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1968Class Notes Archives(Click on Pdf links ("related downloads") to the right, bottom, for more photo archives, and yearbook pictures) ----- From December 2011 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ................................................................................ In Memoriam: ● Cleo (Sheila) Odzer (†March, 2001) (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) ----- From November 2010 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Avis de Décès: Brent Bailer ('63) informed us that his brother "Lloyd Bailer passed away in January 2009 as a result of an infection he contracted during his recovery from a successful double transplant operation." (See In Memoriam section for further details, or click on link below.) ● Michael Barmache wrote: "Even though I never really excelled at the Lycée, the discipline that the rigors of French education instilled in me enabled me to do well enough in college and medical school to become an emergency medicine physician. After 30 years of being a full time ER Physician, I called it quits this past January. Life is now much more relaxed.....I invite anyone from the Lycée to stay with me in Portland Oregon if their travels bring them this way....My son Ross is still going to school - he is in a sound engineering program at California Institute of Art and Music in Valencia CA. I continue to be as athletically active as ever, although at 60 I'm slowing down. For the time being, life is good!" ● Valerie (Pierce) Jeffers nous écrit: "Bonjour à tout le monde! Ma fille ainée, Tara, va nous présenter notre premier petit-enfant l'été prochain. Et Chloë vient d'annoncer qu'avec son mari elle cherche une maison dans les environs de Portland...donc nous serons tous dans le Maine ce qui est génial. J'enseigne le français et l'espagnol au lycée; je me sers beaucoup du cinéma dans mes cours. En ce moment nous étudions le film "Ce qu'il faut pour vivre". L'année dernière nous sommes allés à Québec. Nous avons avons aussi reçu des lycéens de Pontlevoy qui pensent nous rejoindre en mai. En ce moment nous faisons des préparations pour recevoir des élèves de Bogotá. Ces deux lycées voudraient bien nous recevoir en France et en Colombie." ● "C’est le rédacteur en chef «France» depuis 2005 à l’Agence France-Presse (AFP), de Paris, Hervé Guilbaud qui vient d’être nommé directeur du bureau de l’AFP à Rabat. «L’arrivée d’un poids lourds de la rédaction de l’AFP sur Rabat montre tout l’intérêt que porte désormais la célèbre agence de presse au Maroc»......." (http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?r=2&sr=1021&n=590&id_artl=17982) ● Nina Bernstein wrote: "It took the Paris hospitality of Roger Liwer, the ebullient editor of this newsletter, to break my silence of 44 years, along with the prospect of seeing other Lycée friends for the first time in half a century. My husband, Andreas Huyssen, and I are lucky enough to be in Paris this academic year, while he is on research fellowship/sabbatical at Columbia University’s Reid Hall in Montparnasse and I am on a working leave of absence from the New York Times (pursuing some investigative reporting projects related to immigration). Our two sons, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old grandson will visit us here over Thanksgiving. My mother, now 85, reminds me that had she not sent me to the Lycée from 9eme through Seconde, I would be unable to discuss citoyenté with sociologists at cafés or buy filet de Merlan from the poissonier on rue Lepic. And my father, 90, managed to recall the street address where he visited my French cousins in 1945, after the the liberation. Avec grand plaisir, je retrouve tout un passé français! " Editor's note: Nina was awarded the 2009 Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism, for her reporting on “Deaths in Immigrant Detention” (http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2009-hillman-prize-newspaper-journalism) Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Nina Bernstein at Hillman award ceremony ● Coco (Corinne Franco) Kopelman is interviewed at a gala event ● Martine Aballéa parle de son oeuvre, sur vodeotv ● Jean-Christophe Mitterand parle à propos du livre "Une Famille au secret" ● Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower talks about her first SEJ conference (click on links below) ----- From December 2009 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Françoise