Born March 27 1901, Alès (Gard). Died December 23 2000.
Education and professional career
- 1920-1923 : Student at the École Polytechnique, then at the École Supérieure d'Électricité
- 1924-1929 : Submarine cable engineer
- 1929 : Collaborator with Duke Maurice de Broglie at the X-ray Physics Laboratory
- 1933 : Doctor of Science
- 1936-1969 : Professor at the École Polytechnique
- 1949 : Member of the Académie des Sciences, physics section
- 1949-1965 : President of the Catholic Union of French Scientists
- 1951-1971 : Atomic Energy Commissioner
- 1957 : President (for 1957) of the Société Française de Physique
- 1959-1972 : Professor of Nuclear Physics at the Collège de France
- 1961 : Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- 1964-1966 : Chairman of the Scientific Directives Committee of the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva
- 1966 : Member of the French Academy
- 1974-1990 : Chairman of the French Organization of the European Movement
- 1976-1979 : Member of the High Committee for the Environment
- 1972-1984 : President of Jeunesses Musicales de France
- 1983 : Chairman of the Frederik Bull Foundation
- 1984 : First Vice-President of Jeunesses Musicales de France
- 1986-1991 : Chairman, Société d'Encouragement au progrès
Other activities
- Tennis
- Painting : Exhibitions in Paris 1959, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1982 ; Bordeaux 1966, 1972 ; Sauve and Montpellier 1967 ; Cannes 1977, etc.
