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NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK: 

LA SEMAINE DU FRANÇAIS

NOVEMBER 5-11, 2007 & 2008


HONOR ROLL OF PROCLAMATIONS

2007 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush

2006 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush
2005 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush
2004 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush 
2003 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush 
2002 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush 
2001 Presidential Message from President George W. Bush 
2000 Message from U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley
2000 Presidential Message from President Bill Clinton 
1999 Presidential Message from President Bill Clinton 
Message from Charles Josselin, ancien Ministre délégué à la Coopération et à la Francophonie

Governors 1999-

Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama (1999-)
Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas (1999-)
John G. Rowland, Governor of Connecticut (2000-)
George H Ryan, Governor of Illinois (1999-)
Bill Graves, Governor of Kansas (2000-)
Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland (1999. 2001-)
Argeo Paul Cellucci, Governor of Massachusetts (1999-)
Mike Johanns, Governor of Nebraska (2000-)
Jeanne Shaheen, Governor of New Hampshire (1999-)
Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey (1999-)
James B. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina (1999-)
Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania (1999-)
Jim Hodges, Governor of South Carolina (1999, 2001-)
George W. Bush, Governor of Texas (1999-)
Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont (1999-)
Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of West Virginia (1999-2000)
Bob Wise, Governor of West Virginia (2001-)

Arkansas Chapter President Barbara Ransford receiving a proclamation of National French Week from Governor Mike Huckabee.

Mayors 1999-

Chris Claybaker, Mayor of Camden, AR (1999)
Jimmie R. Yee, Mayor of Sacramento, CA (2000)
John G. Metsopoulos, Mayor of Fairfield, CT (2000)
John DeStefano, Jr., Mayor of New Haven, CT (2000)
Paula M. DeLaney, Mayor of Gainesville, FL (1999)
David J. Fischer, Mayor of St. Petersburg, FL (1999)
Patricia Russell, Mayor of Keene, NH (1999)
Marshall S. Reagle, President of the Village of Barrington (2001)
James A. Kempe, President of the Village of Barrington Hills (2001-)
Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL (1999 & 2000)
Carmen D. Soldato, Mayor of Darien, IL (1999)
Richard C. Karl, President of the Village of Deer Park (2001-)
Stephen J. Tasch, President of the Village of Fox River Grove (2001-)
Daniel B. Pritchett, Mayor of Franklin Park, IL (1999 & 2000)
William D. McLeod, Mayor of Hoffman Estates (2001-)
Donald Robertson,  Mayor of  Hometown, IL (1999 & 2000)
Dorothy H. Schofield, President, Village of Lake Barrington (2001)
Gerald L. Farley, Mayor of Mt. Prospect, IL (2000)
Linda K. Starkey, President of the Village of N. Barrington (2001-)
Ernest F. Kolb, Mayor of Oak Lawn, IL (1999)
Donald E. Stephens, Mayor of Rosemont, IL (1999 & 2000)
Anna Montana, President of Schiller Park, IL (1999 & 2000)
Frank J. Munao, President of the Village of S. Barrington (2001-)
Leonard J. Kuskowski, President of the Village of Tower Lakes (2001-)
Ervin E. Hodges, Mayor of Lawrence, KS (1999)
Deborah Henningsen, Mayor of Ottawa, KS (2003)
Melvin L. Rambin, Mayor of Monroe, LA (2000)
Marc H. Morial, Mayor of New Orleans, LA (1999)
Mayor John Fontenot, Mayor of Port Barre, LA (2005)
Kurt L. Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore, MD (1999)
Gary Doty, Mayor of Duluth, MN (1999)
Donna Holstine, Mayor of Fairmont, MN (1999)
Charles Keith, Mayor of Gautier, MS (1999)
Kay Barnes, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (2000)
Patricia T. Russell, Mayor of Keene, NH (1999)
Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York City (2000)
J. Michael O'Connell, Mayor of Saratoga Springs, NY (1999)
Kenneth Klotz, Saratoga Springs, NY (2000)
Edward G. Randall, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1999)
Robert D. Coble, Mayor of Columbia, SC (2001)
Daniel P. Breazeale, Sr., Mayor of Lexington, SC (2001)
W. Edward Ford III, Mayor of Farrugut, TN (1999)
Alan Palmieri, Mayor of Jefferson City, TN (1999)
Victor Ashe, Mayor of Knoxville, TN (1999)
Ron Kirk, Mayor of Dallas, TX (1999)
Kenneth Barr, Mayor of Forth Worth, TX (1999)
Jimmy Colombo, Mayor of Parkersburg, WV (2000, 2001)

Presentation of a proclamation of 
National French Week by Mayor 
Charles Keith of Gautier, Mississippi.

Others

Proclamations, letters of support, and messages were also received from other individuals, including:

Michael Castle, Congressman from Delaware (2003)
Bob Torricelli, Senator from New Jersey (1999)
Jean Brihault, Président de l'Université Rennes 2, France (1999)
Dutch Ruppersberger, Baltimore Country Executive, MD (1999)
Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Secretary of State, NM (2000)
 

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Last update: June 8, 2008


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