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French Nun Now
Citizen
By TIM SH EP ARD
An eld erl y Fr en ch nun
who wa nts to die an Am eri
can ye st er da ywas as su re d
he r wish in ce rem on iesat
United
S tates
D i s t r i c t
Co urt .
Mo ther Ma delei ne La m-
bin, a te ac he ra t Sa n Die go
Coll ege fo r Wom en, re
nou nced he r fo rm erciti zen
sh ip along with 78 ot he r
alien swho join ed the fami
ly of Am er ic an sat a na tu
ral iza tio n hea ri ng .
" It wa s a g re at sa cr ifi ce
for m e t o r e n o u n c em y
Fr ench cit iz en sh ip ,"Mo ther
Lamb in sa id . "B ut I ca me
he re 49 y ea rsago and is has
been 49 ye ar sof ha pp ine ss
wit hou t shad ow . 1 wa nted to
die an Amer ic an ."
Mo ther Lamb in came to
the Uni ted Stat es in 1912.
She spen t 29 ye ar s in Chi
cag o, th re eye ar sels ew he re
and c a me t o S a n D i e g o
whe n th e new col lege was
fo rm edin 1949.
" I lov e Fr an ceso much ,
it hu rt s to le av e h er ," sh e
sa id . "B ut Am er ica—th at' s
my ho m e. "
Fe de ra l Judge James Car te r ex
tends congra tula tion sto Mothe r Ma
deleine Lambin, a French -bo rnteach
er a t San Diego College for Women,