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JYF in Paris ALUMNI MAGAZINE NUMBER 44 D EC E M B E R 2 0 1 7
Dear Sweet Briar JYF in Paris Alumni, Greetings from Virginia! Even before I started my post as the 13th president of Sweet Briar College, I had a chance to visit our Paris program in Reid Hall and meet with the superb staff and students there. I want to tell you that I am most proud and gratified that our program, soon entering its eighth decade, is as robust and excellent as ever. Our program is also iconic. It is due in part to history, having pioneered study abroad in Paris. But there is no gainsaying that our program’s insistence on the highest level of excellence and proficiency sets it apart from other programs. Our long tradition of championing multicultural perspectives—American, French, European, and global—is also noteworthy. The internship offerings through JYF prepare our students well for their global future, and the host family network humanizes and enriches the student experience. In order to continue and build upon these strengths, JYF will need to rely on the social and professional network of its alumni. As you probably know, the alumnae at Sweet Briar have made history in American higher education by coming together to support their college. With your help, we can show that the same indomitable and generous spirit ensures the future of JYF. As we look forward to celebrating our 70th anniversary, we hope you will come visit us. We will keep you posted of the plans for the anniversary. With best regards, Meredith Woo President of Sweet Briar College
JYF in Paris
ALUMNI MAGAZINE
contents
Letter from the President of Sweet Briar College inside front cover
Letter from the Director 2
Message from the JYF Virginia office 2
JYF at a Glance 3
Confessions of a Francophile
A memory by Joe Carroll, JYF 1859-60, Univ. of Virginia 4
Returning Home After a Year in Paris (Excerpt)
by Jane Rather Thiébault, JYF 1956-57, Sweet Briar College 5
Touched by Genius (Excerpt)
by Rick Hauser, JYF 1959-60, Yale University 5
Mots d’Étudiants — “La Vie en France”
Excerpts from JYF student posts on Le Blog 6
My internship in a Paris research hospital in bacteriology 8
by Cesar Dominguez, JYF Spring 2016, Williams College
On Being a Host Family for Sweet Briar College
JYF in Paris Host Family Testimonials 8
Celebrating SBC-JYF 9
by David A. Bradt, JYF 1975-76, Northwestern University
50th Anniversary Reunion Plans for JYF Cohort 1968-69 9
Class Notes: Anniversary Years 10
Memories of My JYF Year (Excerpt) 10
by Nan Tull Wezniak, JYF 1957-58, Wellesley College
JYF in Paris
NUMBER 44 D EC E M B E R 2 0 1 7
Studying In The Midst of La Révolution de mai 68
Studying Abroad in Paris. Did You Know?
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17
Researched and edited by
Kim Wood, Re-connect with JYF 17
Pat Wydner
Marie Grée Class Notes: Other Years 18
Juliette Monet
In Memoriam 19
Content submitted by JYF alumni and
current students 2017 Contributors to the JYF Scholarship and Financial Aid Funds 20
Designed by Nancy Marion
What did JYF teach you? inside back cover
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FROM THE DIRECTOR Message from the
JYF Virginia office
If you have not been to Paris in a while, the next time you come I suspect you will be Dear JYF Alumni,
delighted by the urban renewal that has taken place since Anne Hidalgo became mayor We were thrilled to hear
in 2014. The first woman to hold the post, she is a tireless champion of “green” Paris, a from so many of you in
pedestrian-friendly, bike-friendly city in the heart of Europe. It’s not only the energy that response to the survey
is cleaner: the city’s heritage has been scrubbed and freshly gilded and it shines. And we sent out! Surveys were
with the coming of the Olympic games in 2024, the pace of renovating and improving sent to those celebrating
the City of Light has only increased. anniversary years and
As beautiful as Paris is, it remains a vibrant, living city with a heterogeneous popula- for whom we have email
tion that for the most part lives together harmoniously. The texture of the town is more addresses. Thank you for
international and humanistically tolerant than ever. Its panoply of cultures is, today, one allowing us to re-connect
of Paris’ great strengths, from the Tamil neighborhoods of La Chapelle to the Chinese with many of you. We look
at Place d’Italie, and from the West African world of Château Rouge to the Algerian en- forward to hearing from
claves of Ménilmontant, with literally hundreds of nationalities in between. more of you in the future.
Culturally, Paris is a “Movable Feast” this fall: In addition to the numerous seasonal A link to The JYF Alumni
fashion shows there is a spectacular Dior exhibit at the Musée des Arts décoratifs. Irving Survey can be found at jyf.
Penn and Gauguin both have big shows at the Grand Palais, which ran in tandem with sbc.edu. Feel free to email
this year’s FIAC (Foire internationale d’art contemporain). The FIAC presented, as every or call us anytime!
year, a world-wide survey of contemporary art including dozens of free performances
and installations. And if you would like to see the MoMA’s greatest hits of modernism, Pat Wydner’s retirement!
this fall you can do it at the Fondation Louis Vuitton while experiencing its acclaimed
new building designed by Frank Gehry. And there is so much more: Rubens at the Mrs. Pat
Musée du Luxembourg; Derain, Balthus and Giacometti at the Musée d’Art Moderne; Wydner
Sophie Calle at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature—and this is the short list! retired in
Of course, the heritage we live with is as spectacular as ever, and who doesn’t love a October
walk around the Ile St. Louis as the sun sets on the Seine? Such an inspiring promenade 2017 after
is now improved by pedestrian zones on both banks, from Bercy to the Tour Eiffel and serving
beyond, but a walk around La Villette in the 20th arrondissement may be more illustra- nearly
tive of other recent changes. First, you would notice a serious reduction in the traffic, 50 years
with all that implies for the quality of the air and ambient noise. There are bike lanes ev- with Sweet Briar College
erywhere, and the Canal de l’Ourcq has been cleaned and is now open for public swim- and the Junior Year in
ming! Many neighborhoods have recovered their village-like feel without the constant France program in various
roar of automobiles. Once again we can hear birds, church bells, footsteps and the sing- capacities. Pat was a
song cries of the market vendors. La Villette has aged well in the last 30 years since it tremendous resource to
was built; there are museums, concert halls and a variety of public spaces where people our office, having assisted
gather to play music and sports and to dance. It is a successful vision of a multicultural, with sending more than
tolerant world, an inspiring example of what urban harmony can be. 5,000 students to Paris
Our program has changed too with the times, but it remains what it was in the sense and Nice. She worked with
that students still receive the same full immersion in French culture, the university sys- six JYF directors and nine
tem and family life that we have always offered. Today our students are more multidis- Sweet Briar presidents,
ciplinary than ever before: they take courses at the Sorbonne that cover humanities, representing decades of
sciences (biology, math, physics, chemistry…), economics and business! The time when institutional memory for
95 percent of our students majored in humanities has evolved, but the core interest in JYF. It will take two of us to
French language and culture is something all the students still have in common. Many fill her shoes!
junior-year-abroad programs have taken the easy road in recent years with classes in Pat’s constant cheeriness,
English, and very short stays, but we still feel that anything less than what we make avail- diligence, energy, and
able means missing something important: the experience that all our alumni share of humor will be sorely
“deep” France, a France that the tourists will never know. Full immersion and high aca- missed. In retirement,
demic standards are still the rule at JYF. she is enjoying spending
Next year we will celebrate our 70th anniversary! A great celebration is in the works, time with her children,
and we will keep you informed as our plans progress. If you have any thoughts about grandchildren and great-
this incredible milestone, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We hope to see you, or at grandchildren. We wish her
least hear from you, in the very near future! well.
