Background
Doumenge, François André was born on October 9, 1926 in Viane, France. Son of Jean Hippolyte and Marie-Antoinette Victoria (Viguier) Doumenge.
Doumenge, François André was born on October 9, 1926 in Viane, France. Son of Jean Hippolyte and Marie-Antoinette Victoria (Viguier) Doumenge.
Degree, Faculte des Lettres, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Faculte des Lettres, 1966.
Professor, Junior College, Paulhan, France, 1948-1953;senior professor, Lyceum, Montpellier, France, 1953-1957;lecturer, U. Paul Valéry, Montpellier, 1957-1961;assistant professor, U. Paul Valéry, Montpellier, 1961-1967;professor, U. Paul Valéry, Montpellier, 1968-1976;professor, U. Abidjian, Ivory Coast, 1967-1968;rector, chancellor, Academy and University, French West Indies, 1976-1979;professor, Natural History Nal Museum, Paris, 1979-1988;director, Oceanographic Museum, Monaco, since 1989. Director Tropical Research Institute, Abidjian, 1967-1970. Project manager South Pacific Island Fisheries Development Agency, 1971-1973.
Secretary general International Committee Scientific Exploration Mediterranean, Monaco, since 1988. Commissioner International Whaling Commission, Cambridge, United Kingdom, since 1993.
Deputy mayor Montpelier Town Council, 1959—1977. Councillor French National Research Council, Paris, 1972—1984. Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature (president commission of ecology 1990-1994), Overseas Science and Technology Research Office (president council administration 1987-1988).
Married Lydie Francine Sicart, October 21, 1946 (divorced January 1980). Children: Jean-Pierre, Yves, Charles, Luc. Married Kiyoko Kanno, April 15, 1981.