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Message du Président 2

Assemblée générale desAnciens 2

Message de la Présidentedu Conseil de Fondation 3

The Legacy Campaign 4

The I.B.O. 5

Foundation News 6

400th Anniversary ofEscalade 7- 9

Memories of Escalade 9

Alumni News 10-14

In Memorium 15-16

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Where : Institute of Contemporary Art, Nash and Brandon Rooms,12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 5AH.

When : Saturday, 17 May, 2003, 18:30 - 21:30 for canapés and drinks.

Guest speaker : Professor George Walker OBEDirector General of the International Baccalaureate Organisation,former Director General of the International School of Geneva.

Further details are posted on www.ecolintalumnievents.com,including information about the photo auction. Please contact : DebbiePoston at postondjc@patrol.i-way.co.uk - tel: 01494 882970 - or SueAnthony at alumni@ecolint.ch - portable tel: 0041 79 449 5043.

We hope you will be numerous in attending this Reunion. Whilst thisget together is being organised on a weekend primarily for all UK-based alumni, it is - of course - open to all alumni worldwide, theirfriends and family, who may wish to come to London to attend thisevent as well.Looking forward to seeing you all in London on 17 May ! ������

The UK Alumni Reunion Committee, chaired by Debbie Cooper Poston, and theEcolint Alumni Association Central Committee.

International School Alumni AssociationAssociation des Anciens de l’Ecole Internationale62 route de Chêne, Genève CH - 1208 . Tel: +41 22 787 25 55 . Fax: +41 22 787 24 10E-mail: alumni@ecolint.ch . Website: www.ecolint.ch

Come and join us in London !Come and join us in London !Come and join us in London !Come and join us in London !Come and join us in London !

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Réunion Mondiale de l’AssociaRéunion Mondiale de l’AssociaRéunion Mondiale de l’AssociaRéunion Mondiale de l’AssociaRéunion Mondiale de l’Association des Ancienstion des Ancienstion des Ancienstion des Ancienstion des AnciensLa 5ème Réunion Mondiale qui aura lieu le 17-20 juin 2004 à Genève et Vaud est en cours de préparation. Nousencourageons toutes les personnes habitant la région genevoise à rejoindre le Comité d’organisation. Nousrecherchons également des bénévoles qui voudraient bien prendre en charge plusieurs volées d’anciens élèves etencourager leurs anciens camarades de classe à participer à la fête. Prière de contacter le Bureau des anciensalumni@ecolint.ch si vous souhaitez nous donner un coup de main. �Vivian Hakkak/66 - President du Comité d’organisation

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La Grande Boissière : 24 mai

La Châtaigneraie : 14 juin

Pregny Rigot : 21 juin

April 2003

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As the year progresses andthe prospects of violence asa means to an end drawcloser, (may already havebeen enacted by the timeyou read this) I can onlywish for peace and supportto all those of us who werelucky enough to be a partof the InternationalSchool’s foundingprinciples.

‘Based on the principles ofequality and solidarityamong all peoples and ofthe equal value of all humanbeings without anydistinction of nationality,race, sex, language orreligion’.

These are difficult timesand Historians will nodoubt provide us with allthe afterthoughts of rightand wrong and what ifs. Itis neither my role nor myright to present herein apersonal opinion on suchworldly matters, let me justsay that I hope that ourindividual guiding beliefshelp us to stay close to thoseof our school’s ideals andthat they serve us to bebetter people.

This newsletter includesinformation on both tragicand exciting events.Accidental deaths, thosemoving on to other worldsand those arriving into thisworld. Marriages and

reunions, opinions andnews.

I would like to draw yourattention to the longawaited launch of our newofficial website anddiscussion forums. With theextraordinary efforts ofpeople such as Sue and EricAnthony, David Rimer,Daniel O’Hanlon, JeremyLack, Stan Smith, JohnGayer and Riva Freifeld,we have managed

to create a valuable offeringto our fellow alumni.(Internet connection detailscoming soon.) Don’t forgetto add yourself to ourrapidly growing data baseby registering. This

MessaMessaMessaMessaMessaggggge du Présidente du Présidente du Présidente du Présidente du Présidentsearchable database is to beone of the most usefulfeatures of keeping in touchwith friends and colleaguesand allowing the committeeto keep you updated onimportant events andreunions. It is a place ofnews and communicationallowing you to choosebetween what informationyou would like to receive orpublish and finally givingyou the choice betweendiscussion groups :Freedom of expression onunlimited topics or Ecolint

related themes. The LegacyCampaign is being superblymanaged by David Rimerwith support from ScottLane. It is very exciting tobe around at the start of theenormous task of setting up

such actions as anendowment fund,professional fundraisingand participating withfinances and resources tothe Foundation’s capitalprojects. All of theserequire great efforts andassistance, firstly on behalfof David and his team andsecondly by each andeveryone of us. Read up onhis article in this issue anddon’t hesitate to jump onboard any of the localleadership teams being setup to drive this worldwideeffort. I look forward to theday when we, the Alumni,can collectively be proud ofwhat we have given back toour treasured school.

And finally our reunions: Icannot stress the fun andinterest in attending areunion of likemindedpeople. We all know thatthe only ‘like mindedness’we have in common isindependent thinking andfree spirit, and all thisguarantees that reunions arefun and filled with passion.Mark your calendars for theUK reunion on May 17th inLondon, and our worldwide reunion June 17-20th,2004 in Geneva and Vaud.

Stay in good spirits andgood health. ������

Matt Cooper/67-81President, CentralCommittee of the EcolintAlumni Association

L’assemblée générale de l’Association des Anciens del’Ecole internationale aura lieu à 11 heures, le 24 mai 2003- durant la kermesse de la Grande Boissière. Elle se tien-dra dans le Staff Room (anciennement bibliothèquesécondaire). Un apéritif sera offert au terme de la réu-nion, au stand des Anciens. Nous nous réjouissons de vousrevoir le 24 mai prochain, Le Comité central. �

The General Assembly of the Alumni Association of theInternational School will be held at 11h00 on 24 May, 2003(during the Kermesse at La Grande Boissière) in the StaffRoom (formerly the Senior Library). Following theAssembly, please join us for an apéritif at the Alumni Stand.We look forward to seeing you then.The Central Committee �������������

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res de dossiers! Cet exer-cice, qui a lieu tous les dixans avec une réévaluationaprès 5 ans, doit permettrede situer l’Ecole par rapportaux quelques 1500 autresécoles internationales dansle monde : ce classement estdéterminant pour les étu-diants qui souhaitent entrerdans les universités anglo-saxonnes.

• Campus de Pregny -Saconay : le Conseil a dé-cidé, à l’unanimité, d’allerde l’avant avec ce projetsous certaines conditionsque nous espérons pouvoirréunir avant la fin de l’an-née scolaire. Dans ce cas, etdans ce cas seulement, lestravaux commenceront enseptembre 2003. Plusieursréunions d’informations ontété organisées par les CDGsur les différents campus.Des séances complémentai-res ont eu lieu à la demandede certains groupes de pa-rents et professeurs anxieuxde connaître l’organisationfuture du campus deSaconay qui accueillera, dèsseptembre 2005, les enfantsà partir de la classe 3, lesplus jeunes restant à Pregny.

• Nouvelle grille d’horai-res pour les classes secon-daires : l’idée est de réduirele temps des périodes quipasseraient de 45 à 40 mi-nutes (nous sommes nom-breux à avoir connu ce sys-tème à l’Ecole dans les an-nées 50-60 !) et de les dou-bler chaque fois que cela estpossible. Cela devrait per-mettre d’augmenter le nom-bre de périodes, de reconsi-dérer la grille des horaires,de la rendre plus équilibréeet comparable entre La Châtet LGB, ce qui n’est pas le

Chers amis Anciens,

Dans le dernier numéro denotre Newsletter, Dev Ray,membre du Comité exécu-tif du Conseil de Fonda-tion vous avait informé dece qui s’était passé àl’école depuis juillet 2002.A deux mois de l’Assem-blée générale de la Fonda-tion, le 27 mai prochain, ilnous reste à finaliser cer-tains projets : nominationd’un nouveau directeurgénéral, accueil du‘Visiting Team’ de ECISpour l’accréditation, ac-cord sur le financement duprojet de construction ducampus de Pregny-Saconay, discussion d’unenouvelle grille d’horairespour les classes du secon-daire à LGB et à La Chât.,relance de la Task force surla gouvernance, le budgetpour l’année 2003-2004.

