On Friday November 9th to celebrate the centennial of the end of World War I, the American Friends of Blerancourt bestowed the Chateau de Blerancourt Award upon Mrs. William Bowen Astrop for her outstanding and continuous leadership on the board of directors of AFB, and the first Anne Morgan Women of Courage Award upon Rita Wilson for her exceptional career as an actress, producer, singer, songwriter, philanthropist and advocate to empowerment of women.
Franck Laverdin, Chairman of the Board, and countess Dorothea de La Houssaye, President, welcomed to this annual gala Anne Claire Legendre, Consule Generale de France, Tom Hanks, Miles Morgan, Sonja Tremont Morgan, James and Emanuela Gerard, Marc Levy and Pauline Levesque, George and Jeri Sape, Susan Gutfreund, James Reginato, Jay Paul, Martha Talton, Benigno Aguilar, Gerald Erickson, Joan Kahn, Eglantina Zingg, Michael Arguello, Jeremy and Eugenie Ozen, Vanessa Noel, Steven Buffone , Olivia Tournay Flatto, Frederic and Liz Laluyaux, David and Lisa Wolf, Eric Jirgens, Caroline Lareuse, Sean and Alexandra Beckmeyer, Elaine Uzan Leary and Vanessa Uzan, Allen and Heidi Roberts, Andrew Kotchoubey, Genevieve Wheeler Brown, Benedicte de Montlaur and Keith Yazmir, Bernadette and Henry Watkins, Benny Tabatai, Kim Yung Hee, Michael Lorber, Karen Biderman, Edgar Vaudeville, Sabrina Wirth, Brian and Carol Mahoney, Leah Pisar, Jean Christian Agid, Carole and Philippe Delouvrier, Nancy Newman, Douglas Astrop, Irene Goodkind, William Astrop, Simone Galton, Danielle and Sean Barrett, Kimball Higgs and Lucy Kaylin, Elizabeth Belfer, Eric Mourlot and Kristin Simmons.
Dorothea de La Houssaye, Franck Laverdin, Rita Wilson, and Tom HanksCountess Dorothea de La Houssaye, Anne-Claire Legendre, Rita Wilson, and Olivia Tournay FlattoL to R.: Rita Wilson and Sonja Tremont-Morgan; Maureen Nash and Elizabeth BelferTom Hanks, James Gerard, and Emanuela GerardChase Thompson, Vanessa Uzan, and Eric StroudL to R.: Edgar Vaudeville, Miles Morgan, and Sonja Tremont-Morgan; Minn Dylan Tun and Haydn M. WerpJay Paul, Henry Watkins, Carol Mahoney, and Brian MahoneyAllen and Heidi RobertsBenny Tabatabai and Susan GutfreundL to R.: Margaret MacKenzie and Leonard Clark; Felicia TaylorGeorge Sape, David Wolf, Jerry Sape, and Lisa WolfPhilippe Delouvrier, Carole Delouvrier, and Jean-Christian AgidMaureen Nash and Jennifer HerleinL to R.: Karen Bidermann; Kristin Simmons and Eric MourlotMichael McCooey, Martha Talton, Cullen Daane, Jay Paul, and Casey PotterMichael Lorber and Michael ArguelloJim and Dorin ConnellL to R.: Rita Wilson and Jean Astrop; Leah Pisar and Anne-Claire LegendreEric Jirgens, Vanessa Uzan, Elaine Uzan Leary, and Andrew KotchoubeyEric Blake, Jennifer Blake, and Jay PaulWilliam Astrop, Jean Astrop, and Doug AstropGeorge Sape and chef Laetitia RouabahFranck LaverdinAnne-Claire LegendreCountess Dorothea de La HoussayeRita WilsonJoan KahnVanessa Noel and Sonja Tremont-MorganYung Hee KimNancy and Jerry GehmanJeremy and Eugenie OzenJean-Christian Agid and Felicia TaylorEglantina ZinggSusan Gutfreund, James Reginato, and Sabrina WirthL to R.: James Reginato, Sabrina Wirth, and Eglantina Zingg; Jerry Erickson and Benigno AguilarLisa Jaehnig and Chase ThompsonEric Stroud and Odile De Schietere-LongchamptSabrina Wirth and Allen RobertsMarc Levy and Pauline LevesqueLisa Wolf and Fred LaluyauxViviane Barrois and Simone GaltonAnne-Claire Legendre and Susan GutfreundSean Beckmeyer, Danielle Barrett, Edgar Vaudeville, and Alexandra BeckmeyerTom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Photographs by Annie Watt (American Friends of Blerancourt)
