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1988Class Notes Archives----- From December 2011 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Charles-Henry Choël wrote: "Just a quick message to say that I have recently relocated to Shanghai with my wife Raphaëlle (Janoray) Choël ('94) and our twin girls Ines and Penelope, and that we enjoy it very much. The girls are not yet three years old but are already much better in Chinese than me. My wife as well but that goes without saying, as I lose track of how many languages she now speaks." ----- From November 2010 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Solan Schwab informed us that "in August 2010 [he] joined General Re Corporation (a Berkshire Hathaway company) in a senior legal role." ● Danielle (Tin-Aung) Gooding nous écrit: « Ma fille Chloé a 4 ans et l’autre, Sabrina, a 14 mois. Nous sommes une famille entourée de tennis. Mon mari est Australien et il est coach de tennis, et moi, j’organise les tournois en Amérique pour les joueurs qui commencent leur carrière professionnelle. Patricia Zwerling ('88) travaille avec moi cet été au US Open. » ● Grégoire Poux-Guillaume “is a Managing Director with CVC Capital Partners, a global private equity firm with $32 billion under management. He was previously with Alstom, which he joined as Head of Strategy before running its Hydro Plants business. He was most recently in charge of Alstom Power's Environmental activities, including its post-combustion carbon capture efforts. Greg also worked for McKinsey and started his career as a drilling engineer and offshore supervisor for Total. He is a mechanical engineer and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.” (http://www.ftconferences.com/energy/speakerdetails/759/) ● "Grégoire Ganter created Lea’s Alphabets after the birth of his first daughter in May of 2003. He captures individual letters and images along his travels and assembles them into themed images. New York city features prominently in his collages, but he also uses images from his travels throughout the United States and Europe...." (http://www.gregoireganter.com/leas_alphabets/index.html) ----- From December 2009 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Elsa Basanisi-Bolard wrote: "Hello everyone ! Such good memories of everyone, so much time since then. I live in Paris, got married in '98 and I'm the happiest mother of Chiara (7 1/2), Sixtine (6) and Leo (2 1/2). After the Lycée, I studied international relations and economics and finally graduated from HEC in '93. I am now Head of Business Intelligence at France Telecom. I would love to see all of you again, maybe in 2113 for our 25 years after the Bac ?" ● "Originally from the canton of Vaud, Patrick Vincent grew up in Great Britain and the United States, where he received a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Davis. Before being appointed to the chair of English and American literature at the University of Neuchâtel, he taught at UC Davis and at the University of Fribourg, and was also a visiting lecturer in Comparative Literature at Neuchâtel. Patrick Vincent's current research interests include: Wordsworth and British Romantic Culture; Thoreau and American Romantic Culture; European and American Cultural Relations in the Romantic period; the Poetess and 19th Century Women's Poetry; 20th Century American Poetry; Switzerland in Anglo-American literature; Literature and Political Theory (in particular Republicanism); Natural History, Landscape and Travel Writing." (http://www2.unine.ch/Jahia/site/anglais/op/edit/pid/15365) (Click on link below for the publisher's write-up on Patrick's latest book) ● "Sandra J. Vrejan is a partner in Morgan Lewis’s Business and Finance Practice. Ms. Vrejan focuses her practice on a broad range of domestic and international commercial finance, secured transactions, and financial restructurings. She represents lenders and borrowers with a variety of secured, unsecured, and syndicated transactions, and has represented creditors and debtors in workouts and restructurings......... Ms. Vrejan also has been cited by President Bill Clinton for her pro bono accomplishments in political asylum cases........ After graduating from law school, Ms. Vrejan clerked for Judge James B. Haines, Jr. of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine. She received her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1995 and her B.A. from Boston University in 1990. Ms. Vrejan is fluent in French, Spanish, and English." (http://www.morganlewis.com/index.cfm/personID/bbf82efa-967b-4ecb-bd0e-02c5970e7c83/fromSearch/1/fuseaction/people.viewBio) ----- From January 2009 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Isabelle (Tin-Aung) Bourke wrote: "I have wonderful memories of the Lycee (1977-1979). I moved back to NY from London and Brussels four years ago and currently work for LVMH. I have stayed in touch with Alexandra Sperling who lives in Hawaii. My twin sister Danielle lives in Westchester. I walk by the new Lycee building every morning on my way to work. So funny to see the kids in the familiar uniform. I remember friendships, sleepovers and birthday parties with many at the Lycee: Lisa Gelobter, Nathalie Pochat, Patricia Zwerling, Amaryllis Beirne Keyt, Eric Guillon, Marwan, Youssef, Hania." ● "Shawn Fields recently started substitute teaching Spanish and French at the Nightingale-Bamford school. She is also enjoying reconnecting with many Lycee classmates through Facebook." ----- From July 2008 AALFNY Newsletter ----- WEDDINGS/MARIAGES ● Patricia (Zwerling) Potter wrote: "I wanted to let you know that I was married on May 17th of this year! I married David Potter, an attorney in NYC. Delphina (Carriglio) Jackson ('88) was my matron of honor. Unbelievable, to think we have been friends for all these years." ● "Dr. Marie [Cabaud] Meaney received her doctorate and an M. Phil. in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford. She also obtained an M. Phil. in philosophy from the International Academy of Philosophy in Liechtenstein and a D.E.U.G. from the Sorbonne in Paris. Dr. Meaney is a specialist on the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. Currently, she is an Arthur J. Ennis Teaching Fellow at the University of Villanova in Philadelphia." (http://www.hli.org/infertility/about_marie_meaney.html) ● Sibylle (Giraud) Lesay nous informe qu'elle est mariée à Guillaume Lesay et qu'ils ont trois enfants --Hector (2001), Seraphine (2002, Isaure(2004). Elle est architecte DLPG depuis 8 ans dans le groupe LVMH. Elle est aussi actuellement membre du comité de gestion du Lycee Pierre Loti a Istanbul, en charge de la renovation des batiments. ● Nagi Hatoum is a doctor, engineer and inventor, and is CEO of Biotele L.L.C. ● Aida (Wane) Neary wrote that she "is still leaving in Newport, RI with her husband Tim. She is now the international student advisor at Salve Regina University, helping to facilitate the transition for international students coming to study in the U.S.. In an interesting coincidence, she will be meeting the staff of the French-American school of Rhode Island at a friend's party this summer. The big news, however, is that Aida and Tim are expecting their first child in early December!" ● Clotilde (Teiling) Perbost shared this with us: "So much has happened since I last wrote to you. I now live in Luzern, Switzerland and still work for Roche Diagnostics but now in Rotkreuz. The kids and I are learning German and really enjoying the beautiful Swiss mountains. We have a beautiful apartment in the center of town and are enjoying and learning the advantages of a European lifestyle." ----- From December 2007 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Hooray for the Class of 1988, soon to celebrate its 20th Anniversary! Marie-Christine Lowenstein wrote in asking about a reunion. We are pleased to say that the ball is now rolling. Anyone interested in helping should write in and let us know. ● Elsa (Basanisi) Bolard wrote: "Hello everyone! Such good memories of everyone, so much time since then. I live in Paris, got married in '98 and I'm the happiest mother of Chiara (7 1/2), Sixtine (6) and Leo (2 1/2). After the Lycée, I studied international relations and economics and finally graduated from HEC in '93. I am now Head of Business Intelligence at France Telecom. I would love to see all of you again, maybe in 2008 for our 20 year anniversary of the Bac?" ● Marie-Christine Loewenstein wrote: "Hello 1988 classmates! Do you realize that we have almost reached 20 years since our graduation day? Isn't that unbelievable? Unfortunately we are a bit late to organize a big retrouvailles class reunion but we should nevertheless think of doing such thing 'one day'. In the meantime, we are lucky enough to have the Alumni Association which does a great job, but also "Facebook". Don't forget it! Alors....à vos ordinateurs les amis et à nos retrouvailles prochainement!" ● Nathalie (Pochat) Richard nous écrit qu'elle "habite au Connecticut avec som mari et ont une fille (Megan) de 9 ans. Nathalie est Directrice des Ressources Humaines pour une Biotech dans la region de New Haven. Son frere, Thierry Pochat ('85), habite à New York et est Policier avec le NYPD." ● Samantha Sherman wrote: "I left Cahill Gordon & Rendel LLP in July. After a month of hiking, surfing and whitewater rafting out west, I returned to New York and joined Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP where I am an associate." ● “Amaury de Barros Conti, born in 1970, joined Austin, Calvert & Flavin, Inc. in 2004 as the firm’s Head Trader. Mr. Conti brings over five years of institutional trading experience from a San Antonio based mutual fund company. Prior to that he was a trading assistant with Banque National de Paris in New York City. Mr. Conti received his