• Nomination d’un nou-veau directeur général :nous avons sélectionné 5candidats parmi les 97 dos-siers reçus directement àl’école. La communautésera appelée à rencontrerles candidats retenus par leConseil à la suite d’entre-tiens individuels qui aurontlieu avant les vacances dePâques. Nous écouteronsses avis avant de prendrenotre décision.

• Accueil du ‘VisitingTeam’ de ECIS composéde 49 personnes qui pas-seront 10 jours à l’écoleentre le 3 et le 11 avril.Chaque membre du team areçu les auto-évaluationspréparées par les différentssecteurs de l’Ecole qui re-présente en tout un peuplus de 1,50 mètres linéai-

cas en ce moment. Le Con-seil devra prendre une dé-cision lors de sa séance du8 avril.

• Task force sur lagouvernance devrait re-prendre ses travaux trèsprochainement à la lumièredes conclusions de l’étudefaite pour l’accréditationpar ECIS. Certains mem-bres du Conseil sont encharge de ce projet.

• Budget 2003-2004 : lesmembres du Conseils’étaient engagés à limiterau minimum l’augmenta-tion des écolages. C’estpourquoi le Conseil a invitéles directeurs de campus àréviser à la baisse leur pro-position de budget; ainsi, sileur première proposition,basée sur l’augmentationdes salaires liée à la CCTet aux développements pé-dagogiques prévoyait uneaugmentation de 4.11 % enmoyenne (équivalent àCHF 800 par élève), leConseil de Fondation a fi-nalement adopté une aug-mentation de 2,55 % (soitune augmentation moyennede CHF 483). Le Conseil a,par ailleurs, chargé la direc-tion d’identifier les secteursoù des économies pour-raient être réalisées à con-currence de 1% au mini-mum du budget courantpour l’exercice 2004-2005.Le montant de ces écono-mies sera réaffecté au dé-veloppement de nouveauxprojets. Une réunion d’in-formation sur ce budget aeu lieu le 26 mars à la Châ-taigneraie.

Voilà, chers amis ce quenous avons fait au cours decette année assez excep-

tionnelle à plus d’un titre.Au travers de la réalisationde ces projets nous avonsessayé de redonner à notreécole un enthousiasme, uneenvie d’améliorer ses per-formances dans tous lesdomaines. L’esprit de laCharte s’est exprimé avecforce à de nombreuses oc-casions et en particulier ence moment à l’occasion desévénements si douloureuxque nous vivons : les va-leurs qu’elle incarne sontl’expression de la spécifi-cité de notre école.

Il y a beaucoup d’autresprojets que nous souhaite-rions développer. Mais celasera de la responsabilité dunouveau directeur généralet de son équipe qui, nousl’espérons, sera à piedd’œuvre pour la rentréescolaire 2003. �

Hélène Durand-Ballivet/60(mars 2003)

Elections to theGoverning Board2003

The Governing BoardConsultative GeneralAssembly will be held onTuesday, 27 May at 7.00p.m. at La Châtaigneraie.

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Elections au Conseilde Fondation 2003

L’Assemblée généraleconsultative du Conseil deFondation aura lieu lemardi, 27 mai à 19h00 àLa Châtaigneraie.

Message de la Présidentedu Conseil de Fondation

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Dear Fellow Alumni,

As Chairman of the newly launchedLegacy Campaign, I have been askedto write a short note about thisinitiative. In its simplest form, theLegacy Campaign is a way offormalizing the relationship betweenthe School and its Alumni; a bondwhich until now has mainly been adhoc and limited to our hearts andminds. The Alumni Associationbelieves that the Alumni across theworld want to have a more concreteimpact on the School; whether byhelping the School in its infrastructureprojects, getting involved inpedagogical initiatives or bysupporting the long-term vision andimpact of the school. The LegacyCampaign is a first step in establishingthis long-term relationship with theSchool.

Through a fundraising campaign, theLegacy Campaign seeks to raise fundsto renovate the Greek Theatre on theLGB campus of the InternationalSchool, as well as establish aFoundation-wide Endowment whosecapital will not be touched (only theproceeds on the capital will be used).The Endowment will be mandated tofund:• the Alumni Association (budget keptto a strict minimum),• support the school’s capital needs

more than 20’000 alumni are scatteredaround the globe and represent anuntapped wealth of education,experience and tolerance. Because ofour international education, we are allambassadors of dialogue and respect.Unfortunately, in this day and age weare a rarer breed than we were in thepast. Furthermore, although theAlumni community around the worldis very large, it has never really beenproactively organized or, in manycases, contacted. This effort hopes tochange that.

The Legacy Campaign will beginbuilding an Endowment Fund. It is avery long-term goal but, onceestablished, the Endowment willallow us all to help ensure the long-term viability of the school, as well asits continued academic excellence andprominence across the pedagogicalworld.

I sincerely hope this vision strikes achord in all of you. You will hear moreabout the Legacy Campaign in thecoming months leading up to our 80thAnniversary Reunion. Thank you inadvance for your generous support ofthis effort.

Wishing you peace. �������

David Rimer/86Chairman, Legacy CampaignAlumni Association of theInternational School of Geneva

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Retraité

Nicole Chevalley nous a quittés le30 septembre 2002, pour une retraiteanticipée bien méritée. Nicole avaitrejoint l’Ecole Internationale au dé-but des années 70 où elle travailla audépartement de la comptabilité.

Elle était une collègue très appréciéepour son efficacité, sa loyauté et sonsens de l’humour qui vont désormaisnous manquer.

Nous lui présentons nos meilleurs

voeux pour cette retraite. A n’en pasdouter, elle restera très active dans sonrôle de conseillère municipale de sonvillage. Espérons quand même que cetengagement lui laisse suffisammentdu temps pour s’occuper de sa mai-son, de son jardin et surtout de sa pe-tite fille dont elle est à n’en pas dou-ter la grand-maman en or.�

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and the pedagogical development ofthe Teaching staff,• help classroom projects (ie. buildinga school in Chile),• develop internationalist curricularmaterial,• scholarships to poorer students toattend Int’l Schools in the developingworld.

Our intention is to build a spirit ofgiving within the alumni thatrecognizes the constructive part wecan play in the ongoing life of theSchool, as well as the positive forcethe School’s ideal can have on theworld.

As you may recall from your times atEcolint, the Foundation of theInternational School of Geneva is oneof the oldest – if not the oldest –school dedicated to the principles ofnon-denominational, non-nationalistic, non-sexist education. Itscharter was written in 1924 andremains as relevant today as its idealsare lofty in this time of growingintolerance. Fortunately, the Schoolhas continued to perform its missionwell – last year’s graduates came frommore than a 100 countries, spokealmost as many mother tongues andwere accepted into many of theworld’s most prestigious universities.The Alumni Association believes that

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Manzo (Mark) Nitta/67 – Honolulu,HI USA - <nitta@tkc.att.ne.jp>‘Hello out there!! A dear frienddecided to check up on me after35yrs!! .... this called for a micro-reunion. Here is a photo of me, AidanBallantyne and Greg (aka Igor)Grajew.’

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George Walker will be the guestspeaker at the Alumni U.K. Reunionin London on 17 May, 2003, and theinvited speaker at the Graduation inJune at La Grande Boissière.

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That remarkable period ofdevelopment in the 1960’s thatculminated in the creation of theInternational BaccalaureateOrganization (IBO) in 1968 and theaward of the first IB diplomas in 1970will remain one of the most significantin the history of Ecolint. Twicebefore, in 1925 and again in 1949, theInternational School of Geneva hadrecognised and publicised the need fora qualification that could be studiedand used anywhere in the world, butthe plea had fallen on deaf ears. Atlast, the moment was right, visionaryteachers and administrators were inplace, the resources could be found,governments were listening and therest, as they say, is history.

