Honorary Members

from 1970 to the present

The year of each member’s election is indicated in parentheses. Current members are in bold.

DOUGLAS ALDEN, AATF Past-President, d. 1999 (1977)

*HERVÉ ALPHAND, former French Ambassador to the U.S., d. 1994 (1956-1965)

BARRY ANCELET, Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2007)

JACQUES ANDRÉANI, former French Ambassador to the U.S., d. 2015 (1990-1995)

GÉRARD ARAUD, former French Ambassador to the U.S. (2015-2019)

JULIE BARLOW, Journalist, Québec (2005)

HERVÉ BAZIN, Author, France, d. 1996 (1992)

AZOUZ BEGAG, Author, France (2006)

*MORRIS BISHOP, Professor, U.S., d. 1975 (1970)

JANE BLACK GOEPPER, Editor, National Bulletin, d. 2018 (2016)

MARC BLANCPAIN, France, d. 2002 (1977)

ALAIN BRAUN, Professeur, Belgique (2008)

*GERMAINE BRÉE, Professor, U.S., d. 2002 (1970)

PIERRE BRODIN, Author, d. 1997 (1976)

*ANDRÉ BRUNEAU, Québec (1979)

FRANÇOIS BUJON DE L’ESTANG, former French Ambassador to the U.S. (1996-2002)

*MICHEL BUTOR, Author, France d. 2016 (1970)

*JEAN CARDUNER, AATF Past-President, d. 1990 (1986)

ROCH CARRIER, Author, Canada (1998)

JACQUES CARTIER, CCIP, France, d. 2007 (1989)

AIMÉ CÉSAIRE, Auteur, Martinique d. 2008 (1979)

CODOFIL (COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH IN LOUISIANA (2019)

RAPHAËL CONFIANT, Auteur, Martinique (2018)

THOMAS CONNER, Professeur, St. Norbert College (2012)

CATHERINE DANIELOU, AATF Past-President (2020)

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, Auteur, France, d. 1986 (1976)

OLIVIER DE LA HOUSSAYE, France (2018)

*FRANÇOIS DELABOULAYE, former French Ambassador to the U.S., d. 1986 (1980-1985)

FRANÇOIS DELATTRE, former French Ambassador to the U.S. (2011-2014)

*JEAN-HERVÉ DONNARD, Auteur, France, d. 2015 (1970-1973)

DAVID DOUGHERTY, AATF Past-President, d. 1985 (1971)

RUTH DOYLE, Professeur, U.S. (2017)

SUZANNE DRACIUS, Author, Martinique (2003)

MAUDE DUNCAN, d. 1987 (1971)

MARGUERITE DURAS, Auteur, France d. 1996 (1984)

GERARD DUVAL, former Director, FIAP Jean Monnet, France, d. 2008 (2004)

J. DAVID EDWARDS, former Executive Director, Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies, d. 2018 (2010)

MAURICE ELTON, Professor, d. 2018 (2016)

PIERRE EMMANUEL, Author, France, d. 1984 (1983)

PHILIPPE ETIENNE, French Ambassador to the U.S. (2019-)

EDWARD FARNSWORTH, National French Contest Eligibility Chair, d. 2002 (1989)

*JACQUES FERMAUD, France, d. 2000 (1970)

*STEPHEN FREEMAN, AATF Past-President, d. 1999 (1970)

ANDRÉ GADAUD, France (1976-78)

*ROMAIN GARY, Author, France d. 1980 (1970-1975)

MICHEL GIRARDIN, France (2000)

YANICK GODBOUT, formerly Québec Delegation in Los Angeles (2009)

JULIEN GREEN, Author, U.S./France, d. 1994 (1972)

JAMES GREW, former AATF Vice-President, d. 1993 (1973)

*ALBERT GUÉRARD, Professor d. 1988 (1970)

GILBERT HADEY, France (1992)

*VINCENT GUILLOTON d. 1976 (1970)

STIRLING HAIG, AATF Past-President (1993)

JACQUES HARDRÉ, AATF Past-President, d. 1984 (1974)

*JULIAN HARRIS, AATF Past-President, d. 1989 (1970)

*HELENE HARVITT, former Editor in Chief of the French Review, d. 1973 (1970)

ROLAND HUSSON, Acteur, France, d. 2013 (1972)

*EUGÈNE IONESCO, Author, France, d. 1994 (1979)

*EMMANUEL JACQUIN-MARGERIE, former French Ambassador to the U.S., d. 1991 (1985-1988)

*FRED JENKINS, former AATF Executive Director, d. 2016 (1998)

*MARJORIE JOHNSTON, U.S., d. 2000 (1970)

ELIZABETH JOINER, AATF Member (2008)

*GEORGES JOYAUX, AATF Past-President, d. 1990 (1982)

MARY HELEN KASHUBA, SSJ, AATF Past-President (2017)

BRIAN KENNELLY, AATF Vice-President (2019)

CLAUDE KIEFFER, formerly French Embassy in New York (1993)

ANGELE KINGUE, professeur, Cameroun/U.S. (2019)

JEAN-MARIE KLINKENBERG, Académie royale de Belgique (2008)

MARIE-CHRISTINE KOOP, AATF Past-President (2011)

*JACQUES KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET, former French Ambassador to the U.S. d. 1994 (1973-1977)

