Paris - February 2010

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Lloyd DeLamater who founded half a century ago The American College of Paris, a remarkable experiment in international education.

In Dr. DeLamater’s vision, the College was created in 1962 to allow American students already living in Europe [with parents in the military as well as the business sector and diplomats] to continue their American studies in Europe; to encourage French students to experience an American-style education; and finally to bring American residents to Paris. Stellar American professors spent sabbatical years in Paris galvanizing the young curriculum, and the College’s graduates often finished their degrees in prestigious American institutions.

As those in the earliest classes of ACP can attest, the experience of attending this young university, led so capably and passionately by Dr. DeLamater and his wife Marie, was life changing. All who have succeeded him salute the prescience of his understanding of the importance of global interdependence and intercultural dialogue and remain committed to the founding spirit of what we call today The American University of Paris (AUP).

On behalf of the AUP community, members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, we express our deepest condolences to Dr. DeLamater’s family, to his wife Marie and his daughters, Anne, Ariane and Clara who teaches sculpture at AUP today.