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Spring
2014
I am happy to report that the IC
spirit is well and alive. It is the first
thing that hits me when I attend
alumni reunions during my travels.
I am continuously amazed to see
our alumni reconnect immediately
after many years of separation. On
my last trip to Boston, we welcomed
many young graduates – attending
top universities – who immediately
bonded not only to each other but to older graduates as well. Most of them
had never even met before.
Speaking from experience, I myself feel a strong bond to those who gradu-
ated near my own graduation year. I can’t really explain this bizarre phenom-
enon except to say that there is an “IC spirit”, a kind of affinity to our school
that seems to connect us all.
IC is bringing us together, young and old. It’s not only our foundation but
we look at it as some kind of salvation for the future. Somehow we know
that our future leaders will come walking out those IC doors.
And for course, we fundraise at these reunions. This is our main aim. Our
Partnership for Excellence Campaign is the only way to raise enough capital
to build new needed facilities and/or improve existing ones without increas-
ing the number of students or charging those costs to the tuition.
This newsletter is another way to keep our spirit alive. In it you will read
about our school’s rich history in our popular Adventures of Alexander Ma-
cLachlan’s series, you will travel with us to Greece to see the ‘cousins’ - Turk-
ish, Greek and Lebanese students – celebrate Founder’s Day and you will be
amused to know about some of our youngest students who are ‘catching’
each other doing kind acts up in our Ain Aar campus.
Our featured alumni in this issue lives all the way in Singapore.
Andre Ac-
cad ‘66
not only managed to give back to Malaysian society but has turned
his efforts to help his sister in Lebanon run a shelter for abused women.
We also bring to you our latest news about our Partnership for Excellence
Campaign: our plans for our Ain Aar campus.
It was great seeing you all this year. Many many thanks for your support
and generous donations.
Best regards,
Moufid Beydoun ’64
Vice President
Alumni & Development
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
Mona Bawarshi ‘67
Wael O. Bayazid ‘70
Jonathan (Jon) A. Conner
Frederik O. Crawford
Walid Daouk ‘77
Bayard Dodge
Farid Fakherddine ‘85 (Ex-Officio)
Ford Fraker
Peter H. Gerard
Amal A. Ghandour
Marwan Ghandour ‘63
Anthony Jones
Yusuf A. Kan’an ‘71
Gerrit Keator
Charles Neal Maglaque
Marwan A. Marshi ‘79
Safwan Masri
John G. McCarthy, Jr.
Azmi Mikati
Anwar Al Mulla ‘63
Mirna B. Noujaim
Aida (Luce) Reed
Ian Reed
Matthew A. Reynolds
Mu’taz Sawwaf ‘69
Talal K. Shair ‘83
Issam Shammas ‘63
Mohammed S.H. Al-Soleiman ‘59
Imad Taher ‘58
Ahmed Tayeb
Maya (Nassar) Tohme
Trustees Emeriti
Makram N. Alamuddin ‘61
Raymond A. Audi
Everett Fisher
Thomas Hill
Anne R. Hotchkiss
Saeb N. Jaroudi ‘47
William H. Kent
Stanley M. Smith
Khaled Al-Turki ’61
Administration
John K. Johnson - President
Mishka M. Mourani - Senior Vice President
Peter H. Gerard - Director of Development
Moufid Beydoun - Vice President, Alumni &
Development
Talal Jundi - Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Diana Abou Lebdeh - Director, Upper Elementary/
Middle, Ain Aar
Hiba Chaaban - Director, Human Resources
Wadad Hoss - Director, Middle School
Julia Kozak - Director, Elementary School
Ghada Maalouf - Director, Pre School
Lina Mouchantaf - Director, Pre-School/Lower
Elementary, Ain-Aar
Paula Mufarrij - Director, Secondary School
Dr. Mahmoud Shihab - Director, Educational Resources
Center
Note
from the
Editor
Editor-in-chief: Moufid Beydoun
Editor/Writer: Reem Haddad
Production coordinator: Sana Yamout
Design: Nazha Merabi
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