Sons New York. 1975. ). Legacy Following his death in 1974, twelve annual US Grand Open competitions (1975–1987) were named after him: The Michel Alaux Grand Open was a three-day international event "considered essentially the same as the Nationals". He was inducted into the US Fencing Hall of Fame in 2006. Footnotes and references External links https://web.archive.org/web/20110220170724/http://www.alaux-fencingmaster.com/index.htm http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=13207 1924 births 1974 deaths French male fencers American male fencers French Olympic coaches American Olympic coaches French fencing coaches American fencing coaches French non-fiction writers French educators Recipients of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques 20th-century American male writers 20th-century French male writers 20th-century French educators 20th-century American educators 20th-century American essayists American male non-fiction writers French male non-fiction writers French emigrants to the United States