Marie Therese Dubalen Papers

Marie Therese Dubalen (1905-1999) was born in Paris to Edward Franklin Dubalen and Fortunée Clotilde Darde alongside brother Pierre Ferdinand Dubalen (1891-1961). Not much is known about her early years, but in a 1987 article from the Fort Myers News-Press she describes herself as a retired anesthesiologist. In the same piece she says she was “trapped in Paris during World War II and joined the French underground” where she led a double life, escaping arrest and making it “out on the last train from Geneva before the border was closed.” Eventually Dubalen settled in the US and was naturalized in 1955. In 1986 she was a member and student of the Academy of Senior Professional at Eckerd College (ASPEC) in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 1993 she moved from St. Petersburg to Eustis, Florida, where she died in 1999. Her obituary in the Orlando Sentinel describes her as a “registered nurse and social worker.”