In Remembrance: Jean Rénald Clérismé ’96PhD Died on October 29 2013

Dr. Jean Rénald Clérismé passed away October 29, 2013, after suffering cardiac difficulties while attending a political meeting in Haiti.  He was 75.

Clérismé had served his native country of Haiti in a variety of diplomatic positions, including as ambassador to the World Trade Organization, the International Trade Center, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, and the International Telecommunication Union.

For more about Clérismé, see the Yale Department of Anthropology's statement from November 4, 2013, or the Miami Herald story published on November 14, 2013.  The Yale Alumni Magazine ran a profile of him in its May/June 2010 issue.