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March 27, 2025 11:15 pmSeptember 16, 2025 7:30 pm

Claremont Mosaic: Monique Saigal-Escudero: How her grandmother’s courageous act saved her from the Nazis

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Born in Paris, France in 1938, Monique Saigal-Escudero is an Emerita Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Pomona College. At just three years old, during the peak of Hitler’s reign in Europe, her grandmother threw her on a train headed for a small city in Southwestern France: an act that ultimately saved her life. Her passion for storytelling would soon bring her back to this history, and once again place her grandmother’s courageousness front and center in her life.

Steve Reynolds, right, with a recent Pomona College alumnus during the College's Class of 2020 graduation on Marston Quad.

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February 13, 2025 11:59 pmSeptember 16, 2025 7:28 pm

Claremont Mosaic: Steve and Brenda Reynolds

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Walk into the Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness (CARW) and you’re likely to find Steve and Brenda Reynolds engaged in lively conversation with students and staff. For the Reynoldses, the gym is not only emblematic of their love for sports but also of their love for the Sagehen community.

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