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2022 Scholarship Awards Gala Video - Today, September 11th, marks the 21st anniversary of that tragic day in 2001 when the Twin Towers fell. Out of their ruin, and in loving memory of one of that day’s victims, Jérôme Robert Lohez, the idea of creating a scholarship program was
Annual Gala held on May 9, 2022 - The gala and scholarship awards dinner was held on Monday, May 9th at the National Arts Club. We were honored by the presence of French Deputy Consul General Damien Laban. Francis Dubois was his indomptable self in the role of
Awards Ceremony Concert May 9, 2022 - Violinist Chloé Kiffer, native of France, has received enthusiastic praise by The New York Times for her “pure and beautiful tone”  and The Greenwich Sentinel for being “…a star in every sense: performance, exquisite technique and beauty” (April 2019). Kiffer
Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of General Studies at Columbia University to be honored - The Jérôme Lohez 9/11 Scholarship Foundation is delighted to bestow the Jacques Barzun Award for Distinguished Contributions to Trans-Cultural Scholarly Exchange upon Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of Columbia University’s School of General Studies, at its annual gala and scholarship awards ceremony