Rouillon a épousé Raphael Braque le samedi 24 octobre, 2009 à la mairie du 14eme à Paris. Roger Liwer était un de ses deux témoins. (Click on link below to access Françoise's website --théâtre de l'ombrelle) ● Diane (Williams) Rafferty wrote: "I've known Andre Spears for years and am godmother to his son Luke; Martine Aballea has been a good friend ever since college days, and she's a terrific artist. (I wrote a small piece about her for Elle.) Thanks to Martine, I got back in touch with JP and had a wonderful visit. His latest book, "Delusions of Normality," hits the ground running and speeds along until it crashes into an explosive "Can one bear too much reality?" conclusion. It's impeccably researched, outsized in scope, and lives up to its daunting ambitions. It's quite brilliant, so read it." [Diane "trained as a professional dancer at the School of American Ballet and writes about dance for MusicalAmerica.com. Her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times and England's Spectator, among other publications." http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/diane_rafferty] ● Maryline (Denis) Dejean wrote: "I am in Port St. Lucie, Florida (about 125 miles North of Boca) close to my 2 kids and 4 grand children (from 16 months to 2 years old.) I am almost retired and having the time of my life!" ● " What do we mean when we say someone or something is normal? All of us compare ourselves to others and wonder how we fit in, and if we are “normal.” In his new book, Delusions of Normality: Sanity, Drugs, Sex, Money and Beliefs in America, J. P. Harpignies marshals considerable evidence to persuasively argue that we Americans are collectively far less mentally stable, far more corruptible or financially irrational, far druggier, far more covert and kinkier in our sex lives and far zanier in our beliefs than we generally admit, and that a great many of the unspoken assumptions that underlie our media’s discourse are seriously at odds with the reality of people’s lives and ideas.....Harpignies has written and edited a number of independently published books, covering everything from biotech to psychedelics to 'political ecology.' " (http://levitatingmonkey.com/blog/delusions-of-normality-sanity-drugs-sex-money-and-beliefs-in-america-an-interview-with-jp-harpignies/) (To read the full interview with JP, click on link below) ● Martine Aballéa nous écrit: "Une monographie sur mon travail a été publiée par Semiose Editions. Textes par Pascale Cassagnau et Elisabeth Lebovici, et de nombreuses images." ● Gregory Gould shared this with us: "I am now the co-leader of the Albuquerque Convivium of Slow Food, the international food organization. And following up on this recent development, I will be reactivating the dormant television program that I used to produce five years ago, Foodology. This time however, the program will be produced as a grass roots and community project. I am still playing guitar with my band, Burning Moonlight. Another musical opportunity has presented itself, I am now part of the Unitarian Universalist Church houseband, performing Sundays for what is called the Contemporary Service. This is a lovely addition to my schedule. My work for the Veregister Co. continues as the USA learns more about the benefits of carbon credits as a vehicles for methane mitigation I serve on the board of Sembrando Salud, a not for profit group that plants gardens and orchards in low income neighborhoods to provide nutrition for kids at risk of obesity and Diabetes. I have plans to visit Europe in October, to attend the Grand Salone De Gusto in Torino, Italy, Slow Food's major event." ● To view recent and archived news articles by Nina Bernstein of The New York Times, click on link below. Her latest article (December 3rd) on the USA immigration system can be viewed by clicking on the second link below. ----- From January 2009 AALFNY Newsletter ----- WEDDINGS/MARIAGES ● Michel Sauvage married Julie Doyle, his companion of 21 years, on November 28, 2008. Our congratulations to the "Thanksgiving Couple"!! ● J.P. Harpignies visited Paris on September 25, 2008 to attend a conference given by a friend of his at the Société de Géographie on the topic of "Plantes et Chamanisme." Several class of '68 alumni as well as others showed up, and a spontaneous "Let's go party at Roger's place" after the conference resulted in an amazingly coincidental class of '68 40-year reunion. For details and photos, click on link below. He also