Born in Reims (Marne) on May 10 1923. Died February 20, 2020 .
Education and professional career
Primary education
- Lycée de jeunes filles de Mondenard, Bordeaux
Secondary studies
- 1927-1928 : Longchamps annex of Lycée Michel-de-Montaigne, Bordeaux
- 1928-1933 : Longchamps annex of Lycée Michel-de-Montaigne, Bordeaux
- 1933-1940 : Section A (Latin-Greek-German). Baccalauréat : Math-Elem section (English) mention AB, Math-Elem baccalauréat mention TB, Philo baccalauréat mention AB (July 1939)
- Winner of the general drawing competition (Lefranc-Éducation nationale)
Post-secondary studies
- 1940-1941 : Special preparatory courses at Lycée Michel-de-Montaigne, Bordeaux
- Summer 1941 : Admitted to the École Centrale des Arts et Manufacture, Paris
- June 1941 : General mathematics (Pr M. Brelot), Bordeaux University. Passed, mention AB
- 1941-1942 : Mathématiques spéciales, lycée Saint-Louis, Paris
- August 1942 : Reçu (n° 20 bis) à l'École normale supérieure (sciences)
- 1942-1943 : University studies, Grenoble University
- June 1942 : Certificate in differential and integral calculus (Pr R. Gosse)
- June 1942 : Certificate in rational mechanics (Pr M. Brelot)
- June 1942 : Certificate in general physics (Pr R. Fortrat)
- Certificate in General Chemistry (Pr M. Dodero)
- Certificate in advanced analysis (Pr P. Lelong)
- Certificate in fluid mechanics (Pr M. Brelot)
- December 1943-August 1944 : D.E.S. in physics (Pr R. Fortrat, M. Reulos) on waveguides.
" I had to leave Grenoble in a hurry, and did not take these certificates, nor complete this diploma. I did not pursue any academic activity, except clandestinely... " - September 1946 : D.E.S. on the subject " Le polissage électrolytique " (jury : Pr R. Fortrat, E. Esclangon), mention AB
" I had set up electrolysis experiments even though I was in hiding, without any help or instruction other than Jacquet's articles... " - September 1944-August 1945 : École normale supérieure
- Autumn 1944 : General Chemistry, University of Paris. Accepted (special session for mobilized personnel) (December 1944)
- December 1944-August 1945 : Mobilized
- 1945-1946 : Preparatory lectures for the agrégation in physical sciences. Received (session 1946 demobilized) n° 6 as agrégé of physical sciences
- 1946-1950 : University of Paris, doctoral studies
- May 1950 : Doctorate in physics, with distinction TH, with congratulations from the jury, on the subject " Contribution à la théorie du type spectral " (jury : A. Danjon, A. Kastler, R. Croze, E. Schatzman)
- Second thesis topic : " Les moments nucléaires "