Featured in this Newsletter:

• Message from the President - Paul Krausman '64
• Alumni and Faculty Spotlights
• Alumni/Faculty Recently Found
• In Memoriam
• Treasurer's Report

Back to France!

The Olympics in Paris are over for 2024, and the scenes transmitted from that familiar city to observers around the world made me want to get our next reunion going. About 30 have signed up for the cruise from Paris to Normandy on Viking River Cruises (what else?) that begins October 9. This will be our 12^th major reunion since 1995.  Several folks have made plans to arrive before the cruise and others to stay for a while after the cruise to check out areas they are interested in. It will be a reunion not to be forgotten--especially since it is the 80^th anniversary year of the landing in Normandy and the 31^st year since our Alumni Association was created. 

In relation to reunions, the question arises as to when should we have another one? Here is the list of locations for past reunions with Nevada and Texas being most selected sites. Every reunion was a success and enjoyed by all that attended!

1995 - Las Vegas, NV

1997 - Dallas, TX

2000 - Las Vegas, NV

2004 - Atlanta, GA (with Overseas Brats)

2007 - Las Vegas, NV

2010 - Reston, VA (with Overseas Brats)

2013 - Orlando, FL

2015 - San Antonio, TX

2017 - Charleston, SC

2019 - San Antonio, TX

2022 - New Orleans, LA

2024 - France 2024 River Cruise from Paris to Normandy

Please send me your comments and opinions of where and when you would like the next reunion to be so the board can plan accordingly. It will be stateside and should be in a location that is easily accessible to alumni. I am up for any place in the good ole USA. Meeting with alumni from Dreux is always a good time. 

I would also like you to consider running for one of the offices that keep the Alumni Association going. They are challenging and fulfilling positions that keep you abreast of the great alumni from Dreux. Give it some thought and drop me an email if you are interested (krausman@arizona.edu). I look forward to hearing from you about all matters related to Dreux. 

Au revoir pour l’instant

Paul R. Krausman

President

Dreux American High School Alumni Association

Hans-Peter "Pete" Haugh '62

Pete was literally born within a war zone. He has lived through the wrath of the world and had nearly lost his life as a result.

Pete was born January 25, 1944 in Bremen, Germany to his mother Helga and father Gustav Melsa. His father was in the German Infantry servicing on the Russian front and was killed August 28, 1943, never seeing Pete or knowing he had a son.

At the age of about six to eight months old Pete, his mother and grandmother were going grocery shopping (walking to the store, which was very routine). Pete was in a baby buggy nestled in pillows all around him, as mother, grandmother and Pete were walking under a railroad trestle as a group of B-17s bombers were making a bomb run on some target in Bremen and their bombs hit the location where Pete, his mother and grandmother were; burying them in the rumble. All three were dug out and survived. So, I guess you could say Pete is a WWII combat veteran.

Pete’s mother re-married an American service man and came to the United States in 1950 and Pete joined her and his new step-father in 1951 at Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM. Pete was adopted by his Stepfather in 1952 and became a Naturalized Citizen in 1953.

Pete and his family lived in many different places during his life, as his Father retired from the Air Force after 27 years of service.

Pete and his parents were stationed at Perrin AFB from 1956 to 1961; Pete attended Sherman Schools thru his junior year of High School, as his father was being transferred to France. His senior year was in Dreux France at an American DOD High School. His graduating class of 50 held their senior prom on the Eiffel Tower, Paris France.

After high school Pete spent some time in France and worked on Evreux Air Force Base in the NCO and Officers clubs. In the NCO club Pete was the Head Waiter and at the Officers Club he was a Night Cashier in the office as well as Special Events Head Waiter and VIP Waiter (provide private service to visiting Generals and other Dignitaries).

Then in June of 1964 Pete enlisted in the Air Force at Evreux AFB and took his basic training at Lackland AFB, where he was promoted to Dorm Chief/Flight Leader after only a week. Pete was a computer and crypto technician while in the Air Force and had jobs ranging from Team Lead to NCOIC of Wire Maintenance shop in Iceland and supervisor of the com shop in Thailand. He was promoted to E-4 June 1966 and E-5 Dec. 1968.

During his 8 years of service he was stationed at Lackland AFB, Sheppard AFB, McClellan AFB, Keesler AFB, Rockville Air Station Iceland, and Upon Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand.

Pete married Lois his wife of 58 years on October 2, 1965. They have a son Kristopher Haugh USN Retired, daughter Rebecca Radcliff and granddaughter Megan Radcliff.

Education: High School Graduate 1962. Dreux, France

B.S. in Business Management- Cum Laude Park College, Parkville, MO

Texas Tech (some Master’s Program Courses) Lubbock, Texas

Masters in Business Management/Organizational Behavior University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

**The above is a portion of a bio compiled on Pete for the Texoma Hero Award that is presented to veterans and that he received in 2019.