Indeed it is, because it happened morethan a generation ago and there aremany different accounts for those whowant to read about it. I wouldparticularly recommend AlecPeterson’s classic book, SchoolsAcross Frontiers, due to be publishedin a new edition by Open Court laterthis year, and Michael Knight’s moredomestic but no less lively account (he

was one of those Ecolint visionaries)contained in Ecolint: a portrait of theInternational School of Geneva 1924-1999 which is available from theAlumni office.

Personally I am more interested in thefuture because rather suddenly theIBO has started to move from theniche where it has served the needs ofthe globally mobile senior student,usually studying in an internationalschool, to a position of someprominence in the mainstream ofeducation. Nowhere is this seen moreclearly than in my own country, theUnited Kingdom, where the IBDiploma Programme has become the“gold standard” against whichnational pre-university qualificationsare measured. During the past yearthe IBO has been working with morethan a dozen different governmentsadvising, sharing and influencing.

How has this come about? First, therehas been an important change withinthe IBO itself. In 1994 theorganization took over thedevelopment of the so-called MiddleYears Programme and three years laterthe Primary Years Programme. Fromthat moment the IBO was responsiblefor programmes of internationaleducation from kindergarten tograduation; indeed it has become thetorchbearer for the development ofinternational education with, as Iwrite, 1083 Diploma, 231 MiddleYears and 104 Primary YearsProgrammes in schools in 115different countries. Even in today’stough economic climate, we aregrowing at around 10% a year.

But the world, too, has changed andthe increasing impact of globalizationhas forced nation states to re-examinetheir own systems of education. Ofcourse education will remain anational responsibility, a means ofsupporting national priorities andpromoting national cultures. Buttoday “national” has to be interpretedin the context of “international” so it

is not surprising that governments areturning to the IBO for advice in therevision of their programmes.

I am sure those Ecolint pioneers wouldhave approved. In his book, AlecPeterson, arguably the “Father of theIB”, asks how it will avoid becomingthe curriculum for the rich andprivileged, the internationally mobilejet set. I believe the mission statementof the IBO, with which I conclude,speaks to the whole world and puts usunder an obligation to make ourprogrammes more widely accessible.We have made a good start but wehave a long way to go.

The International BaccalaureateOrganization aims to developinquiring, knowledgeable and caringyoung people who help to create abetter and more peaceful worldthrough intercultural understandingand respect.

To this end the IBO works withschools, governments andinternational organizations todevelop challenging programmes ofinternational education and rigorousassessment.

These programmes encouragestudents across the world to becomeactive, compassionate and lifelonglearners who understand that otherpeople, with their differences, canalso be right.

George WalkerDirector GeneralInternational BaccalaureateOrganization, Geneva

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We wish all I.B. candidates in theSchool success in theforthcoming examinations andthroughout their future studiesand careers.

The Central Committee

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PrPrPrPrPreeeeegny Riggny Riggny Riggny Riggny RigotototototYou may know that Pregny Rigotstarted off its life over fifty years agoas the United Nations Nursery Schooland joined the Foundation of theInternational School of Geneva in1975, but did you know that it is alsoone of the very few schools inSwitzerland authorised by theInternational Baccalaureate toimplement the Primary YearsProgramme? This Programme is theprimary part of the I.B. and isimplemented in many schools aroundthe world as the internationalcurriculum that provides children notonly with knowledge, but the skillsand attitudes that an internationalstudent requires in an increasinglycomplex world. Our Student Councildemonstrated some of these skillsquite recently when they voted to dosomething positive about the muddyplayground and have pledged to raiseCHF 10,000 to purchase a safetysurface for a jungle gym. This is partof a larger Fund Raising effort with atarget of CHF 70,000, however, thechildren have already raised a quarterof their total!

Did you also know that Pregny Rigotwill be hosting a birthday party for themagazine Earth Focus, which is anenvironmental magazine written bystudents that is published and sentaround the world? Earth Focus wasstarted in Pregny 10 years ago and hasgrown in size quite dramatically sincethen. It is sponsored by the BelleriveFoundation and the party will beattended by many people who haveplayed an active part in itsdevelopment. The children will beholding a debate during the party onthe theme of ‘Mountains and Tourism’and the group ‘Alp Action’ will alsobe presenting. The evening will be acelebration of children’sachievements.

Our new Multi Media centre will bebuilt this summer on top of the existinglibrary and this will provide ourchildren with more space for a library,better technology and also morerooms for French. The surfacing of theplayground will be finished and if wereach our Fund Raising target, we will

Climbing WClimbing WClimbing WClimbing WClimbing Wall aall aall aall aall at Lt Lt Lt Lt LGBGBGBGBGBThe Ville de Genève has given its finalapproval and the LGB campus ismoving ahead with plans to build aclimbing wall. If all goes well, thewall will be completed in time for theKermesse in late May. The wall will be located on the sideof the Middle School building facingthe Grand Bâtiment. The climbingwall is an important component in theestablishment of an OutdoorEducation Program at the campus.The program is teaching leadership,teamwork and helping to buildconfidence in personal abilities. The prestigious Duke of Edinburgh’sAward has become a cornerstone ofthe Outdoor Education Program. Itprovides secondary students withspecific goals and objectives for theirpersonal growth and complementstheir CAS work related to the IB.Scott LaneDirector of Development

have a new play area with a junglegym! When the new Campus is builtin 2005, Pregny Rigot will continueto develop and will become a Centrefor Early Childhood Education, withRigot’s classes being housed at Pregnyand older students from Class 4moving to Saconay.

Fifty years ago, Pregny started off asa small school run by teachersdedicated to making an excellentlearning environment for children.This has not changed. Pregny Rigotis still small and the teachers are stilldedicated professionals who makelearning an enriching, stimulatingexperience for the children. The nexttwo years will see many excitingchanges and Pregny Rigot moves withthem! �Angela HollingtonPrincipal - Pregny Rigot (March 03)

Mies CampusMies CampusMies CampusMies CampusMies CampusThe Mies Campus continues toflourish as a busy, exciting corner ofthe Foundation. As we are coming tothe end of our fourth year here, Irealise we now have our own Alumni– the oldest of whom are completingClass 9, mainly at La Châtaigneraie.It is always a pleasure to bump intothem on campus and hear how wellthey are doing.

Even though the decision has beenmade to transfer many of the Miesstudents and teachers to Saconaywhen it opens in 2005, the momentumof our education programme will notbe slowing down! The team ofdedicated teachers has devised aninquiry-based curriculum followingthe Primary Years programme of theI.B. As we walk through the schoolwe can appreciate the widely variedtopics the children are studying – fromthe Ice Age, through Ancient Egyptand Ancient Rome to Fine Arts andSpace Travel. We are anxiouslyawaiting this year’s batch of chicks tohatch in Class One’s incubator – thecountdown has started! Our large,bright classrooms and open spacescertainly lend themselves to bigdisplays and collages that illustrate thethemes.

This winter, the students in classes 2to 6 followed a five-week skiprogramme finishing with all studentstaking a proficiency test and getting amedal to prove their skill! The classone students had two days masteringcross-country skiing and great fun washad by all!

The most exciting news from the MiesCampus is the renting of a large pieceof land next to the school. At the timeof writing we are waiting for the finalwork to start, sowing grass and layingan area of harder surface. We hope tohave a small footbridge to get theclasses over the stream to avoid a longwalk round. The students are solooking forward to playing footballand generally being able to run aroundwithout falling over each other. Thereare several large trees to create shadyareas in the summer months andmaybe hang a swing or two.

Once again, I invite everybody to popin and see us here on the Route Suissenear Versoix. We love to have visitorsand enjoy showing off our delightfullittle school. �������������Diana SmithPrincipal - Mies (March 03)

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So. California - 7.12.2002The Escalade dinner at theMatterhorn Chef restaurant waswell attended and we had a lot offun. Thanks so much to theCentral Committee for sending thechocolate marmite - it was thehighlight of the evening. Weweren’t able to sing the songsbecause of the noise level in therestaurant, but in December 2003we’ll try to have a separate room.

