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Though de la Durantaye is often rumored to be of mysterious European origins, he actually hails from East Lansing, Mich., where his family has lived since the sixteenth century. His Midwest rearing was not as parochial, however, as it may sound...
...la Durantaye does have European connections: he spent several years traveling and studying in France, Italy, and Germany, and his wife of six months is German...
...currently lives in New Haven, and de la Durantaye commutes most weekends to be with her. The trek, he claims, is a relatively easy one when compared to their earlier long-distance relationship between Boston and Berlin...
Despite his hippie breeding, de la Durantaye nonetheless learned certain “bourgeois” sports—like baseball and tennis—from his more traditional grandparents. Although he played baseball seriously, he quit in an “act of weird rebellion” against his father, who had once seriously considered becoming a professional baseball player himself...
Despite his notably youthful looks, de la Durantaye says that his age does not have any significant effect on his relationship with students. “I’m a good deal older than them,” he says, but he admits that he dresses up at the beginning of the semester to clarify his role in the classroom...