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ALUMNI NEWSLETTER 18 spent one year there in 1967-1968, I am now located near Newport, Rhode Island, retired from my position as director of the Newport Art Museum Previously I was a curator at the Museum of Art of the Rhode Island School of Design while my husband was a professor at Brown University. He subsequently became President of Amherst College before his untimely death in 1983. I think back to the influence M me Maurette and Miss MacKinnon had on me developing my appreciation for art and so much more. I would love to hear from any “old timers” who attended La Grande Boissière in the 1930’s.’ Stéphanie Oats Farrall/51 (class of ‘59) - Australia Sfarrall@netspace.net.au It was wonderful to return to Ecolint last December, to renew friendships and make new connections and to join in the Escalade dinner. It’s not easy to get to Geneva from as far away as Tasmania, but going to see our young family and our first grand-child in Grenoble brought us closer and gave us this opportunity to visit the school. A special part for me was meeting with Sue Anthony and Richard Vyvyan, to share memories and to learn about Richard’s work in the archives, continuing Vicki Stereva’s task of preserving the past of the school. Seeing photos from this collection brought back many happy memories from 1949-51, of being in Manguère’s class, and of Alouette, the Roquette family, “Mutti” Hartoch, Miss Lidster, and singing with Monsieur Buard. But our main focus was on my father’s (Bill Oats’) strong links with Ecolint, first in 1938-40 as a teacher at the beginning of the Second World War when he was asked by Madame Maurette to take a group of students to safety in her home in Hendaye, SW France, then in 1949-51 when he returned as directeur-adjoint, to work with Monsieur Roquette. The archives held some treasures for me. Richard showed us a letter my father had written to Vicki Stereva on hearing of Madame Maurette’s death, in 1989: “Who but she could have had the willingness to trust a raw young teacher with the challenge - you take the kids down to Hendaye, set up a school in exile and I’ll cook for you.” It was good to see George Walker again, and to be reminded of another link with Ecolint - through the IB which we recently introduced at The Friends’ School in Hobart. Catching up with fellow Anciens, and at last meeting Georgia Achard after being in touch by e-mail made this a special homecoming. Jane Hougen Fast/59 jhfast@mchsi.com ‘I have just returned from Ecuador (the Galapagos Islands and Quito) and Peru (Machu Picchu, Cusco, and Lima). Besides the amazing natural beauty of these incredible and unique places, I was able to spend an evening with Hernando de Soto/59 (Ernie to us) in his gorgeous home. I found him to be very involved with the welfare of his country and the economically disenfranchised of the world. He looks well and fondly remembers so many from Ecolint. Now, if you can only get him to a world reunion! As for me, personally, I am adjusting to a new life without my 35 year marriage partner, Chet Fast, who passed away in Oct. 2004. My mother, now 95, continues to live with me and encourages me to “go forth” so I do! A trip to Mexico and southern Utah in April; then, who knows Best wishes to all.’ Joan MacPhail Knight/60 - Woodstock, NY, USA Jkmacgriff@aol.com ‘After leaving Ecolint I moved back to the US with my family who had been living in Tunis, spent my senior year at Mt. Vernon Seminary in Washington DC and then graduated from Smith College. The mother of two daughters, Elizabeth and Sophie, I lived most of my adult life in Manhattan, working as a children’s book editor and have become a writer myself - most recently a series of books set in the 1890’s about Charlotte who travels to France with her mother and father who is a painter. Six years ago Bill and I moved to Woodstock, NY, and started a company, Catskill Mountain Pictures, a location services company for fashion and film. I enjoy writing, gardening and long walks with my Brussels Griffon dogs. I would love to hear from friends and can be reached at : Jkmacgriff@aol.com, 20 Lasher Rd., Woodstock, NY 12498.’ Riva Freifeld/61 New York, NY, USA rivaf@attglobal.net Riva lives in New York City and is currently producing a one hour historical documentary on Annie Oakley, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and WGBH-TV in Boston, MA, USA. It will air as part of the “American Experience” series on American public television in late fall 2005. Richard Bruland/64 Los Angeles, CA, USA rbruland@cyberhotline.com Richard writes, ‘A survey of the last 15 years of my painting at LA ArtCore in downtown Los Angeles just ended. It was very well received, and was a wonderful chance to show the progression and evolution of my current work. On April 16th will be the opening reception for a month long solo show of all new paintings at the Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, B-5, 2525 Michigan Avenue Santa Monica, CA. Tel: (310)829-9125. In the fall I will be having a solo show at Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA. All my painting is still absolutely connected to what I absorbed and learned in Mr. Holmes and Mr. Uzzell’s art classes at Ecolint. Both those teachers (particularly Mr. Uzzell) had a huge impact on my development and understanding of what art and painting is all about. Farifteh Hafezi-Robb/66 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK f.v.robb@btinternet.com ‘I can’t believe it’s almost a year since I made that emotional and such a happy a visit to Ecolint and Geneva. Life is extremely busy for me at present as I have added a new re-search adjunct to my post as NHS midwife here. I visited Ecolint for the first time after nearly 40 years (I left in 1966) last April, and what took me most by surprise was the number of motor vehicles around the school, also the fact that my Primary School playground at La Grande Boissière is now a car park!, and the general disappearance of the green open spaces of my childhood memories within the school. Otherwise, I suppose, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”. Many thanks once again for all your kindness in showing me around and entertaining me.’