These are the alumni who werethere:Julia Sharp/81, Ann Sharp/76,Roxie Johnson/63, Rose-MarieLane/63, Richard Bruland/64,Arthur Harris/61, Sue Ward/62,Patti McNeill/61, Jon Perry/68,Susan Lieberman/67, RogerCherniss/61, Julie Goodman/67,John Morris/59 and LindaFeinholz/75.Roger Cherniss/61

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A very successful Escalade dinnerwas held at the Tout Va Bienrestaurant. Everyone enjoyed ourscript reenactment of the Escalade.Karl Cerni/82.

Roxie Johnson-Lonergan, Rose-MarieLane-Spruill, Linda Feinholz and JohnMorris.

Photos : Roger Cherniss

Julia Sharp and John Morris reading thescript prior to breaking the marmite withSue Ward on the right

Susan Lieberman, Julie Goodman andKeith Lanzer

Ann Sharp and Julia Sharp

Ellen Schwartz, Stephanie Achard, JudyThomas/63 and Charlie Potter/62.

Richard Clare/66, Riva Freifeld/61,Liz Frank/63 and Stan Smith/64.

Rock Brynner/63 and Eva Inoue/65. Karl Cerni with fiancée, Lorena.

Group performing Escalade skit.Photos : Riva Freifeld

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Escalade in Toronto December 2003.Alumni in Ontario (and elsewhere in Canada): If you are interested in attending an Escalade dinner in Toronto nextDecember please get in touch with me. This is an early start on building upa mailing list.Jock Galloway, 50 Quebec Avenue, Apt. 1908, Toronto,Ont., M6P 4B4. Tel: 416-767-9297. E-mail: galloway@geog.utoronto.ca

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Around 15 alumni celebratedEscalade 400 at the Eiger SwissRestaurant in Sydney lastDecember. An enjoyable nightwas had by all.Janet Dawson/74

Photos : Alex Buzo/62

Washington/Baltimore celebratedEscalade 400 in great Swiss styleat the Melting Pot in ArlingtonVirginia on the night of December11. The weather was dicey withthe temperature hovering at thefreezing point and a frozen rainfalling most of the day. But thetemperature rose so our trips to‘The Melting Pot’ were uneventfulwith one exception where JeffSpringer avoided a near accidenton an icy overpass. Slight contrastto the Summer celebration inAustralia, held the same evening.

Thank you, the Central Committeeand Sue Anthony for sending thedelicious marmite and the Cantonde Genève flags. The kitchenprovided us with the appropriatemeat cleaver and bowl to properlycrack the contents of the marmite.

The following were in attendance:George Satterthwaite/53, FranzOppenheimer/37 and his wife, JeffSpringer/84 and his wife camedown from Baltimore MD and

Alexander Smouha/84 and hiscompanion.

We had a great time in goodconversation with all the fonduesyou could imagine. Our thanks toAlexander for organizing thisevent and Sue in Geneva forsupporting us.George Satterthwaite/53

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Fiona Murray/83 and Rebecca GauciMurray/75.

Philip Wheeler/63, MarcusSherwood/80 and Ariella Ryner.

Susan Norbom/80, Marcus Sherwood,Janet Dawson/74, Ross Dawson/80,Philip Wheeler/64, Fiona Murray,Ariella Ryner/92, Robert Horninge/74.

Caroline Murray, Janet Dawson, RossDawson, Alex Buzo/62 and Amy

Dawson.

Marcus, Andrew Buckle/63 andRebecca.

George Satterthwaite, Jeff Springer,Alexander Smouha and Franz

Oppenheimer.

Genevese marmite

Franz, Jeff and Alexander

Tucking into the fondue !!

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Pennie Aldrich/65, John Bonora/67,Nancy Bonora Smith, JudyAckerman/70, Patricia AldrichHillis/70, and Lori Ackerman Lane/73 made a special trip to Geneva inDecember 2002 to celebrate the 400th

Anniversary of the Escalade :

The trip was of course an excellentopportunity to see old friends andteachers. Lori was able to spend a daywith childhood friend Ramona PaulingBrent/73. We all were able to see ourwell-remembered teachers at theschool Escalade dinner. Judy couldn’tbelieve her elementary French teacherremembered her and even called herby her pet name for her “la petitesoliel”. Pennie was delighted to seefriends Vivian Hakkak/66 and SimoneTabona/66.

The special 400th anniversary marmitewas quite large and perfect for thegrand occasion. The dinner was held

in the new cafeteria andwe were all impressedthat a school cafeteriacould put on such a feast.The evening ended withthe traditional breaking ofthe marmite. RetiredHistory department head,Bob Leach, and alumnus,Noga Tarnopolsky/83,visiting from Israel, didthe honors.

Pennie and Judy were treated to a tourof the Pregny campus which housesthe special ed program for the School.They had both worked with specialneeds children and enjoyed meetingwith special ed coordinator Mrs.Blake. Pennie and Judy appreciatedthe considerable time Mrs. Blake tookfrom her schedule to show themaround and answer questions.

Matt Cooper met with the group toreview the Alumni Committee eventsof the past year and to try and explainthe Alumni Committee’s perspectiveof the Foundation changes. He alsoexpressed his goals of the role foralumni to work with and benefit theSchool. He discussed the plans forrenovating the Greek Theatre. Therehas been much confusion by many ofthe alumni and his explanations werevery helpful.

We all agreed that the highlight of thetrip was having raclette with theAnthony’s in their home. Sue and Ericentertained us with some of theirfavorite Ecolint stories.

Judy, Lori, Patricia, Pennie, John andNan were very pleased that theyattended the 400th Escalade. It wassad leaving Geneva but we comfortourselves with plans for the 2004World Reunion.

Pennie Aldrich and Patricia AldrichHillis

Le dîner de l’Escalade a eu lieu dansla cafétéria de La Grande Boissière.Y ont pris part près de 100 anciens,ainsi que des professeurs à la retraite,des enseignants et des membres del’administration. Ce fut l’occasion decélébrer le 400ème anniversaire de cetévénement. Comme à l’accoutumée,Suzanne Chapuis et toute son équipenous a régalés d’un délicieux repas ettout le monde était en voix pour leschants de l’Escalade, sous la directionde Jo Jennings et Carole Sharpe.Maurice Laurent nous a fait unexcellent discours. Matt Cooper aremis aux collègues qui partaient à laretraite leurs certificats de membresde l’association: Nicole Chevalley,M.-C. Guenin, Michael Jackman,Christiane Laurent, TonyMontgomery et Sylvia Vecchi.

Jack and Jean Garstang arrived inGeneva in August 1961 with a three-month old baby, Jacqueline. Jackcame to take up the post as Head ofthe Sports Department at LGB -appointed by Desmond Cole-Baker,who was Headmaster at that time. Atfirst it was an adventure for three orfour years! That was 41 years agoand the adventure continues….!There are now two daughters,Jacqueline/79 and Jennifer/82, twosons-in-law and four grandchildren allliving in the Geneva region.

Therefore, 2002 was, probably, thefortieth time that Jean had celebratedher birthday at the Escalade Dinner,in some form or another! Starting

with the Staff end-of-term andChristmas parties (which alwaysincluded stories and songs about theEscalade), and ending with theBoarders’ end-of-term celebrations,Jack and family, with the help of theUnitt family, the Anthony family, MmeParoisse and her team, ran theBoarding House – in those days weeven disguised ourselves for Escalade(see photo taken in 1974 of Jean withMichael Anthony/91)!! We had someHAPPY times … and we still do.

We would enjoy hearing from oldstudents and as we are learning to‘compute’ please use our e-mailaddress <garstang@hotmail.com>.Jean Garstang/92

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Michael Jackman, Marie-Claude Guenin, Nicole Chevalley,Christian Laurent, Tony Montgomery, Winifred Elderfield,Sylvia Vecchi and Robert Leach.

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Fahima Abdalla/78<fahimaabdalla@hotmail.com>‘I was a former student (a long timeago) I believe it was called Pregny inthe late 70s and also I had the pleasureto attend La Chât. At one time therewere six members of my familyattending the Foundation Schools,actually two graduated from La Chât. I’ve lots of lovely memories of theplace. Looking at some of thepictures, the school has expanded -when I was there student populationwas about 350 (English and FrenchProgram, and the primary). I noticedthat Bellevue is no longer part of thesystem. Anyway, I would like to jointhe Alumni and also need to inquirewhere one can purchase old yearbooks.’