Marie Grée, Ph.D. Juliette and Kim
Director, JYF in Paris
Sweet Briar College
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JYF AT A GLANCE
2014–2018
STUDENT RACE DURATION
AND ETHNICITY STUDENT GENDER OF STUDY
White 65%
Women 82%
Hispanic (White) 9% Fall
Men 17%
43%
Asian 8%
Black or African-American 6%
American Indian or Alaska Native1% Other 1%
Multiracial 11% Spring
Multiracial:
Amer Ind or Alaska Nat /Asian/Nat Haw or Other
Pac.Is/White, American Indian or Alaska Native/ SUBJECTS OF STUDY
42%
White, Black or African American/Hispanic, White/
Writing Workshop (SBC) 20% Year
15%
Asian/Black or African American, Black or African
American/White, American Indian or Alaska Native/
White/Hispanic, Asian/Black or African American,
Literature 18%
Asian/White, American Indian or Alaska Native/His- History 16%
panic
Art history 15%
European studies / Pol. Sci. 9%
Average student GPA
60% 3.52
Theatre (SBC) 6%
Cinema / Communications 3%
DOUBLE MAJORS Sciences 3%
Social sciences 2%
Linguistics 2%
TOP 10 MAJORS Economics / Management 2% Average percentage of students
doing an internship
36%
History / Geography 1%
French/Literature/
Greek / Latin 1%
Francophone studies 37%
English 7% Philosophy 1%
Psychology 6% English / U.S. studies 1%
International relations/studies 6%
Political science 5% Top 10 participating U.S.
Mathematics
Biology
4%
4% Students Registered at JYF’s Paris
COLLEGES AND
History
Business
4%
2% PARTNER UNIVERSITIES
Communications/Journalism 2%
INSTITUTIONS Amherst 9.7%
Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle 21% Kenyon 8.1%
STUDENT COUNTRIES Williams 7.6%
Paris IV-Paris-Sorbonne 30%
OF CITIZENSHIP Northwestern 7.0%
USA 80% Paris VII-Denis Diderot 14%
Rice 7.0%
Dual: USA/Other 11% Paris-Dauphine 1% Lafayette 6.5%
Other: 5% Institut Catholique de Paris 1% Connecticut 5.4%
China 3% Art workshops and studios 2% Haverford 5.4%
Other: Australia, Burundi , Canada , Colombia,
Ethiopia, Greece, Honduras, Liberia, New Zealand, Sweet Briar College JYF courses 31% Washington & Lee 4.3%
Serbia, Spain, United Kingdom Wheaton 4.3%
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I Confessions
learned a
lesson at the
Louvre I will
never forget. of a Francophile PART 5
By Christmas I was settling in to the
daily rhythm of Paris. My roommate
and I would usually wake up to the
delicious aroma of a large café au lait
placed alongside a hot croissant with a
small saucer of butter and marmalade.
Elise, Madame Gilbert’s maid, would
tiptoe into our room and place this
breakfast tray on the nightstand that
was only inches away from our head.
Before we could shave we had to
light a gas heater in the bathroom and
wait for the water to get hot. Even this
annoying task became routine after a
few weeks. As George (my roommate)
and I did not take the same classes
we would usually go our separate
ways and not see one another until
we returned late afternoon. George
was a history major and enrolled at the
Sciences Po (student slang for Politi-
was open to the public. Monsieur Mona Lisa. (This was the 1950s when
cal Science). I was a liberal arts major
Serullaz would lead us to the gallery it was felt that having nearby security
so I took courses in literature and art.
of the paintings we were studying that guards to caution about getting too
It was less than a half hour’s walk to
week. He would tell us about the artist, near to the painting was sufficient).
most of my classes so I enjoyed savor-
explain his technique and discuss its The art student was painting an exact
ing the sounds, sights and smells of
importance. A couple of days later copy of this world-famous painting.
Paris. I loved looking into the various
we would meet in a classroom in the Monsieur Serullaz explained that part
little shops, practicing my French by
Louvre and he would show us slides of an art student’s training was to study
trying to remember the names of the
of the paintings we had seen earlier the technique of the artist using the
products I saw in the store fronts. The
in the week and ask us to analyze same oils and compounds as the Mas-
French word for window shopping is
them. It did not take me long to pick ter would have used in the era it was
lèche-vitrine (window licking). Very ap-
up on his favorite descriptive words: painted. This might even entail grind-
propriate for the delicious breads and
luminosity and juxtaposition. I’m not ing up charcoal or other ingredients
pastries on display. I marveled at how a
sure if he realized how often he used to mix with the paint. The copy should
small army of street cleaners clad in the
these words. When asked to analyze a be as close to the original as possible.
ubiquitous French-blue tops and pants,
painting I would study it with the best “Then,” said Monsieur Serullaz, “if you
sweeping debris into a moving stream
critical look I could muster, then wisely want to become a Jackson Pollock and
of water flowing in the gutters, could
state, “Cette peinture a une certaine throw buckets of paint on a canvas and
keep a big city like Paris so clean. The
luminosité...” or “La composition et la call it art, you are free to express your-
stories and pictures of daily French life
juxtaposition des divers personnages self as you like.”