Career after his Military Service:

Texas Instruments - Calculator Technician

Pertech Computer Corp. Quality Control Manager

Motorola Quality Control Manager

Real Estate Broker Sherman, Texas

General Manager Real Estate Firm (with 91 agents Reno NV: the company ended up being sold)

General Manager for Nationwide Security Company in the wind farm industry.

Currently we are remodeling our home and will be done with that shortly. I like building plastic models of all kinds. We are both involved in our church and I am an Elder there.

Favorite Memories from Dreux:

• Attended Dreux during the 61/62 school year
• It was the best year of his high school years
• Favorite Memory: Senior Prom on the Eiffel Tower 1962
• What he liked least about Dreux: That I was there for only one year; it was a great experience that I will remember forever
• Best Friends at Dreux: Pat Bynum, Susie Graff, Dale Hersey Gary Zimmerman

Ann Bailey (Berman) '66

(attended Dreux during the 63/64 school year)

My father was a Naval air pilot. Both of my parents were from Baton Rouge, LA and it was always clear that this was where I was from. When they married, they immediately moved to Cape Cod where my father had been transferred. I was born at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. We then moved to Jacksonville FL, Memphis TN, and Norfolk VA. From there, we moved to Port Lyautey, Morocco followed by Rota, Spain. Then on to New Iberia, Louisiana where my father worked at the new anti-submarine base.

While in the ninth grade, we were transferred to West Malling, Kent, England. My much younger sister and two brothers were able to attend British schools but at my age, it was almost impossible for me to transfer to a local English school. So in the ninth grade, after already attending two schools in the US, I went to Lakenheath Junior High where there was a 7 day boarding program. The 7 day program was closed at the end of my freshman year so it was for that reason that I was transferred to Dreux for my sophomore year. After my sophomore year, my family was transferred north to Mildenhall, Suffolk, England where I could be a 5 day boarder at Lakenheath. I went there for my junior and senior years. At that point I had changed schools thirteen times.

When we were transferred or my father went on temporary duty, my family moved back to Baton Rouge where I went to school. The summer after my high school graduation, my family moved to NAS Pensacola, Fl while I went to college in Louisiana and began studying sociology and statistics. I loved it there and was able to become active in a number of social and civic organizations. My father retired from the service the month after my college graduation. They then moved to Baton Rouge where he became the air pilot for 5 governors. I went on and got a Masters Degree focused on broadcasting while teaching speech and radio broadcasting at LSU. Then started working full time.

My career has been full of change. My first job was to work in the newsroom of WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge. While there, was promoted to a news reporter. Then worked as Chief Spokesperson for the LA Division of Mental Health and LA Division of Human Services. At that point I dropped out to travel around the world primarily via train and bus for a little over a year; the goal had been to travel for a few weeks and then go back to Paris to find a job but we just kept going east until it was west of the US. Upon my return and having to start life over, I moved to Boston. There I first worked at Cambridge Research Institute as a research associate, then as chief spokesperson for the MA Department of Public Health while working on my MBA. After graduating, moved on to work for American Cablesystems and became VP of Franchising.

The majority of my professional career has been at Chadwick Martin Bailey (CMB). This is the firm that I co-founded with my partner John Martin, a professor of mine at BU. I was CEO there for 32 years. It is now one of the top 50 market information consulting firms in the US.

In my spare time, I like to travel, do photography, garden and now, am learning to draw. After years of living in Winchester, we moved into a condo in Boston, have a house on Cape Cod and go to south Louisiana as much as I can. I have always been interested in civic activities. We get three paper newspapers and two solely online.

From the time that I graduated from college, I have been active in nonprofit organizations. In Baton Rouge, I chaired a committee that initiated the Baton Rouge Rape Crisis Center. In Boston, these include such boards as the Old North Foundation which I chaired for many years, the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology which I also chaired for many years, the Children's Trust, and Technology Goes Home. Most of my interest revolves around helping children and youth find life paths through education and support.

While in Boston, in 1982 I married Roger Berman and thus stayed here. Roger and I had two sons. Sam is living in New Orleans and Lee is in Kansas City, Mo. All three work independently in real estate. We have two grandchildren.

Some Memories from Dreux:

• The people and how I was embraced as a new student
• Loved my roommates and friends
• Roommates were Sharon Smith and Barbara Lee
• Best friends were Sharon Smith, Barbara Lee, Mickey Doak, Bill Douglas and Eddie Langston
• Dated: Mickey Doak
• Remember when Bill Douglas and I sneaked out of a program at the Paris Opera House and walked around Paris and the aftermath when President Kennedy was assassinated

For those whose families were stationed at Evreux, this was posted on the Evreux Facebook page. I thought it would be fun to make it accessible in the newsletters, for those who are not on Facebook or had not seen it on our Dreux Facebook page. Just a little bit of history...

