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Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation 2011 Awards Gala

Ceremony Held at Cultural Services of the French Embassy

Lohez Gala 2011

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Once again the Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation hosted its annual Scholarship Awards ceremony, where three young French students were presented with scholarships ranging from US$1,000 to $2,000.

The party was held on May 12, 2011, in the beautiful setting of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, located on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Around 140 guests climbed the marble staircase to be greeted by Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor to the French Embassy, who presided at the ceremony on behalf of the French Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency François Delattre.

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Lohez Foundation, The Wall Street Journal, 13 May 2011

Lohez Foundation, Article in Wall Street Journal

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Jérôme Lohez Gala Featured in French Morning

The Jérôme Lohez Foundation was created after the death of Robert Jérôme Lohez on 11 September, 2001 in the World Trade Center. His widow Dening Lohez decided to distribute scholarships to young Americans to study in France and young French making the journey in reverse. "I can honor my French husband's memory by helping foster Franco-American exchanges. I remain astonished by the most subtle misunderstandings internationally and the inability of people to get on the same wavelength. Life can not fully be lived unless we take advantage of all the chances to meet others."

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Andrew Kessinger, 2008 JL Scholarship Winner, Publishes on US-EU Cooperation

Guantanamo Detainees: The View from Europe

 EU-US Cooperation on Guantanamo Detainees

Thanks to renewed transatlantic cooperation, President Barack Obama is one small step closer to keeping his campaign promise to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention center.

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Call For 2011-2012 Jérôme Lohez Foundation Scholarship Program Applications

We are pleased to inform you of the competition opening for the Jérôme Lohez Foundation Scholarship program. This scholarship program is oriented to graduate students from Columbia University , Harvard University, Princeton University and New York University, the Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po and the Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Scholarships from $1,000 to $2,000 will be awarded to students from American Universities pursuing a year of study in one of the three French institutions, and to students from the three French institutions pursing a year of study at American Universities.

The deadline to submit applications is September 30, 2011. Please find all the details in the Scholarship Section.

 
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Our Mission

The Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation is the only charitable organization established after the 9/11 tragedy that is dedicated specifically to promoting educational and cultural exchange among the U.S., France and China. By providing scholarship awards to American, French and Chinese graduate students, enabling them to study in one another's nations, the Foundation aims to shape the next generation of global citizen, along with a new class of international policy makers. The Foundation also seeks to develop a pool of highly-trained multicultural business leaders to serve as innovators in multinational commerce.