My favorite higher education schools are: Cal Poly Pomona, Chapman University, UCLA, and L'Ecole Polytechnique, ranked among the most prestigious scientific schools in the world, where my dad graduated from, as an engineer, in 1939 (picture at right). My dad, Louis Andre Rallion, was French, and relocated to Cuba before the Castro era began. He then moved to El Salvador, where he met my mom. He  worked on many major projects, including the illumination of the city of Santa Ana, in one of the main departments of El Salvador, a soccer stadium, and the installation of lightning rods throughout El Salvador (Palacio de los Deportes, Teleférico San Jacinto, Galerías Simán, etc.).
 

My grandfather, Paul Hubert Rallion (pictured at left), was born in the French Caribbean (Guadeloupe) and married my grandmother in France. He then became the Treasurer of Algeria, and published a book entitled: "Fonctionnaires ã Madagascar."