Marc was born and raised in Paris, France, and moved to the Philadelphia area with his family in his early teens (he holds dual citizenship). He received his BA in Archaeology from Haverford/Bryn Mawr colleges and his MA in Art History from New York University. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Marc taught art history at Baldwin Wallace University, in Berea, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), from 1995 until his early retirement in 2016 when he, and his husband Alex, moved to Shelburne, Vermont.
In Shelburne, Marc has been a mentor at Shelburne Community School, a member of the town’s Historic Preservation & Design Review Commission, and a guide/volunteer at the Shelburne Museum. Marc has also written book reviews for the Shelburne News and contributes articles to the newsletter of the Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, headquartered in Burlington.
Marc’s love of nature was undoubtedly fostered as a cub scout in France and a boy scout in the United States. Today, Marc enjoys hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, and snowshoeing. He joined the GMC soon after moving to Vermont (he is a Ridgeline Society member) and has enjoyed being a volunteer at the Barnes Camp since 2023. Marc is fluent in French and almost-so in Spanish, and he loves interacting with visitors of various backgrounds and nationalities at the Barnes Camp. As an immigrant and a gay person, Marc welcomes – and hopes to contribute to – the GMC’s efforts to make the outdoors known and accessible to people from all walks of life.
