Background
Gauvenet, André Jean was born on March 31, 1920 in Nuits-St.-Georges, Côte d'Or, France. Son of Emile Félix and Louise Adrienne (Tixier) Gauvenet.
Gauvenet, André Jean was born on March 31, 1920 in Nuits-St.-Georges, Côte d'Or, France. Son of Emile Félix and Louise Adrienne (Tixier) Gauvenet.
Certified, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Saint-Cloud, 1942. Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures, University Sorbonne, Paris, 1944.
Professor, College Turgot, Paris, 1942-1943; engineer, Laboratory Center d'Electricité, Paris, 1943-1945; researcher, Society Alsacienne Constrns. Mech., Paris, 1945-1948; professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Saint-Cloud, 1948-1954; science attache, French Embassy, New York City, 1954-1956; engineer nuclear safety and radiation protection, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, 1956-1982; inspector general nuclear safety and security, Electricité France, Paris, 1982-1985; professor safety engineer, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Techniques Avancées, Paris, 1988-1995; professor safety engineer, Ecole Polytechnic Féminine, Sceaux, 1990-1995.
Fellow American Nuclear Society. Member Society Française Nucléaire, American Physical Society, European Physical Society, Society Française Physique, Cercle d'Union Interalliée, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Hélene Frédérique Gras-Gauvenet, May 15, 1948. Children: Christian, Françoise, Anne.