wrote recently that he "has written a new book, published by a small Brooklyn, NY, publisher (Cool Grove). It should be available online early this spring (2009). It's called: Delusions of Normality: Sanity, Drugs, Sex, Money and Beliefs in America. In a nutshell, it's a sociological/psychological polemic that attempts to marshal considerable evidence to argue that Americans are collectively far less mentally stable, far more corruptible or financially irrational, and far druggier, kinkier and zanier than generally acknowledged. It offers a bracing but refreshing and entertaining look at some dark corners of American life." ----- From July 2008 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Marc Salz wrote: "My friend Ted Knerr, an artist based in New York, has added some of my new paintings on the Walls Gallery section of his Art-Spirit site. Part one shows my paintings in gouache/watercolor. Part two shows paintings in oil on ragboard. Part three has one painting in oil and three shaped paintings. Please click on each image to enlarge it. Hope you enjoy them. There are also some new posts on 'the salzmines' blog." (To view Marc's paintings at that website, and his blog, click on links below) ● Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower wrote that she "has left TIME magazine and is now a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, covering global warming issues." According to the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, she had "joined Time in 1987 after working as staff writer at the Washington Post, where, among other assignments, she covered presidential campaigns and Congress. She moved from Time’s New York bureau to its Paris bureau in 1988 to cover European political, environmental, cultural, and diplomatic stories. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1994, she has covered stories on globalization, immigration, education, drugs, and the environment. Fluent in French and Spanish, she continues to report abroad, especially in Mexico and Latin America. Roosevelt has a B.A. in history from Harvard and is the mother of two sons, Sam ['96] and Luke Hornblower ['99]."(http://www.usc.edu/libraries/partners/laih/fellows/margotroosevelt2.php) ● JP Harpignies, “ Bioneers Conference associate producer, a former program director at the New York Open Center and contributing editor to its journal Lapis, is the co-producer of the Eco-Metropolis conference in NYC, a freelance program consultant, conference producer, copy-editor and writer. He is the author of two books: Political Ecosystems and Double Helix Hubris; and the associate editor of the Bioneers books: Ecological Medicine and Nature's Operating Instructions, and has been an instructor of Taijiquuan in Brooklyn, NY, for over 20 years.” (From: Bioneers, http://www.bioneers.org/about/staff) ● "The big news out of the United States this weekend is from the big New York Times scoop by Nina Bernstein about how a 46 year old male immigration official, working for the Department of Homeland Security, coerced sex from the 22 year old foreign bride of a fellow American male citizen...." (March 22, 2008; http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/03/22/immigration-officials-desire-young-foreign-wives-of-other-american-men/) ----- From December 2007 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Jean-Pierre (J.P.) Harpignies wrote: "I came across Margot Roosevelt (who was in my class in 6eme) recently, after 45 years or so (at a big environmental conference I help organize annually at which she was one of many panelists). She is a noted journalist. She went to Harvard, worked for the Washington Post, then was a Paris correspondent for Time magazine and is now covering energy and environmental issues for the Los Angeles Times and lives in LA. I remembered her because she sat behind me in class and (probably deservedly, bratty 10 year old that I was) hit me on the head quite hard with that massive American History textbook when I made some obnoxious comment about one of the Roosevelts. There's much I have forgotten about my childhood and adolescence, but I guess that jolt on the head helped anchor my memory of her." ● Ivan Varlamoff wrote: “I have worked for 30 years in international sales and marketing – mostly in mineral exploration and now for a company that manufactures geotechnical instruments. My work has taken me and my family to Tehran, Iran, where two of my three sons were born, Belgium and many locations