The International School of Geneva (in

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: ''Ecole Internationale de Genève''), also known as "Ecolint" or "The International School", is a private, non-profit international school based in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Founded in 1924 in the service of the

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and the

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(the world's first international organizations), it is the oldest international school in the world, and the largest one with 'international' in its name. It was the result of a partnership between parents (

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and

Ludwik Rajchman Ludwik Witold Rajchman (1 November 1881 – 13 July 1965) was a Polish physician and bacteriologist. He is regarded as the founder of UNICEF, and served as its first chairman from 1946 to 1950. Family He was born to Aleksander Rajchman, the fou ...

) and educators from the Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau (

Adolphe Ferrière Adolphe Ferrière (1879 in Geneva – 1960 in Geneva) was one of the founders of the progressive education movement. He worked for a brief time in a school in Glarisegg (TG, CH) and later founded an experimental school ('La Forge') in Lausanne, ...

and Paul Meyhoffer). In the mid-1960s, a group of teachers from Ecolint (La Grande Boissière campus) created the International Schools Examinations Syndicate (ISES), which later became the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) and then the

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(IB). Since its inception, the school's mission was conceived as educating for peace and the inculcation of humanitarian values such as inclusiveness, respect and inter-cultural understanding. It describes itself in its website as "resolutely not-for-profit; mankind is the only beneficiary of our work, not corporate shareholders or private equity firms". In 2017, it was labelled by ITN as "the most diverse school on the planet". Article 4 of Ecolint's Charter states that "the activity of the school in all fields and especially in the field of pedagogy shall be based on the principles of equality and solidarity among all peoples and of the equal value of all human beings without any distinction of nationality, race, sex, language or religion". Ecolint comprises three campuses in and around Geneva, each with its own principal (also known as "director") working under the Director General of the Foundation of the International School of Geneva (currently David Hawley) and a Governing Board elected by parents, staff and alumni with co-opted members from the UN and Swiss Government. Ecolint is a bilingual school, with instruction primarily in English and French. In addition to the IB, it is a testing centre for the US college boards ( SAT and ACT), the British

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(CIE). Ecolint is a member of the G30 Schools Group.

History

The history of Ecolint has been charted in four volumes published in different decades. The first, bilingual one (''Ecole Internationale de Genève – Son premier demi-siècle / International School of Geneva – the first 50 years'', Geneva: 1974, 311 pages), edited by René Lejeune (better known as René-François Lejeune), compiles the contributions and eyewitness accounts of various authors, including the historian Robert J. Leach and Ecolint's second director,

Marie-Thérèse Maurette Marie-Thérèse Maurette (September 28, 1890 – June 25, 1989) was a French educator who for twenty years (1929-1949) was the director of the International School of Geneva (Ecole Internationale de Genève, often referred to as Ecolint), the world ...

. The second one (''Ecolint – A portrait of the International School of Geneva, 1924–1999'', Geneva: 1999, 218 pages) was written by the historian Michael Knight. The third volume (''Marie-Thérèse Maurette – Pioneer of International Education'', Geneva: 2009, 84 pages), which focuses specifically on the director who headed the school between 1929 and 1949, was authored by Professor George Walker, former Director General of Ecolint and of the International Baccalaureate Organization. The fourth and final volume to date (''Ecolint – A History of the International School of Geneva'', Geneva: 2014, 170 pages) is the joint work of educators Conan de Wilde (an alumnus of the school) and Othman Hamayed (a former director of La Grande Boissière's Secondary School). In addition, Robert J. Leach published privately in 1974 his own account of the school’s history, ''International School of Geneva, 1924–1974'' (63 pages). Most recently, the geographer and economist Phil Thomas, who served as interim Director General and held a wide range of teaching positions in the school during his 35-year Ecolint career, published the booklet ''Ecolint and the Origins of the International Baccalaureate'' in 2018. (These works constitute the source for some of the information provided below.) From 1920 to 1921 the

and the

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established their headquarters in Geneva. In 1924 the International School of Geneva was founded by senior members of these two international organizations, most notably

and

, in partnership with

and Paul Meyhoffer, educators from Geneva's '' Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau''. Meyhoffer, originally trained as a theologian, had previously taught at

