Testimonial letter from Michel Chauvet

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This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.

This letter is from Michel Chauvet. It is "Exhibit A-882" in the Noles collection.

The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.

Michel Chauvet
Unit 17 - 33. Bayshore Drive
Nepean, Ontario
Canada K2B6M7
July 18 1983

To whom it may concern

I received a B.A. from Ottawa (1966), Licence in History from Grenoble, France (1968), Masters in History - Grenoble, France (1969), Lecturer at Laurention University, Hearst, Ontario (1969 - 1970), comprehensive studies for a Doctor's Degree in Grenoble, France between 1970 and 1974, B.Ed. from the University of Ottawa, 1977, Licence in Communications from St. Paul's University in Ottawa, History and French teacher in French 'immersion' programs in Ottawa.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh has given a new dimension to history, to teaching, and to human relations. My personal approach to teaching has been considerably enhanced through contact with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his books.

Yours truly
[signed]
Michel Chauvet


(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)