<strong>Luxembourg</strong> is a very attractive location for<strong>North</strong> <strong>American</strong> companies, but it has notalways been easy for these companies to f<strong>in</strong>dtra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and education opportunities for theirexpatriates. However, that has changed.Lifelong learn<strong>in</strong>g opportunities <strong>in</strong> <strong>Luxembourg</strong>no longer have language barriers.Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g opportunities<strong>North</strong> <strong>American</strong> banks and f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions can f<strong>in</strong>d abroad selection of sem<strong>in</strong>ars, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gs, and conferences <strong>in</strong>English tailored for <strong>Luxembourg</strong>’s f<strong>in</strong>ance community. IFBL,for example, is one of the largest providers of these tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gopportunities, offer<strong>in</strong>g some certificates (e.g. Private Bank<strong>in</strong>g,Islamic F<strong>in</strong>ance) entirely <strong>in</strong> English (www.ifbl.lu). Opencourses cover<strong>in</strong>g similar content can also be found at PWCAcademy (http://www.pwcacademy.lu). Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g providersprimarily address<strong>in</strong>g the service and <strong>in</strong>dustry sectors, suchas <strong>Luxembourg</strong> School for Commerce (LSC) and Chambre deSalaries, do not offer the same diversity and variety when itcomes to technical skills and management competencies.However, it is worth review<strong>in</strong>g their programs and that ofother management tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutions to see what is available(www.lifelong-learn<strong>in</strong>g.lu).Higher Education <strong>in</strong> ManagementThe gap <strong>in</strong> management tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g is closed through certificateand degree programs offered from different Universi-<strong>Luxembourg</strong> offers a wide range of tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g andeducation opportunities for expatriatesFrom Pre-School to MBAties. The John F. Welch College of <strong>Bus<strong>in</strong>ess</strong> at Sacred HeartUniversity (SHU), is AACSB accredited and has been present<strong>in</strong> <strong>Luxembourg</strong> for nearly 20 years. SHU cooperates with<strong>Luxembourg</strong>-based <strong>North</strong> <strong>American</strong> companies provid<strong>in</strong>gMBA and Certificate programs for work<strong>in</strong>g professionals. Thisyear, SHU has launched its post-crisis designed WelchMBA,an 18-month part-time program. Current managementchallenges are analyzed with a project-oriented, <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>aryapproach. In addition, 4 certificate programs areoffered <strong>in</strong> the areas of Leadership, <strong>Bus<strong>in</strong>ess</strong> Management,Corporate F<strong>in</strong>ance and Global Investments (www.shu.lu).The Open University, one of the largest providersof blended learn<strong>in</strong>g programs, offers variouscertificates, bachelor’s and master’s programs exclusively<strong>in</strong> English, onl<strong>in</strong>e (www.open.ac.uk).The University of <strong>Luxembourg</strong> offers a full-time “Master <strong>in</strong> Entrepreneurshipand Innovation” program, and a part-time MScBank<strong>in</strong>g and F<strong>in</strong>ance program (www.uni.lu).Education for childrenAll families liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>Luxembourg</strong> can enroll their children <strong>in</strong>public schools. However, as <strong>Luxembourg</strong> is officially tril<strong>in</strong>gual,this can be quiet challeng<strong>in</strong>g for children advanced <strong>in</strong> theirschool<strong>in</strong>g. There are three private schools <strong>in</strong> <strong>Luxembourg</strong> whoaccommodate English speak<strong>in</strong>g families, St George’s InternationalSchool <strong>Luxembourg</strong>, the International School of <strong>Luxembourg</strong>(ISL) and the European School <strong>Luxembourg</strong>. Theseschools offer curriculums, based on British/<strong>North</strong> <strong>American</strong>educational systems for children aged 2.5 to 18 years.