Born on March 27, 1901, in Alès (Gard). Died on December 23, 2000.
Education and Professional Career
- 1920–1923: Student at the École Polytechnique, then at the École Supérieure d’Électricité
- 1924–1929: Engineer in the submarine cable department
- 1929: Research associate to 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 Academy of Sciences, Physics Section
- 1949–1965: President of the Catholic Union of French Scientists
- 1951–1971: Commissioner for Atomic Energy
- 1957: President (for 1957) of the French Physical Society
- 1959–1972: Professor at the Collège de France, holding the chair in Nuclear Physics
- 1961: Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- 1964–1966: President of the Scientific Steering Committee of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva
- 1966: Member of the Académie française
- 1974–1990: President of the French Organization of the European Movement
- 1976–1979: Member of the High Committee on the Environment
- 1972–1984: President of Jeunesses Musicales de France
- 1983: President of the Frederik Bull Foundation
- 1984: First Vice President of Jeunesses Musicales de France
- 1986–1991: President of the Society for the Promotion of Progress
Other Activities
- Tennis
- Painting: Exhibitions in Paris in 1959, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1982; in Bordeaux in 1966, 1972; in Sauve and Montpellier in 1967; in Cannes in 1977, etc.