Background
Godeaux, Jean Eugene Auguste was born on March 6, 1920 in Liège, Belgium. Son of Lucien Auguste and Maria Henriette (Luthers) Godeaux.
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Jean Eugene Auguste Godeaux
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Master of Science, U. Liège, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, U. Liège, 1948; Doctor of Science in Zoology, U. Liège, 1958.
Career
Belgian National Research Foundation scholar, U. Liège, 1942-1948;
chief practical works, supply teacher, U. Liège, 1948-1959;
Belgian National Research Foundation associate, U. Liège, 1955-1959;
head Zoology Laboratory, U. Belgian Congo (later U. Zaire), Elisabethville/Lubumbashi, 1959-1968;
dean Faculty Agronomy, U. Liège, 1961-1962;
assistant professor, U. Liège, 1968-1970;
head Marine Biology Laboratory, U. Liège, 1970-1985;
head General Biology Laboratory, U. Liège, 1975-1985;
professor emeritus, U. Liège, since 1985. Member plankton committee International Common for Science Exploration Mediterranean Sea, Monaco, since 1958, president, since 1989. Convenor Colloquium OceanographicRsch. in Mediterranean, Liège, 1988, also editor.
Convenor Round Table on Comparative Study Levantine Basin, Suez Canal and Red Sea, Athens, Greece, 1988, also editors.
Achievements
Membership
Member Royal Academy Belgium (national committee oceanography 1972, secretary 1982-1991, Agathon de Potter prize 1954, Edmond de Sélys-Longchamps prize 1971), Royal Society Sciences Liège (past president, honorary secretary since 1983), Belgian Zoological Society (president 1980-1981, Executive Board since 1980), Institute for Marine Research (president 1985-1989), Fifty One Club (honorary president 1982-1984).
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Married Rita Marie Berland, October 27, 1945. Children: Christiane Marie, Jean Claude.
