that it was the other day we all reunited, it now seems much closer in time that we were trying to cut across the Central Park field to avoid doing our mandated gym jogs. I think all I'll say is: Marc, rest in peace and thanks for bringing the memories back." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Frédéric (‘Frédo’) Martin ('79) passed away on or about October 20, 2011. He attended the LFNY from 8eme in 1971 through 4eme in 1975. Baina Masquelier ('75) was kind enough to share the tragic news: "Frédéric Martin (Frédo) qui était dans la classe de mes frères est mort subitement d'une crise cardiaque. Il vivait chez sa mère à Toulouse, après séparation d'avec sa femme Sylviane à Paris. Deux enfants. Il est mort subitement dans le café où il se reposait après son jogging......Je crois qu'il est mort jeudi 20 oct.....Salut Fred, tu seras toujours dans nos cœurs et nos pensées." Baina also shared her remembrance of Fredo: Frédéric Martin (“Frédot”) who was at the LFNY from 8eme in 1971 through 4eme in 1975 - and who would have graduated in 1979 if he had stayed at LFNY - passed away on (or about) October 20, 2011. He died suddenly in a café where he was resting after jogging. Not carrying any ID on him, it took the police a few days before they were able to identify him. Frédot was living with his mother in Toulouse, after separating from his wife, Sylviane, in Paris, with whom he has two children. He was a very close friend of my brothers, Roch ('79) and Denis ('79). We knew him as a fellow with no fear who loved to adventure into the unknown. We taught him how to ski, and in no time Frédot was skiing down the hardest slopes. He and I once ventured on a slope, closed that day because of possible avalanches, but the deep and powdery snow did not scare him one bit. And the fact that the slope was closed made it that much more exciting to him! At the top of the slope, we fell and got stuck in a hole, each our own hole. I could only see the tip of the little boy’s ski pole sticking out of the snow while we were shouting to each other for help, and then shouting to be quiet so as to not cause an avalanche. Frédot taught me to concentrate on the light and to let go of everything in order to regain strength. We got out of our holes, skied a bit and fell again. We went down the entire slope rolling and rolling. It was the only way. The snow was too deep for us to shift our weight backward so it was impossible to get the points of our skis out of the snow to slide! We were lucky: no broken bones, but I got a nasty bump on my head. While going to the LFNY, he lived with his family on 87th St. and 2nd Ave. We lived nearby, on 89th St. and 1st Ave. From our balcony, we could see movement in his apartment, but nothing in great detail. He had a powerful torch and would send signals with it, a bit like Morse code, only he made up his own code. If we weren’t on our balcony to receive his messages as soon as he came back from school, then he would phone us to let us know the signal was coming and what it meant. In the army, Frédot took the hard option: “casque bleu” in Lebanon. He returned from the army well respected and admired, with a bayonet which he used for cooking! Roch only knows how well Frédot can catch a fish without bait to then cook it... with his bayonet! And... could he cook! I can still hear his laughter. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and with Frédot, there was always a way. Our dearest friend will always be remembered. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● "Marcel Bruell (’80), beloved member of the Polarome International family, a global supplier of fragrance and flavoring materials headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, passed away unexpectedly on May 17, 2010 at the age of 47. Marcel is survived by father and Polarome CEO Pierre Bruell, his stepmother Amanda, his brother and Polarome president Claude Bruell and family, sister-in-law Valerie, nephew Ayden and niece Grace. Marcel attended the Lycee Francais of New York, the Ecole des Roches in Normandy and graduated from Boston University with a degree in Business Administration. Marcel was a multilingual man about town, full of life, charm, curiosity and adventure. He liked traveling, skiing and other sports. In his last years, he devoted himself fully to the art of painting. Services will be held at the Chancery of the Grace Church, Broadway and 10th Street, Manhattan, on Thursday, June 17 at 6:00pm.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Frederic Fierens ('90): His brother Thierry Fierens ('90) informed us that Frederic passed away on March 11, 2011. These messages were left on the condolences page of enaos.net: Rachel Viain ('90): "Je vous offre mes sincères condoleances. Quelle triste nouvelle d'apprendre le décès de Frederic. Je garde de merveilleux souvenirs de lui lors de son passage au Lycée Français de New York. Je pense à vous en ces moments difficiles.: Emilio Fields ('90): "Though I hadn't seen Frederic since the Lycee here in New York, please know that he inspired nothing but fond memories for me and for those I still speak to from our class. I am shocked and saddened by his passing, and send his family, Thierry in particular, my sincerest condolences. Frederic is in my prayers, and forever part of my personal history." Chouaibou Njoya ('90): "Rest in peace, thank you for the M&Ms." Eurydice (Capo-Chichi) Reinert ('90): "I sincerely share the whole family's pains and I will keep praying for Frederic to rest in peace, and for all of you who are suffering, missing him." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ● Eloise Gale ('04) "died while scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands on February 12, 2010. Upon noticing her absence, members of her diving group searched for her for more than four hours. They were on the verge of abandoning hope when a diver found Eloise's body. She was lying at the bottom of the ocean. Eloise, 23, had only been teaching for a year and a half. The accident left Eloise's family -- her father, mother and sister -- in a state of shock. 'Nobody knows what to do,' explains Flavia Gale, radiating both the confidence of a spitfire Oxford graduate and the vulnerability of a grieving mother. 'You imagine everything in the world except your child dying. People don't know how to react.' " Eloise had been a beloved school teacher at the Sligo Creek Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-sullivan/for-the-love-of-a-teacher_b_822278.html) (Click on 'related links, to the right, under the last photo, to access the full testimonial) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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