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SPRING
2012
We did it. We are almost there. Our
new state-of-the-art elementary
school will be completed in October
2012. Our children will move into it
during their Christmas break.
From my office, I watched the
excavations, I watched the laying
of the foundation, and now I am
watching the last few floors being
constructed. I cannot wait to watch our children walking into the elementary
school buildings in a few months!
The year 2013 will mark a new era for us. As our young ones move into their
new domain, construction for a new middle school building will begin. It’s
another exciting project for IC.
Thank you all for your support and your contributions. We are doing all this
together.
As always, we try to bring you a taste of IC in our newsletter. In this issue, we
trace the first part of IC founder, Alexander MacLachlan’s, journey from the US
to Smyrna.
We also highlight some of IC’s unknown soldiers and boast about our
secondary students’ 24-hour marathon run for charity.
Also included are the achievements of our young alumni, like Dima Boulad ’03,
who has taken it upon herself to ‘green the grey’ of Beirut. And of course, we
cherish the visits of our older alumni, like Issam Jabara, who remind us of IC’s
bygone days.
As you all remember, we lost one of our precious students, Talal Kassem, last
year in a car accident. Talal was crossing the road to come to school. IC has
taken every precaution possible to make sure our students are provided with a
safe pedestrian passage. Still, some parents want more and administrators are
listening.
But IC doesn’t just boast about its students, alumni, and program. We boast
about our entire IC community like IC mom, Rula Khalil, who is Lebanon’s
one and only female pilot.
I hope you enjoy our spring issue.
Thanks again for all your support.
Best regards,
Moufid Beydoun ‘64
Vice President,
Alumni &Developmnent
Note
from the
Editor
Editor-in-chief: Moufid Beydoun
Editor/Writer: Reem Haddad
Production coordinator: Sana Yamout
Design: Nazha Merabi
EDITORIAL TEAM:
International College
Board of Trustees
William H. Turner, Chairman
Fouad Malouf ‘56, Vice Chairman
T.M. (Mac) Deford - Treasurer
Donald J. Selinger, Assistant Treasurer
Richard S. Ward, Secretary
Peter H. Gerard, Assistant Secretary
Anwar Al Mulla ‘63
Mohammed S.H. Al-Soleiman ‘59
Mona Bawarshi ‘67
Wael O. Bayazid ‘70
Jonathan (Jon) A. Conner
Frederik O. Crawford
Walid Daouk ‘77
Bayard Dodge
Ford Fraker
Amal A. Ghandour
Marwan Ghandour ‘63
Anthony Jones
Yusuf A. Kan’an ‘71
Gerrit Keator
Peter Kellner
Marwan A. Marshi ‘79
Safwan Masri
John G. McCarthy, Jr.
Azmi Mikati
Mirna B. Noujaim
Aida (Luce) Reed
Ian Reed
Matthew A. Reynolds
Talal K. Shair ‘83
Issam Shammas ‘63
Imad Taher ‘58
Maya (Nassar) Tohme
Trustees Emeriti
Makram N. Alamuddin ‘61
Khalid Al-Turki ‘61
Dr. RaymondW. Audi
Said Darwazah ‘76
Everett Fisher
Thomas W. Hill
Anne R. Hotchkiss
Saeb N. Jaroudi ‘47
William H. Kent
Robert W. Page
Elie A. Sehnaoui ‘56
Munir H. Shamma’A, M.D. ‘43
Stanley M. Smith
Barry Zorthian
Administration
John K. Johnson – President
Mishka M. Mourani – Senior Vice President
Peter H. Gerard – Senior Vice President & Director of Dev.
Moufid Beydoun – Vice President, Alumni & Dev.
Diana Abou Lebdeh – Director, Upper Elementary/
Middle, Ain Aar
Hiba Chaaban – Director, Human Resources
Ghandi Fala - Director of Annual Fund & Alumni Affair
Wadad Hoss - Director, Middle School
Talal Jundi - Chief Financial Officer
Lama Khayr – Director, Pre-School/Lower Elementary,
Ain-Aar
Julia Kozak - Director, Elementary School
Ghada Maalouf – Director, Pre School
Lina Mouchantaf – Director, Educational
Resources
Center
Paula Mufarrij – Director, Secondary School