Helen Griffin/83 - England UK -<helen@griffin273.fsnet.co.uk>‘I now live in England - my sister andI are hoping to organise a reunion nextyear as our parents will be leavingGeneva soon and we will probably notcome over so often.’ Helen would liketo have e-mail addresses from formerclassmates.

AlisonThomson/89<a_m_thomson@yahoo.com>‘I am an alumnus from LaChâtaigneraie, graduation year 1989.I am trying to locate some of myclassmates who left the Englishsection in 1987.’

Emma Nethercott/90<emmaneth@hotmail.com>‘I was a student at La Chât from 1987-1990 and I am keen to find out aboutother students in my year. I recentlyvisited the school and was very sad todiscover the death of Ben Creese whowas in my year. I would like to be ableto contact the family to offer mysympathy and also contact otherfriends I am no longer in touch with.’

Anders Kjellstrand/91 -London,UK <anders.kjellstrand@telia.com>‘I’m currently at the Royal Academyof Music in London studying opera.

I’m graduating in July 2003 and amlooking to start a career in Opera.

I’m wondering if anyone in the alumninetwork has any contacts or is workingin this area, and could help me startmy career. I’ve already sung in operasin Sweden and Finland, but havingbeen away for three years my contactsare not up to date. I’m ready to goanywhere in the world where someoneis ready to offer me a role in aproduction.

I’m a baritone suitable for Bel Canto,with the potential of a verdi baritonein the future. But I also sing morecontemporary opera’s like Britten andJanacek. I’m currently in aperformance of ‘The Cunning LittleVixen’ by Janacek, where I have therole of the Forrester. Theperformances are with the RoyalAcademy Opera and Sir CharlesMackerrass is conducting. If you haveany contacts or are in the business,please write to me at my e-mailaddress.’

Nathalie Albrow /92 - Washington,D.C. USA<nathaliealbrow@hotmail.com>‘I graduated from La Chât in ’92 -having started at Rigot, moved on toPregny and then to La Chât - 13fabulous years at the Int. School... somany memories. I was so happy tostumble upon the Newsletter back inNovember - how nice it is to get newsfrom former classmates and teachers!So here’s the run down at this end...After receiving my masters degree inanthropology in London, I moved toChicago and worked as anintercultural trainer for several years.Next step was to hop over toD.C. where I now work in the Africadivision of an internationaldevelopment consulting firm. I amcurrently in the wedding planningfrenzy - getting hitched on July 5th toa wonderful man called Jonathan (10days before turning 30... boy how timeflies!). I’d love to get in touch withanyone from my class (especially ifyou’re coming through the area) - justzap me an e-mail!’

Maya H. Nisancioglu/97 - Canada‘I graduated from La Châtaigneraie in

1997 and I now live in Canada. I’mwondering where some of my formerclassmates are: Matthew Armstrong,Nina Sevilla, Francois Preece. I’vebeen searching for their e-mailadresses, but it has proven to be quitedifficult. I hope you can helpme.

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Mariel Hohenemser et HidekoBertrand, des années 30, nous ontpermis d’admirer leur talent artistiquelors d’une belle exposition. Marielnous a présenté ses peintures à l’huileet ses dessins et Hideko ses photos.Cette exposition s’est tenue dans lagalerie d’art ‘Les Salons’ de Genève,du 3 au 22 mars dernier. Un grandnombre d’Anciens s’y était rendu.

Peter Manasse/38 – Monte Carlo,Monaco <manasse@monaco.mc>Last year, HSH Prince Rainier be-stowed the honour of Commandeur del’Ordre de Saint-Charles on Peter forthe work he is doing for thePrincipauté of Monaco. Peter is verywilling for Ecolint ‘Anciens’ to con-sider him as their Monte Carlo/Mo-naco reference - ready to be contactedand to help with all information, etc.He was amazed to hear from hisformer classmate Jean Belin after allthis time.

Jean Belin/40 - Santa Barbara; CAUSA <jeanhbelin@hotmail.com>Avec plaisir j’ai repondu à PeterManasse. En effet, ils sont rares ceuxdes années trente. Pour moi : 1936-40 jusqu’au bac français et à la matufédérale. Quelques années de guerrepuis Paris, Zurich, Paris de nouveaucomme base pour circuler dans lemonde francophone, fin de vieprofessionnelle avec une sociétéallemande. Premier mariage : troisfilles, quatre petites filles, deuxarrières petites filles, deux arrièrespetits fils. Second mariage avec uneaméricaine, dix ans en Provence etdouze ans à Santa Barbara, Californie; une fille de vingt ans à l’université.Dans ma 83 éme année.

Karel Pazlar/51 – Bamako, Mali -<kpazlar@afribone.net.ml>‘J’ai été l’élève de l’EI dans le bon

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vieux temps, pendant la période deseptembre 1946 à décembre 1951.J’aimerai savoir si vous êtes en con-tact avec des élèves de ces années là.Les noms dont je me souviens: Ro-bert Bonne, Jacques Naeff, BéatriceSchneider, Vincent Citroen, ensuiteque des prénoms. Je suis présentementbasé à Bamako, Mali (Afrique del’ouest) où ma femme a le poste depremière secrétaire à l’ambassade duCanada.’

Ann Ballance Rau/52 - Lancaster,Virginia USA‘I started high school, as a boarder, in1948 and graduated from Ecolint in1952. With world events as they aretoday, I often wonder what hashappened to many of my classmatesand instructors as we were very closeand from all points of the globe.I attended S. Illinois univ., the Collegeof William & Mary and Georgetownuniv. I worked for Gibson Dunn &Crutcher as a legal assistantspecializing in international corporatetax law, until I retired. I would verymuch like to reconnect with Ecolintalumni.’

Christine Kjellberg/54 –Jacksonville, FL USA -<ckjkjellberg@yahoo.de>Mike Cavallon/50, Brent Taylor/54and Christine Kjellberg had lunch inSt. Simons Island, Georgia, in Januaryand chatted about old schoolfriends and Geneva. ‘It was a whileago 1949-1950... anyone want to joinour next lunch? Where are you Carla,Sheila and Denis ….?’

James Bendon/55 – Linassol,Cyprus - james@jamesbendon.com‘Visiting Geneva for a couple of days.Studied at Exeter univ. – BSc Maths& Geology 1956-59. Have been aprofessional philatelist – 1971-87 anda philatelic publisher since 1987.’

Eric Hochstadter/56 – Dully,Switzerland -‘Went into private banking after theuniv. of Arizona in Tucson and havebeen living in Switzerland ever since.Enjoyed the last 20 years bringing upa family of two boys – skiing – tennis– and a lot of show jumping.’

Eric Margolis/61-Toronto,Canada -<margolis@jamiesonlabs.com>‘I’m chairman and owner of JamiesonLaboratories, Canada’s leadingproducer of natural nutritonalproducts, with distribution in 34countries. At the same time, I’m asyndicated foreign affairs columnistand broadcaster who appears regularlyon CNN, Fox and CanadianBroadcasting Corp, and author of‘War at the Top of the World -TheStruggle for Afghanistan and Asia.’Routledge New York 2002. My web page iswww.foreigncorrespondent.com.’

Penny Ford-Bezdikian/62 FLP -Ellicott City, MD USA -< P p a d d y w o o d s @ a o l . c o m >‘It was great to read all of the AlumniNotes in the November 2002 issue ofthe Newsletter. I’m still enjoying myretirement although my days arebusier now than ever. My husband,Levon, and I are members of aPembroke Welsh Corgi Club and thatkeeps us very active with dog eventsand the shows. Our new Corgi, Teddy,still under 2 years of age, shows greatpromise for agility and herding buthe’s not too keen on obedience! I keepup with my French and Spanish bytutoring and still maintain contact withformer classmates at Ecolint. Laterthis year I’ll be seeing Nancy (Martin)and Hugh Lane and we’ll try to takesome photos of our ‘micro-mini’reunion. At Christmas I heard fromPattaya (Buranosompob) Chumsaiwho continues to live in Bangkok. I’mtrying to persuade her to come to thenext world reunion. Last year TobyStone stayed with us during one of hervisits from Paris and we had a grandtime reminiscing.Massoumeh (Minoui) Rochat and Iare in frequent communication soshe keeps me up-to-date aboutGeneva. Last summer I took amarvelous trip to Santa Fe and Taos,New Mexico — areas of my countrythat I had never seen — and wasimmediately attracted to the vibrancyof the art and culture and creativitythat surrounds you. The views, thesunsets, the colors…..beautiful! Thejoy of travel remains in my blood’.