throughout the U.S. I have traveled extensively for business and to many remote sites. I rode by helicopter into the Amazon, floated on a dhow in the Persian Gulf, flew in a small plane into the Artic, and traveled by donkey up the Andes where oxygen bottles were standard fare at the camp. I am married to the former Susan Jezsik for 33 years and have three grown sons, Pierre, Neil, and Paul who are university graduates and gainfully employed – the biggest accomplishment of our lives. My wife is on the faculty of the University of Georgia where she works promoting their environmental programs. We currently live in metro Atlanta, Georgia. My last years at the Lycée Français were memorable and I am very pleased to reconnect with my former friends and fellow students.” ● Philippe Velay wrote: "Philippe and Lydia Velay are living in Switzerland, Chêne-Bougeries, next to Geneva since 2003. They have been working in a small but efficient NGO, the A.S.E.D. (Association for Aid to Children destituted), carrying out different plans in Albania, Madagascar, Bolivia and southern India." ● Marc Salz wrote: "I have just created a new blogspot called 'the salzmines'. 'The salzmines' was a term my mother(and others) used to describe my father's art dealing business which was in our home in New York on East 76th Street. I do not want this blog site to just be a promotion for my own paintings but also use it for telling a few stories, a few observations about the past and present art worlds. I would also like to make it known when any paintings my father had come up for auction since most of them are know making the trip back to Europe (and beyond) after being bought by a new generation of collectors. I will intersperse these facts with news of my paintings and maybe my brother's (if he feels like it). Here's the site: http://salzmines.blogspot.com/search?q= (Or, click on link below) Hope you enjoy it." ● “Samer Khanachet is President of United Gulf Management, Inc. and the Arab Bankers Association of North America. He has spent over 25 years managing investment banking companies with a focus on developing innovative approaches to matching capital and opportunities between the Middle East and the US. He earned B.S. degrees from MIT in Chemical Engineering and in Management Science, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He worked on the initial development of Kuwait's capital markets and the financing of industrial projects, providing technical, financial, and strategic support through the Industrial Bank of Kuwait. In 1980, Mr. Khanachet joined the Sharjah Group, a Kuwaiti-owned investment company with offices in London and throughout the Arabian Gulf.” (http://www.harvardarabalumni.org/openconference22.php) ● Maria Oppenheim wrote: "I have moved back to a suburb right on the outskirts of Wiesbaden. It’s like a country village – very romantic -you drive through a forest past an inn where you can stop over for a snack. At night it looks like some leftover from a Robin Hood movie. But there is a train station bringing you to Wiesbaden in 15 minutes and there are buses too. There are practically no shops except a bakery, and a butchery which doesn’t interest me as a vegetarian. There is a fitness studio in the former farmhouse I live in. I don’t join in, I just hear the one-two-one-two and get a bad conscience. My horse is in the neighboring village with four others, changing pastures every couple of days in the summer and staying under a plastic roof in winter in a large paddock. We collect the crottin very correctly. Pam doesn’t get enough hay because she’s an old lady now and she doesn’t eat as fast as the others (and she knows when to stop!) I have similar worries with my almost 99 year-old Dad in Nice who doesn’t want to eat; or, let’s say he doesn’t feel hunger or thirst. I’m due there on the 19th and will see for myself. I will fly with my daughter Jessica (29 years old). She just finished her studies (Marketing and Chinese) and will get married to a Chinese fellow in May in Germany, and then again in October in Xian, China. I am learning Chinese now. My other daughter, 'Our Diva' Eve is 31 now. She will join us in Nice for a few days with her boyfriend Thomas, with whom she will be moving in shortly before Christmas. He’s Danish and lives in London. She’s up to more singing now. She is a Madonna look-alike and has just won a best look-alike contest, and will be on the BBC, where she will be competing with all the other look-alikes. My