Saint-Valentin : coup de foudre à la FEU, l’histoire d’Asa et Francine Ruskin

À l’occasion de la Saint-Valentin, découvrez la rencontre de Francine et Asa Ruskin dans le Petit Salon de la FEU. Leur histoire nous est racontée par leurs enfants, Adina et Philip Ruskin.

"Asa Paul Ruskin was a 22-year-old medical student from New York City. Dapper, outgoing, and used to being noticed. He tries to start up a conversation with the lovely student. They were the only two in the room. Francine Klein Ruskin, a psychology student from Buenos Aires, was there to study, she picked up her books and moved to a different table. He was persistent. Dad will claim years later that it was love at first sight. At least for him. [...]

‘She agreed to have coffee with me after her exams if I would just leave her alone to study.’ We both burst out laughing. Happy to be here at the Fondation des États-Unis at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris in 1986. […]

Every great love story starts somewhere and for our parents it was here. [...] It occurs to us, that if not for this study room at the Fondation, well, we might not exist. Thank you to the Fondation for being the birthplace of our family.”

Francine and Asa se sont mariés en juillet 1954 et ont déménagé à New York, où ils continuèrent leurs carrières et leurs engagements auprès de leur communauté. 💕

♾ L’article est à lire en intégralité sur notre site : fondationdesetatsunis.org/fr/valentines-day-ruskin