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People You Should Know: Sauvage is proud to be a new U.S. citizen
By Phyllis Sides
Name: Eric Sauvage Age: 46 and a few months ...
Personal/family: Married to Catherine for 22 years with two children: Quentin, 14, and Nathan, 10.
Education: Bachelor's in business administration in finance from the Ecole des Cadres, a business school in Paris. Master's of business administration in international business at the University of Dallas.
Hobbies/interests: Tennis, scuba diving, running, swimming and biking ... traveling. Reading about history and politics.
Volunteer service: RASA coach for five years.
How long have you been in the United States? More than 14 years, or more than 30 percent of my life in three different adventures: Nine years in Wisconsin since 1997; five years in Texas (1989-94); and six months in Minnesota in 1983.
You took your oath of citizenship Nov. 18. Why is being a citizen important to you? When you read carefully the oath of allegiance that each new citizen repeats after the judge, you realize how serious this is. Each word is important and carefully chosen: "I declare on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign state of which I have been a citizen .... That I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America..."
No one can choose where he or she is born, but at some point in your life, you may decide where and how you want to live. Yes, I gave up my birth citizenship and as the judge during the oath ceremony reminded us, we should not forget our roots and traditions. This is why the U.S. is such a unique and exciting nation. I am proud to have become a fellow U.S. citizen!
One choice of a dinner companion, dead or alive: Jacques Yves Cousteau who opened the mysterious world beneath the sea to millions of TV viewers across the world. He died in June 1997.
My friends describe me as: Generous, faithful, sensitive, intense, healthy guy, always carrying his gym bag around, and a pain in the neck at times. Nobody's perfect.
I knew I was an adult when: At 18, you are "technically" and "officially" a member of the "Lifetime Adult Club." In my case, I believe that parenthood made me realize there was no point of return. But I also share these memorable moments with my kids by just being an older kid myself. It is my way to plunge back to my childhood and enjoy things I used to do with my parents.
First job/weirdest job: While in college, I worked for a few months in a French federal tax agency trying to "expedite" current taxpayers' claims in the morning and filing old claims in the basement in the afternoon. I knew what I did not want to do all my life.
Person I admire most: I admire my wife, Catherine, for the great person she is. She started her own business last year, Bijoux Fantasia, and continues to be a wonderful mother and spouse. She has a big heart and never gives up! She loves life and always says that life is just too beautiful because she went through so much ... I try to remember her message in our crazy, speedy life.
What I miss most from my childhood: Spending my vacation at my grandparents' house in Normandy and Brittany (West of France), biking to the farm and bringing back fresh milk, butter and eggs ... without making an omelet on the way back.
In the next five years, I would like to accomplish: I would like to train and compete in a triathlon, scuba-dive in an exotic place with my family and take the time to appreciate life without looking back and telling myself "I should have ..."
If you know somebody people should know, contact Phyllis Sides at (262) 631-1714 or via e-mail at: psides@journaltimes.com
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