2011
December 13 Yale-Princeton Holiday Happy Hour: Yale and Princeton alumni got together once again to ring in the holiday season. Great conversation and camaraderie made the evening a festive one.
November 21 Thanksgiving Dinner with the AUC: Over 100 alumni from numerous American universities, including many Yalies, celebrated the most American of holidays, Thanksgiving, with a dinner organised by the AUC.
October 25 Speech by Dean Robert Storr: For the second time this year, the Arts Arena at the American University of Paris organized a talk by Dean Robert Storr of the School of Arts. Once again, there was a full house, including many Yalies who came to hear Dean Storr give a talk on “September”, a painting by Gerhard Richeter (created in response to the events of September 11, 2001), and Storr’s own book, “September” about the painting.
October 10 Intra School Alumni Happy Hour: Yalies were well represented at a crowded happy hour for U.S. and French school alumni at the swank Bristol Hotel.
October 2 College Fair: Once again, we participated in the annual College Fair in Paris where volunteers from the club spoke to hundreds of high school students interested in applying to Yale College.
September 25 Walking tour of Paris: For our first ever joint event with the MIT Club, 25 Yalies and MIT grads participated in a walking tour with the theme of Paris under the Nazi occupation.
August 9 Whiffenpoof Concert at Paris Plage: Over 20 Yalies and their friends showed up at Paris Plage where the all-male senior a capella group the Whiffenpoof’s gave a free concert. Hundreds of enthusiastic passers-by stopped to listen. Thanks to all the alumni who agreed to host the Whiffenpoofs during their stay in Paris.
July 5 Annual Meeting: Fulfilling our legal obligation as an “Association 1901,” the Yale Club of France held its annual meeting. The President’s review of events this past year and the Treasurer’s report of the funds available were approved. Elections for the Club officers were also held. The current year’s officers are listed here.
June 30 Yale/Harvard Awards Reception: Yale and Harvard held the traditional awards ceremony and cocktail at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence. Ambassador Charles Rivkin (’84) kindly hosted our presentation of the Yale Book Award to three high school Juniors. Over 40 Yalies attended the event.
June 14 Yale Glee Club in Paris: Everyone wanted to shout “Gaudeamus Igitur” as the Yale Glee Club gave two concerts on the same day in Paris while retracing the steps of a 1928 tour.
June 9 Annual All-Alumni Cocktail Party at the Hotel Talleyrand: Yale had the largest turnout of any alumni club at this annual favorite. This year the event was held in the newly restored Marshall Center in the Hotel Talleyrand on the Place de la Concorde. The host was U.S. Ambassador and Yale Graduate Charles Rivkin (’84).
May 16 Red Hot & Blue: one of Yale’s coed a capella singing groups regaled a group of alumni and the public at a concert at the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris.
April 7 Multi School Alumni Happy Hour: Yet another great happy hour, this time for young alumni organized with various other U.S. colleges.
April 5 Speech by Dean Robert Storr: For the third year in a row, the Arts Arena at the American University of Paris organized a talk by Dean Robert Storr of the School of Arts. Numerous Yalies attended a full house to hear Dean Storr give a talk on the “Intimate Geometries: The Labyrinths of Louise Bourgeois”.
April Admissions: For September 2011 matriculation (Class of 2015), we had five students admitted to Yale College. Applications from France were down slightly (to 51) and nearly everyone was interviewed. We held a small reception for the admitted students. Many thanks to our interviewers and to Marguey Yates, who coordinated the entire activity.
March 12 Guided Visit to the French National Immigration Museum: An enthusiastic group of Yale and Wellesley alumni toured this new museum and then adjourned to a café to discuss with Wellesley Grad (and PhD candidate) Elizabeth Hanauer the museum’s difficult birth and existence due to France’s complex relationship with immigration.
February 21 Feb Club Party: For the fourth year in a row, this venerable Yale undergraduate tradition returned to Paris. A large turnout of two dozen Yalies feted at Carr’s pub.
January 31 Breakfast with President Richard Levin: The Yale Club of France had its biggest turnout in over 8 years for a breakfast meeting with University President Richard Levin. Over 50 alumni heard Rick talk about the great changes taking place at Yale. In addition, there was a lively Q&A session with Levin and Yale Vice President/Secretary Linda Koch Lorimer. Afterward, attendees were able to mingle and meet both Levin and Lorimar.
January 10 Multi School Alumni Happy Hour: We started off the new year joining alumni from various business schools across the US and France for a happy hour.
