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2011
January 13
Guest Speaker: Mike Smith, “The Role of the United Nations in the Current Terrorist Threat”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
February 3
Guest Speaker: Bradley Simon, “The Global Marketplace and White Collar Crime : Defending US and French Citizens in Governmental Investigations”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
March 3
Guest Speaker: Céline Legros, “The American Dream of a French Lawyer: From practicing law in France to opening a successful online pastry shop based in New York”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
April 7
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ulrich Leben, “Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and the creation of Waddesdon Manor”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
May 5
Guest Speaker: Mireille Guiliano, “From Linguist to CEO to Book Author”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
June 3
Annual Spring Gala Luncheon
Venue: Daniel
September 15
Guest Speaker: Charlélie Couture, “Multisme and my life between France and New York”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
October 6
Guest Speaker: David Lowe, “Sarah Bernhardt: Actress to an Age”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
November 3
Annual Gala Dinner
Venue: French Consulate
2010
January 14
Guest Speaker: Nicholas Dungan, “Upcoming Challenges for the Transatlantic Partners”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
February 4
Guest Speaker: Francis Dubois, “La Fayette : The Franco-American Passion”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
March 4
Guest Speaker: Christine Ourmières, “Air France KLM : A New Paradigm”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
April 1
Guest Speaker: Frederick Brown, “For the Soul of France – Culture Wars in the Age fof Dreyfus”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
May 6
Guest Speaker: Shanny Peer, “Maison Francaise of Columbia University: New Directions”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
June 4
Annual Spring Gala Luncheon
Venue: Daniel
September 16
Guest Speaker: Elaine Uzan Leary, “The Life of Anne Morgan, a Remarkable Humanitarian and Friend of France”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
October 7
Guest Speaker: Emmanuel Saint-Martin, “Creating a French Webmagazine in the United States”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
November 4
Annual Gala Dinner
Venue: French Consulate
December 9
Guest Speaker: John French III, “De Gaulle and the Allies, The Forgotten Story of the Liberation of France”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
2009
January 5
Guest Speaker: Frédéric Drouhin, President and CEO of Maison Joseph Drouhin – Wine Tasting
Venue: Opia Restaurant
February 5
Guest Speaker: Guy Sorman, “The Defense of the Free Market in Times of Crisis – The US and French Cases”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
March 5
Guest Speaker: Guy Yelda, French Consul General
Venue: Opia Restaurant
April 2
Guest Speaker: David Garrard Lowe, “The Invention of the Riviera”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
May 7
Guest Speaker: Antoine Treuille, President of the French American Foundation
Venue: Opia Restaurant
June 5
Annual Spring Gala Luncheon
Venue: Daniel
September 10
Guest Speaker: Antoine Bello, “Building a Multi-Million Dollar Business from Scratch – A French-American Success Story”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
October 1
Guest Speaker: Fabrice Sergent, “The Future of Media and Publishing in the Digital Age”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
November 5
Annual Gala Dinner
Venue: French Consulate
December 4
Guest Speaker: Philippe Lalliot, French Consul General, “France and America, One Year After the Inauguration of Barack Obama”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
2008
January 10
Guest Speaker: Nicholas Dungan, President of the French-American Foundation,
“Outlook for the French American Relationship”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
February 7
Guest Speaker: Kareen Rispal, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy
Venue: Opia Restaurant
March 6
Guest Speaker: Marc Gobé, Emotional Branding LLC
Venue: Opia Restaurant
April 3
Guest Speaker / Host: Chef Alain Sailhac
Venue: L’Ecole Restaurant at the French Culinary Instittue
May 1
Guest Speaker: Hervé Ochsenbein, Economic and Commercial Counselor at
the French Trade Office of the French Embassy
Venue: Opia Restaurant
June 6
Annual Spring Gala Luncheon
Venue: Daniel Restaurant
July 31
Exclusive Chef Demonstration and Tasting with Chef Marc Bauer
Venue: The French Culinary Institute
