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European Center in Talloires, France

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Biography

Abstract:

Minimal RCR Donald and Charlotte MacJannet donated the Priory at Talloires to Tufts in 1979. "Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, the MacJannets used the Priory to house educational sessions on eurythmics, as well as concerts and ecumenical conferences. Their promotion of international learning specifically extended to Tufts when they set up an endowment for an exchange program with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. .... Seymour Simches, then the John Wade Professor of Modern Languages, was named administrative director of the Center." The center also serves college students, high school students, alumni, and professionals from around the world.

Donald and Charlotte MacJannet donated the Priory at Talloires to Tufts in 1979. "Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, the MacJannets used the Priory to house educational sessions on eurythmics, as well as concerts and ecumenical conferences. Their promotion of international learning specifically extended to Tufts when they set up an endowment for an exchange program with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. .... Seymour Simches, then the John Wade Professor of Modern Languages, was named administrative director of the Center." The center also serves college students, high school students, alumni, and professionals from around the world.