I remembered from my first-year high
est vraiment remarquable” (The This is a lesson I never forgot. It ap-
school textbook were coming to life on
composition and juxtapostion of the plied to my teaching years when I told
my daily walks.
various figures in this painting is truly my students that they must learn the
I enrolled in a course in 19th- and
remarkable). Monsieur Serullaz was basic principles of the subject we were
20th-century art taught by Maurice
always quick to compliment me for my studying before I would allow them to
Serullaz, a curator at the Louvre and a
astute observations. express their own thoughts. This lesson
specialist in French Impressionism. The
One morning, as we walked through applied to business, as well, when I lat-
class met twice a week. The first class
one of the galleries, we came upon er left the academic world for a career
started at 9 a.m. before the museum
some art students, with paint brushes, in advertising and publishing.
easel and canvas set up in front of During the last month of class, Mon-
A MEMORY BY JOE CARROLL several of the paintings. One young sieur Serullaz left the confines of the
JYF 1959-60, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA artist was less than 10 feet from the Louvre and took us to the Musée du
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Jeu de Paume to study French Impres-
sionism. In those days, impressionist
paintings were exhibited in what was
once a tennis court constructed by
Napoleon III in the mid-19th century.
It was located next to the Place de la
Concorde. In 1986 the paintings were
moved to the Musée d’Orsay, a much
larger building nearby on the Seine.
Monsieur Serullaz was now in his ele-
ment. His enthusiasm for Impression- Leaving the USA on the SS America to be a
ism so inspired me that it is still my guide at the Brussels Fair
favorite art period. Returning Home After a Year in Touched by Genius (excerpt)
The last week of class he took us to Paris 1956-57 (excerpt) By Rick Hauser, JYF 1959-60,
the Musée d’Art Moderne to expose us By Jane Rather Thiébaud, JYF 1956-57, Yale University
to contemporary art. As we walked past Sweet Briar College
the numerous abstract paintings, Se- Now, I did warn you that my memories
rullaz tried to feign appreciation for this During my senior year at Sweet Briar, are layered and multi-vocal, didn’t I?
genre of art, but when one of my class- I attended a social gathering for in- So it is in that spirit that I tell you the
mates asked him what he personally ternational students from the nearby scholarly apparatus itself is attenuated
thought of a particular work, with typ- men’s colleges, including the University and leavened by my apprenticeship
ical Gallic disdain for all things lacking of Virginia, Washington and Lee and in the world of French theater. Odd as
good taste, he muttered, “It is nothing others. This event took place at the that may seem, it is so because I can-
more than beautiful wallpaper.” “Date House,” which was an on-cam- not divorce practice from experience.
For my final exam I was asked to pus coffee shop and social center. For me, saying French is tantamount to
critique Van Gogh’s “l’Eglise d’Auvers- When I asked the hostess if there were performing the language, hearkening
sur-Oise.” As you would probably any students from France in atten- back to classical theater modes and,
guess, I found a way to use luminosité dance, she said no, but told me about not coincidentally, to my first exposure
and juxtaposition to score a grade of a young post-doctoral lawyer from the to theatrical experiment on Paris stages
excellent on the test. French-speaking section of Switzerland — first at the Palais de Chaillot and le
As I was rapidly approaching the known as Romandie who was there. It Théâtre National Populaire, and then at
end of my junior year in college, I was there I met René-Blaise Thiébaud Châtelet and the Théâtre des Nations
knew it was time to declare my major. (RBT). His very first remark to me was or the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt (Bar-
I loved French language and literature, that he came from Switzerland, the old- nard Blier’s experiment), at the Odéon
but what could I do with it other than est democracy in the world. In disbelief and the Théâtre de l’Athénée, at the
teach? I had not considered the possi- I replied that it was America that held Huchette — many another salle across
bility of becoming a teacher. Whenever this title. He laughed and said I needed the City of Light.
someone would ask me what I was go- to know more about history. Little did The very great part of this experi-
ing to do upon graduation I would tell I know then that five years later, RBT ence came about because of my year
them I was going to law school. I never would become my husband with whom abroad under the auspices of SBC JYF.
had any interest in law but it seemed I would move to Geneva, Switzerland. Kudos, Alfred Simon! You remem-
like an honorable and interesting pro- ber, right? He was the prof’ for the
fession. So whenever I was asked this [To read the full text of Sequel #2: theater course, whatever it was called.
question in France, I replied with “Je French Influence in my Life, follow the We saw a lot. And this was often my
vais faire du droit” (I am going to study link to the full story online.] very first exposure to European ex-
law). It seemed like every time I said perimental theater. I knew The Living
this, it evoked an indulgent chuckle. (Judith Malina, Julian Beck), of course,
I couldn’t figure out why this was so and would at length be lucky enough
amusing. Years later it was explained to be part of their last great strivings
to me that it is the French expression in America. But the multifarious exper-
for “I haven’t got a clue as to what I am imentation, this transgressive work in
going to do.” In my case, it was entire- theater across boundaries, became real
ly accurate. to me through what I saw / had seen in
Simon’s class on theater in Paris.
[To read the full text of Touched by
[To read the full blog go to Genius, follow the link to the full story
foreverfrench.net] online.]
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Mots d’Étudiants—“La Vie en France”
Excerpts from JYF student posts on Le Blog
See more of the JYF Blog at jyf.blog.sbc.edu
Comment je suis nostalgique de la puissance. Je trouve Le Jardin du Luxembourg est comme
devenue (un peu) néanmoins cette obsession avec les
morts un peu étrange. Cependant, la
une exposition des différents types de
Parisiens (et aussi des touristes, mais
parisienne France est une puissance mondiale. Et ils ne m’intéressent pas). Quand je
Emily Romero si tu as des doutes, il suffit simplement passe le portail, je vois les joggeurs,
Rice University de regarder leurs monuments. (…) Une certains courent seuls et d’autres
Je suis tombée amoureuse de ma autre raison d’aimer les Français : la avec leurs amis. Personne ne porte la
routine du matin, les heures entre liberté d’expression. Ici on se critique à marque Lululemon, un vrai signe que
lesquelles je me réveille et où j’arrive tour de bras. Toutes les conversations je ne suis plus aux États-Unis. Alors
dans les locaux de Sweet Briar pour sont vraiment animées, voilà pourquoi que je marche à côté du Palais du
mes cours d’orientation. Dans ce laps on dit qu’ils râlent tout le temps. (…) Ils Luxembourg, je regarde les gardes
de temps, je peux donner l’impression ont le sang chaud, ils klaxonnent pour républicains. (…) Je vois des groupes
(au moins, à mon avis) que je suis se titiller, ne cessent de te rappeler d’étudiants qui rient et puis des petits
vraiment Parisienne, bien que je ne qu’ils sont Français, sont obsédés par enfants qui courent sur l’herbe. Quand
me sois installée ici que depuis deux des choses minuscules comme des je m’approche de la sortie, j’observe
semaines. (…) Quand je m’assieds tasses de café, des petites chaises, des aussi un échantillon de femmes
dans le train, j’ouvre immédiatement petits café-restos, manger en petites parisiennes qui portent des manteaux
un livre. Comme beaucoup de quantités. Coup de chapeau, par ici on chics et qui inspirent mes choix de
Parisiens, je passe tout mon voyage ne gâche pas. mode. (…)
à lire. Je cache la couverture du livre
avec mes mains ; je ne veux pas que
quelqu’un voie le titre en anglais et
Un monde dans un jardin Montmartre
Kelley Czajka Mary Kate Fox
découvre mon secret. (…)
Northwestern University Connecticut College
Depuis mon premier jour à Paris, Bien que le métro ne soit pas aussi
je suis enchantée par mon quartier. agréable que le bus comme mode
J’habite dans le 5ème, le quartier de transport, je l’aime parce qu’il est
latin, à cinq minutes à pied de Notre comme une téléportation. Hier, j’ai
Dame et au coin de la rue du Jardin pris le métro à Montmartre. Quand
du Luxembourg. Je me considère je suis sortie du métro, j’étais dans
comme étant très chanceuse d’habiter un autre Paris. J’habite dans le
dans ce bel endroit, particulièrement cinquième arrondissement. J’adore cet
parce que la plus grande partie de arrondissement parce que beaucoup
mon trajet jusqu’à Reid Hall se déroule de choses se produisent tout le
dans le jardin, et c’est là où je vais temps. Il y a la Rue Mouffetard, une
Ibrahim aux champs Elysées
pour mieux comprendre les Parisiens. rue parisienne par excellence. (…)
Lettre à ma mère Jardin du Luxembourg
Ibrahim Nshimirimana
Wheaton College
Pour me dégourdir les jambes, je
longe le Boulevard Ménilmontant
et après 10 minutes environ je suis
dans le Cimetière du Père Lachaise.