* Petra Garnjost is director at Sacred Heart Universitiy <strong>in</strong> <strong>Luxembourg</strong>.by Petra Garnjost*The first immigrantby Fausto Gard<strong>in</strong>iFor decades historians have speculated aboutthe identity of the first immigrant from<strong>Luxembourg</strong> to the New World. NicholasGonner 1 , Roger Krieps 2 , and others refer to astatement found <strong>in</strong> a book by Anton Eickhoff 3published <strong>in</strong> 1884:The first endur<strong>in</strong>g agricultural colonization of New Netherlandbegan <strong>in</strong> the spr<strong>in</strong>g of the year 1623 under theauthority of the West India Company, as thirty familiesemigrated from Amsterdam aboard the ship ‘New Niederland’to the new world for that purpose. Cornelius Jakobsen Mayled this expedition as the director of the new colony on Manhatas.The orig<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong>tentions of the West India Company werefocused on trade purposes; however one had recognized theneed of establish<strong>in</strong>g settlements for the promotion of thesame. The colonists who came over on the first ship accompany<strong>in</strong>gdirector May were mostly Walloons, <strong>Luxemburger</strong>sand <strong>in</strong>habitants of other countries border<strong>in</strong>g on France, ofwhich eight families settled near Fort Orange, a few rema<strong>in</strong>edon the island of Manhatas, others near Fort Nassau at theSouth River and the rema<strong>in</strong>der on the south side of the EastRiver, where Brooklyn lies today 4 .Eickhoff did not give a source for his statement. The 1860Gazetteer of New York states the follow<strong>in</strong>g about the settlementon the island of Manhattan:A settlement was made upon Manhattan Island by a companyof Dutch traders, under the auspices of the West India Co., <strong>in</strong>1612; but no permanent agricultural occupation began until1623. Dur<strong>in</strong>g this year 30 families of Walloons from the Flemishfrontiers, and a number of domestic animals, were sentover to form the nucleus for the permanent occupation of thecountry 5 . Regrettably, some but not all the names of the 110members of the thirty families who landed <strong>in</strong> the New Worldaboard the New Niederland or Nieu Nederlandt are known.Researchers from <strong>Luxembourg</strong> like to associate Philippe deLannoy (1602-1681), a confirmed ancestor of President Frankl<strong>in</strong>Delano Roosevelt, with the de Lannoy family of Clervaux,<strong>Luxembourg</strong>, as the first <strong>Luxembourg</strong>er to immigrate to <strong>North</strong>America. Philippe de Lannoy, also referred to as Philippe de laNoye, was born <strong>in</strong> Leyden, Holland <strong>in</strong> 1602 of French parents,who had him baptized <strong>in</strong> the Walloon Church <strong>in</strong> 1603 6 . He wasamong the thirty-five passengers aboard the ship Fortune arriv<strong>in</strong>gat Plymouth <strong>in</strong> November of 1621. To this day, a connectionbetween the presidential ancestor and <strong>Luxembourg</strong>‘s deLannoy family could not be positively confirmed.Actually, <strong>Luxembourg</strong> City-born Dr. Claude-Auguste Neyen(1809-1882), identified the first <strong>Luxembourg</strong>er to emigrateto the New World <strong>in</strong> his remarkable work entitled Biographie<strong>Luxembourg</strong>eoise, where<strong>in</strong> he writes 7 :Hotton…….. native of the village by the same name <strong>in</strong> the Ardennes8 lived towards the end of the sixteenth and the firstquarter of the seventeenth century. Admitted