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
