Born in Limoux (Aude) on November 22 1921. Died July¹ 2004.

Training and professional career

• 1948-1953 : Assistant at the Toulouse Faculty of Medicine
• 1953-1958 : Head of practical work and Deputy Director of the Regional Blood Transfusion Center
• 1954 : Doctor of Medicine
• 1957 : Doctor of Science
• 1958 : Agrégé de l'Université
• 1958-1965 : Senior Lecturer
• 1962-1972 : Creator and Director of the CNRS Hemotypology Center
• 1965-1972 : Chair of Hematology and General Manager of the Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine (Regional Blood Transfusion Center)
• 1970 : Consultant Immunology at the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (New York University)
• 1972-1992 : Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Physical Anthropology and Director of the Laboratory
• 1978 : Research Professor, New York University, Medical Center (part time)

Awards and distinctions

Academies

• Member of the Institute (Académie des Sciences)
• Member of the Academy of Medicine
• New York Academy of Sciences (Active member)
• Honorary Member of the Colombian Academy of Medicine (Bogota)
• Honorary Member of the Anthropology Commission
• romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
• Corresponding member of the Académie Royale de Belgique