Julien Engel ’54

Jules died Feb. 21, 2026.

A child survivor of the Holocaust, Jules prepared at College de Garcons in Cannes, France, and at Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., where he was active in publications. He majored in the Woodrow Wilson School, served as a research assistant in the Center for Research in World Political Institutions, was a member of Whig-Clio and the Varsity Debate Panel, joined Terrace Club, and served on the sophomore and senior class councils.

After two years at Oxford and “a ridiculous two years in the U.S. Army,” he embarked on a lifetime of work in international development, particularly in West Africa. He joined the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Science and Technology for International Development and served as a consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and elsewhere. His later work focused on environmental policy across several African countries.

From 1966, Jules lived in Washington, D.C. In 2003, he married Anne-Marie Munzberg, a professor of French at Georgetown University. In his retirement, Jules preserved testimony in the Fortunoff Archive at Yale University about those who saved his life during the war. He also instigated and provided information for the book The Marcel Network by Fred Coleman ’60.

Jules is survived by his wife, Anne-Marie; her two daughters, Miriam and Nathalie; his brother George; nephew David; and niece Kathy.