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in England and, for eight years, at the ''Ecole Nouvelle de la Châtaigneraie'' (also known as ''Ecole Nouvelle du Léman''), which in 1974 was integrated into Ecolint. Ferrière housed the first class in a

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that was part of his family's estate, on the Route de Florissant in Geneva. He was also technical adviser to the school from 1924 to 1926. The nascent school was supported by

William Rappard William Emmanuel Rappard (April 22, 1883, New York City – April 29, 1958) was a Swiss academic and diplomat. Rappard was as a co-founder of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (now IHEID), Professor of Economic History at the Unive ...

, Rector of the

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, the neurologist and child psychologist Édouard Claparède, and Sir Arthur Salter, a senior official of the League of Nations. After occupying rented accommodation on the Rue Charles Bonnet in Geneva's ''Vieille ville'' (Old Town), the school finally acquired its own premises in 1929: a historic site known as ''La Grande Boissière''. The acquisition of this large property was made financially possible by

, who personally gave the school thousands of dollars and sought contributions from his network of affluent acquaintances. These donations included 25,000 U.S. dollars from John D. Rockefeller Jr. Among Ecolint’s notable teachers during the early decades of its existence were

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, formerly doyen (dean) at Paris’ Ecole normale supérieure and defender of

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in the late 1890s; the psychoanalyst Charles Baudouin; the philosopher

Jeanne Hersch Jeanne Hersch (13 July 1910 – 5 June 2000) was a Swiss philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin, whose works dealt with the concept of freedom. She was the daughter of Liebman Hersch. Education and career Hersch was born in 1910 in Geneva, Sw ...

; and the novelist

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. The school became a foundation in 1968, and continued to evolve as it acquired new campuses. In 1974 it incorporated as its second campus

La Châtaigneraie ''For the school, see La Châtaigneraie (School)'' La Châtaigneraie () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It lies halfway between Nantes-Poitiers-Angers, about an hour from the beaches of Le ...

(also called "La Chât"), which had originally been founded in 1908 as the ''Ecole Nouvelle du Léman'' (later known as ''Collège Protestant Romand'') near

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in the Canton of Vaud. The third campus, Campus des Nations, had two beginnings. The first was in the 1940s with Rigot, which subsequently became Pregny-Rigot, and the second in 2005 with the closure of Rigot and the opening of the purpose-made buildings at Saconnex. The Pregny-Rigot campus was a pre-Kindergarten through year 6 school that adopted the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in 2002. This campus had two buildings, Rigot (an old Swiss farmhouse near the ''Place des Nations''), and Pregny, a modern architectural structure, adjacent to the United Nations' premises and close to the International Committee of the Red Cross. In 2005, Pregny-Rigot shifted with the opening of a new building at Saconnex, near the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. The early childhood classes at Rigot were moved to a renovated Pregny and Rigot was returned to the city of Geneva. Years 3–6 were moved from Pregny to the new building, Saconnex, which also opened a secondary school. The Secondary school offers the IB's Middle Years Programme, the IB Diploma and the IB Career-Related Programme (IBCP).

Languages offered

Ecolint offers its core curriculum in English and French to varying degrees, depending on the campus and section. Ecolint offers additional modern languages such as Spanish, German, Italian and Mandarin as part of its curriculum. Arabic, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Swahili, Swedish and many other languages are available via private tuition but can be counted towards credits or as IB programmes; this route is often chosen by students who have little other opportunity formally to study their mother tongue.

