At a time when conflicts and divisions are multiplying, the American Friends of the Franco-American Museum, Chateau de Blérancourt recognized last October 27 two American leaders, women who personify the quest for peace and resolution: Ambassador Melanne Verveer and General Rose Keravuori.

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton sent a letter to the American Friends of Blérancourt congratulating her friend Melanne Verveer on receiving the Anne Morgan Women of Courage Award. Former award recipient, Judith Pisar, read the letter to guests: “Melanne has been by my side for over three decades now, masterminding countless projects that have changed and saved lives at home and across the globe,” Rodham Clinton wrote.

Echoing Secretary Clinton’s words, Melanne Verveer, now the Executive director of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, paid tribute to the women fighting for peace, whether in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iran, or the Middle East. “If Anne Morgan were alive today, I am confident that she too would be working on the front lines, joining countless other women for peace, progress, and a better tomorrow,” Melanne Verveer said. “Let’s be inspired by Anne Morgan’s legacy, and let’s be inspired by today’s women peacemakers all over the world.”

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“Both Ambassador Verveer and General Keravuori tread in the footsteps of Anne Morgan, one of America’s first woman philanthropists whose contribution to helping French people and rebuilding France after the First World War still resonates to this day,” Chairman of American Friends of Blérancourt Franck Laverdin added.

Earlier in the evening, General Rose Keravuori, director of Intelligence for the United States Africa Command, was awarded the Château de Blérancourt Award. Both her private and professional life have been intertwined with France. “Looking back at my military career, I am proud of serving at every rank alongside French forces. I am happy that my parents set the foundation of service and love of France in me, but I am not the only one. You can be confident of the future,” General Keravuori said. “I have met many more women and men, both in the U.S. and France, who are also dedicated to service in the 3Ds of Defense, Diplomacy, and Development, many dedicating their lives to improving the lives of others.”

Among the dinner committee were Renée Anderson, Franck Laverdin, Countess Dorothea de la Houssaye, Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux, Miles Morgan, Sonja Tremont Morgan, and Baron Alexander von Perfall. French Consul General in New York Jérémie Robert, and his wife Shinuna Karume, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States Roya Rahmani, Princess Caroline de Murat, Prince Dimitri de Yougoslavie, Prince Dushan de Yougoslavie, Princesse Valérie de Yougoslavie, Nefissa and Christophe Attard, Diane Brady, Contessa Brewer, Carole and Philippe Delouvrier, Susan Gutfreund, Nannette Lafond Dufour, Abelardo Marcondès and Estaban Abascal, artist Roxane Revon, Noriko and Karl Rozak, Olga Rozé, Sana Sabbagh, Sabrina Wirth, and Yolanda Santos also attended the evening.

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