’Also, I am still in touch with: Thomas Munch who was in my year at Ecolint (his wife Meg is godmother to one of my daughters!) He is presently a History lecturer at Glasgow University, has a grown-up son and daughther, and has written several books, and Michele Castle Klein also in my year until approx. 1963, and my best friend at Ecolint. She studied psychology, married Jacob Klein a physics lecturer, has four grown-up children and divides her time between Israel and Oxford, and has also written several books.’ Lori Lieberman Cali/69 Los Angeles, CA, USA lorlieberman11@earthlink.net ‘I’m living in Los Angeles with my husband, Joseph, and our blended seven children (I have three), and have continued to pursue my recording career - currently at work in the studio completing my sixteenth album/CD.’ Lori’s website is www.lorilieberman.com. Joseph is an actor (best known for his role in ‘Saturday Night Fever’) as well as a home theatre designer. ‘My sisters, Kim Lieberman-McCarty and Susan Lieberman/67 are doing well in their fields. Susan owns an incredibly beautiful store in Santa Monica called ‘Paris 1900’ (website www.paris1900.com) and Kim is an artist with tremendous success with many shows throughout the country – notably in New York and Los Angeles. (website www.kimmccarty.net). Kim and her husband, Michael McCarty, own two chic restaurants called ‘Michaels in New York and Los Angeles.’ Arthar Sutan-Khan/73 Geneva, Switzerland SULTANH@unhcr.ch Athar would enjoy hearing from his former classmates – especially Cindy Burgess and Ann Rehlaender. Nigel Edmonds/78 Ottawa, Canada Clarke_Edmonds@hotmail.com Nigel is looking for old school friend Tom Lho/78 E. Kate Robertson/83 (La Chât) ekate@quattro.ca Kate is looking for Charlotte Stephenson/83 Linda Hanson/86 Boston, MA, USA lindahansonlaw@verizon.net ‘We have a 19 month old son, Daeven, and are expecting our second baby in April. I run my own Estate & Tax Planning Law Practice just outside of Boston and would very much like to get in contact with other Alumni living in the Boston area’. Ilona Tar/90 Sydney, Australia ilona@backpackersworld.com ‘After graduating from Ecolint in 1990 I completed one year of Architecture at Uni de Genève and then moved to Sydney to complete a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of New South Wales. The culture shock of moving to Australia was so enormous that I have been left with an affliction - after 13 years away from Geneva - I still have an American accent! After achieving my goal of seeing my landscape work on TV, I then became Graphic Artist. I am now working at Backpackers World Travel, Sydney, as a Creative Designer. I return to GE whenever I can and always miss it!’ Sara Furstenborg-Zitouni/92 Geneva, Switzerland sara.zitouni@ecolint.ch ‘Since January 2005 I have been working as the Administrative Assistant to Ms Lesley Stagg, Campus Principal of Campus des Nations. After leaving Ecolint in 1992, I attended the Ecole Hôtelière de Genève and graduated in 1995 with a Hotel Management Degree. I then worked at Le Richemond, the Crowne Plaza and finally at Hotel President Wilson, one of the Leading Hotels of the World, before coming back to Ecolint in October 2000 in the role of School Secretary at Pregny Campus. This was a welcome change in my career allowing me to spend more time with my two children Saïd and Sonia, who are now 6 and 2 years old. I am very much enjoying working with Ms Stagg and look forward to assisting her in opening Ecolint’s 4th Campus in September 2005.’ Marc Luanghy/97 Genève, Suisse Je m’appelle Marc Luanghy et suis un ancien élève de l’Ecole Internationale 19 ALUMNI NEWSLETTER de Genève (La Grande Boissière). J’y suis arrivé en septembre 1994 pour terminer le cursus en juin 1997 (Baccalauréat Français, ES). Après avoir effectué mes études de droit en Angleterre, je suis rentré à Genève d’où je vous écrit. Dwight Crabtree/98 Bangkok, Thailand DwightC@AIG.com I find myself in Bangkok, Thailand, where I’ve been working for AIG ever since graduating from Princeton in June, 2002. Besides the day-to-day of working for a finance company, my Thai has improved dramatically (e.g. “same same, but different”), the food is spectacular, and travel in S.E. Asia is tops. I’m heading to Southern Thailand at the end of March to coordinate a donation of supplies, equipment and building materials for two primary schools in areas that were severely damaged by the tsunami. For those who come to visit, you may be in luck to be introduced to the best place in Bangkok to eat what I fondly call “soupy barbecue.” Illustrious Ecolinters such as Tyler, Shona and Carolynn Crabtree, Eraj Wirasinha, Matt Robinson, Paul Robinson, Sandra Mullins, and Deborah Beran (who is teaching in Chiang Mai) have all taken part. In addition, Marcia finds herself happily retired in Maine with fond memories of the classroom but realizing that retirement can also be just as busy! Alumni T-shirts for sale We have Alumni T-shirts and pens for sale. If anyone is interested in purchasing these souvenirs please contact the Alumni Office. Vente de souvenirs Nous vendons des tee-shirts “Anciens” et des stylos. Toutes les personnes désirant acheter ces articles sont priées de s’adresser au Bureau des Anciens.
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