Liv Alvaer/62 – Pierrefonds, Que-bec Canada -< l i v a l v a e r @ h o t m a i l . c o m >‘I am on my last legs of 7 weeks (Feb-ruary 2003) in Switzerland visiting mysister Randi in Ponte Capriasca nearLugano. It’s not long enough. Mysuitcase will be half full of chocolate,sugus, carambar,.......

Went to Genève and saw the school -lots of changes even from when I wasthere in 1994. Had a nice chat withSue. And then André Schneider/64took me on a whirlwind tour aroundthe city. It was terrific - much new,and much of the same old. It was won-derful to see him again. Then I hadlunch with Erik/64 and Carl Gustav/73 Bjertnes and their mom and wereminisced. Spent some time withLynne Polak/69 and her family. Hada good time thereand was happy to renew friendships.

The best was spending time withRandi. Our family is spread all over,so every time spent together is spe-cial. Greetings to all.’

Ronald Mortara/63 – Waban, MAUSA<rmortara@caregroup.harvard.edu>‘Passing by Geneva, visiting mymother and sister, Isabel/70. I enjoyedour last School reunion and came backto connect with school and old friendsagain. Neurosurgeon in Boston – justretired – now getting into films’.

Stan Smith/64 – Chicago, IL USA -<SmithStanislav@aol.com>Stan has been living in Chicago since’68. He obtained his Ph.D. ineconomics at the University ofChicago, after a BS at Cornell in ’68. He founded an economic and financialconsulting firm with clients in nearlyall 50 states. Despite his education,he suffered significant market lossesover the past 3 years which heattempted to make up throughinfrequent trips to Las Vegas. Hisdaughter is in her 4th year at BostonUniversity and his son is in his firstyear at Pomona College. Stan is nowsingle and is taking beginners voicelessons so he can sing for his dinner.

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Richard Bruland/64 - Los Angeles<rbruland@cyberhotline.com>Richard had a solo show of newpaintings at the Gallery 825 Annex inLos Angeles during the month ofFebruary 2003. We hope that anumber of alumni were able to visitthe exhibition. He would love to hearfrom alumni, especially those from theearly ’60s.

Giora Rachminov/67 – New YorkCity, NY USA -<giora@rachminov.com>‘I was an Intern at Ecolint from 1965-67 on the French Side and I am tryingto get in touch with some classmatesand some Junior Villa mates fromthose great years. Please e-mail me.’

Lori Lieberman/67<lorlieberman11@earthlink.net>‘Hi... I just thought if anyone wereinterested, I’d let you know that mynew cd, ‘Monterey’, has just beenreleased. It’s my first cd in four years,and with modesty, I think it’s the bestone I’ve ever done! My website is:www.lorilieberman.com — thanks!’

Michael Tabona/68 – Cambridge,UK - <mtabona@aol.com>‘Having recently stepped off thetreadmill of working as a Vice-President of clinical research in a largemultinational pharmaceuticalcompany, it was a delightful trip downmemory lane to Ecolint’s newcafeteria for ‘Escalade a la 400annees’. Old Ecolinters had comefrom far and wide and theconversation, helped by the wine,flowed from the start and it was as iftime had, indeed, stood still. I spentten very happy years at La GrandeBoissière so Geneva remains myhometown. I returned for the Escaladedinner with my sister, Simone, whostill lives there, and Vivien Hakkak.

Since leaving in 1968, I have becomea doctor, a father of three boys (twoare now at University...!), a hospitalchest specialist and then involved withinternational medical research incancer and other diseases for the past19 years. Apart from a gap yeartouring the world (with otherEcolinters) and a year working inVancouver, Canada, I have lived in SE

England since my Geneva days. In1994 we moved to Cambridge so I amnow back where I started as astudent...and still trying to learn.

Through the alumni web-site Icontacted Lynne Polak whom I hadnot seen for almost 30 years and theEscalade evening was all too short tocatch up on the news and old friends.It was great to see how many of myteachers are still in the area and comeback to any reunion. To thoseEcolinters reading this who rememberme, all my very best and do drop in tosee me in Cambridge(mtabona@aol.com) a warm welcomeis guaranteed!’

Marita Smit/71 – Johannesburg,South Africa -<smsmit@telkomsa.net>‘I am alive and well and living inJ o h a n n e s b u r g , S o u t hAfrica, teaching (and trying to make)art and also French. Anciens arewelcome to contact me.’

Yukiki Omura/74 – London, UK -<yukikoyo@gol.com>‘I am now living in London startingup a new venture working on raisingfunds for Charity. I just set up acompany in the UK, which was noeasy task for I had never doneanything of the sort, called AIDSPrevention Fund Ltd. It is a new ideawith a different way of raising fundsfor charity, using the techniques Ilearnt during many years ininvestment banking. It is lovely to beback living in Europe and hope to visitGeneva soon too. I am in touch withJonquil Drinkwater, RatkoDjukanovic and Basab Barua.’

Tom deMaar/76 – Battle Creek, MIUSA - <tom_demaar@hotmail.com>‘The deMaar family is moving. I havebeen offered a position at the BinderPark Zoo, Battle Creek, Michigan,USA as the Director of Animal Healthand Research. Binder Park Zoo is aninnovative zoo whose mission is tonurture empathy, understanding andconservation of nature. Among itsbeauties are an extremely activeeducation program, a vibrant staff, anew veterinary clinic, excellent animalhandling facilities, and Wild Africa, a17 acre Africa experience with

numerous animal exhibits, an elevatedboard walk viewing area, safari camp,and one of the largest giraffe herds inthe USA. So we have achange.........We move from saying, “Ihad a farm in Africa” to “Fields ofshining wheat (or corn), where thedeer and the antelope (and the giraffe)roam”.’

Mohammad Marashi/77 – Darien,CT USA –<Mmarashi@PanAmSat.com>We were delighted to have news fromMohammad after all this time.Mohammad and his brother,Massoud/77, were boarders at theschool. ‘I moved to the United Statesin 1977. I received my MS degree inelectrical engineering in 1983. Cur-rently, I am the Vice President of aglobal engineering division at a satel-lite company by the name ofPanAmSat (http://www.panamsat.com ). I am marriedto a girl I met in Geneva when I wasat Ecolint and we have a 10-year-olddaughter. Massoud has 2 sons andlives in Iran. I have very fond memo-ries of my time at chemin de Verey.’

Farifteh Yeganeh-Parsa/77 – LosAngeles, CA USA -‘I am a former student of your schooland would like to keep in touch withall the news. Please add me to yourmailing list.’

Graham Kinahan/78 – Austin, TXUSA - <gkinahan@yahoo.com> writes thathe thinks often of fun days at Ecolint. He’s recently moved to Austin, Texas,where wife, Kim, and two kids,Gordon (three) and Libby (two), aredelighted to have swapped the hecticpace of New York for the friendly, laidback atmosphere of Austin. Grahamis heading up the Business-StrategyTeam for the Desktop Microproces-sor Product Marketing Group at Ad-vanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Sandra Caballero/79 (left in ‘77from Grade 10) - Ft. Leavenworth,KS USA<caballes@leavenworth.army.mil>‘I entered your web page and whatgood memories arose. I loved my 10years in Ecolint and have fond

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memories of all my experiences, ofeveryone I met, of all the cultures andbackgrounds I learned from. I have aMasters in International Affairs and Iam working for the DOD inFt.Leavenworth, Kansas, as atranslator-editor. I have 6 children -13, 11, 8, 6, 4 and 2 and a wonderfulhusband. I love my job and thanks tomy background I have been able toopen many doors in Life.

My sister Gabriela Caballero-Adorno/79 (left in ’77 from Grade 11)- <aadorno@rieder.net.py> lives andworks in Asunción, Paraguay. Sheobtained her Masters in Education andis a full-time elementary schoolteacher. She has four children, 18, 15,13 and 4.