August 14
Paris American Club Sunset Dinner Boat Cruise
Venue: New York Health and Racquet Club Yacht
September 11
Guest Speaker: Alain Cleret, Total Lubricants USA
Venue: Opia Restaurant
October 2
Guest Speaker: Jean-Maurice Ripert, French Ambassador to the United Nations
Venue: Opia Restaurant
November 6
Paris American Club Annual Gala Dinner
French Consulate
December 4
Guest Speaker: Yves Thézé, Proviseur of the Lycée Français de New York
Venue: Azza Restaurant
2007
January 11
Guest Speaker: Pierre Bellocq, cartoonist
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
February 1
Guest Speaker, Ariane Daguin, co-founder of D’Artagnan
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
March 1
Guest Speaker: Gilles de Navacelle, The Coubertin Foundation, “The Preservation of the Skills of Master Craftsmen”
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
April 5
Guest Speaker: Dr. Timothy Ryan, President of the Culinary Institute of America
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
May 3
Guest Speaker: Hubert Vercken de Vreuschmen, Avocat à la Cour “Understanding the French Presidential Elections: The Inside Stories”
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
June 1
Annual Spring Gala Luncheon
Venue: Café Boulud
August 15
Beaujolais Boat Cruise (with the French American Chamber of Commerce)
Venue: New York Health and Racquet Club Yacht
September 13
Guest Speaker: Gary Jaworski, Ph.D. Executive Director of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation
Venue: Opia Restaurant
October 4
Guest Speaker: Jacques Bouhet, Chairman of the French American Cultural Exchange
Venue: Opia Restaurant
November 5
Annual Gala Dinner
Venue: The French Consulate
December 6
Guest Speaker: Pierre Vimont, Ambassador of France to the United Nations,“France-United States Relations: A New Phase”
Venue: Opia Restaurant
2006
January 12
Guest Speaker: Hervé Cassan, Ph.D. Ambassador and Permanent Observer to
the United Nations of l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
February 2
Guest Speaker: Michele Claire Lucas, author of “A High and Hidden Place”
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
March 2
Guest Speaker: Christian Duvernois, Landscape designer and lecturer
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
March 20
La Fête de la Francophonie- extended invitation to the Paris American Club Members
Venue: Florence Gould Hall of the French Institute Alliance Française
April 6
Guest Speaker: Mireille Guliano, President and CEO of Cliquot, Inc and author of “French Women Don’t Get Fat”
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
May 4
Guest Speaker: Carole Weisweiller, author of several books on Director Jean Cocteau
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
June 2
Annual Spring Gala Luncheon
Venue: Café Boulud
June 8
Opera Night
Venue: The French Consulate
August 8
Beaujolais Boat Party (with the French American Chamber of Commerce)
Venue: New York Health and Racquet Club Yacht
September 14
Guest Speaker: Laurent Drouhin, “Maison Joseph Drouhin” Ambassador for the United States and Caribbean
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
October 5
Guest Speaker: James Barron, staff reporter of the New York Times
Venue: La Côte Basque Restaurant
November 2
Annual Gala Dinner
Venue: The French Consulate
December 13
Celebration of Franco-American Friendship / Fête de l’Amitiée Franco-Américaine
Honorary Guest: Renaud Dutreil, Ministre des PME, du Commerce, de l’Artisanat et des Professions Libérales.
Venue: Temptress Yacht
2005
January 13
James M. Johnson Ph.D
COL, US Army, Retired
Military Historian of the Hudson River Valley
Executive Director, Hudson River Valley Institute
THE CONTINENTAL FRENCH ARMIES IN NEW YORK, 1781-82 AND
THE WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONRY ROUTE
February 3
Charles Osgood
HOW FRANCE AND SUNDAY MORNINGS CHANGE THE OSGOOD’S LIVES
March 3
François Delattre
CONSUL GENERAL OF FRANCE IN NEW YORK
April 7
Eugénie Anglès
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLERANCOURT
May 5
David Garrard Lowe
“ART DECO- PARIS TO NEW YORK”
June 3
Gala Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 8
Thérèse Casadesus Rawson
PRESIDENT OF THE “ÉCOLES D’ARTS AMÉRICIANES DE FONTAINEBLEAU”
October 6
Dr. Joseph W. Polisi
PRESIDENT OF THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
November 3
Annual Gala Dinner
FRENCH CONSULATE
2004
January 8
Dr. Jeffrey Langford
Asst. Dean for Doctoral Studies at the Manhattan School of Music
CELEBRATION OF BERLIOZ
February 5
Professor Bert Hansen
HOW LOUIS PASTEUR GAVE AMERICA ITS FIRST BREAKTHROUGH
March 4
Professor Henri Mitterand
THE WORL AND THE HISTORY:
ANTI-SEMITISM, THE DREYFUS AFFAIR AND ZOLA’S “J’ACCUSE…!”