To access and download the .pdf file, click on the photo to the left and it should come up.

Here is a link that you can also use to download the .pdf file: Evreux Fauville Air Base Guide

Don't forget to complete the survey we have put together! It will give us some great bio information for the Alumni/Faculty Spotlight section of the newsletter and perhaps the Dreux website. Be sure to include memories from your time at Dreux as well as what you have been doing since Dreux!

Clink on the blue link to access the survey. Alumni Survey

Several alums have completed the survey...Thank you! I could use some more! Be sure to include enough information and detail to make for a great bio for the newsletter. If you would prefer to email me some memories of your time at Dreux, that is an option too! Please remember to send a "NOW" photo of yourself to Vicki Key if you complete a Bio Survey. Thanks!

We would like to have more bios! Complete yours today!

Below is a list of alumni/faculty that have been located since the last newsletter:

Note: Unfortunately, some alumni that were on our "missing" list were found to be deceased

Alumni:

James L. Stephenson '62

Raymond Kennedy '62 (Deceased)

William Butler '62 (Deceased)

Gary Dean Johnson '62 (Deceased)

Albert A. Kennedy, Jr. '63

Phyllis Parker '64

Harvey Bowden '64 (Deceased)

David Vandeveer '64

Michael E. Larkin '65 (Deceased)

Jean Alana Martin '65 (Deceased)

Janet Minich '65

Nancy Miller '66

Bonnie Kearns '67

Linda "Lynn" Knox '67

Elizabeth "Jinx" Lutz '68

A full list of those located can be found here on the Dreux website!

Sadly, we discovered the loss of some of our fellow classmates and faculty since the last newsletter, some lost more recently and some several years ago.

Faculty/Staff

John "Jake" Fuller - Dorm Counselor 64/65 - September 2024

Alumni: 

Class of 61

Heidi VanWagnen - February 2024

Class of '62

William T. Butler - May 2011

Gary Dean Johnson - Date Unknown, but confirmed by a family member

Raymond E. Kennedy - September 2010

Class of '63

Ellen Sarah Pestalozzi Brown - March 2024

Sherron Jimison - August 2022

Class of '64

Harvey Bowden - March 2004

Peggy Fisackerly (Lee) - February 2023

Class of '65

Randy Clarke - September 2023

Betty Cook - September 2024

Michael E. Larkin - December 2019

Jean Alana Martin - September 2021

Paulette Wilson - December 2023

Class of '66

Cary Adams - September 2022

Meg Gallagher Allen (Caldwell) - December 2023

Dennis M. Carpenter - September 2022

Jim Dyer - January 2024

Lawrence "Lary" Eggers - April 2019

Virginia "GiGi" Green (Morris) - August 2024

Linda Kozlowski (Robiinson) - March 2024

Vicky Marcinkowski (Whitinger) - June 2024

Susan Morley (Grimm) - January 2024

David Shaffmaster - March 2023

Class of '67

Mildred "Millie" Dixon (Couch) - June 2022

Class of '69

Shari Bennett - October 2023

Other Friends

Biji Price (Nessosi) '66 - Fontainebleau Jr. High/Paris AHS

Our sincere condolences to all their families and friends! 

A full list of those who have passed, along with links to many obituaries,

are available on the Dreux website.

Dues are $40/yr and are based on a calendar year. You can pay for one year or for multiple years if you would like to do so.

The Dreux website reflects those that have paid dues for 2024 on the Dues page. For those that have paid for multiple years, that is reflected on the list as well so you will know how far out your dues are paid. (You may need to refresh the Dues page if it doesn't show the 2024 list when you first access the page)

Remember that you can pay dues by using a credit card through PayPal. Just visit our Dreux AHS website at www.dreuxalumni.org and click on the Dues/Donations button and you will see the Dues menu for PayPal.

If you prefer to pay by check, you can mail your Dues payment to our Treasurer:

Marilyn Hutto Turner '62

2015 Mount Forest Dr.

Kingwood, TX 77345

Dues paying members will receive a copy of our current Dreux AHS Alumni Directory via email.  



As always, we GREATLY appreciate any and all support! Your support is what keeps our association going and helps fund the costs to find information on former classmates, maintain the database, website, newsletters, pre-reunion costs, etc. We can't do it without you! 

THANKS to everyone for your past and hopefully your future support!! 

Dreux American High School was open from 1960-1967. The first graduating class was 1961. The school closed in January of 1967. We have a very active Alumni Association. There have been 11 major reunions since that first get-together organized by Reunions Unlimited in Dallas in 1993. The last reunion was held in March of 2022 in New Orleans. Upcoming Reunion is France in October of 2024!

Dreux American High School Alumni Association

 2120 31st Street

Lubbock, TX 79411

(806) 747-8791