INTERESTED IN JOINING THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS?
posted 25 April 2019

The AIS/AES Alumni Association Board of Directors leaves its doors open for inter-
ested alumni to join the Board or to assist with projects.

Our primary and most-important associ-
ation project is hosting the "All-Classes-Invited Reunions." Our next all-classes-invited reunion will be in the summer of 2021. As we move closer towards the planning phase, we are look-
ing to fill more Director positions so that we are adequately staffed
to host this big event. By the end of this year, we will be wearing
our Reunion Committee hats and begin searching for a venue…one which we should commit to by next spring.

Read more on what the board does and how you can join. Or please
contact our association President, Mary Williamson, for more infor-
mation. Any member of the alumni association may submit his or
her name in nomination to join the Board of Directors.

AES FOREVER
posted 21 April 2019

"Looks who’s in Chiang Mai -- Sunil Mahajan ('74)!! AES forever!!"
- from Richard Wilson (Class of 1985)

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ALUMNI IN UZBEKISTAN
posted 20 April 2019

We received a lovely message from Susan Hiebert Harvey (Class
of 1970) yesterday:
"Attached is a photo of our alumni group in front of the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, taken in September 2018.
From the left, Taka Yamanouchi ('70), Bronwyn Fry ('71), Kitty Thuermer ('72), Sue Hiebert Harvey ('70), Tina Thuermer ('69), Rhonda Scott ('69, aka Beyonce), Leslie Hiebert ('73 and Laura Byergo, a world traveller who did not attend school with us. Behind
the camera was Sid Wahid ('70) our intrepid leader. Trips with fellow students are the best!"

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UPCOMING RETIREMENT
posted 15 April 2019

Latha Srinivasan (AES Executive Assistant) is retiring the end of this school year after 31 years of service
to the school. Much of her time was in the high school office, with counselors and then with principals. She's been the Executive Assistant to the AES Director for the past 15 years. Whenever former teachers visits AES, they all want to say hello and have a photo with her. Hundreds of alumni remember her and have stopped in to say hello as well.

Much like we did for Alka Bajaj when she retired last summer, the
current AES Director would like to collect messages and photos with Latha to present at her retirement ceremony and celebration. He would also like to share a few messages verbally to her and the school's staff members. Please email your message (and include photos with Latha if you have any) to Mary, and we will send every-
thing to the Director.

PS-The intent - your messages - is supposed to be a surprise for Latha. She does not view Facebook much so we're hoping she doesn't see our posting there or on this website! If you talk or email Latha, please try not to mention this article to her. Thank you!!

RANGOLI WELCOME MAT
posted 8 April 2019

This rangoli artwork was done by the school's landscaping team. So warm and welcoming! We loved it that it is now our newest Facebook cover photo. Photo credit and thanks goes to Aparna Mohan Dhawan (AES parent)

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1964 LETTER
posted 4 April 2019

"With regards to a post earlier this week, I also
came across this letter from Dr. Raj Chopra at
AIS in 1964."
- Paul Ashby, Class of 1967

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SMALL WORLD
posted 31 March 2019

Talk about a small world. My mother was born and grew up in the small town of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Sometime in the 1970's, or 80's, my mother got a letter from her niece saying, "We just got the nicest of Indian men to just become the Director of our country schools. His name is Raj Chopra." Who would have guessed that my coach in New Delhi, India, would briefly land in Bellefontaine, Ohio, during his life journey!" - Paul Ashby, Class of 1967

A Life Well Lived: Dr. Raj K. Chopra (1937-2015)

MINI-REUNION IN JAPAN
posted 26 March 2019

"Alumni from the Class of 1974, Deepak Sen, was in town over the weekend; and we got together. Hadn't seen him since the 2010 Reunion. He looked great!" - Taka Yamanouchi (Class of 1970)

l-r: Deepak Sen and Jonathan Wilder (both Class of 74) and Taka

CELEBRATION OF LIFE TRIBUTE
posted 16 March 2019

Last weekend, in Livermore, California, I
was able to bring the hugs and tributes of
so many of you AIS/AES alumni to the family and friends gathered to celebrate the amaz-
ing life of Jacquelin Luise Perottini Singh.

As students so many decades ago, we may never have thought of our teacher as having
a life beyond the Taj Barracks or the class-
rooms in Chanakyapuri. We can thank Mrs. Singh's children for sharing their most remarkable mother with us, when she helped
us feel at home in India.

Read more on the Celebration of Life Tribute and view photos by Cherie Studwell Lazaroff (AIS Class of 1965)

ASSOCIATION PAYPAL BUTTON ADJUSTED
posted 12 March 2019

For your convenience, the association Paypal button has been
adjusted so you can enter any amount you wish to donate.

A big THANK YOU to all who have already paid your 2019 Dues.
If you have not paid your dues yet, we hope you will soon.

Your dues helps the Association cover its annual operating ex-
penses, such as web hosting, fees to maintain our tax status as a
non-profit organization, alumni association-hosted activities and to ensure we have enough money to make down payments for our all-school reunions held once every five years. We ask for $25 per calendar year; but we are grateful for any contribution. We are completely a non-profit association, and all Board Members volun-
teer their time for free! For more information, please go to our
Dues Page.

The shareable link to our Paypal account is: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WVX3VBFZUZT5W&source=url

If you prefer to donate by check, please email for a mailing address. As always, thank you for your support to our alumni association.

RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
posted 9 March 2019

Anne Beattie Kerr (AIS Class of 1967), who served as Treasurer of the AIS/AES Alumni Association, announced her retirement at the 2 March 2019 Board meeting. Anne was our longest-serving officer and will be fondly remembered for her hard work keeping our finances organized, her central role in several all-classes reunion planning, for helping facilitate the association and hosting the yearly alumni picnics at her beautiful home in Castleton, Virginia. We will greatly miss Anne's dedication to the association and her comradery during our board meetings and get-togethers.

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