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1972Class Notes Archives(Click on Pdf links ("related downloads") to the right, bottom, for more photo archives, and yearbook pictures) ----- From December 2011 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● 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" ----- From November 2010 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Patricia Charton nous écrit: "Marie-Françoise Cararon ['72] et Patricia Charton se sont revues au mois de juillet 2010....premières retrouvailles depuis le bac en 1972 ! C'est très sympa et nous sommes toujours en contact." ● Michele Burger wrote: "I have an MSW and work as a Policy/Constituent Aide for Councilmember Rosie Mendez who represents the East Village and the Lower East Side. I am on the Board of ParentJobNet. I am married and have a daughter in medical school and one in college." ● Tanya Lowe waxed nostalgic and wrote: "I started the at the Lycée at age eight, in 1961!" ● Stefan Janis wrote: "I am writing a little regional book which has to do with New England in the 17th century. I have not submitted a book proposal to a publisher yet. At the beginning of October I had a cameo in my father's documentary about his courage and the many medical ordeals he went through in his life. It has been purchased, so I am told, by 150 public television stations in different American cities. Also, my father is coming out with his autobiography in November, which happens to mention me briefly "Chopin and Beyond: My extraordinary life in music and the paranormal." I have tried to stay active with the local Alliance-Francaise in New Haven, CT, but they seem to have vanished from the area. I have joined a hiking group, which I have not taken advange of merely enough. The concert season is starting up at the Yale Music School and I plan to go to a lot of concerts." ● Hala (Tomeh) Ibrahim wrote: "I came to work in Amman in September 1977 as a consultant to the Ministry of Social Affairs and started the first governmental centers for the mentally challenged. After several years, I then helped in starting the first center for psychological and educational services. During that time, I assisted many schools in starting learning support services for students with learning difficulties and did a lot of in-service teacher training. I also served as a consultant to UNESCO for the Middle East. This took me to many Arab countries to do training on Special Needs in the Regular Classroom. My third and hopefully last line of work started 12 years ago with children under the autism spectrum and I am still at it. I think that my experience as a student at the Lycee and how students with difficulties were treated at the time had a significant effect on the career I chose. I am married and have two children who are now in college. In May of 2004, while vacationing in Antigua for our son's high school graduation, I planned a reunion with my best friend from the Lycee, Marie-Nancy Pascal. It was the first time we saw each other since we graduated in 1972. I once was walking in Harvard Square in the 1990's and recognized a classmate from the way she walked. Sure enough it was Nina Schlossman. I then met with her and Patricia Baudoin for a lunch. Those were the only times I had the chance of seeing someone from my school days. Thanks to the Alumni, I was also able to contact Catherine Flego, Valentina Goncharov and Carol-Ann Holzberger by email. And the best was being able to find Mlle Popa who taught me Maths in 5ieme and was the teacher who had the greatest influence on my life as a student. Would love to hear from other alumni of 1972." Videos of LFNY alumni on the internet: ● Ballet Master Jean-Pierre Frohlich in one of a series of interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. (Click on link below) ----- From December 2009 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● The artwork of Tanya Lowe is the latest addition to our permanent web page --Les artistes du LFNY. To view her work, click on link below. ● Jean-Eric Lavenir ('79) shared this with us: "My brother Thierry Lavenir, MD - Class of 1972 would also like to keep in touch with the Lycée and alumni. Thierry has had his practice in Hyères since 1982 and may be contacted at [email address available upon request]." ● Stefan Janis shared this with us: "My father has made a documentary about his life for American TV in which I may figure (if I don't end up on the cutting room floor.) I have also translated a little book for him about Chopin's life and performance style. Currently, I am working on a sample of a French novel featuring France in 1942 as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old Jewish convert to catholicism. I also hope to finish my screenplay based on "La Chanson de Roland" in the near future. I do not seem to run into friends from the