Dans ce lieu de mémoire, reposent
des grands noms comme BALZAC,
BEAUMARCHAIS, MOLIERE, WILDE,
MORRISON, PROUST, LA FONTAINE,
et beaucoup d’autres. Cela se
range dans la liste des choses qui
montrent que la France est après tout
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Manifestation
chinoise le
Quand je suis allée à Montmartre, on 4 septembre 2016
aurait dit une autre ville ! Il y a des
arbres dans la rue, beaucoup de rues
pavées et de touristes. Ce que j’ai
préféré à Montmartre était la vue de
Paris. (…) La meilleure partie était que
ces mini vacances étaient dans ma
propre ville et c’était à 45 minutes du
métro. (…) C’est surprenant de voir à
quel point je me sens à la maison ici
et c’est réconfortant de savoir que je
ne m’ennuierai jamais parce qu’il y a
toujours de nouvelles parties de la ville
à explorer, juste en un trajet en metro.
Les journées du
patrimoine
Alexandria Marshall
Northwestern University vraie langue française: l’argot. Quand un pays avec une identité étrangère.
Aux Etats-Unis, il y a des stéréotypes on arrive à Paris, la langue est très (…) Comment une minorité peut-elle
sur les Français qui les décrivent différente de la langue qu’on utilise en combattre l’influence des stéréotypes
comme distants et impolis, mais classe. Elle peut être bouleversante. sur elle quand elle a du mal à
une caractéristique qui n’est jamais On entendra le mot “truc” tout le communiquer avec les autres ?
nommée est la fierté que les Français temps. Votre mère d’accueil peut
ont pour leur pays. J’ai vu cette qualité, crier “la vache!”. Vos amis français La dégustation de vin et
cette fierté, pendant le weekend
des Journées du Patrimoine. J’ai fait
peuvent dire que leur rendez-vous
“était nickel”. Un homme peut fromage
la queue au Sénat, à l’Assemblée appeler ses amis “les mecs”. Passer Jing Liang
Nationale, et au Petit Palais pour du temps avec les jeunes français et Connecticut College
participer, comme les Français, à cette votre famille d’accueil est la meilleure Je dois admettre que je ne pouvais pas
petite fête. À la fin de la journée, façon d’apprendre l’argot et la langue manger de fromage avant de venir en
j’avais mal aux pieds mais j’ai appris française familière. France.(…) Néanmoins, la dégustation
et ai personnellement ressenti la fierté de vin et fromage à Tours m’a donné
des Français. La manifestation envie de manger du fromage, comme
Zelda Zhao je ne l’aurais jamais imaginé. (…)
L’ADN culturel des Wheaton College Ma combinaison de vin et fromage
préférée est le Bordeaux Blanc avec
français
La première manifestation que j’ai
vue dans ma vie s’est déroulée à du Bleu, qui est, en fait, le fromage le
Taylor Hale Paris le 4 septembre 2016. Cela m’a plus fort. Cette combinaison m’a tout
Wheaton College beaucoup touchée parce que c’est la de suite plu, à ma grande surprise. Je
Peut-être avez-vous visité Paris dans le communauté chinoise qui exprimait m’explique : le Bordeaux Blanc a un
passé, ou peut-être que votre niveau son opinion pour demander plus de goût de vinaigre tandis que le bleu a
de français est très bon. Malgré ça, sécurité. (…) Cette manifestation m’a un goût amer.
rien ne peut vous préparer pour la fait réfléchir à l’idée de vivre dans
Le Sénat Jing Liang (Connecticut College) et
Eryn Hoang (Wheaton)
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SBC-JYF IN PARIS INTERNSHIPS
My internship in a Paris the internship was beneficial ings with Moïra Dalant were in laboratories outside the
research hospital in because I submitted a CV also very helpful through the United States, but now my
bacteriology and letter of motivation in process of writing my report outlook has broadened. In
French. Mme Hervier was and preparing my presen- fact, I have been able to
great in setting up my in- tation (in French). The two look for and identify other
The internship was one of
ternship, scheduling an ap- final assignments gave me institutes that focus on inter-
the main attractions that
pointment with the director the opportunity to synthe- disciplinary research across
convinced me to apply to
and accompanying me to size what I had learned and geographical borders.
JYF. I was placed in the hos-
the institute for the meeting. reflect on how laboratories
pital laboratory at the Insti-
Throughout the internship, vary between the United By Cesar Dominguez,
tut Alfred Fournier, which JYF spring 2016,
she would touch base with States and France. Prior to
received dozens of samples Williams College, 2017
me and make sure every- the internship, I would not
from patients each day to Major: Biology
thing was going well. Meet- have considered working
diagnose infectious diseases
and determine an appro-
priate antibiotic treatment.
Additionally, we received
samples of gonorrhea from
the whole country for a na-
tional study on the evolution
of antibiotic resistance. I was
content with spending 12
hours a week for 12 weeks in
the laboratory working with
microbes and learning new
biochemical and instrumen-
tal techniques. The experi-
ence allowed me to have a
better sense of work in an
applied research laboratory
that will aid me for future
career decisions.