job situation hasn’t gotten much better but I love what I’m doing. I’d love to sell more, but I might learn Chinese sooner than selling my artwork! I would need a gallerist/art dealer but I don’t know how to get the right contact. I get shy when it comes to those things. I email Marc Salz every now and then. He put me in contact with a very nice colleague in Mainz – an artist who has shows nearby. So we go to each other’s shows…...I wouldn’t mind a reunion one of these days- when do you think we could organize something?" ● Greg Gould sent us this announcement regarding his Foodolgy venture: "Greetings, Saturday the 15th of December at noon , Joy Am 1550 will broadcast the pilot episode of ‘Foodology’ featuring interviews with Eric Garretson, Director of the Downtown Growers Market Chuck O’Herron-Alix, veggiegrowers.net, and Robin Seydel, Membership Coordinator of LaMontanita Co-Op. Foodology aspires to serve the food and agriculture community by promoting local businesses and introducing them to a wider audience. Eating local and seasonal foods will automatically improve health and well being." ----- From June 2007 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Dan Morgenstern wrote: "I am so glad I stumbled on this website, seeing names from the past. As for as my story, after Rutgers College, I spent a few years in Brussels at ULB Med School prior to a transfer back to NYC where I got my MD from Albert EInstein. Many years of cardiothoracic, vascular and trauma surgery followed in several states here in the US as well as in Israel. After getting an MBA in Information Technology, I left practice and am presently a consultant in Clinical Transformation (electronic medical records in hospitals) for Accenture. I would love to hear from 'anciens'." ● Marianne (Brugere) Raingeard est vice-présidente au tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre. ● "La Française, Mme Françoise Kuhn, a présenté, dans le cadre de la Foire du livre de San José, la biographie de Walter Ferguson qu'elle a écrite en collaboration avec l'Université d'enseignement à distance (UNED). M.Ferguson est le plus grand représentant de la musique « calypso » du Costa Rica. Le livre s'intitule « Walter Ferguson, el rey del calipso »." (Ambassade de France au Costa Rica, http://spip.ambafrance-cr.org/IMG/pdf/H060630.pdf) ● "Francine Egger-Sider (M.L.S., Columbia University; M.A.L.S., International Studies, Graduate Center/CUNY) has been the coordinator of Technical Services at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, since 1989. She has taught both credit courses offered by the Library and has been involved in the assessment of instruction at the institutional level, using rubrics. Currently, she chairs the Steering Committee for Periodic Program Review of the Library, which is part of LaGuardia's College-wide assessment effort. [82] With Jane Devine, she is co-author of two publications on the Invisible Web: "Beyond Google: The Invisible Web in the Academic Library" Journal of Academic Librarianship (2004), and "Google, the Invisible Web, and Librarians: Slaying the Research Goliath" published in the journal Internet Reference Services Quarterly (2005)."(http://www.yorku.ca/wilu2007/programme/speakers.htm) ----- From December 2006 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Philippe Velay wrote: "Philippe Velay has two children, Ségolène (born in Paris in 1975) and Jean-Barthélemy (born in Paris in 1980). Ségolène was just married in Paris in July 2006. The groom's name is Cyril Künzle; he comes from Edmonton, Alberta and works on computer programs." ● Françoise Kuhn nous écrit: "...je suis toujours au Costa Rica.....et la nouvelle est que j'ai publié un livre qui s'intitule Walter Ferguson, el Rey del Calipso (W.F., the King of Calypso). C'est la biographie d'un célèbre compositeur de calypso du Costa Rica. Il y a une partie biographique, puis des commentaires d'amis du musicien, des photos de lui, de son entourage et de son village (où je vis moi aussi) et les paroles de 66 chansons. Bien que la biographie soit écrite en espagnol, les chansons sont en version originale en anglais "créole limonais" (langue qui se parle dans la région de Limon) et il y a une traduction en espagnol. Le livre a été déclaré "d'intérêt culturel" par le Gouvernement costaricain, et la déclaration publiée dans la Gazette Officielle. Plusieurs journaux et revues ont publié des reportages. Je remets en annexe celle du journal le plus important