to the priesthood,he was a priest for some time, probably <strong>in</strong> his place ofbirth. Later, he entered the Jesuit order, and went to the WestIndies, becom<strong>in</strong>g its missionary 9 . Various documents confirmGuillaume Hotton (1577-1629) travel<strong>in</strong>g to the New World allow<strong>in</strong>gto locate his whereabouts there.It is thus <strong>in</strong> 1616, one hundred and twenty-four years afterChristopher Columbus (1451-1506) discovery of America <strong>in</strong>1492 that we f<strong>in</strong>d the first confirmed <strong>Luxembourg</strong>er <strong>in</strong> theNew World. Two surviv<strong>in</strong>g letters by the previously mentionedFather Mart<strong>in</strong> (de/from) Bruges (Mart<strong>in</strong>us de Brugis) conta<strong>in</strong>references to Guillaume Hotton. The first letter is dated Mexico,February 20, 1617, where<strong>in</strong> he mentions Father GuillaumeHotton from the Gallo-Belgica prov<strong>in</strong>ce who left Belgium withhim. The second letter is dated Mexico, April 21, 1617. It mentionsthat Father Hotton resides at C<strong>in</strong>aloa (S<strong>in</strong>aloa)10. Twoletters by Guillaume Hotton himself are on record. The firstone is dated Mexico, October 24, 1617 and the second letter isdated Cynaloa (S<strong>in</strong>aloa), January 9, 161811.1 Die <strong>Luxemburger</strong> <strong>in</strong> der Neuen Welt, Dubuque, Iowa 1889.2 <strong>Luxemburger</strong> <strong>in</strong> Amerika, Bourg-Bourger, Luxemburg, 1962.3 Translation. Orig<strong>in</strong>al German text <strong>in</strong>: In der Neuen Heimath: geschichtlicheMittheilungen über die deutschen E<strong>in</strong>wanderer <strong>in</strong> allen Theilender Union; Steiger & Co., New York City 1884.4 Some publications <strong>in</strong>fer that the New Niederland or Nieu Nederlandtarrived <strong>in</strong> the New World <strong>in</strong> 1624.5 Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, R.P. Smith Publisher,Syracuse, 1860.6 Frankl<strong>in</strong> D. Roosevelt’s Colonial Ancestors, Alv<strong>in</strong> Page Johnson, Lothrop,Lee & Shepard Co., Boston, 1933.7 Biographie <strong>Luxembourg</strong>eoise. Histoire des Hommes Dist<strong>in</strong>gués Orig<strong>in</strong>airesde ce Pays considéré à l’époque de sa plus grande étendue,Pierre Bruck, <strong>Luxembourg</strong> 1860-1861.8 Hotton near Marche-en-Famenne came to <strong>Luxembourg</strong> under CountessErmes<strong>in</strong>de (1186-1247). In the third partition of <strong>Luxembourg</strong> <strong>in</strong> 1839 thearea devolved to Belgium as the Prov<strong>in</strong>ce du <strong>Luxembourg</strong> Belge.9 Orig<strong>in</strong>al Text: Hotton …… orig<strong>in</strong>aire du village de même nom dans lesArdennes, vivait vers la f<strong>in</strong> du seizième et le premier quart du dix-septièmesiècles. Admis à la prêtrise, il fut pendant quelque temps curé,vraisemblablement de son endroit natal. Plus tard, il embrassa l’ordredes Jésuites et passa dans les Indes occidentals, dont il dev<strong>in</strong>t l’apôtre.L’auteur du manuscrit des Viri illustres repète les mêmes faits dans lestermes suivants: ‘Hotton ex eodem pago <strong>in</strong> Arduenna Luxemburgicaet ex pastore animarum <strong>in</strong> Soc. Jesu missus <strong>in</strong> Indiam occidentalemprecibus multis impetratam illius apostolus.This special edition about <strong>North</strong> <strong>American</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess<strong>in</strong> <strong>Luxembourg</strong> is also available at the iTunes-Storewith the -app from October 20th onwards.More pictures andbackground <strong>in</strong>formation:24 Stunden am Tag, 7 Tage die Woche22