The process of applying to
Cesar Dominguez at Giverny
JYF IN PARIS HOST FAMILY TESTIMONIALS
On being a host family for Sweet Briar College JYF in Paris
The Nemo family has been a “Sweet Briar family” for The Laval-Charvet family
some time. I like welcoming young students and sharing with them
Now that our three children have left the house, we gain a French life and French cooking, and helping them learn the
great deal of joy from discovering new people and person- French language.
alities, and people whom we have become very attached to. I am grateful for their presence, because it has exposed me
We have built relationships with some of the students, but to many, diverse personalities. It’s an opportunity for person-
also with some of their parents, whom we see regularly. al growth for both the student and me.
[Hosting American students] has changed our perception Over the course of several months, [I notice] the student
of the United States. We have realized that there is not one becomes more mature, their French improves (I don’t hesi-
America, but several, with major differences between states. tate to correct them when necessary), and they begin to feel
And just like in France, there is a big difference in attitudes more like a part of the family at home.
between large urban centers and more rural areas.
On the whole, we have been delighted with this experience,
which has been — for us and I think for the students — a
great opportunity for personal growth. Sweet Briar, by the
way, maintains an excellent relationship with the families,
which makes it much easier to welcome the students and
live with them.
8Celebrating SBC-JYF
by David A. Bradt, JYF 1975-76
Northwestern University
The oldest coeducational intercolle- — lucky to explore the traditional joys incomplete.
giate study-abroad program in Paris is of language skills, liberal arts studies, So, let us rededicate ourselves to
celebrating new milestones: cultural mores, international friendships the pursuit of excellence offered by
• Full restoration of endowed funds to and personal development. JYF. Let us embrace polylingualism
the program This is a joy to observe. So, let us and multiculturalism as competencies
celebrate with SBCJYF. necessary for the growth of individ-
• Steady student enrollment since the
Let us also recognize the inter- uals, institutions and nations. Let us
annus horribilis of 2015
national context for study abroad is acknowledge the leadership role JYF
• A full-time, permanent JYF director, changing. There are new challenges plays in fostering these competencies
Marie Grée, maintaining program- to students and program officers alike. among its students as well as among
matic continuity after serving a de- The number of complex emergencies, peer academic institutions. And let us
cade as resident director internally displaced persons, refugees, believe that the moveable feast in Paris
• Tenancy at Reid Hall with new a alli- famine threats and exported terrorist can inspire an individual to engage
ance with Columbia University events is today at a post-WWII high. with international challenges, with
The U.S. multilateralism exhibited since populations in distress, with bilateral
SBCJYF is again demonstrating it WWII is being replaced by a strident and multilateral agencies, and thereby
is superb at what it does — tailoring nationalism that links national security strive to make the world a better place.
academic programs, convening French to increased military budgets at the ex-
thought leaders, renewing host family pense of diplomacy and development. David Bradt
networks, mobilizing student finan- Our appetite as well as our tools for
cial support, creating internships and engagement are shrinking. Traditional David A. Bradt, M.D., MPH, DTM&H, SBCJYF
1975-76, is a disaster medicine specialist who
teaching assistantships, or managing allies are estranged. The Asia pivot is serves as faculty at the Johns Hopkins Medical
unexpected health emergencies and now U.S. policy. Institutions, health advisor to the USAID Office
cross-cultural mishaps. Moreover, SBC SBCJYF students reflect these soci- of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, and health
cluster coordinator to the World Health Organi-
JYF is discharging its duties with a etal forces. Fewer students matriculate zation.
time-honored kindness, consideration than in the past. They enroll for shorter
and generosity of spirit. The traditions periods of time. Many dip into, rather The Bradt Family Fund also sponsors JYF’s annu-
al multidisciplinary lecture series with contempo-
of JYF instilled by Robert Marshall, than fully immerse in, the French uni- rary French thought leaders held in Paris.
Emile Langlois, Margaret Scouten, etc., versity system. Their tolerance of se-
are flowering again. curity threats is limited. Their linguistic
So, SBCJYF students are again lucky and cultural skills on repatriation are
50th Anniversary Reunion Plans for JYF Cohort 1968-69
Salut! First, we hope to hear from you so we can include you in
In 2018 we will mark the 50th anniversary of the begin- our growing list of interested folks. Second, we want to hear
ning of our 1968-69 Junior Year Abroad in France (JYF). We from you with your ideas about how we should mark the
heard from a number of members of our junior year cohort occasion.
who saw the announcements in the most recent Sweet To help us gather information about your preferences
Briar magazine already. It was thrilling to catch up. We are and whereabouts, please write to Meredith Ludwig (mer-
reaching out once more to those of you who have not yet ryj1948@gmail.com) with a copy to Eric Allemano (eric.alle-
contacted us. mano@yahoo.fr).
An informal committee from our program group has Thank you! We look forward to making plans together.
been thinking about the timing of a dinner in New York and
a trip to Paris, where we hope to participate in activities that — David Adams (Kenyon College); Eric Allemano (Kenyon
remind us of our marvelous year. These events are likely to College); Daniel Gorrell (Miami University of Ohio); Bonnie
be planned for October 2018. Halpern (Vassar College); Meredith Ludwig (UNC Greens-
boro); Cheryl Mann (Dickinson College) Salut!
9CLASS NOTES
1957-58 textbooks: secondary school -
French for Master: Discovering
from the School of the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, and have
60th anniversary French. Our three children all spent my life as a visual artist.
(29 men, 55 women, 44 institutions) speak French and our eight Mary Ann (Frese) Witt,
Professor-in-Charge: Armand Bégué, Brooklyn College grandchildren all attended bi- Wellesley College
Assistant: Lucienne Idoine, Vassar College lingual schools. Granddaughter I majored in French, taught
Esmé Valette (Middlebury ‘16) and did an MA in French at UC
is just back from a year teaching
THIS YEAR IN FRANCE… English in Paris.
Berkeley, then a PhD on Com-
1957-58
parative Lit at Harvard. I eventu-
March 25— Treaty of Rome, signed by France, West Nan Tull Wezniak, ally became Professor of French
Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), Wellesley College & Italian at NC State University.
establishes the European Economic Community (EEC). I was so influenced by my I retired in 2007, but continued
First American writers of the Beat Generation (poets Allen year studying inside the galler- to give seminars on Modern
Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky) stay at the “Beat Hotel” ies of the Louvre that I even- French Theater in Avignon in
(Hotel Rachou) in Paris. tually went on to get a degree July until 2014.
