Background
Becker, François was born on December 22, 1935 in Reims, Champagne, France. Son of Jean and Monique (Leclerc) Becker.
Becker, François was born on December 22, 1935 in Reims, Champagne, France. Son of Jean and Monique (Leclerc) Becker.
Degree in engineering, Ecole Central Paris, 1959. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Paris, 1967.
Assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1960. Maitre de conference University Paris, Orsay, France, 1962-1967. Professor University Strasbourg, France, 1967-1997.
Director Ecole National Superior Physique/U. Strasbourg, 1989-1995, professor emeritus, since 1997. President Polytechnicum Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 1992-1995. National committee member National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, 1987-1993.
Committee member programs science, Center National Research Spatiale, 1987-1993. Professor International Space University, Strasbourg, since 1990, dean, vice president, since 1997. Chairman European space science committee European Science Foundation, 1994-1998.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society France Physique, Society France Photogrammetrie Teledetection, International Society Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, International Academy Astronautics(correspondent).
Married Blandine Voisin, September 22, 1961. Children: Pascal, Claire, Laurence, Thomas.