Campuses

La Grande Boissière (also called "LGB") is the oldest and largest of the three. The primary school (beginning from age three) has approximately 550 students, and runs through grade 4. The middle school also has about 550 students, and runs from grade 5 to grade 8. The secondary school has around 800 students, beginning with 9th grade and going to grade 12 or 13. All three stages offer bilingual programmes. ()

(also called "La Chât") became part of Ecolint in 1971 and is located in the

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countryside, near

, overlooking the

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and

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. It has a primary and a secondary school, and has approximately 1600 students. The oldest building on campus is the main secondary building which was completed in 1908, when La Châtaigneraie first opened. () Campus des Nations (also simply called "Nations") opened in 2005 and operates on two locations in and in the vicinity of Grand Saconnex. It has around 1000 students. Campus des Nations is the only campus to offer all four IB programmes (PYP, MYP, IBDP and IBCP). * Saconnex is located near the

and

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headquarters. Saconnex offers classes to 800 students from years 3 through 13. All classes taught at Nations follow the IB curriculum, consisting of PYP, MYP and DP or CP. () * Pregny (in

Pregny-Chambésy Pregny-Chambésy is a commune in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. It is located directly north of the city of Geneva, on the south-western shore of Lake Geneva. A number of foreign permanent missions are located in Pregny-Chambésy due to i ...

) is located near the United Nations and Red Cross HQ and is a school of 200 students from

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and

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to year 2. ()

Accreditation

Swiss

International School of Geneva's (upper) secondary education (middle and high school) is not approved as a Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).

International

Ecolint's various programmes are accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Middle States Association (MSA). The last full accreditation was conducted in 2011, with an interim assessment in 2016. Ecolint has satisfied the authorization procedures of the International Baccalaureate (IB) to offer the PYP, MYP, IBDP, and IBCP. Campus La Châtaigneraie is an approved Cambridge Assessment school, offering IGCSEs.

Governance

The Governing Board appoints the Director General to which the latter is accountable. All alumni, current parents, teachers and other employees may vote in the Governing Board elections and may be elected as members. Three seats are permanently reserved for members appointed by the Cantons of Geneva and Vaud, and by the United Nations. The school’s personnel are represented on the Board by three appointed or elected observers (one from each campus), and the Staff Association has the right to nominate for full membership someone who is not a current employee of the school. Parents typically constitute a majority on the Governing Board.

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was a member of the Board from 1981 to 1983. Ecolint’s governance was inspired by the direct democratic mechanisms of Switzerland. The Governing Board is accountable to all community members (parents, personnel and alumni) at the annual Consultative General Assembly and, when convened by members of the Ecolint community, at Extraordinary Consultative General Assemblies. In February 2002, one of these assemblies, held at the United Nations, was attended by some 1,000 people. It gave rise to a no-confidence referendum in June of that year involving all the school's eligible voters, the outcome of which forced the resignation of both the Governing Board’s Executive Committee and of the Director General.

Directors & Directors General

Directors (pre-Foundation)

* Paul Meyhoffer (1924–1928) * Paul Miroglio (Interim, 1928–1929) *

(1929–1949) * Fred Roquette (1949–1964) * Desmond Cole-Baker (English Language Programme) & Jean Meyer (French Language Programme) (1964–1967)

Directors General

* Irving Berenson (1967–1968) * Asme Nawar (Interim, 1968) * René-François Lejeune (1968–1978) * Alden Lank (1978–1980) * Leo Fernig (1980–1981) * Joseph Blaney (1981–1983) * Philip Thomas (Interim, 1983) * Jan Ter Weele (1983–1986) * Foundation Management Team (Interim, 1986–1987) * Bernard Ivaldi (1987–1991) * George Walker (1991–1999) * Jean-Jacques Streuli (Interim, 1999–2000) * Donald Billingsley (2000–2002) * Council of Directors & Jean-Jacques Streuli (Interim, 2002–2003) *

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(2003–2011) * Vicky Tuck (2011–2017) * David Hawley (2017–present)

Notable alumni

The Charter of the International School of Geneva gives all registered alumni the right to vote in the elections for the school's Governing Board, and to be elected as Governing Board members.