Edward Bloomberg, H.S. and university level. Also
Yale University I have spoken French with my
Would love to hear from ’57- 3 grandchildren once or twice
’58 people. a week since their birth. The
Sylvia (Kowitt) Crosbie, eldest, now 22, became fluent
Bryn Mawr College after a couple of brief visits to
I especially used my fluency France. It works!
in French working with Israel’s Rebecca (Loose) Valette,
Department for International Mount Holyoke College
Cooperation of the Ministry for On my return to Mt. Holy-
Foreign Affairs and later taught oke, I changed my major from
French. history to French, and then
Sarah (Hanson) Manno, went on to get a PhD in French.
Mount Holyoke College My entire career was spent as a
Enjoying primarily a career in French professor. Later I served
dance, I augmented my income as president of the AATF. My
with teaching French at the husband and I write French
Memories of My JYF Year (Excerpt)
from Wellesley in this SBC JYF to children, with 1/3 of a glass lanes of traffic. Sweating, and
year…me, Sully, Sarah Dailey, of red wine mixed with 2/3 of a with no co-pilot navigator or
Gretchen Shartle, Mary Ann glass of water. It worked, apart anything like GPS, I made it
Frese and Rosamond Brown… from my stomach troubles, for to my neighborhood before
all good friends. My excitement which I was prescribed some getting trapped in a one-way
was huge, as this was my first chartreuse-colored liquid, which taxi lane at the Gare St. Laza-
voyage abroad! Only the rum- only made me throw up. The re, from which I exited to the
blings from some undiagnosed French doctor declared it was sounds of curses and shouts
stomach malaise that summer mon foie having trouble adapt- flung my way! Sully and I lived
marred the perfect start to a ing to the new cuisine. Apart not far from there, in the 8eme
year of incredible exploration from that, the six weeks were arrondissement at 27 rue d’Ed-
and travel that continued until a glorious adventure into the inbourg with Mme. Lemmonier,
Nan Tull in front of 27 rue d’Edin- my return in July, 1958, on the many chateaux of the region or Mme. Citron, as we called
bourg, 8eme, Paris, June, 2017 Queen Elizabeth with 5 bottles with their visually sumptuous her, for she was the antithesis
of sparkling Vouvray in my lug- spectacles de son et lumiere, of the kind Mangins. We lost
Nan Tull Wezniak, JYF 1957-58
gage! many of which we visited by weight that year, as she was a
Wellesley College The group went from Le bike. miser and made sour yogurt
September 5 has had out- Havre to Tours and the Institut Before classes began in Paris sprinkled with a little sugar,
size importance twice in my life! de Touraine in the Loire Valley at the beginning of November, which I despised, for our des-
On Sept. 5, 1957, I departed for a six week intensive French we had 10 free days, and a sert. We had one bath a week,
on the Mauritania from New course. Housed with French group of us decided to drive and stored our books in the
York to Le Havre, France, with families, Sully’s and my hosts, to Germany in a rented car, bidet! We ate gauffres chaudes
my Wellesley classmate and M. and Mme. Jean Mangin, which I had to pick up alone, an before performances at the
new roommate, Sully McCau- were kind, wonderful ambas- event still seared in my brain. Comedie Française, loved
ley (deceased July 26, 2014), sadors for their country. They I went around and around the the opera and ate in student
both of us hailing from S.C. introduced us to French food Etoile trying to get onto the restaurants, such as at the Ecole
There were, in fact, six of us and wine, giving us the latter as Champs-Elysées through five de Beaux Arts, where I ate les
101967-68
THIS YEAR IN Laurence Ach, also learning to play a new happy SBC survived its finan-
FRANCE… Trinity College musical instrument, the bass cial crisis.
March 22 — Daniel Enjoying life, good health, viola da gamba, with the in-
Steven Dauer,
Cohn-Bendit and seven long marriage, children & tent of being able to perform
Yale University
other students occupy grandchildren - still working, French baroque literature for
The junior year in France
Administrative offices traveling extensively. the instrument (e.g., Marin
was one of the best and most
of the University of Marais) in public. During this
Genette Ashby-Beach, transitional year, I’ll be writing
formative of my life. I was 19
Nanterre, setting in Oberlin College years old, and a vivid sense of
motion a chain of events a 25th anniversary edition of
I had already decided to personal adventure invested
that will lead France to Not What the Doctor Ordered,
major in French and Political everything I did, from speak-
the brink of revolution my book that has probably
Science before participating ing French and studying the
in May. had the most impact over the
in the JYF program. However, literature to living in a pension
years. My wife and I would
April 23 — surgeons at total immersion in all aspects with a group of eccentrics,
really like to spend much more
the Hôpital de la Pitié, of French academic and cultur- riding the metro, walking from
time in France, more than the
Paris, perform Europe’s al life during my year in France Monmartre to Montparnasse,
2 weeks a year that has been
first heart transplant influenced my career choice as having smart conversations
our norm, but the international
operation. a professor of French literature. with friends over dinner and
political situation is a deter-
After my graduate studies in wine at Reid Hall. I felt myself
rent. If things settle down, I’m
French at Columbia Universi- blossom culturally and intellec-
1967-68
thinking seriously about writing
ty, I taught French at various tually, while also carrying on a
a book about how French wine
universities in the U.S. and romance with my future wife
ends up on American tables. It
50th anniversary overseas. would require a lot of research
(Rebecca McKeever Dauer),
(32 men, 68 women, 40 institutions) another 1967-68 JYF alum,
Professor-in-Charge: Robert Jeff Bauer, in France...
against the picturesque back-
G. Marshall, Wells College Colorado College Linda (Koerber) Boyd, drop of old Europe. We hitch-
Assistant: Joanne C. Dauphin, After devoting 48 years to University of Maryland hiked together the following
Mt. Holyoke College strategic and economic anal- Hope that we have a re- summer from Paris to Istanbul
Dear “Petits Sweets,” ysis of health care and having union sometime?? and, for the first ten years of
Best wishes and much love turned 70, I’m still energetic our marriage, traveled and
from your former Assistant and ready for some other Bruce Croushore,
lived abroad in Greece, Ger-
Director! line of work (not retirement) Franklin and Marshall College
many, and Scotland. Though
Joanne Coyle Dauphin – hopefully turning my hobby I have always told my class-
we eventually settled down to
of conceptual art (acrylic paint- mates that my best year at
careers in the U.S., I as a prac-
ings) into a second career. I’m F&M was my JYF in Paris. Very
ticing clinical psychologist and
tripes for the first (and only) from the MFA in 1980 after my Angelus in an open field. I re- guage of French, squired me
time served on a tin tray. $50 a fourth-year diploma and a year member playing the part of the around to all the sights, even
month allowance only went so of graduate work, I set up a stu- hoe the farmer leaned on! Won- the Lido beach, where I was the
far, so I economized wherever dio in the sleepy (now Boston’s derful laughs. The whole SBC sole female not in a bikini! ...