Name Products Employment Parent CompanyAIRTECH EUROPE S.A.AMAZON ServicesEurope S.à r.l.AMER-SIL S.A.Manufactur<strong>in</strong>g of vacuumbagg<strong>in</strong>g materials, compositetool<strong>in</strong>g materialsSales of various productsand services on the worldwide webIndustrial battery separatorsand non-woven polyestergauntlets68 AIRTECH ADVANCEDMATERIALS GROUP72 Amazon.com Inc.74 THE MOORE COMPANYAMPACET EUROPE s.a. European headquarters 80 AMPACET CORPORATIONAVERY DENNISONLUXEMBOURG s.à r.l.CALUMITE s.a.CISCO SYSTEMS <strong>Luxembourg</strong>DELPHI AUTOMOTIVESYSTEMS LUXEMBOURG s.a.DIGITAL RIVER INTERNATIONALs.à r.l.DU PONT DE NEMOURS,(LUXEMBOURG) s.à r.l.DU PONT TEIJIN FILMSLUXEMBOURG s.a.Base materials for selfadhesiveapplicationsRaw material for the glass<strong>in</strong>dustryNetwork<strong>in</strong>g andCommunication devicesTechnical center:development of automotivesystems and componentsInternet software andservices390 AVERY DENNISON MILLERCORPORATE CENTER19 CALUMITE INTERNATIONALInc.10 CISCO SYSTEMS Inc.690 DELPHI CORPORATION5 DIGITAL RIVER Inc.Typar® 1.207 E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURSAND COMPANYMYLAR, MELINEXpolyester filmsE.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURSAND COMPANYDYNABRADE EUROPE s.à r.l. Industrial tools 21 DYNABRADE Inc.EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL FILMSEUROPE, division de EXXON-MOBILGOODYEAR S.A.GOODYEAR<strong>Luxembourg</strong> s.a.GUARDIAN LUXGUARD I s.a.GUARDIAN LUXGUARD II s.a.GUARDIAN EUROPE s.à r.lCENTRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS DERECHERCHE POUR LE VERRE ETLA CÉRAMIQUE (C.R.V.C.) s.a.European headquarters,films divisionTire technical centermolds, steelcordFloatglass, coated and temperedglassFloatglass, tempered, mirrorand lam<strong>in</strong>ated glassManagement of participations,ancillary activitiesEng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, research anddevelopment for the glass<strong>in</strong>dustry112 EXXONMOBIL Corp.3.229 THE GOODYEAR TYRE ANDRUBBER COMPANY351 GUARDIAN INDUSTRIESCORPORATIONGUARDIAN AUTOMOTIVE- Automotive glass 523EUROPE s.a.GUARDIAN LUXCOATING s.a. Coated glass 80Hewlett-Packard <strong>Luxembourg</strong>s.c.a.41 Hewlett-Packard CompanyHUSKY INJECTION MOLDINGSYSTEMS s.a.2843039Injection mold<strong>in</strong>g systems 816 HUSKY INJECTION MOLDINGSYSTEMS LTDIBM Belgium s.p.r.l. 91 International <strong>Bus<strong>in</strong>ess</strong>Mach<strong>in</strong>es Corp.iTunes Store s.à r.l.Software applications, Digital 6 APPLE Inc.media applicationsMULTISERV s.a. Services for the steel <strong>in</strong>dustry 169 HARSCO Corp.JOHN ZINK INTERNATIONALLUXEMBOURG s.à r.l.LUXPET s.a.MASCO EUROPE s.à r.l.Verizon <strong>Bus<strong>in</strong>ess</strong> Belgium<strong>Luxembourg</strong> s.a.MICROSOFT LUXEMBOURGs.à r.l.MOOG HYDROLUX s.à r.l.Paypal (Europe) s.à r.l.CATALYST RECOVERYEUROPE s.a.Rovi InternationalSolutions s.à r.l.VIKING s.a.Industrial burners, flares,thermal oxidizersPET performs and <strong>in</strong>jectionmold<strong>in</strong>gsManagement of the group’sEuropean activitiesComputer software andhardware productsPrecision motion controlcomponentsRegeneration and presulfurizationof petrochemicalcatalystsDigital enterta<strong>in</strong>mentservicesFire protection spr<strong>in</strong>klerproducts, security seals232 KOCH CHEMICALTECHNOLOGY83 PLASTIPAK HOLDINGS Inc.25 Masco Corp.59 Verizon12 MICROSOFT CORPORATION92 MOOG Inc.Paypal47 THE ALUCHEM GROUP LLCn.i.Rovi International Solutions46 THE VIKING CORPORATIONRodangeWash<strong>in</strong>gtonCaliforniaBascharageDifferdangeW<strong>in</strong>dhofKehlenFoetzEsch/AlzetteKansasTexasPréizerdaulColmar-BergCapellenM<strong>in</strong>nesotaName<strong>Luxembourg</strong>DudelangeBettembourgOntario (Canada)MichiganHesperangeOhioNew YorkVirg<strong>in</strong>iaFloridaGrevenmacherJ.P. Morgan Bank 503John Deere Bank 51The Bank of New York Mellon 181State Street Bank 558Brown Brothers Harriman 391MunsbachWormeldangeConternRhode IslandNew JerseyDelawarePennsylvaniaEmploymentCitibank 235Source: M<strong>in</strong>istery of the economy and foreign trade, <strong>Luxembourg</strong> for <strong>Bus<strong>in</strong>ess</strong>. This list is not exhaustive.
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