Paris 1968-1969: Student Strikes – Michael DeLucia – France 1968

My Fulbright to Paris was 50 years ago, during the chaotic period 1968-1969. My year began with the student strikes that swept Paris, that undermined the government and ended with the resignation of Charles de Gaulle as President. For me, it was a momentous year. I met my wife Alice, a graduate student from Middlebury […]
In Memoriam: Maria Bentel

Maria Azzarone Bentel grew up in Queens, New York City and attended Hunter College High School. She went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed the Bachelor of Architecture program in 1951 as one of four females in her class. After graduation, she received a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship for 1952-1953 and studied at the […]