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Paris -
February 2010
It is with deep sadness that we announce
the death of Dr. Lloyd DeLamater who founded
half a century ago The American College of
Paris, a remarkable experiment in
international education.
In Dr. DeLamater’s vision, the College was
created in 1962 to allow American students
already living in Europe [with parents in the
military as well as the business sector and
diplomats] to continue their American studies
in Europe; to encourage French students to
experience an American-style education; and
finally to bring American residents to Paris.
Stellar American professors spent sabbatical
years in Paris galvanizing the young
curriculum, and the College’s graduates often
finished their degrees in prestigious American
institutions.
As those in the earliest classes of ACP can
attest, the experience of attending this young
university, led so capably and passionately by
Dr. DeLamater and his wife Marie, was life
changing. All who have succeeded him salute
the prescience of his understanding of the
importance of global interdependence and
intercultural dialogue and remain committed to
the founding spirit of what we call today The
American University of Paris (AUP).
On behalf of the AUP community, members of the
Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students,
and alumni, we express our deepest condolences
to Dr. DeLamater’s family, to his wife Marie
and his daughters, Anne, Ariane and Clara who
teaches sculpture at AUP today. |
Photographs and drawings by Joe Neill |
On exhibit at the AUP Fine Arts Gallery through March 15.
