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69 AN T I OC H CO L L E G E C L A S S O F 19 6 5 5 0 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y B O O K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z H A B A F Y HABAFY ANNE LIGHTFOOT Anne at Ecola State Park, Ore., 2005 THEN AND NOW 4 B.A. Sociology and Anthropology 4 M.A., Contemporary American Literature 4 M.A., English Literature, Université de Franche-Comté, 4 Mohammed V University FAMI LY 4 Husband, Ahmed Habafy, deceased ADDRESS 731 SW Salmon St., #914 Portland, OR 97205 CONTACT 503 516-4393 annlhabafy@yahoo.com A F T E R G R A D U A T I N G F R O M Antioch in June 1965 with a de- gree in sociology and anthropology, I traveled to Grenoble, France, to marry Ahmed Habafy, whom I’d met during my year of Antioch Education Abroad in Besançon.We remained in Grenoble for three years and during that time I completed a master’s de- gree in contemporary american lit- erature. We moved to Ahmed’s native country of Morocco in 1968 and lived in Mohammedia for the next forty years. Ahmed was an engi- neer in an oil refinery and I taught English in the public high school, Lycée Ibn Yassine, and then in a col- lege preparing teachers to work in technical high schools. I also com- pleted yet another master’s degree in English literature at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. We had two daughters, Miriam and Nora,who attended the local French schools. Ahmed died in 2009 and I re- turned to the United States to be closer to my daughters, Miriam in Portland, Ore., and Nora in Calgary, Alberta. Miriam has two sons,Anwar and Sami. Here in Portland I taught ESL part-time at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization for a few years, but have now retired. I have not made any great achievements, but I have tried to contribute in my small way to in- ternational and intercultural un- derstanding. Antioch has greatly influenced all that I have done. In addition to my classes in anthropol- ogy and intensive study of French, it is thanks to my co-op experiences in Boston, Chicago, New York and Paris that I was able to adapt to life in Morocco and now to my life as a retiree in Portland. I have followed recent events at Antioch College with great interest and am very pleased to see the re- birth of cooperative education. I feel that the practical experience gained by a variety of co-op jobs gives a healthy balance to a decidedly lib- eral classroom education.As always, I contribute as much as I am able, and wish the best of luck to the cur- rent administration, professors and students. Ann and Ahmed, Besançon, France 1962. Ann, colleague and students, Lycee Ibn Yassine, Morocco, 1978.