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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices5-4-2007UNH French Honor Society Initiates NewMembers, Completes Service ProjectLori WrightUNH Media RelationsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationWright, Lori, "UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members, Completes Service Project" (2007). UNH Today. 772.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/772UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members, Completes Service Projecthttp://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2007/may/lw04french.cfm.html[4/28/2017 4:01:10 PM] UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members,Completes Service ProjectContact:  Lori Wright 603-862-0574UNH Media RelationsMay 4, 2007DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the French nationalhonor society, recently welcomed 10 new members at its annual initiation ceremony May 3,2007.New initiates include Laura M. Carpenter, Winthrop, Maine; Claire M. Churchill, Bedford;Cheryl A. Debelis, Manchester; Allison G. Fricke, St. Paul, Minn.; Kerri L. Frizzell, Bedford;Jacob L. Howard, Springfield; Jacob J. B. Marvelley, South Hamilton, Mass.; Elizabeth L. Moon,Rochester; Lisa J. Mulvey, Ithaca, NY; Christina L. Sutton, Newburyport, Mass.; and honorarymember David Azzi, a 1983 UNH graduate currently teaching French in a Dallas high school.Continuing members of the chapter are Sarah A. Marcoux, Stephanie L. Noble, Kevin J.Murray, Nolan P. Bonvouloir, Katherine A. Steere, and Ariel Hudson. The ceremony wasconducted by Barbara T. Cooper, professor of French and faculty moderator of the chapter,which was founded in 1999.The chapter also celebrated the successful completion of its annual cultural service project.With the money raised through its spring raffle, the chapter was able to purchase two seats atThe Music Hall in Portsmouth, dedicating them to two 19th century French dramatists.One seat recognizes playwright and novelist Alexandre Dumas père, the author of “The ThreeMusketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.” The other seat bears the name of New Orleans-born French playwright Victor Séjour who, prior to the Civil War, moved to France where hegained a significant measure of fame. The chapter will also donate a biographical study onSéjour to the UNH library.Both Dumas and Séjour were of mixed black and white ancestry and made notablecontributions to French culture.“The Music Hall seemed an especially appropriate place to commemorate the lives and worksof these two authors since it is both a theatrical venue dating back to the 19th century and apart of Portsmouth’s Black Heritage Trail. This project allowed us to support a local culturaltreasure and to highlight the talents of these French-speaking writers. We hope that patronsof The Music Hall will look for the plaques dedicating the seats to Dumas and Séjour and willwant to learn more about them,” Cooper said.

UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members, Completes Service Project

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University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository
Media Relations Administrative Offices
5-4-2007
UNH French Honor Society Initiates New
Members, Completes Service Project
Lori Wright
UNH Media Relations
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/news
This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has
been accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more
information, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.
Recommended Citation
Wright, Lori, "UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members, Completes Service Project" (2007). UNH Today. 772.
https://scholars.unh.edu/news/772
UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members, Completes Service Project
http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2007/may/lw04french.cfm.html[4/28/2017 4:01:10 PM]
 
UNH French Honor Society Initiates New Members,
Completes Service Project
Contact:  Lori Wright 
603-862-0574
UNH Media Relations
May 4, 2007
DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the French national
honor society, recently welcomed 10 new members at its annual initiation ceremony May 3,
2007.
New initiates include Laura M. Carpenter, Winthrop, Maine; Claire M. Churchill, Bedford;
Cheryl A. Debelis, Manchester; Allison G. Fricke, St. Paul, Minn.; Kerri L. Frizzell, Bedford;
Jacob L. Howard, Springfield; Jacob J. B. Marvelley, South Hamilton, Mass.; Elizabeth L. Moon,
Rochester; Lisa J. Mulvey, Ithaca, NY; Christina L. Sutton, Newburyport, Mass.; and honorary
member David Azzi, a 1983 UNH graduate currently teaching French in a Dallas high school.
Continuing members of the chapter are Sarah A. Marcoux, Stephanie L. Noble, Kevin J.
Murray, Nolan P. Bonvouloir, Katherine A. Steere, and Ariel Hudson. The ceremony was
conducted by Barbara T. Cooper, professor of French and faculty moderator of the chapter,
which was founded in 1999.
The chapter also celebrated the successful completion of its annual cultural service project.
With the money raised through its spring raffle, the chapter was able to purchase two seats at
The Music Hall in Portsmouth, dedicating them to two 19th century French dramatists.
One seat recognizes playwright and novelist Alexandre Dumas père, the author of “The Three
Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.” The other seat bears the name of New Orleans-
born French playwright Victor Séjour who, prior to the Civil War, moved to France where he
gained a significant measure of fame. The chapter will also donate a biographical study on
Séjour to the UNH library.
Both Dumas and Séjour were of mixed black and white ancestry and made notable
contributions to French culture.
“The Music Hall seemed an especially appropriate place to commemorate the lives and works
of these two authors since it is both a theatrical venue dating back to the 19th century and a
part of Portsmouth’s Black Heritage Trail. This project allowed us to support a local cultural
treasure and to highlight the talents of these French-speaking writers. We hope that patrons
of The Music Hall will look for the plaques dedicating the seats to Dumas and Séjour and will
want to learn more about them,” Cooper said.


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