et le plus sérieux du pays "La Nación", celui que tout le monde lit." (That publication's review, in Spanish, of Francoise's work can be viewed at: http://nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/junio/28/aldea3.html) ● To our knowledge, at least four '68 alumni are artists, and their works can be viewed at these websites: -- Martine Aballea : http://www.artclair.com/oeil/archives/e-docs/00/00/B0/55/document_portrait.php (also, click on link below to see a video of an interview with her) -- Maria Oppenheim: http://www.kunst-mariaoppenheim.com/frame.html -- Marc Salz: http://www.art-spirit.net/frames/marc2.html AND http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist/details.php?id=9365 -- Muriel Soriano : http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Muriel+Soriano/11681.html (also featured in Alumni on the Internet; click on link below) ----- From February 2006 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Avis de Décès: Michel Herckens (Click on link below for details) ● Click on links below for news of Marc Salz, Francoise Rouillon, and Greg Gould. ● Antonia (Pearse) Pavia: Theresa (Pearse) Eichenwald ('74) sent us news about herself and her two sisters, Antoinette Pearse ('68) and Eliana Pearse ('63): "I am providing information on Antoinette Pearse, Eliana Pearse and Theresa Pearse. The new names are Antonia Pavia, Eliana Houston-Boswall and Theresa Eichenwald. Eliana owns a school near London, Antonia has a Phd in Immunology but is now starting a studio to teach decorative art, and I am an Internist in Dallas and am married to a New York Times reporter." ● Gérard Chetrit nous ecrit: "Bonjour à tous. Des années que je n'ai pas vu one of my schoolmates, mais 1968 est loin. Après quelques années à l'Education Nationale comme professeur d'Allemand (eh oui, je suis un ancien élève de MME GLANZ, qui était un professeur formidable), j'ai enseigné l'Anglais à des adultes à Paris. Ont suivi 20 ans dans l'immobilier Parisien, puis retour aux sources depuis 2002, je suis à nouveau professeur d'Anglais pour Adultes dans deux entreprises américaines! et exerce ce métier avec beaucoup de bonheur and enjoy every minute of it. Aujourd'hui, mes principales passions sont les enfants (j'ai une fille de 27 ans qui est aussi enseignante et maman d'un charmant Titouan depuis juillet 2005), la nature, les arts (surtout la peinture) et les voyages. Mes trois années au Lycée Français de New York, de 1965 à 1968, sont inoubliables et ont très certainement contribué à mon ouverture d'esprit sur le monde. Je vis maintenant tout près de Paris et serait heureux d'avoir des nouvelles des Anciens." ----- From June 2005 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● WEDDINGS/MARIAGES: Marilyn Elson (Click on link for further details.) ● Catherine Dubois nous ecrit: "Un salut affectueux à tous ceux qui se rappellent de moi. Malheureusement, je n'ai fréquenté le lycée qu'en 3éme et 2éme, mais j'en ai des souvenirs merveilleux et toujours aussi vifs. Je me rappelle les ballades en bicyclette le samedi matin (avec des conséquences physiques le lendemain!); le matin, midi et aprés les cours (mais nous y étions toujours!) chez Greasy; les "parties" chez André Lubart, la musique que nous écoutions dans Greenwich Village,etc.,etc.,etc. Mettez-vous en contact avec moi. Mes félicitations à tous ceux qui contribuent à nous mettre en contact et en particulier à Roger Liwer." ● Margot (Roosevelt) Hornblower told us that she "is based in Los Angeles as a writer for TIME magazine." ● Philippe Velay wrote: "Last November 2004 I was very happy to have a long phone call with Marc Salz and to meet André Spears in New York, after .... 43 years !!!" ● Muriel Soriano wrote: "This year started out with meeting up with up with long lost Lycée buddies which definitely made me feel as if I had reconnected with some part of a family of friends. Very nice feeling. After having been in Normandy for the last 15 years, during which I restored houses, ran an artist studio in which I created and sold hand painted scarves to various clients including Libery's in London, as well as watercolors, and later training as an art therapist, I decided to sell up and try to change areas. So last November I went of to the alpes to have a look around, but was eventualy led back to Normandy where after all I feel at home (even if other plans are brewing on the back burner) and have just bought a house near Honfleur in the heart of impressionist country! After