International education and travel related links, photos, quotes and pieces of interest.
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People Who Studied Abroad #643:
Michael Douglas, Oscar-winning actor and producer
From:
United States
Studied:
He studied at the International School of Geneva (Switzerland)
Source: Wikipedia
People Who Studied Abroad #637:
Sean Lennon, musician
From:
United States
Studied:
He attended kindergarten in Japan and later studied at the boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland.
Here’s an interview with Sean, talking about his time in Japan and his experience with Japanese language and culture:
People Who Studied Abroad #636:
Erich Segal, author
From:
United States
Studied:
When he was in high school, he spent his summers studying at the Institut Monnivert in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Source: books.google.com
![People Who Studied Abroad #628:John von Neumann, mathematician and member of the Manhattan Project whose contributions influenced economics, computer science and quantum mechanics among other fields
From:
Hungary
Studied:
He earned a diploma in chemical engineering from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
[thanks to qbqrat for the tip!]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/c4ff3fcb4f598ad947208459e8f38535/tumblr_mlrjj3ySvk1qig6iso1_500.jpg)
People Who Studied Abroad #628:
John von Neumann, mathematician and member of the Manhattan Project whose contributions influenced economics, computer science and quantum mechanics among other fields
From:
Hungary
Studied:
He earned a diploma in chemical engineering from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
[thanks to qbqrat for the tip!]
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(via)
Ha ha! Ah, flag humor
Source: awesomephilia.com
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People Who Studied Abroad #542:
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund
From:
Studied:
While pursuing a degree at Spelman College, she received the Merrill Scholarship, which allowed her to spend the 1958-59 school year studying at the University of Paris and in Geneva, Switzerland. She spent the following summer traveling to East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union thanks to a Lisle Fellowship.
Source: learningtogive.org
People Who Studied Abroad #536:
Kitty Carlisle, actor and singer
From:
United States
Studied:
Her mother took her to Europe when she was about 11. She studied at the Chateau Mont-Choisi in Lausanne, Switzerland, then at the Sorbonne in France, and the London School of Economics and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the United Kingdom. She returned to the United States when she was about 22 to begin her acting career in New York.
People Who Studied Abroad #522:
Roger C. Field, inventor of the Foldaxe folding electric guitar, among other inventions
From:
United Kingdom
Studied:
He attended Aiglon College in Switzerland, then received his bachelor’s degree in industrial design from the California College of the Arts (United States). He also took courses at San Francisco State University (United States).
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People Who Studied Abroad #480:
Ghida Fakhry, journalist and television anchor
From:
Lebanon
Studied:
At age 6, her parents sent her to the Institut le Rosey in Switzerland in order to avoid the Lebanese civil war. She received her undergraduate degree from Richmond University (United Kingdom) and her master’s degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (United Kingdom). She received a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Boston University (as best as I can tell, this was probably from Boston’s campus in Brussels, Belgium).
People Who Studied Abroad #469:
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran and Farah Pahlavi, Shahbanou of Iran
From:
Iran
Studied:
Beginning at age 11, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi spent four years studying at the boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. He returned to Iran to complete his secondary education.
He first met Farah Diba at the Iranian Embassy in Paris during a reception for Iranian students studying in France. She was studying architecture at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris.
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People Who Studied Abroad #456:
Vera Atkins, British World War II intelligence officer
From:
Romania
Studied:
She emigrated to England with her parents when she was about 25 years old. After a few years in England, she went to study modern languages at the Sorbonne in Paris, and also attended a finishing school in Lausanne, Switzerland.
People Who Studied Abroad #455:
Pavlos and Marie-Chantal, Crown Prince and Princess of Greece
From:
Pavlos was born in Greece and raised in various parts of Europe, primarily the United Kingdom. Marie-Chantal was born in the United Kingdom (to Ecuadorian and American parents) and raised in Hong Kong.
Studied:
Pavlos studied at the Hellenic College of London and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (United Kingdom). He studied international relations, law and organization at Georgetown University (United States), where he also received a M.S. in Foreign Service specializing in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. At Georgetown, his cousin Felipe, Prince of Asturias, was his roommate.
Marie-Chantal left Hong Kong at age nine to study at Institut Le Rosey (Switzerland). Around age 14, she began studying at the École Active Bilingue in Paris, France then spent her senior year at The Masters School in New York (United States). After graduating from high school, she also studied at the Academy of Art and New York University.
People Who Studied Abroad #452:
Gene Tierney, actor
From:
United States
Studied:
She spent two years in Europe, where she studied at the Brillantmont finishing school in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Source: tcm.com
People Who Studied Abroad #441:
George Rosenkranz, chemical engineer and leader of the research team that synthesized progestin for use in some of the first combined oral contraceptive pills (and a world-class bridge player!)
From:
Hungary
Studied:
He received a chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland in 1938, then receive his doctorate in technical sciences from the same school in 1940.
Source: paho.org
![People Who Studied Abroad #425:Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
From:
Luxembourg
Studied:
He received his secondary education in Luxembourg and at the Beau Soleil and Institut Le Rosey boarding schools in Switzerland. He also attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (United Kingdom). He studied at both the University of Durham and Brunel University (United Kingdom) and at Institut Philanthropos in Switzerland. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2009 from the Institut Albert-le-Grand in Angers, France, where he studied letters and political science.
[See also: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ll1mx10G1qig6iso1_500.jpg)
People Who Studied Abroad #425:
Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
From:
Luxembourg
Studied:
He received his secondary education in Luxembourg and at the Beau Soleil and Institut Le Rosey boarding schools in Switzerland. He also attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (United Kingdom). He studied at both the University of Durham and Brunel University (United Kingdom) and at Institut Philanthropos in Switzerland. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2009 from the Institut Albert-le-Grand in Angers, France, where he studied letters and political science.
[See also: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]
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