Lycee, but my circle of friends is ever-widening. I am still a bachelor, but not a confirmed one." ● Marie-Francoise (Cararon) Le Gac posted this update at Copains D'avant.com: “Après avoir obtenu mon bac à New York j'ai fait mes études à Nantes. Je suis mariée et j'ai 2 enfants (Anne-Laure 21 ans et Jean-François 19 ans). J'habite en Bretagne près de Lorient et j'enseigne à Hennebont au collège Pierre et Marie Curie." ● "Jean-Pierre Frohlich trained at the School of American Ballet, joined New York City Ballet in 1972, and rose to the rank of soloist in 1979. While still a student, he appeared in the premiere of Jerome Robbins's Watermill. His leading roles in Robbins' ballets include Dances at a Gathering, The Goldberg Variations, Fancy Free, and Piano Pieces, among others. Mr. Frohlich's television appearances include Live From Lincoln Center and Great Performances: Dance in America, Choreography by Jerome Robbins. In 1990 he became a Ballet Master for NYCB and assisted Mr. Robbins with staging his ballets. Upon Robbins' death, Mr. Frohlich was appointed a committee member for the Robbins Rights Trust where he serves to the present. He has staged Robbins' works for Australian Ballet, Ballet Frankfurt, National Ballet of Canada, Paris Opera, The Royal Ballet, The Birmingham Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet Geneva, and Dutch National Ballet. Mr. Frohlich received the Isadora Duncan Dance Award (Izzie) for excellence in staging in 1998 and 2006. In addition to his other work, Mr. Frohlich has also choreographed works for the School of American Ballet and NYCB workshops." (http://www.pnb.org/season/broadway-artists.html) ● "Catherine Flego-Wile left the city a little over a year ago and moved to a horse farm in Galway with her husband and two sons. They fell in love with this area about 20 years ago, on their first visit. They promised themselves to live here one day. Well, here they are raising chickens and turkeys. They are looking forward to adopting a couple of horses........" (http://prumanorhomes.leadmaxx.lantrax.com/Agents/index.cfm?Action=Agent.Home&AgentID=528) ----- From January 2009 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Avis de Décès: Jennifer Simon ('98) informed us her mother, Ellen (Hill) Simon ('72) passed away in July 2008. ● Patricia Nagler nous écrit: "Bonjour ! Quelle belle journée aujourd'hui ! [President Obama's inauguration day] Je suis de tout cœur avec l'Amérique et les Américains. Cela fait deux jours que je recueille toutes les informations possibles sur l'investiture qui va éclore aujourd'hui. Je voulais faire savoir que Patricia Charton et moi-même, Patricia Nagler, promotion 1972 du Lycée, nous sommes retrouvées le mois dernier à Paris. Après 36 ans, ce fut très émouvant !! Je l'ai reconnue tout de suite et elle aussi !! Bon... nous avons.... hum un peu vieilli... mais quand même...Patricia Charton habite Paris et moi Périgueux, dans le sud ouest. Si d'autres élèves de notre promotion 1972 sont en France, et qu'ils veulent faire signe, nous serions l'une et l'autre enchantées de reprendre contact !!" ----- From July 2008 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Avis de Décès: Noelle Ferwerda, informed us that her father "Thomas Norvin Ferwerda ('72) grew up in New York and also went to School in Switzerland at Aiglon. He sadly passed away in 2000 after a difficult battle with Multiple Sclerosis." ● For news on Stephanie Friede, click on link below. ● Stefan Janis wrote: "In March I attended two of the three events honoring my father, Byron Janis, for his 80th birthday in New York City. At the first, which featured a number of Broadway singers performing songs my father wrote, they also performed the song I co-wrote with my father for the 40th anniversary of the State of Israel. It was a wonderful experience. This was followed by a huge birthday party at the French Consulate, where laudatory citations were read by the University of Tel Aviv, Mayor Bloomberg, Ted Kennedy, and former president Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton." (Editors' note: Stefan's father is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist. See Wikipedia: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Janis]. Also see American Friends-Tel Aviv University: [http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6921] ) ● Claire Céra wrote: "After some 20 years working as a literary translator for French publishing, I started working as a teacher of English and FLE (Français langue étrangère) in a language center in Bayonne a year ago. I really love my new job as I get to meet plenty of interesting people." ----- From December 2007 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Avis de Décès: Marc Antoine Crespi (See Milestones/In Memoriam section for further details, or click on link below.) ● Stefan Janis wrote: "Recently