being SDF ("sans domicile fixe") for 6 months that sure feels good. Ahead lays a bit more renovation work, creating a garden and mostly setting up my art studio. So lots of new and exciting times ahead! And if anyone is planing on being near Normandy after begining of July when I actually sign for this house, hope I hear from you! Love to all" ● From Marc Salz: "In 1956 my parents donated a sculpture by Matisse titled 'The Serf'. While visiting the new MoMA in New York with my friend Ted Knerr and his wife, we decided to remember my parents by taking this photo [see photo]. I was six years old when they donated it and was more interested in toy trains than Matisses." ● From Marianne Sauvage : "I just saw this trivia thing [in the previous AALFNY newsletter] and it made me laugh...although in all fairness, I did not write the notes on 'Survival Run; and I felt it cheapened my accomplishments a little. I went on to become a successful TV Publicist for 17 years, and have been enjoying my career change as a well-respected Manager to 'latino' talent for the last 4 years. I am married to a Mexican actor, and my son is living in Boulder, Colorado, where he took time off from the Univeristy of Colorado to coach a High School basketball team." ● Maria Oppenheim wrote: "Salut les copains/copines: I am still in Wiesbaden, Germany, living as a painter, art therapist, teaching experimental painting to kids and adults. I am a “Working Artist” for Golden Artist Colors (a world wide specialist for professional acrylics) which means I give lectures and hands-on-workshops to fellow artists and I do “Performance Painting” in dialogue with live music – mostly clarinet. This year I will be in southern France with a youth group from a German Lutheran Church and my companion and I will extend the project so that one part of the group will be playing music and the other will be painting in dialogue. Communication through art! Chaleureuses pensées to all of you!" ----- From November 2004 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Roger Liwer ('68) finally tied the knot on August 28th and married Doris Speer. The ceremony was officiated by his old Lycée pal, Judge Gary Marton ('66), and his witness was his other dearest friend from the Lycée days, Sandra (Kremnitzer) Mintz ('69). The event was also attended by Diane Rivers ('74), and Robert Surcouf ('68) and his wife, Elizabeth. ● Marc Salz wrote: "I will be in a group show at the Borowsky Gallery at Broad and Pine Streets in Philadelphia (the Gershman "Y" http://www.gershmany.org/index.html ) titled "Specific Density". The show will be on from November 21, 2004-January 21, 2005 with an opening reception Thursday,December 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m..... This show was curated by Miriam Seidel who writes for the Philadelphia Inquirer(art critic) and reviews art shows for Art In America magazine occasionally. The paintings I am showing are more dense and complex than my other work so they do fit the theme of the show. Hope you can get to see it." ----- From Winter 2003-2004 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Patrice Binet-Decamps is the Managing Director of Hotels Constance in Mauritius, and he tells us that he is "looking forward to meet you all when I come to NYC... soon!" ● Nicole Perrier wrote, when responding to our Networking-reunion invitation of October, 2003: "Hi, Alumni! Thank you so much for sending me this invite!! Unfortunately, I am on assignment in Paris at that date and will not be able to join you in the flesh!! But my heart and mind are always connected to what represents some of the best memories of my life! Have a happy one!" ● Roger Liwer (aka "Roger Sanit") took advantage of an "early retirement incentive program" and left the NYC Comptroller’s Office in October 2002, after a 28 year career with the City of New York. He then worked for a year as Deputy Director for Finance and Administration at MHRA --a not-for-profit specializing in the disbursement of federal funds to providers of HIV care services--and is now back at work for his old boss, NYS Comptroller Alan Hevesi, as an Assistant Comptroller for the State of New York. ● Gregory Gould writes: "I'm trying to commercialize a televison program devoted to food and food related issues, such as obesity, diabetes, raw food, vegan food, organics, genetically modified food, eating disorders, globalization of food, etc..." ----- From Winter 2002/2003 AALFNY Newsletter ---- ● Marc