Background
Prignot, Jacques Jules was born on February 2, 1924 in Ixelles, Belgium. Son of Louis Joseph Prignot and Marguerite Defoin-Prignot.
Prignot, Jacques Jules was born on February 2, 1924 in Ixelles, Belgium. Son of Louis Joseph Prignot and Marguerite Defoin-Prignot.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1948.
Lecturer, U. Louvain, 1959-1967; professor, U. Louvain, 1967-1989; head pneumology Department, University Louvain, 1973-1989; professor emeritus, U. Louvain, since 1989; medical director, University Clinic Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium, 1967-1989; honorary medical director, University Clinic Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium, since 1989.
President Foundation des affections respiratoires et de l'Education, Brussels, European Bureau Action Smoking Prevention, 1990-1992, Solidarité et Cooperation Medical au Tiers Monde, since 1980. Administrator Belgian Committee United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, since 1990. Member Belgian Society Pneumology (Prix Derscheid 1970, president 1981-1982).
Married Monique Lucie Van Mechelen, August 2, 1952 (divorced November 1980). Children: Bernard, Baudouin, Paul, Olivier, Isabelle, Catherine, Charlotte. Married Françoise Marguerite Pouthier-Bernier, September 11, 1982.
