FRANCO-AMERICAN OF THE YEAR 1994

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Mlle Irene Desmarais
Franco-American of the Year 1994
Lowell, Massachusetts
 


An active member of the Cercle Jeanne-Mance for the past 44 years, Miss Desmarais served as its President in 1956. All her life she worked to promote the French language. With a profound knowledge of the French language she served as tutor to many young students and adults. As a septuagenarian she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with a major in French from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell in 1991 after which she continued her post-graduate studies.