Marcel André Guenin

Background

Guenin, Marcel André was born on July 17, 1937 in Geneva. Son of Léandre André and Isabella Serafina (Bontempo) Guenin.

Education

He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1962 at the University of Geneva under the supervision of Ernst Stueckelberg with a thesis titled "Opérateurs de champ antilinéaires, Tet Communist Party-covariance".

Career

Research associate Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1964-1966. Lecturer graduate program, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1966-1968. Assistant professor University Geneva, 1968-1970, associate professor, 1970-1973, professor department physics, since 1973, director department theoretical physics, 1974-1977.

Vice-rector University Geneva, 1980-1983, rector, 1983-1987. Director group of applied physics (GAP), University Geneva, since 1993. Board directors Societé Financiere de Geveva, 1987-1989, board directors, committee member British Broadcasting Corporation Brown Boveri Ltd., Baden, Switzerland, 1987-1996.

Chairman PBG Privatbank, Geneva, 1986-1989. Chairman Cogitas, Geneva. Board directors Lasarray, Biel, Burnet, Geneva.

Member science advisory committee Asea Brown Boveri, Zurich, 1988-1993.

Achievements

• Marcel André Guenin has been listed as a noteworthy physics professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to 1st lieutenant Swiss Army Reserve. Fellow European Physical Society (secretary 1973-1978. Member Swiss Physical Society (secretary 1969-1973), American Physical Society, International Association Mathematics Physicists (founding member).

Lodges: Rotary.

Connections

Married Ingrid Marina Selbach, August 20, 1962. Children: Marc Olivier, Bertrand Frédéric André, Didier Philippe Marcel.

Father:

Léandre André Guenin

Mother:

Isabella Serafina (Bontempo) Guenin

Spouse:

Ingrid Marina Selbach

child:

Didier Philippe Marcel Guenin

child:

Marc Olivier Guenin

child:

Bertrand Frédéric André Guenin