Mme Hélene Pelletier-Jeknavorian
Franco-American of the Year 1985
Lowell, Massachusetts

A member of the Cercle Jeanne-Mance, Hélene Jeknavorian’s focus to encourage the preservation of French culture was on youth. She gave culinary lessons for students of French and encouraged further study of the language by spearheading the distribution of prizes to top students of French at the primary and secondary levels.  She also coordinated the publication of “La Bonne Cuisine”,  a bilingual cook book published by the Cercle Jeanne-Mance.