April 1
Noel Riley Fitch
LITERARY CAFES OF PARIS
May 6
His excellency Jean-Marc de La Sablière
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS
June 4
Gala Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 9
Jean-Marie Guehenno
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE UNDER SECRETARY GENARAL FOR PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS
October 7
Madeleine Deschamps
L’ART DE VIVRE IN THE TIME OF NAPOLEON
November 4
Annual Gala Dinner
FRENCH CONSULATE
December 2
Richard Brierley
HEAD OF THE WINE DEPARTMENT
CHRISTIES NEW YORK
2003
January 9
Peter Sichel
Expert in Wine and “Intelligence”
WHAT “INTELLIGENCE” CAN AND CANNOT DO FOR YOU
February 6
Harlow G. Hunger
Journalist, broadcaster, educator, historian and writer
LAFAYETTE
March 6
Alexandre Gertsman
President of INTART
(The International Art Foundation of Former Soviet States, Inc.)
FRANCE AND RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP IN ART
April 3
Eli Zabar
New York Icon
May 1
Olivier Lafourcade
The World Bank
THE WORLD BANK YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
June 6
Gala Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 11
Dr. Joyce Schiller
Curator of the Delaware Art Museum
AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS
THE GENERAL SHERMAN MONUMENT
October 2
André Maman
Senator
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SENATOR REPRESENTING
FRENCH CITIZENS LIVING OUTSIDE FRANCE
November 6
Annual Gala Black Tie Dinner
The Lotos Club
December 4
Albert Sonnenfeld
Restaurant consultant, cultural and culinary historian
MICROWAVES IN STORMY CULINARY SEAS
2002
January 10
Annual Meeting
Craig Whitney
Assistant Managing Editor THE NEW YORK TIMES
“The Happenings of September 11th and their significance in light of the
recent history of Terrorism in the World”
February 7
Jean-René Gehan
Cultural Counselor
French Embassy
March 7
Adam Gopnik
Staff Writer at The New Yorker
TWO-WAY TRAFFIC
(An American journalist’s view of France and the French, and the French view of America and the Americans.)
April 4
Sylvia Kahan
Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac: Intrepid Patron of Modern Music.
AN “AMÉRICAINE” IN PARIS
May 2
Marta Casals Istomin
President of the Manhattan School of Music
“THE PABLO CASALS MUSEUM AND HIS LIFE IN FRANCE”
June 7
Gala Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 12
Gilles Asselin
Executive Director of Sococo Intercultural
AU CONTRAIRE! FIGURING OUT THE FRENCH
October 3rd
Anna Moffo
Cantatrice
HER LIFE WITH OPERA AND HER DEBUT IN “MADAME BUTTERFLY”
November 7
Annual Gala Black Tie Dinner
Grand Ballroom of the Colony Club
December 5
Serge Clément and Marina Kamena
French graphic artists
THE JOY OF ART
2001
January 11
Annual Meeting and Election of the Officers
February 1
John C. Rank
President and CEO
Readspeak, Inc.
March 8
Yves Abel
Founder and Artistic Director
L’Opéra Français de New York
“BEHIND THE SCENES: A LOOK AT THE CONDUCTOR’S LIFE
AND WORK”
April 5
Presentation of Scholarship Awards to three students
Columbia University,
New York University,
Manhattan School of Music
May 3
François Combard
Winemaker
Domaine Saint André de Figuière
“WINE TASTING – WINES FROM PROVENCE”
June 8
Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 13 – (Cancelled)
Marta Casals Istomin
President of the Manhattan School of Music
“THE PABLO CASALS MUSEUM AND HIS LIFE IN FRANCE”
October 3
May Eliane de Lencquesaing
Château Pichon Longueville
“CONTESSE DE LALANDE”
October 23
A Celebration of French Music
French Consulate
November 8
Annual Dinner
The University Club
December 6
Alain Malraux
REMINISCENCES
2000
January 13
Annual Meeting and Election of the Officers
February 3
Sherwin M. Goldman
Executive Producer
New York City Opera
March 2
Presentation of Scholarship Awards to two students
Columbia University and New York University
April 6
Kinou Cazes Hachemian
Public Relations Representative
“CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES”
May 4
Pierre Buhler
Cultural Counselor
French Embassy
June 2
Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 7
Dr. Luc Montagnier
Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology
Queens College
“THE CHALLENGE OF NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES”
October 5
Professor Henry Graff
Historian and Educator
“ONCE AGAIN A NEW PRESIDENT”
November 2
60th Anniversary Gala Dinner
French Consulate
December 7
His Excellency Jean-David Levitte
French Ambassador to the United Nations
“THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY AND WHERE IT IS HEADED”
1999
January 14
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
February 4
Presentation of Scholarship Awards to two students
Columbia University and New York University
March 4
Bernard Miyet
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
For Peacekeeping Operations
April 1
Louis Michel Morris
Commercial Counselor and Chef de Poste
French Trade Office
“AN INSIDE VIEW INTO THE WORKING OF
THE POSTE D’EXPANSION”
May 6
Jean-Loup Sulitzer
French Novelist
June 4
Spring Luncheon
Café Boulud
September 9
Nigel Richardson
President of the Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA
October 7
Pavlina Dokovska
Concert Pianist
“CHOPIN ET LA FRANCE”
November 11
Annual Dinner
Le Cirque 2000
December 9
Hilton Kramer
Editor and Publisher of the New Criterion
“DID NEW YORK REALLY STEAL MODERN ART FROM PARIS”
1998
January 8
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
February 5
The Reverend Professor William Alexander Johnson Teol. Dr., Ph. D.