Salz writes: "I want to say that I really appreciate all the work that you have done in researching our class (and others). It is sad to see how many are now deceased -Everett Wetchler, Francois Cailliarec, and the two Hugueny sisters( Frédérique and Carole). I remember how George Bibaud could tell jokes during the Cuban missile crisis and how he was in judo class when J.F.K. was assassinated. Keep up the good work and thanks for putting my own sites on." ----- From November/December 2001 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Jean Polgar is married, two daughters, Caroline (17) and Emma (15); has moved around a bit and has lived in Brazil (twice), Argentina, MA (twice), Princeton, N.J. etc. ● Patrice Binet-Decamps writes from Mauritius: "I'm managing a hotels group called HOTELS CONSTANCE which is 100% Mauritian owned (the official language in Mauritius is English even if all Mauritians speak also French and Creole.) We run the LEMURIA Resort of Praslin in the Seychelles and Belle Mare Plage The Resort + Le Prince Maurice in Mauritius, all five star properties with 3 golf championship courses. I'm married to Pascale, Mauritian born; her ancestors were among the first settlers on the island in the 18th century, French origin. She loves the USA as she lived several years in New York. I have two children from a first marriage : Sébastien (30), a journalist "rédacteur-en-chef" of "Golf et Tourisme", and Virginie (25 -getting married next June), who works at a French TV channel. After my Bac at the Lycée, I went to Paris at Sciences Po - licence and maîtrise Histoire et Géographie; Institut d'Administration des Entreprise (IAE). Moved to Africa- Cameroun- for a two years military service as a teacher. In 1978 I started as an hotelier first with Méridien (a year) then back to Africa with Accor group. Ten years around some countries managing hotels for Accor: Cameroun, Gabon, Oman, Singapour. Since 1992, I'm in Mauritius. In case anyone from the Lycée comes to Mauritius (one can dream !) please contact me." ----- From February/March 2001 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Roger Liwer (currently Executive V.P. of the Alumni Council) has recently been appointed Executive Deputy Comptroller of the City of New York. According to a press release “he will continue to oversee Audits and Engineering while taking on Budget, Policy Management and Accountancy as new responsibilities. Since 1994, he has been Deputy Comptroller of Audit and Engineering. Prior to joining the Hevesi Administration, Mr. Liwer was Deputy Commissioner for Support Operations for the Department of Sanitation from 1990 to 1994, where he won awards for his innovations, such as improvements in fleet maintenance, including the prestigious Ford Foundation/Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Innovations in State and Local Government Award.” ● Gregory Gould writes: «What a pleasure it is to be back in touch with childhood friends. I am currently the Director of Marketing for a small computer company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For volunteer work, I am a mediator for the NM Center for Dispute Resolution. I'm on the Board of the local chapter of the American Marketing Association. I play guitar in spiritual band called "Clean Hollow Bone" and have a 18 yr.old son. I'm looking forward to visiting France later this year.» ● Maria Oppenheim emails us from Wiesbaden, Germany: «I totally lost track of Michèle Harris. Has anybody heard of her? I remember she had studied psychology, I think, at Columbia University. I have difficulty remembering my New York years although they certainly were very significant for the rest of my life...So keep up the good work!» ● DÉCÈS: François Cailliarec '68 died of meningitis while on vacation in Turkey in the summer of 1994. There was no forewarning. He became unconscious while traveling in the hinterlands of the country, was transported on the back of a truck to a hospital in the nearest city and passed away while in the hospital a day later. François was quite successful in the management and design of computer network administration systems and worked for several large corporations including Chase Manhattan Bank and Coopers Lybrand. He left a wife, Cathy, and child, Jason. His parents currently reside in Quimper, Brittany, France. His brother, Pierre Cailliarec, lives in New York and works in the film industry (as of 1995). |
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