possible! hottest real estate area) Fort JYF group went another time to I was stimulated to send you
Enrolled in various branches Point district. Five years later I Mont St. Michel, where the full this letter, as I was in Paris in
at the university, (la Sorbonne, became a founding member of moon, the hard cider and foamy June (2017), prior to a barge/
“Sciences Po,” l’Ecole du Lou- the state’s first legal artist live- omelets, along with the racing walking trip into the Cham-
vre) a course in French painting work cooperative, where I have tides, created an impossibly pagne district with my husband
quickly became my favorite . had my studio for 33 years. I romantic adventure. There were of almost 58 years. (We married
M. Serullaz, complete in black continue to exhibit in many many other travel adventures, exactly two years to the day on
suit, tie and bowler hat, deliv- venues, have my work in a num- including a memorable trip to Sept. 5, 1959, after I sailed to
ered our lectures (in French, ber of museum collections and Spain over Holy Week, where France…the other important
of course) up and down the have had many solo exhibitions Sully and I got rerouted from September 5 in my life!) The
Grandes Galleries du Louvre (www.nantull.com). Through it the Portugal extension part of day before the barge left Paris,
and in the spring at at the Jeu all, I have never forgotten my the trip to the Rock of Gibraltar, I was for the first time in many
de Paume, where the impres- love of French and France, and because an Arab/English young trips to Paris in the vicinity of
sionist paintings were then have participated wherever man talked us into continuing where I had lived in 1957-58.
housed and where high heels possible in maintaining my pro- on to Tangiers, where he met We walked there and my old
had to be covered to protect ficiency in the language. us (without cell phones!) and street is now dazzlingly cleaned
the parquet floors. It was in the The year was socially active, put us up in his uncle’s hotel in and beautiful (all the monu-
Louvre I saw students copying and Eric Hicks, from Yale, be- the Muslim quarter! Other des- ments in ’57-58 were grimy
old master paintings and fell in came my best companion. We tinations involved Ireland, as I black), so also enclosed is my
love with art, which changed explored many parts of Paris had met a young Irish doctor on photo at my old front door!
my life, as I eventually went on, together and even had a great the Mauritania, and he invited Vive la France!
after Wellesley and an M.A. at trip to Holland and Belgium me to visit; there was a solo trip [To read the full story, follow
Stanford, to the School of the with David Tresan (Yale) and to Italy in June, where I met a the link on the online ver-
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Mary Ann (Wellesley), stopping young Venetian in a museum
sion of the magazine.]
Winning a traveling scholarship en route to re-enact Millet’s who, using our common lan-
11CLASS NOTES
Becky as a linguist/phonetician spent the equivalent of some
STUDYING IN THE MIDST OF
with many international col- 12 years in France, usually in LA RÉVOLUTION DE MAI 68
leagues, we always continued Paris. I have lifetime friends in
to see the world with rather France. Pamela (Tipton) Newton, odor of tear gas in the streets of
alienated, nonAmerican eyes. Sweet Briar College Paris! The CRS and the students
Paul Levy, I was doing a special one- having it out on the Left Bank!
Of the others I knew that year,
Lehigh University year degree in Political Science I remember walking halfway
Elliot, Herb, Terry, and Drake
Got job as CEO of Yves at Sciences Po. When it came across Paris to see my mother....
(who attended our wedding)
Saint Laurent. time to sit our exams, there was and in heels no less! What a
are a few that I remember with
special warmth and fondness. Judith (Lee) Moeckel, so much turmoil that we could joyous experience to be young,
Sadly, Becky’s life was re- Colby College not take our exams. No exams fearless, and to have so much
cently cut short by cancer, so Over the years, I have gone taken; no Certificat d’Etudes energy! What an amazing time!
we will not get to enjoy all back to Paris many times. I al- Politiques! What indelible memories of the
of the pleasurable returns to ways have Paris “in my heart”. I hung around Paris (no year that was!
France we had envisioned for The JYF program changed hardship there!) for weeks hop-
our retirement together. But my life, all for the better, and ing that I could complete my
I am forever grateful that we I thank my Colby professor studies at l’Institut d’Etudes
were there in our youth, when (and past JYF director) Archille Politiques! Finally, weeks and
all was fresh and new, and that Biron for encouraging me to weeks after les événements de
on the Queen Mary, sailing apply! mai 1968 began, French stu-
across the Atlantic on my way dents decided that their foreign
Rusty William Park, “comrades” should be allowed
to an experience that cannot be
Yale University to take their final exams. I sat
reproduced at any other time
Have remained in touch my exams well into that sum-
of life, I met an incomparably
with Linda Morrison, now Lin- mer and was awarded the one-
beautiful, intelligent, talented,
da Zug. Would be delighted year degree!
and loving young woman, who
to hear more from others. I also will NEVER forget what
became my life partner for al-
most 40 years. Darlene Pierro, it was like to have no electric-
Sweet Briar College ity (studying by candlelight
Carolyn (Foster) Durham,
Wonderful memories from was not really wonderful!), no
Wellesley College
JYF! France and French has public transportation, no gar-
I didn’t change my major
had a large effect on my life. bage collection, no gasoline,
back to English, went on to get
I taught French for years, no telephone, no mail service,
a Ph.D., and spent 38 years as a
planned and executed 4 and skimpy food supplies! The
professor of French. During that
trips to France for students.
time, with year-long sabbati-
Anyone in the Washington,
cals and summers, I no doubt
1977-78
DC area should give a call or
email. Best to everyone. those breathtaking, magnif-
icent chateaux that almost
40th anniversary magically transported you back
30 men, 84 women, 39 institutions) into history and filled you with
awe.
Resident Director: Marilyn I’m sure you will never for-
Marrs Gillet get the Fete d’Adieu, given in
Assistant: Janet Wagner honor of the host families. The
Greetings to all in the 1977- program was created just two
78 JYF program! weeks before final exams, an
Although forty years have astounding feat. The perfor-
gone by, I still have some very mance was outstanding, one of
vivid memories of the Tours the very best I’ve attended; the
séjour, when we met almost abundance of talent was truly
daily. Let’s reminisce a bit! stunning. Your fête was indeed
There was that most an- a grand finale, marking the end
ticipated first encounter with of the Tours séjour and a lovely
host families in the courtyard way to say good-bye to your
when all of us could feel the families and the city.
adrenalin rush. How exciting After we arrived In Paris,
that was, and how relieved I the group was less tightly knit.
was that all went smoothly. Not You were enrolled in various
always the case! classes and programs and
I also remember exploring lodged throughout Paris. The
the Loire valley with you and new host families were very
enjoying wine tasting at local pleasant, helpful and accom-
wineries along the way; howev- modating, while encouraging
er, the high point was visiting independence, which was wise.