Albert V. Danielsen Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies in Brandeis University;
Canon Theologian of the Cathedral Church of Saint John The Divine
“THE WORLDWIDE THREAT
OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM”
March 5
Awards Presentation to two laureates by:
- Professor Pierre Force, Department of French and Romance Philology of Columbia University
- Professor Thomas Bishop, Center for French Civilization and Culture and Florence Gould/French Literature Department
at New York University.
April 2
Garrick Utley
CNN
Former Chief Foreign Correspondent for both ABC and NBC
“TODAY’S MEDIA IN EUROPE & AMERICA”
May 7
Henry J. Stern
Commissioner, City of New York Parks & Recreation
“MANAGING NEW YORK CITY PARKS 35 YEARS IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM”
June 5
Spring Luncheon
Restaurant Daniel
September 10
Dr. Paul Leclerc
Head of the New York Public Library
“CREATING A LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 2000”
October 1
His Excellency, Mr. François Bujon de l’Estang
French Ambassador to the United States
November 5
Annual Dinner
Arader Gallery
December 3
Hon. Richard Duqué
Minister plenipotentiary
Consul General of France in New York
“LA FRANCE ET LES FRANCAIS A NEW YORK”
1997
January 9
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
February 6
Henry Franklin Graff
Professor of History, emeritus in Columbia University
Consultant on the Presidency to ABC and CBS
“THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AT 2000″
March 6
William Langewiesche
International Correspondent – The Atlantic Monthly
Author of Sahara Unveiled – A Journey Across the Desert
“EUROPEAN DREAMS; DESERT REALITIES”
April 3
Awards Presentation to three laureates by:
- Professor Pierre Force, Department of French and Romance Philology of Columbia University
- Professor Thomas Bishop, Center for French Civilization and Culture and Florence Gould/French Literature Department
at New York University
- Christine Rupert, Instructor in French at Montsourville High School, Pennsylvania
May 1
H.E. Alain Dejammet
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations
“INTROSPECTION AND PERSPECTIVE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?”
June 6
Spring Luncheon
Restaurant Daniel
September 11
Scott D. Westrem
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
The Graduate School of The City University of New York
“NEW WORLDS TO EXPLORE:
FRANCE BREAKS THROUGH BARRIERS IN MEDIEVAL TRAVEL AND TRADE”
October 1
William H. Honan
The New York Times
Author of Treasure Hunt: The Search for the Quedlinburg Hoard
“QUEDLINBURG: A MYSTERY SOLVEDA TREASURY RECOVERED”
November 6
Annual Dinner
Le Cirque 2000
December 4
Patrick Séré
Executive Vice President
Dreyfus, Ashy & Co.
“FRANCE: GREAT RIVERS – GREAT WINES”
1996
(September-December)
September 12
Hon. Patrick Gautrat
Minister Plenipotentiary
Consul General of France in New York
“CHALLENGE AND SUCCESS IN ATLANTA: FRANCE AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES”
October 3
George B. Kendall
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Economic Strategies, Inc.
“WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR MONEY? AND WHY ARE MY BORDEAUX PRICES GOING UP?”
November 7
Fifty-Sixth Anniversary Dinner
Metropolitan Club
December 5
H.E. Prakash Shah
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
“INDIA: MOVING INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
CHALLENGE – CONFLICT – COOPERATION”