Politics

* Richard CorbettFormer member of the

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and

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leader in the Parliament *

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Peruvian and UN diplomat *

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; named "Woman of the Millennium" in a 1999 world-wide, online poll organised by the BBC *

Michel Halpérin Michel Halpérin (1948-2014) was a Swiss lawyer and politician. Early life Michel Halpérin was born in 1948. Halpérin was educated at the International School of Geneva. He graduated from the University of Geneva. Career Halpérin became a la ...

Lawyer, Chairman of the Geneva Bar Association, member (Parti Libéral) and President of Geneva's Grand Conseil *

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21st Premier of Ontario, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations * Elizabeth Young, Lady KennetPeace and anti-nuclear campaigner, intellectual, writer

Science and medicine

* Silvia BungeProfessor of Psychology and Advanced Research Fellow, University of California Berkeley; Director, Building Blocks of Cognition Laboratory; daughter of philosopher

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* Gail CarpenterProfessor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Professor of Mathematics,

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; Director of the Cognitive and Neural Systems Technology Laboratory * Dorland J. Davis Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1964 to 1975. * Ratko DjukanovicMedical researcher; Professor of Medicine, University of Southampton; Director of the Southampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit; Director of the NIHR Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research *

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Austrian-American physicist and former director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory * Daniel HaberDirector of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Professor of Oncology at Harvard Medical School, investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute * Douglas Hofstadter

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-winning author, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at

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, Director of the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition *

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Japanese psychiatrist and writer *

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Theoretical physicist; Distinguished Professor of Physics at

, Bloomington * David LeachProfessor of Molecular Genetics, Head of School of Biological Sciences, Dean of Academic Excellence,

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* Stephen LeeProfessor of Solid State Chemistry,

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and

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; son of Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize winner in Physics *

David Shaffer David Shaffer F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych., (born 20 April 1936) is the Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, now th ...

Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University; Chief of Pediatric Psychiatry at

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; Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

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* Kellogg StelleProfessor of Physics, Theoretical Physics Group,

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* Mark TruebloodAmerican engineer and astronomer, pioneer in the development of robotic telescopes * Carina TyrrellPhysician and clinical fellow at the Cambridge University Epidemiology Unit; model and former "Miss England"

Visual and performing arts

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Portrait artist, founder of the Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust *

Joe Dassin Joseph Ira Dassin (; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin. Early life Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (1911 ...

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American musician and pop star, famous for singing numerous hits such as ''Les Champs-Élysées'' *

Maya Deren Maya Deren (born Eleonora Derenkowska, uk, Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська, links=no;

(born Eleonora Derenkowska)Cinema director, filmmaker and actress *

Christopher Lambert Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert (; ; born March 29, 1957) is a French-American actor, producer, and novelist. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Ta ...

French actor famous for films such as '' Highlander'' and '' Greystoke'' *

Lori Lieberman Lori Lieberman (born November 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who accompanies herself on guitar and piano. She first came to public attention in the early 1970s with a series of albums on Capitol Records, the first of which featured ...

Singer and songwriter * Olivier PerezSwiss actor *

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Former conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Joseph RochlitzDocumentary filmmaker and opera director * Stuart SchulbergU.S. film and TV director and producer * Albert Sjoerdsma Jr.Playwright whose plays have been produced on Broadway *

Maya Stojan Maya Stojan (born 28 June 1986) is a Swiss actress based in the United States. She is known for her recurring roles on ''Castle'' and ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D''. Biography Maya Stojan was born in 1986 and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where ...

Actress who plays the role of Tory Ellis in

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* SimoneAmerican singer and actress; daughter of

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* Alex WilsonPianist, composer, producer and arranger

Literature

* Ilse Barker (born Ilse Gross, nom-de-plume Kathrine Talbot)German/British writer and poet *

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American novelist and critic *

Alex Buzo Alexander John Buzo (23 July 194416 August 2006) was an Australian playwright and author who wrote 88 works. His literary works recorded Australian culture through wit, humour and extensive use of colloquial Australian English. Biography Ear ...