assisted my mother, Maria, in editing a translation from English into French of a book about her father, actor Gary Cooper." ● "Dr. Nina P. Schlossman is experienced in the full spectrum of food and nutrition, from programs and policy to physiological and scientific aspects and market analysis. [She] heads GF&N which provides consulting services on global food and nutrition issues, markets, programs and policy. She directs overall strategy and provides technical assistance, research, evaluation, marketing and training services to private and public sector clients. Dr. Schlossman has worked in Africa, Asia, the Former Soviet Union, South and Central America, and is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German. [She] holds a Doctorate in International Nutrition from the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Masters of Science in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism and in International Food and Nutrition Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology." (From Global Food and Nutrition, Inc.; http://www.globalfoodandnutrition.com/ab_staff_2.html) ● "Marianne Rosenberg [is an attorney whose] practice focuses on asset-based finance with a special emphasis on cross-border leasing and project finance. Rosenberg has been widely recognized by business and trade journals for her work, and was named by Airfinance Journal as one of the 50 Airfinance industry “market shapers” over the past two decades, one of only four lawyers worldwide to be so named. Rosenberg spent 18 years at White & Case New York (11 years as a partner) where she was Co-Head of the Equipment and Facility Finance Group, and 5 years at Linklaters New York where she was Managing Partner of the New York office and Co-Head of the Global Asset Finance Group. In 2003 she moved to Thelen Reid & Priest in New York to lead the firm’s internationalization effort. She is a member of the New York State Bar. Although born and raised in New York, Marianne is also a native French speaker with both French and US law degrees. Rosenberg is a member of the Association des Lauréats du Concours General and the Board of Advisors of the Institute of Law and Economics, a joint research and conference center of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania Department of Economics. She has been recognized for her outstanding work in the area of community investment." (From: Gide Loyrette Nouel, http://www.gide.com/front/EN/actualites/communique_details_paris_ny_nouveaux_associes04_05.htm) ----- From June 2007 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Claire Cera wrote: "My translation of "The Great Fire" by Shirley Hazzard for Gallimard is in its third reprint, much to my joy as it is a magnificent novel. All my best to class of '72 alumni!" ● Thomas Cerbu is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia. He "works on Bysantine, Renaissance, and early modern topics; special interests in the history of scholarhop, especially the reception of Patristic and later Greek authors in the West; 17th-century antiquarianism, episolography, paleography, and editorial practices; the history of early modern science and medicine; further interests in philosophy and literature, allegory and hermeneutics." (From: http://www.uga.edu/~cml/faculty/cerbu.html) ----- From December 2006 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Carol-Ann (Holzberger) Braun sent this: "I'm very pleased to see that the Lycée has a web site, and glad to recognize some key names among those who are active within it and were my friends way back when. After the Lycée I went to the boonies in upstate NY, then on to Princeton where I majored in Art History and studied a great deal of Political Science. These two interests - and art-making - have followed me my whole life. After decades in New York and New York State, I now live in Paris with my husband Berti Braun (half-Peruvian) and our son Philip-Alejo. I do what is called 'art comportemental', which means art-installations that have a subtle, hidden form of interactivity. I'm also setting up an augmented chat space for my neighborhood, which is very international, though poor :-) and in great need of new means for having its voice heard. To earn my living I teach. I would love to hear more from my class-mates and old friends! So please don't hesitate to send an e-mail, with a clear header including the word "lycée" so as to survive my spam filter." ● A stylish and exclusive lodge on the island of Jura has been designed by Parisian interior designer Bambi Sloan. (Click on link below for a write-up on that project by Bambi.) ● Dr. Walter Weiss wrote: " Exept for college and graduate school, I remain an Upper Westsider. I have lived in Vermont (3 yrs) Hartford (3 yrs) and Dublin, Ireland (7 yrs). I completed my training on the West Side at St. Luke's/Roosevelt in Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesia, and was an attending there before taking up my present position of Director of Pediatric Anesthersia at Winthrop University Hospital on Long Island. My wife, Helen, is a neonatologist and Assistant Director of Nurseries at Children's Hospital of New York (Columbia Univ.) We have 16 year old twins (Emma and Daniel) who attend Riverdale Country School. I remain in regular contact with Stephanie Friede '72 a world class soprano living in Antwerp and singing leading operatic roles primarily in Europe, and Tom Teicholz '73, now living in Santa Monica, Ca." ● Click on link below for news of Bruno Combe ----- From February 2006 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Sonia (Simon) Cummings wrote: "A tous mes camarades de classe, J'espere que cette annee, nous aurons enfin le plaisir de se retrouver. A Paris, New York ou Los Angeles, je suis prete a aider notre ami Stephan de Mendelssohn pour une autre tentative de reunion en 2006. Faites-nous signes class of '72." ● Michele Burger wrote: "I am married to Tom Cramer for 21 years. He works in banking. We have two daughters, Nicole who is sophomore at Georgetown U. and Natalie, a junior at Beacon High School. I am an international consultant working on women's sexual and reproductive rights. My clients include non-govermental organizations, governments and U.N. agencies." ----- From June 2005 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Yolande (Bouvier) Robertson wrote: "I have been a teacher, a principal, a director of Education. I have taught in elementary, secondary, and even some college. I have created and authored different programs. I developed complete curriculums for K-12 Grades. I am married (30 years) to Terry Robertson, professor at Andrews University. We have two sons: Jean-Paul (28 yrs) recently married to a lovely girl name Trisha; Didier (26 yrs)." ● Catherine Flego-Wile nous ecrit: "I am alive and well living on a 72 acre horse farm in Saratoga County NY. I am Married 23 years to Jonathan C. Wile and we have two sons Blaise 20 and Tristan-Luc 16. P.S. My son Blaise is named after a Blaise that attended the Lycee 72 or 73. I never forgot this lovely boy that walked into class one day (I think it was Galy's history class). I don't remember ever speaking to him or seeing him again but he left such an impression on me. Why? I don't know, I just never forgot that day. Strange isn't it!" ● Rachel Kaplan shared this with us, about her company in Paris: "Events & Company is the first American-owned and operated special events and incentive company founded in Paris that has a strong emphasis on creating strong cultural ties with American, French and European multinationals, be they law firms, businesses or financial institutions. At the same time, we are looking to create new events that will change the way people think, with a special emphasis on innovative education and the empowerment of women. For further information and input, please feel free to contact Rachel Kaplan at 331-45-77-01-63. Rachel Kaplan is also the President of French Links and British Links Tours, www.frenchlinks.com and the author of Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris and Best Buys to French Chic, The Insider's Savvy Shopping Guide to Paris." ----- From November 2004 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Hala (Tomeh) Ibrahim wrote: "Nancy Pascal and I met for the first time since we graduated from the Lycee in 1972. My family and I went to celebrate our son's high school graduation in Antigua for one week. I wrote Nancy, who resides in Martinique, while I was in Jordan, not really expecting it to happen. But it did! She came with her husband, Marcel, during the weekend we were there. 32 years we have been writing to each other and we finally met. It was a happy reunion that happens in dreams, but we were fortunate that it was real. We talked so much trying to fit 32 years of things not said in our letters in two days. Best wishes to all who attempt to reunite." ● Bambi Sloan wrote: "Moved to Paris in 1972, translated english & american films & TV series (including the series The Avengers!) for french TV to pay my art and graphic studies. Long story, but I became a fashion PR for top designers and opened my own business 25 years ago. Fashion PR is my main business but have branched out as an Interior designer and fashion consultant. Another long story but also owned and designed club in Notting Hill, London that we sold (very sadly) last year. I have a 19 year old son, Martin, and a 15 year old daughter, Billie Jeanne. Still see Sonia (Simon) who lives in LA, California and Patricia (Astric) who lives in Paris and works for Dior. Would be lovely to hear from you." In Memoriam ● Bea Mezei-Rhodes ('73) sent us this sad news regarding Gerard Crouzilhat, '72: "I was browsing through the