Background
Bellan, Gérard Léon was born on January 28, 1934 in Cherbourg, Manche, France. Son of Auguste Guillaume and Raymonde Paule (Beaumanoir) Bellan.
Bellan, Gérard Léon was born on January 28, 1934 in Cherbourg, Manche, France. Son of Auguste Guillaume and Raymonde Paule (Beaumanoir) Bellan.
License Sciences, University Caen, Calvados, France, 1957. Doctor Oceanography, University Marseilles, Bches Rhone, France, 1959. Doctor Natural Sciences, University Marseilles, Bches Rhone, France, 1964.
Instructor, U. Marseilles, 1957-1959; research attaché, National Center Science Research, Marseilles, 1959-1964; research chargé, National Center Science Research, Marseilles, 1964-1972; master research, National Center Science Research, Marseilles, 1972-1983; director research, National Center Science Research, Marseilles, since 1984. Advisor, consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1977-1980. Committee member International Committee Science Exploration Meditteranean, Monaco, 1960-1990, advisor, 1991-1995.
President Association for Help to Young Disabled, Marseilles, 1977-1979, administrator, 1969-1997. Administrator Association for Work of Disabled in Public Research, 1992-1998. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Ecology (vice president 1988-1990), French Society Zoology, Society Integrative and Comparative Biology, Academy Subaquatic Science 'd Technics (Gold Trident award 1989), Italian Ecological Society, Italian Society Marine Biology.
Married Denise Rose Santini, August 30, 1961. 1 child, Raymonde-Gaëlle.