undergraduate degree in Aviation Technology/Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and his Master of Business Administration degree in Financial Management from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Conti holds a Series 7 license and is an Affiliate of the Market Technicians Association. He is originally from Belgium.” (From Austin, Calvert & Flavin, Inc.; http://www.auscal.com/html/acf_team.html#Amaury) ----- From June 2007 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● Aymen Bourjini wrote: "Hello everyone. I keep such fond memories of everyone and the times I have spent in the lycee. I often think of all the friends I've had during those years. I am still living in Manhattan for most of the year. I have lost touch of so many of you guys...Wow, how time goes by quickly....I am finally engaged and hoping to get married." ● From Shawn Fields: "After two and a half years in London, I moved back to NY in September just in time for the birth of my second child, Milo Jack, who was born on December 8th. He joined big sister Marina Cecilia who turns 2 on June 13th. I keep in touch with a number of Lycee grads including Valerie Picard, Samantha Sherman, Tamara Benveniste and Alexander Marin. My brother Ian (class of 1992) and his wife Chelsey are just about to welcome their first child in July." ● "Designer Stéphane Pagani is founder and creative director of PaganiStudio, a lighting fixture design studio based in New York. Pagani designs contemporary lighting collections and exclusive custom lighting fixtures for high end residential and commercial projects.......Stéphane Pagani is originally from St. Paul de Vence, France and was university educated in the United States. Stéphane's architectural background has given him an appreciation for site specific projects. Using light and occasionally movement, Stéphane designs to create an emotion that suits the space and its intended function." (http://www.paganistudio.com/pages/about.html) ----- From December 2006 AALFNY Newsletter ----- ● BIRTHS/NAISSANCES: --Amaury de Barros Conti --Sandrine (Pettit) Moussally (See Milestones section for further details.) ● Amaury de Barros Conti wrote: "Would love to hear back from Eric Henault, Nicolas Boulgaris, Charles-Henri Choel." ● Charles Henry Choel informed us that he has moved to Tokyo as MD of GL Trade Tokyo. ------From February 2006 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● BIRTHS/NAISSANCES: Shawn Fields-Rodriguez ● WEDDINGS/MARIAGES: Whitney Postman-Caucheteux ● Samantha Sherman wrote: "After eight years in California, six in Washington, DC, and one in South Texas, I have finally come back home. I am an attorney at Cahill Gordon in Manhattan, and would love to hear from my former classmates." ● Tessa (Haspil) Corgan shared this with us: "My husband and I just finished the last phase of our move to Miami, Florida this November 2005. The move was prompted by the birth of our twins Emily Anne and Nicholas Bjorn in April 2005. All I can say is thank God for big sister Bianca Mona then age 6, little mother extraordinaire! After six years, I left my Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine position at UMDNJ/University Hospital to take on the more challenging position of stay-at-home- mom. For those who knew me well this is indeed a challenge. I would love to hear from any of my classmates especially now that I have so much extra time on my hands. Would particularly like to speak to Valerie Picard." ------From June 2005 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Patrick Vincent wrote: "I got married two years ago to a feisty Spaniard and moved to the small lakeside town of Neuchâtel in Switzerland with good skiing and sailing, and where I am professor of British and American literature at the university. My wife Sonia and I are expecting our first child this summer!" ● Charles-Henri Choël shared this with us: "I got married in 2001 to Raphaëlle Janoray, also an alumni from LFNY but 6 classes under mine. It goes without saying that we did not know each other then! We met many years later as neighours in a Paris building. I lived on the 5th Floor rue Saint Georges and she lived with her parents on the 4th Floor. And one day of 1997 she started taking the elevator one floor higher...." ● Stéphane Lumiére wrote: "I have joined Oscar Gruss & Son as a Research Analyst concentrating on Special Situations Research. I still live in Manhattan and I would be interested in meeting up with some of my old classmates." ● Sandrine (Pettit) Moussally nous a ecrit: "Ma première connexion sur le site du LFNY est très récent, voici donc quelques nouvelles...des 20 dernières années. J'ai quitté le LFNY à la fin de ma 1ère, en 1986, pour retourner en France, à Paris. C'est là que j'ai fait mes études de médecine. Depuis 2002, je suis médecin du travail, mais je travaille seulement à temps partiel. Je me suis mariée en 1995 avec