My brother Esteban Caballero/74 -<caballero@unfpa.org> works andlives in New York City. He has beenliving there for about a year workingfor UNFPA and previously he wasstationed in Yugoslavia working forUNICEF. He is married and has twobeautiful girls. Stephanie 20 andMilena 2.

All three of us would love to hear fromfriends. Greetings to all our friendsall over the world. And PEACE toyou.’

Carolyn Piper Zinner-Cooney/79 -<cddhcooney@msn.com> ‘I was a student in 1976-77 and waswondering if there are ever HSreunions planned. My family isplanning a trip to Geneva this summerand I would love to attend any reunionfor the Class of 1978/79.’

Eva Wegener/80 – Münster,Germany -< m a i l @ e v a w e g e n e r . c o m >It was good to hear from Eva, whowas a boarder for three years. Shenow lives in Münster, and has plansto move to Istanbul, Turkey. Hersister, Ute/80, lives in Paris, is marriedto a French man and they have twochildren. They have a design agencyin Paris.

Stuart de Haan/80 – New York City,NY USA –< s t u a r t @ s t u a r t d e h a a n . c o m >

Stuart is an advertising creativedirector in NYC, is married and has ayear-old son, Taro. ‘I certainly missGeneva!’

Carol Castro/84 <carolina.urizar@pmintl.com>‘After my school years spent atEcolint, I managed to keep in touchwith most of my graduate friends andsome of my teachers for quite a while,but unfortunately with timeand distance, I’ve lost touch with allof them. I have great memories of mytimes at school and I miss all of thosewho played a big part in my life at thattime. I would like to get some newsfrom Shemoul, Tandhi, Carolina 2,Linda, Maya, Chris, Veronica, MariaPozzo... and all of those that I don’tmention because the list would be toolong. I have gone back to Guatemalafrom time to time, but have decidedto spend my life here in this beautifulcountry and I’m now a proud motherof two. Please e-mail me, I would bedelighted to hear from you all. Takecare and hope to be lucky to get somefeedback!’

Alexander Smouha/84 –Washington DC, USA -< a s m o u h a @ a t t g l o b a l . n e t >After moving to Washington DC in1999 to complete an MBA atGeorgetown University, Alexander isstill living in the DC area. He wouldenjoy hearing from any alumni livingin DC, MD or VA, as he plans toorganize the local Escalade Dinneragain in early December 2003. Also,he asks for anyone in touch withNevine Guirguis/84, to put him intouch with her.

John Mwangosi/85 (left Class 7 in’79) - <jmwangosi@yahoo.com>‘I am working with an InternationalOrganization, I.L.O. back home, Dares Salaam, Tanzania. Guess what, theeducation I received in a multi-culturalenvironment has helped me a lot. Itwas easy just to get along withcolleagues of different nations. I havebeen working with the I.L.O. sinceJune 1997 as Finance and Admin.Assistant and IT focal point for theArea Office in Dar es Salaam. It isinteresting to work with such anorganization as I travel around

different continents – as now inGeneva. I married Herieth inNovember 2001 and we now have alittle daughter, Glory.’

Liesbeth Van Boven/85 (quitté classe10 en ’82) – Amsterdam, Pays Bas -<liesvanboven@yahoo.com>‘Ca fait du bien d’être de retour à Ge-nève et l’Ecole, même si ce n’est quepour une journée ! Bonnes mémoireset bons souvenirs !’

Sonja Leszinski-Burnard/85 – SanDiego, CA USA -‘I am still living in San Diego with myhusband, Gerald, and my twodaughters. We finally obtained agreencard after a three-year wait, andI am job-hunting at this time. We areall well!’

Barbara Armas/88 – Princeton, NYUSA - <barbaraarmas@hotmail.com>‘My husband, Steve Loughran, and Iare thrilled to announce the birth of ourson, Aidan, who was born on January18, 2003, in Princeton, NJ. He is doingwonderfully and we are very happy. Iam on maternity leave, but willeventually resume my duties asAssistant Professor in the Departmentof Medicine, Division of GeneralInternal Medicine at UMDNJ - RobertWood Johnson Medical School.’

Oliver Rosenbauer/88 (left Class 8FLP in ’84) - Geneva, Switzerland -<rosenbauero@who.int>‘I continued my education in Tulsa,Oklahoma, where I attended highschool and university. These past 7years, I have been living in London,working in a communications agencyrepresenting the healthcare field. Asof January, 2003, I took on a positionas one of the communications officersof the Polio Eradication Initiative atthe World Health Organization,Geneva.’

Agnes de Guzman/89 – London, UKFollowing her MBA at INSEAD(Paris/Singapore), Agnes joinedAriadne Capital, a venture capital firmin London which advises Europeancompanies in capital-raising andbusiness development. This enablesher to meet and work with the ‘moversand shakers’ in the entrepreneurial and

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venture capital sectors. Aside fromgetting to know London better, shealso spent time in Paris, Brussels,Lisbon and Geneva to visit family andfriends, including her boyfriendAntonio Borges. Agnes is very activewith the INSEAD Alumni communityin London and helps organize eventsto promote entrepreneurship, as wellas social activities.

Shona Crabtree/91 - San Francisco,CA USA -<crabbers@mindspring.com> Shona graduated from Princeton in‘95 with a major in English. Sheworked as a journalist in SouthCarolina and Mass. and is currentlyliving and working in San Franciscofor ACF News Service. In 2001shemarried Alexander Macgillivray, alawyer who works in Palo Alto.Vanessa Camilleri/91 attended theSeptember wedding in Hancock,Maine.

Sarah de Guzman-Furner/91 -Hong KongSarah and her husband, Matthew, wereblessed with the arrival of Ethan onApril 24, 2002 in Hong Kong whereMatthew is working as a US attorneyin capital markets at Linklaters. Sarahloves her lifestyle in Discovery Bay(their resort-like community) andenjoys her friendships, church callingas youth Sunday school teacher,Thaicooking classes, and going to the gym. Wilfred A. de Guzman/94 –Geneva, Switzerland -<deguzman@cs.stanford.edu>Wilfred is currently working as aproject manager at Netarchitects, aSwiss-based hi-tech consultancycompany. He continues to teachseminary to the youth of the GenevaBranch of the church and has recentlybeen called to serve as the BranchMission Leader. A major highlightrecently was his engagement to LinseyGreene in August 2002.

Sinead Coffey/95<coffeysinead@hotmail .com>‘I would like to get notice of anyalumni reunions taking place for theclass of ’95, and if I am available toassist with them I will.’

Tyler Crabtree/95 – Houston, TX<stevenc@alumni.princeton.edu>Tyler graduated from Princeton in ‘99with a major in history. He currentlylives in Houston, Texas where he playsrugby and is studying for Part II ofthe CFA exam. He recently traveledin southeast Asia with ErajWirasinha/95 and Alex Raymond/94and visited his brother Dwight/98 inBangkok. Eraj’s e-mail address is: <erajw@yahoo.com>

Dwight Crabtree/98 – Bangkok,Thailand -<dwightcrab@yahoo.com> graduatedfrom Princeton in 2002 with a majorin economics. He is living inBangkok, Thailand where he worksfor AIG’s consumer products businessand also teaches English. He enjoysexploring Thailand and has recentlytraveled to Laos and Burma. In hisspare time, he plays golf.

Jonathan de Guzman/98 – NewYork, USAJonathan interned with Deloitte &Touche, Geneva, a financial servicesfirm. Having completed his initialmilitary service as a paramedic in theSwiss army, he has now returned toCornell Univ. in New York. Jonathanis studying Economics and is activelyinvolved in church, the CornellFilipino Association, and his fraternityPhi Delta Theta.

Dessislav Vassilev/99 – Saint Paul,MN USA –‘I am currently in the US, in SaintPaul, Minnesota. I am graduating fromMacalester College with anEconomics major. I would like to beadded officially on the alumni list.Secondly, I am looking for a job inEurope and would like to somehowreceive a list with names of people Ican contact.’

