Jacqueline Grapin

Jacqueline Grapin President of the European Institute from 1989 through 2005.

"A native of Paris, she holds degrees in political science from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, in business management from HEC, Paris, in law from Paris I, and in strategic studies from the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale.

"She was an economic editor and staff writer for Le Monde (1967-81), director general of Interavia Publishing Group in Geneva (1981-85) and economic correspondent in the U.S. for Le Figaro (1987-94). She was also editor-in-chief of Europa, a joint publication of Le Monde, Times of London, Die Welt and La Stampa from 1977 through 1981.

"Grapin is the author of several books on political and economic issues: La Guerre Civile Mondiale (1977), Radioscopie des Etats Unis (1980), Forteresse America (1984) and Pacific America (1988)."

"Ms. Grapin is an Officer in the French Legion of Honor. She is a Counselor to the French government on foreign trade, and a Trustee Emeritus of the Aspen Institute in the US. Ms. Grapin is a member of the Advisory Council of the Kogod College of Business Administration of American University in Washington and the Board of Directors of the Jean Monnet Foundation in Lausanne. She served on the Board of Directors of the French American Chamber of Commerce in Washington; and the humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger (AAH-USA) in New York. She is a member of the Women's Foreign Policy Group in Washington, the International Women's Forum, the Bretton Woods Committee, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, and the National Press Club in Washington."

"She is married to Dr. Michel Le Goc."