Christian que j'ai rencontré pendant mes études (il est chirurgien dentiste). Nous avons 4 enfants : Guillaume (8 ans 1/2), Elise (6 ans), Victor (4ans 1/2) et Léo-Paul (20 mois), ce qui en soit est une occupation à temps plein!" ● Marie-Christine Loewenstein shared this with us: "Everything is going well here in Brussels. Still married with Damien (we will celebrate our 5th. wedding anniversary this coming 3rd of june), the twins DIEGO and ELIOTT are now 3 1/2 years old and they are the happy big brothers of a little boy called AURIAN borned on the 17th. of March 2005. The house is now full of men! I am still keeping in touch with Marine Bickert ('89) and Carole Devèze (who came to visit me here last year) and I am still dreaming of a "réunion de classe promo 1988" in New York City. Would that be possible at all one day? Bises to all." ------From November 2004 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Shawn Fields and her husband Jorge Rodriguez relocated to London from New York in May 2004. Shawn is working for PepsiCo International's UK Division in marketing. They are living in South Kensington. ● Whitney Postman wrote: "The professional update: Earlier this year I moved to the Washington DC area for a job as a post-doctoral fellow at National Institutes of Health, where I am involved in research on brain and language using imaging techniques such as fMRI, with special emphasis on the neural basis of language recovery in post-stroke aphasia. The personal update: The attached photo of me was taken in August at the Indonesian Embassy in DC. As a doctoral student I'd done some linguistic research in Indonesia. Yet despite my overall greater interest in that Southeast Asian country and its people, I find myself dating a lovely French man from Amiens, also a post-doc at NIH....Affectueusement, Whitney" ● Nicolas Boulgaris is "back in the world of Private banking after graduating from INSEAD. Our second child, Catherine was born in January." ● And this from Aida(Wane) Neary: "I got married in June of this year to a wonderful man, Tim Neary, and after nine wonderful years in Chicago, we moved to Texas where my husband got a job teaching History at Stephen F. Austin State University. After two months of doing nothing, I got a job at the university as the assistant to the Board of Regents. So after five months of marriage, Tim and I find ourselves on oppposite sides of university life ( academia vs. administration)." ------From Winter 2003-2004 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Births/Naissances: Nicolas Boulgaris '88 and his wife, Ursina, have the great pleasure of announcing the birth of their son Philippe, in March. ● Alexandra (Cavignaux) Ansaldi writes: “The two years I spent at the Lycée and in NYC were unforgettable. I've been living in Paris for almost 10 years now; I got married last year to a philosophy professor. I work now as a translator-terminologist (French, English, Russian and Italian) for the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry in Paris.” ● For information about Janine Trèves, see Patricia (Hesse) Khosrosian ’66. ● Isabelle (Périssé) Guludec writes: “My husband Marc and I have a little boy born October 9, 2001; his name is Keenan Jean Marc.” ● From Charles Thiemele: "I am in beautiful Wisconsin working as an M&A professional for GE Medical." ------From Winter 2002/2003 AALFNY Newsletter------- ● Aida Wane writes: “After leaving the Lycée I went to Allegheny for college. I graduated in ‘91 and lived in 3 different African countries until settling back in the States in 1995. I'm now a Chicagoan working for an educational publisher. Thanks for the great work in helping us reconnect.” ● Virginia Mennesson writes: "It's great to have found this site at last! I have been living in London for the last 8 years and work for the Financial Services Authority (the main regulating body for the financial industry in the UK) as a Policy Adviser. I have not been back to NY since I left the Lycée to study law in France and the UK. I have fond memories of my 2 years in NY (those endless runs around Central Park in gym class!) I hope to hear from other alumni soon!" ● Clothilde (Teiling) Perbost nous écrit : « J'ai récemment déménagé de la Californie au Connecticut où je ne travaille plus pour l'instant car je viens d'avoir un petit garçon, Georges Enguerrand le 29 mars 2002. Cela fait toujours plaisir de lire les dernières nouvelles sur tout le monde de notre classe; Je recherche toujours Christophe Fraise-quelqu'un sait où il est ? » ------From March/April 2002 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Amaury de Barros Conti writes: “Thank you for all the news and work you guys are putting together! Just wanted to update some of my info. I just finished my MBA in Financial Management at St. Marys' University here in San Antonio, Texas this semester. Just celebrated my fourth wedding anniversary, no kids