Alma de Guzman/99 – Utah, USAAlma continues her studies atBrigham Young University in Utah,majoring in Human Biology, andminoring in InternationalDevelopment. She worked atNetarchitects in Geneva last summerand interned with the United NationsChildren’s Fund in the Philippinesduring the fall semester. She had the

time of her life being among Filipinosand realized her dream of seeing thefamous Banaue Rice Terraces and theBohol Chocolate Hills. Herexperience has truly helped her to lovemore and appreciate better herFilipino heritage.

Annie Cardinaux/00 -Gaborone,Botswana -<anne.cardinaux@tufts.edu>Greetings from Botswana!‘I’m studying abroad right now, butI’m on my way to Europe in June andI should be stopping in Geneva for avisit! I plan to be there from June 16-19th. I’d also really like to get backin touch with friends and teachers whowere there between 1995-2000. I’mlooking forward to getting back intouch with the Ecolint communityafter being away for a long 3 years! Ab i e n t o t ! ’

David Blackman/00 -Charlottesville, VA USA -<dblackman@discoverbands.com>‘I attended Ecolint in ‘99 and wouldlove to be added to the alumni list. Ihave fallen out of touch with thesegreat friends of mine and would loveto attend a reunion in the future to seeeveryone again!’

Carolynn Crabtree/02<ccrabtr@princeton.edu>Carolynn graduated from theAmerican School in London in 2002. She is in her first year at PrincetonUniversity where she is studying,among other things, Chinese. She isactive in sports, concert choir andAmnesty International.

Michael de Guzman/02 – HawaiiMichael is loving his studies, newfriends, and ‘Lilo and Stitch’ lifestyleat Brigham Young University-Hawaii.He participates in Filipino folkdancesduring cultural presentations. He hasbeen working part-time, last term atthe university cafeteria, and this termas a luau host at the PolynesianCultural Center. Michael’s churchassignment as bell toller (waking upstudents) has been appropriate, andchallenging!

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In MemoriumIn MemoriumIn MemoriumIn MemoriumIn Memorium

Louise Hoffmann-Ross/28 died onAugust 23, 2002. She was one of thefirst seven students to attend yourschool and enjoyed receiving the‘Newsletter’. I found an autographbook at my mother’s house with writ-ings and drawings from her fellowstudents which I will photocopy andsend to the Alumni Office.Margot L. Ross

Mary Setna/95 died in Geneva on28 November 2002.

A chance contact whilst attending aconference in Geneva brought Maryto the International School in August1960. This was the start of a long anddistinguished life of service to theSchool. Although Mary left forUNESCO in 1966, her attachment tothe School was such that she returnedin 1970 and stayed there up to herretirement in 1995.

Mary performed many roles duringher long career, notably as personalsecretary to successive directors, butmost students will remember her asthe Examinations Secretary. However,in all she was efficient, kind andalways ready to give a helping hand.

The English Church was packed withover 200 family and friends presentfor her funeral service. A testimonyto the esteem and affection for Maryfrom all who had the good fortune toknow her. We offer our deepestsympathies to her nearest and dearest- and in particular to her brothers Renuand Chickoo.Sue and Eric Anthony

Liselotte David Moss/37 died on 21January, 2003. Lilo had a full andactive life for 84 years starting inBerlin and finishing in Essex, UK. Akeen photographer, she leaves afabulous legacy of pictures, includingmany of her times in Geneva. She wasa very caring person, not only for herfriends and family, but also throughher work with Amnesty Internationaland the peace movement. She leaves

3 children, 6 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and her autobiography.Jennifer Moss-Turner

Isabelle Groothaert/2002Isabelle nous a quittés à l’âge de 20ans suite à un accident tragiquesurvenu en Espagne le 1er mars 2003.Nous adressons à sa famille nos plussincères condoléances et toute notresympathie.

John Francis O’Donovan/80(“O’D”) died on 17 March 2003,typically, one is tempted to say, onSt.Patrick’s Day, and battling with theoutside house-steps at his homeoutside Puy l’Evêque, France. He hadbeen increasingly ill with Parkinson’sand, above all, chronic and terminaldiabetes.

After a scholarship to Oxford forFrench and Spanish (significantlynever bothering to convert his B.A.into a M.A.), wartime service in theBritish Intelligence Corps, and postsas French master in Woolwich(London) and then Norwich, in 1963O’D arrvived at LGB, where heremained until retirement in 1980.

John was made for Ecolint. Born inIndia of Irish ancestry but with aFrench mother from the Lot, he wasbilingual, English and French (plusexcellent Spanish and a smattering ofother languages). To say he wasbilingual does not do him credit, forhe was essentially a wordsmith, a manwho loved words, especially therecondite word, and revelled in puns.I shall never forget my mother beingfascinated - and she was not easilyfascinated! - by his tales of his recentholiday on the Greek island ofSantorini.

John was a Jekyll and Hyde! He wasMajor Thompson, only more so, andyet he came to school sporting hisberet, and after his prandial repast, didI detect a hint of garlic? There was noblurring of this dual personality (andhe pronounced Don Quixote in theEnglish way as“don-quix-ote”). He was also a dualperson in that at School he could be

so serious (“Later, old chap, I’mmarking”) and yet, freed from hisduties, he was the most convivial ofcompanions (although one oftenstruggled to get a word in!).

At a time when the Maginot Lineexisted between the French andEnglish Language Programmes, withthe French almost barricaded in theChâteau, John (helped by Cecile) wasa bridge between the two cultures. Athis regular garden-parties and othermore select occasions, French andAnglo-Celt mingled. In addition, hishome in Veigy was a focus for theteachers of French from both sides ofthe Maginot Line.

John was not just a man of words forhe was also a painter and DIYer beforeDIY really existed. (On one occasion,admiring his giant home-madesetsquare, he merely incantedPythagoras!) He was also sportive,especially hockey and sailing (in aboat he built himself). Despite arrivingin Geneva somewhat advanced inyears, he nonetheless took up skiing,receiving plaudits for his enthusiasmrather than his expertness.

John was a great character and a goodfriend to many and his departure is avery sad occasion, not least becausehe is a reminder of Ecolint when it wasa smaller and more intimateestablishment.Andy Bassam

Thomas Michael Quin/77 died inGeneva in his 92nd year on 5th April2003. A tribute to Michael will bepublished in the Autumn edition of the“Newsletter”. Our sincerecondolences to Nita and Irene.

Randi Alvaer/62 died on 17th April,2003, following a three year battlewith cancer. She lived in PonteCapriasca,Ticino, with her husband,Tom, and their four children. Ourheartfelt condolences to Randi’shusband and children, her sisters, Livand Layne, and brother Colin.

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BirthsOur congratulations to :

Sarah de Guzman-Furner/91 andMatthew, a son, Ethan, born onApril 24, 2002, in Hong Kong.

Robin Halle/70 and Anne-Sophie, asecond son, Evan, on 22 September,2002, in Switzerland. Evan is theirfourth child.

Kaarina Rodriguez-Lorenzini/89and Stéphane Lorenzini, a son;Hernan, born on 10 December,2002, in Geneva.

Barbara Armas-Loughran/88 andSteve Loughran, a son, AidanJoseph Loughran, born on 18January, 2003, in Princeton, NJ.

Andreas Pluntke/95 (who left LaChât. in ’93) and Mandy, a son,Liam, born in Phoenix, Arizona, on11 February, 2003.

Deborah Perlis-Choi/91gave birth totwins, Aidan and Kirsten, on 12April, 2003.

Hello!Just thought I’d send in this picture ofour “posse” réunion in Brussels inFebruary!When our little group of 6 friendsgraduated from LGB in 1993 wepromised ourselves we would meet up10 years later, no matter where wewere in the world. In spite of being in5 different countries, each of the sixof us made it!From left to right, all from the classof ’93 LGB:Wouter van der Lelij, Luis Fresco,Fabrice Beaux, Neel Arya, DanielWissmann, Mark Talbot.Thanks Ecolint for giving us theopportunity to make life long friendsall over the world!Best regards, Wouter van der Lelij

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EngagementsCongratulations to :

Wilfred A. de Guzman/94 who gotengaged to Linsey Greene onThursday, August 1, 2002, on the‘Ponte Vecchio’ in Florence, Italy.They will be married on Saturday,May 3, 2003, in Salt Lake City,Utah.

Karl Cerni/82 became engaged onthe 25th December 2002 to Lorena.

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