I saw you on excursions and in
121977-78
THIS YEAR IN Pamela (Davenport) DaSilva, Loire—thought my daughter’s
FRANCE… Mount Holyoke College eyes would pop out when
May 16 — Amoco Cadiz Although I had hoped to we pulled up at Chambord),
ran aground off the work in a field where I could Uniworld Arles-Lyon river
coast of Brittany, split use my French, that did not cruise alone 2011, TripMas-
in two and spilled 68.7 work out. But I have traveled ters “French Wine by Train”
million U.S. gallons back to France many times and 2015–Paris–Reims–Beaune
(260,000 m3) of oil. it is my home away from home. –Lyon–Toulouse (day trips to
I feel as comfortable walking Carcassonne & Lourdes) - Bor-
the office when you stopped the streets of Paris or shopping deaux. On that trip, I met my
by, but basically it was up to in a market in Bonnieux as I do other French foreign exchange
you to discover and absorb in my own neighborhood. student of 29 years past & hub-
Paris and to take advantage of Erika Greenberg-Schneider, by for dinner in Paris at “Nos
Ancêtres les Gaulois” (highly Ed Samuelson, Debbie Parker at
a unique educational experi- Amherst College chez Deux Magots
ence. And that you did! I moved to France and lived recommend that unique & fun
I retired from Radford there for 20 + years. restaurant—brought them Uni-
encouraged my sons to travel
University in Virginia in 2001, versity of Florida “Go Gators!”
Cheryl (Harris) Lofland, and one currently lives in Bei-
where I taught French for many t-shirts; they were totally over-
Sweet Briar College jing and the other in Israel.
years. After my retirement I whelmed).
I loved Europe from the Michael Wise,
moved to the Chicago area, Been looking for Catherine
time I arrived and, although it
reunited with my family, re- Crosbie, 1977–1978 from Mt. Georgetown University
took a few years after gradua- In 2012, I cofounded New
kindled old friendships and Holyoke, for years.
tion, ended up living and work- Vessel Press, a New York-
made new ones. I have revis- ing here since - now 17 years Dorothy Trench-Bonett,
based publishing house de-
ited France on two occasions and counting! Yale University
voted to translated literature
to see friends and check out I became bilingual in France
Laura (Simpson) Loveland, and narrative nonfiction. We
Paris. Since I love opera and and still am today. I’ve taught
University of North Dakota publish books from around the
the theater, I’m often attending French language and French
I fearlessly went back to visit world—take a look at www.
performances in Chicago, lo- literature and published (in
Paris during the Gulf War in newvesselpress.com—but
cated only 40 minutes from my 1991) the first English trans-
1991, brought my daughters I’m particularly proud of our
Orland Park home. If you are lation of a play by Alexandre
on a Uniworld Paris-Beaches French titles, including The
ever in the area give me a call. Dumas, Charles VII chez ses
of Normandy river cruise 2008 Madeleine Project by Clara
My phone number is (708) 403- grands vassaux. Because I had
(brought them to the JYF Of- Beaudoux, The Eye by Philippe
3920. Perhaps we could meet lived in France, I had the cour-
fice; elevator was out so we Costamagna, The 6:41 to Paris
for lunch; I would like that very age to go and live in Taiwan
hiked 7 flights so they could by Jean-Philippe Blondel and
much. after college, where I became
see it; took them on a private Guys Like Me by Dominique
fluent in Chinese, as well. I
day trip to the Châteaux of the Fabre.
13CLASS NOTES
1992-93
25th Anniversary
(18 men, 74 women, 35 institutions)
Resident Director: Charles
Whiting, Northwestern Univer-
sity
Assistant: Carol S. Denis
Gretchen (Zeratsky) Feeney,
Connecticut College
I am a French teacher!
Joshua Gibson,
Williams College
I am happily living with my
wife Sara and daughter Amelia
(age 7) in the Adams Morgan
neighborhood of Washington,
DC. I am Director of Commu-
nications for the DC Council.
SBCJYF year made me love
living abroad so much, I ended
up spending three additional wife in Paris, and my daugh- my husband, Mark, and our use out of my French degree).
years in Paris: on a fellowship ter has already visited several children, Elizabeth (14) and Erik I am crrently living in Que-
teaching English at the Lycee times even though she’d only (12). Elizabeth just started high bec City, with my husband, and
Henri IV (1994-1995), on a re- seven years old. We now travel school and is a competitive three kids. After 20 years in
search fellowship at the Ecole to Paris as a foursome – along swimmer. Erik is in 7th grade France, and a year sabbatical
Normale Superieure (1998- with my mom, Bobi. Most and plays flag football, soccer sailing, we wanted to return
1999), and conducting research importantly, I am still in close and runs track. Mark has his to North America to be closer
(2007-2008). I proposed to my contact with Iris deMonicault, own law firm and is a litigator. to my family. Quebec City is
my host mother from my SBC I’m a political fundraiser, main- a good compromise of living
1992-93
JYF year. She is one of the ly for candidates and causes in North America, in French,
dearest people in the world to in AZ. We are planning a big with a slightly European feel. I
me. We always make multiple Europe trip for summer 2019 currently work as a Global HR
THIS YEAR IN visits to her home in Boulogne and would love to see anybody Business Partner for an R&D
FRANCE… whenever we are in Paris, that may be there as well. team, in a telecommunications
April 12 — Euro Disney and it remains a warm and Elizabeth (Schubert) Mortier, company, EXFO, Inc., which
resort and theme park welcome place for food and Northwestern University was founded in Quebec City.
opens to the east of Paris. conversation. Our time there is I am now a French citizen Rebecca Sims,
precious, and I have SBCJYF to (dual nationality) – I spent Northwestern University
September 20 — Maastricht thank for it, 25 years later! 20 years on and off living in I recently started my own
Treaty referendum held, Kelly (Schmitt) Molique, France, and am married to a research consulting business,
with a small majority in Sweet Briar College French man, with French chil- Survey by Design (www.survey-
favor of ratification of the Living in Scottsdale, AZ with dren. I speak French on a daily bydesign.com).
Maastricht Treaty. basis (and am getting good
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