Australian playwright *

Elizabeth Frank Elizabeth Frank (born September 14, 1945) is an American novelist, biographer, art critic and translator. She has been a member of the literature faculty of Bard College since 1982 and is the Joseph E. Harry Professor of Modern Languages and Li ...

-winning author *

Lucia Graves Lucia Graves (born 21 July 1943) is a writer and translator. Born in Devon, England, she is the daughter of writer Robert Graves, and his second wife, Beryl Pritchard (1915–2003). Biography Lucia is a translator working in English and Spanish/ ...

Novelist and translator; daughter of novelist, poet and scholar Robert Graves *

Nicole Krauss Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974) is an American author best known for her four novels '' Man Walks into a Room'' (2002), ''The History of Love'' (2005), ''Great House'' (2010) and '' Forest Dark'' (2017), which have been translated into 35 l ...

Novelist, short story writer

Law

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American attorney, professor, and author *

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Chief Justice, California Supreme Court * Peggy Ray

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Child Rights Lawyer of the Year (2001);

pioneer graduate (1971)

Journalism

* Harry AlbrightJournalist and former Editor of '' The Friend'' * Rami G. KhouriJournalist, director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star and co-laureate of the 2006 Pax Christi International Peace Award * Eric MargolisU.S.-born, international journalist

Economics

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Peruvian economist * Riad al KhouriEconomist, currently member of the board of directors, Global Challenges Forum, Switzerland *

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U.S. economist who created the Deutsche Mark and helped to relaunch Germany's economy after World War II

Academia and scholarship

* Shadi BartschAnn L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor of Classics at the

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Sissela Bok Sissela Bok (born Myrdal; 2 December 1934) is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel P ...

(née Myrdal)Swedish-U.S. philosopher and ethicist; daughter of two Nobel Prize winners *

Isabel de Madariaga Isabel Margaret de Madariaga (27 August 1919 – 16 June 2014) was a British historian who specialised on Russia in the 18th century and Catherine the Great. She published six books on Russia and is credited for changing the perception of Cather ...

British historian; daughter of Spanish statesman, diplomat and writer

Salvador de Madariaga Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo (23 July 1886 – 14 December 1978) was a Spanish diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in 1 ...

Others

Yasmin Aga Khan Princess Yasmin Aga Khan (born December 28, 1949) is a Swiss-born American philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease. She is the second child of American movie actress and dancer Rita Hayworth, and the third child ...

Philanthropist, daughter of

Prince Aly Khan Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan (13 June 1911 – 12 May 1960), known as Aly Khan, was a Pakistani diplomat of Iranian and Italian descent. He was the son of the Aga Khan III, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, ...

and

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

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British Indian food writer and TV chef *Members of the

Shihab dynasty The Shihab dynasty (alternatively spelled Chehab; ar, الشهابيون, ALA-LC: ''al-Shihābiyūn'') was an Arab family whose members served as the paramount tax farmers and local chiefs of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th centu ...

Nico Prost Nicolas "Nico" Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981) is a French professional racing driver. He most recently raced in the FIA Formula E Championship before quitting the series. Also, he was a longstanding racer in the FIA World Endurance Championship ...

French professional racing driver; son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost * Baron Edmond Adolphe de RothschildFinancier and philanthropist * Tatiana Santo Domingo (also known as Tatiana Casiraghi)Colombian-Monégasque heiress, socialite and fashion designer *

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and Commander of

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and coalition forces for

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(Srikit Kitiyakara)

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* Lance Stroll - Belgian-Canadian

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racing driver * Lakshmi SundaramExecutive Director of Girls Not Brides NGO *Members of the

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Princess of Thailand and the elder sister of King

Ananda Mahidol Ananda Mahidol ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาอานันทมหิดล; ; 20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946), posthumous reigning title Phra Athamaramathibodin ( th, พระอั� ...

and King

Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

* Lennie WaiteBritish track and field athlete * Anne-Marie Walters

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officer and

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(SOE) agent for the United Kingdom in occupied France during World War II As of 2015, around 6600 former students were registered on the School's Alumni website.

Gallery

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References

External links

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