EMMANUEL LEROY LADURIE, Académie française (1988)

STEVEN “ETIENNE” LANGLOIS, artiste (2020)

*ALEXIS LÉGER/SAINT-JEAN PERSE, Poet, France d. 1975 (1970)

JEAN-DAVID LEVITTE, former French Ambassador to the U.S. (2003/2006)

VIVIANE ACKER LEVY, AATF Member (2007)

REID LEWIS, AATF Member (2017)

*ANDRÉ LIBOUREL (1980-1982)

PIERRE LINCOURT, formerly Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (2015)

GLADYS LIPTON, AATF Past-President, d. 2021 (2002)

*CHARLES LUCET, former French Ambassador to the U.S., d. 1990 (1970-72)

ROBERT LUDWIG, former AATF Region I Representative, d. 2011 (2006)

*ANDRÉ MALRAUX, Author, France, d. 1976 (1970)

ANDRÉ MAMAN, former Sénateur, France, d. 2018 (2000)

CHANTAL MANÈS, former Cultural Attachée in Washington, France (2002)

FELINO MARTÍNEZ, Alliance française de Cuba (2009)

JACK MCCORD, Director of the Alliance française de Chicago (2012)

*KENNETH MILDENBERGER, Professor, U.S., d. 1980 (1970)

MALIKA MOKKEDEM, Author, France (2010)

JEAN MONNET, France, d. 1979 (1970)

BERNARD MOREAU, formerly French Consulate in San Francisco (1998)

JEAN-BENOIT NADEAU, Journalist, Québec (2005)

*EDOUARD MOROT-SIR, former AATF Vice-President, d. 1993 (1970)

*FRANCIS NACHTMANN, former AATF Executive Director, d. 1982 (1980)

*HOWARD L NOSTRAND, AATF Past-President, d. 2004 (1980)

*KATHRYN O’BRIEN, d. 1987 (1970)

GERALDINE O’NEILL, former AATF Region I Representative (2004)

MANFRED OVERMANN, Professeur, Germany (2011)

J. HENRY OWENS, AATF Past-President, d. 1978 (1972)

MARIE-SIMONE PAVLOVICH, Professor, Northwestern University (2011)

JACQUES PÊCHEUR, former editor Le Français dans le Monde, France (1998)

CATHERINE PÉTILLON, former Education attachée, France (2009)

*HENRI PEYRE, AATF Past-President, d. 1989 (1970)

CÉCILE PEYRONNET, former Cultural attachée in Atlanta, France (2004))

CHRISTOPHER PINET, former Editor in Chief, French Review d. 2011 (2010)

JEAN-PIERRE PIRIOU, AATF Past-President, d. 2015 (2005)

POLLY PLATT, Author, U.S., d. 2008 (1999)

ALAIN REY, Dictionnaire Robert, France (1996)

JEAN-NOËL REY, formerly French Consulate in Chicago (1996)

ZACHARY RICHARD, chanteur/compositeur/auteur (2014)

JANE & BRUCE ROBERT, AATF member (2017)

MICHEL ROBITAILLE, former Directeur général, Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques, Québec (1999)

*JULES ROMAINS, Author, France d. 1972 (1970)

GABRIELLE ROY, Author, Québec, d. 1984 (1976)

JO ELLEN SANDBURG, Member (2004)

LEOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR, Author, Sénégal, d. 2001 (1974)

PAUL SIMON, U.S. Senator, d. 2003 (1981)

*ANNE SLACK, AATF Past-President, d. 2010 (1980)

*ABRAM SPANEL (1970)

ADAM STEG, AATF Member, U.S., d. 2024 (2001)

MARGOT M. STEINHART, AATF Past-President (2008)

PHILIP STEWART, AATF Past-President (1989)

ANN SUNDERLAND, AATF Past-President (2014)

*GEORGE STONE (1970)

DENNIS STROUGHMATT, Musician and Historian, U.S. (2012)

JULIEN SUAUDEAU, Auteur, France (2016)

*PIERRE TABATONI, France (1974-75)

SIDNEY TEITELBAUM, former Director of the National French Contest, d. 2011 (2005)

RÉGINE THOMAS, formerly Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France (1993)

RONALD W. TOBIN, former Editor-in-Chief, French Review (2002)

*NORMAN TORREY, d. 1986 (1970)

*FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT, Filmmaker, France d. 1984 (1977)

ALBERT VALDMAN, AATF Past-President (1999)

JEAN-PAUL VALETTE, Auteur (2016)

REBECCA M. VALETTE, AATF Past-President (1998)

*BERNARD VERNIER-PALLIEZ, former French Ambassador to the U.S., d. 1999 (1982-1984)

GILLES VIGNEAULT, Performer, Canada (1980)

PIERRE VIMONT, former French Ambassador to the U.S. (2007-2011)

*IRA WADE, U.S., d. 1985 (1970)

*DONALD WALSH (1970)

*GEORGE WATTS, former AATF National Secretary-Treasurer (1970)

JOHANNE WHITTOM, Présidente-directrice générale du Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques (2019)

LAURENCE WYLIE, former AATF Vice-President, d. 1995 (1981)

CYNTHIA YOKEN, Life Member (2004)

MEL YOKEN, Life Member (2004)

MARGUERITE YOURCENAR, Author, d. 1987 (1982)