different class years on the Lycée website and realized that you are always searching for alumni information. I wanted to let you know that Gerard Crouzilhat, Class of 1972 passed away several years ago. I believe he died of a heart attack following complications with diabetes. Last I heard his mother was working at Bloomingdales in the city. That's all I know and wanted to pass it on." ● Patrice Claisse informed us that his wife Valerie (Noel) Claisse, '72 passed away in Octorber, 1995. ----- From Winter 2003/2004 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Hala (Tomeh) Ibrahim writes: “After establishing centers for the mentally handicapped and support services for students with learning difficulties in schools, I am now focusing on starting training programs for children with autism.” ● In Memoriam: Nous venons d’apprendre, avec quelque retard, de Mélanie Lefébure, fille de Christophe Lefébure '72, de la disparition de celui-ci en juillet 2002. Mélanie nous écrit: «J’avais visité avec mon père son ancien lycée et je suis sure qu’il serait fier de savoir qu’il a reçu une lettre de votre association.» ----- From Winter 2002/2003 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Rachel Kaplan writes: « After graduating from the Lycée Français in New York, I went on to attend Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Since April 1994, I have been residing in Paris. I have developed a cultural tourism company French Links, which has hosted Tom Daschle, President Gerald Ford and Gov. Ann Richards, and since then have developed two others, British Links and European Jewish Tours. I have also published a series of illustrated art guides for Harry N. Abrams, Inc. “Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris, London, Berlin and Rome,” as well as a book in French, and an electronic guide to shopping in Paris, “Best Buys to French Chic.” While I am not married, I am happily in love with a Frenchman who happens to appreciate many aspects of American life and women. Now that's luck!» ● Gerard Salomon writes : « Very surprised that Promotion ’72 is missing! May be with the help of the rest of my gang - Gerald Sampson or Arthur Kulick we could cover up that big blank. Hey guys have you lost your computers to write» ----- From March/April 2002 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● From Rachel Kaplan: ”After graduating from the Lycée Français, I went on to attend Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Since April 1994, I have been residing in Paris. I have developed a cultural tourism company French Links, which has hosted Tom Daschle, President Gerald Ford, and Gov. Ann Richards, and since then have developed two others, British Links and European Jewish Tours. I have also published a series of illustrated art guides for Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris, London, Berlin and Rome, as well as a book in French, and an electronic guide to shopping in Paris, Best Buys to French Chic. While I am not married, I am happily in love with a Frenchman who happens to appreciate many aspects of American life and women. Now that's luck!” ----- From November/December 2001 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Gérard Salomon est informaticien à Nice "Parce qu’il fait plus chaud à Nice qu’à Lille ! Ma classe était la 6ème, de 1965 à 1966. Je n'ai aucune nouvelle des autres, pourtant le reste de ma famille vit de nouveau aux USA (parents et soeurs) depuis plus de 20 ans." ----- From July/August 2001 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● On March 31st, the Bas' Mitzvah of Vivian Belmont Rosenfield's daughter Amelia brought together 10 friends from the classes of the 1970s including 5 members of the class of 1972: Belinda Aberbach, Patsy Baudoin, Vivian Belmont, Charles Hirschler, and Marianne Rosenberg. 1971's Ronald Grelsamer, 1973's Jean-Yves Baudoin and Philip Hirschler, 1975's Steven Belmont and 1978's Natalie Yates completed the '70s line up. ● Rachel Kaplan recently gave a lecture at Sotheby's on the Nissim de Camondo Museum, based on her recent book about museums of Paris. Her website is www.frenchlinks.com. Our scribe adds: France and the French language, which first developed at the Lycée Français de New York, Rachel Kaplan decided to pull up stakes and move to Paris from New York City in 1993. Since then she has written four books for Harry N. Abrams, Inc. including Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris (1996), and runs a cultural tourism company called French Links which has hosted a U.S. President, a Texas Governor, and our present Senate Majority Leader. She has also fallen in love with a wonderful Frenchman...but of course! ----- From March 2000 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Christian Lecomte est ingénieur en France. |
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