yet, and still work at US Global Investors as an Institutional Trader. Next is the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) exam, and possibly starting a family... I last heard from Aida Wane '88 about 6 months ago, and she was in Chicago. My brother Thibaut '93 is currently applying to graduate school and looks forward to starting next fall.» ● Marie-Christine Loewenstein writes: “So happy to have found this site. Such excellent memories of my 4 years at the Lycée! I got married in 2000 to Damien Vanden Dael and gave birth to 2 great little guys (real twins) in September 2001: Diego and Eliott. I live in Brussels and my sister Anne Loewenstein ‘90 also. I have been working at Ferrero (chocolate company which produces Nutella, Rocher, Kinder, Tic Tac) for 8 years and I am product manager for a series of products (all except Kinder Line) for the Benelux.” ● Aida Wane writes: “After leaving the Lycée I went to Allegheny for college. I graduated from there in ‘91 and lived in 3 different African countries until settling back in the States in 1995. I'm now a Chicagoan working for an educational publisher. Thanks for the great work in helping us reconnect.” ------From November/December 2001 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Raoul Jacquand writes: "After leaving NY in 1985, I spent the next 12 years in France to complete my studies and start my professional life with Nortel Networks. I got married in 1994 and we now have 2 boys, respectively 2 years old and 6-months old. Since 1997 we have been living in Munich, Germany, where we experience the benefits of being centrally located at the heart of Europe. Though the telecom sector is going through some difficult times, I enjoy my work as a wireless systems engineering manager." ● Hania Abrous, according to her sister Leila '89, is a CPA certified accountant/auditor and manager with KPMG Pete Marwick in Luxembourg. ● Nicolas Boulgaris left his job in Private Banking, and is currently participating in the MBA program at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). ------From July/August 2001 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Amaury de Barros Conti is married since 1997 and lives in San Antonio, Texas. He works as a senior trader at US Global Funds. ● Clotilde (Teiling) Perbost writes: "I live in the Silicon Valley (CA), and work for Agilent Technologies doing Research on DNA Chips. I am married and have Camille (2 yrs), who shall go to the Lycée Français de Sunnyvale in a year. I'd love to hear from Christophe Fraise, Charles- Henri Joel '88. Thank you "Roger Sanit" (that's Roger Liwer '68) for finding me!" ● Janine (Treves) Habar: Currently living in Paris with husband and 18 month old daughter Zoe. She works for Berghahn Books on a part-time basis, editing manuscripts for publication in the humanities and social sciences. She writes: "I recently checked out the Lycée website and was impressed with its contents (and sad to learn about the sale of that beautiful building in which I spent so many years of my childhood). But we must all adapt to the times, mustn't we?" ● Liliane Kankindi Bwakira a quitté à la fin de la seconde pour finir dans un autre lycée francais en Afrique. Elle est de retour à NY où elle fait un "grad. program" et travaille à Standard & Poor's. ● Shawn Fields became engaged to Jorge Rodriguez on March 16th, 2001. ------From February/March 2001 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Patrick Vincent writes: "After living seven years in California, I recently returned to Switzerland where I teach English and American literature at the University of Fribourg and ski every weekend. I'd love to hear from Alexander Marin and others from '88 who seem particularly silent....» ● Nadia Abbadi Altomare is living in the heart of the city of Boston where she completed her MBA and never left. Recently married; directs the Patient & Physician Services Department of a biotech firm which will go public sometime this year. ------From November/December 2000 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Thomas Bérard only spent one semester at the Lycée, but it was enough to make a lasting impression. He sends greetings from Ridgefield, CT. ● Nicolas Boulgaris was married last year. He works in a private bank in Geneva. ● Anita Masson (Quéré) was married two years ago and is now the proud mother of a 10-month-old baby girl, Clara. She lives in Paris with her husband, Laurent, and works for the German high-fashion company, Escada, where she puts into practice her language skills acquired at the Lycée. ● Laurence Meneboo Guiheux est avocate à Paris et a un petit garçon. ------From March 2000 AALFNY Newsletter------ ● Bertrand Desbois est professeur d’art plastique et habite à Issy-les-Moulineaux. ● Tessa Haspil Corgan espère terminer sa résidence en médecine de l’urgence en Juin ’00. |
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