Michel François Lechat

Background

Lechat, Michel François was born on April 30, 1927 in Brussels. Son of Pierre M. Lechat and Jacqueline H. (Greiner) de Haulleville.

Education

Agrege, Catholic U. Louvain, Belgium, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, Catholic U. Louvain, 1952; diploma in tropical medicine, Tropical Medicine Institute, Antwerp, Belgium, 1953; Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.

Career

Medical director, Leprosy Hospital of Iyonda, Mbandaka, People's Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1953-1959; medical officer, Pan American Health Organisation, Mexico City, 1965-1966; professor head epidemiology department, Catholic U. Louvain, Brussels, 1967-1992. Professor Tropical Medicine Institute, Antwerp, 1967-1980. Director Research Center Disaster Epidemiology, Brussels, 1978-1993.

President School Public Health Catholic U., Louvain, Brussels, 1983-1992. Consultant National Academy Sciences, Washington, 1976-1978, World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1969, United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-1995.

Achievements

• Michel François Lechat has been listed as a noteworthy Epidemiologist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member selection committee King Baudouin award, 1978-1995, president, 1990-1995. Fellow Royal Belgian Academy for Overseas Science. Member Academy Europea, Royal Belgian Academy Medicine, International Leprosy Association (president 1978-1988, president emeritus), Society Scholars Johns Hopkins University.

Connections

Married Edith G. Dasnoy, March 25, 1953. Children: Marie, Laurent, Sylvie.

Father:

Pierre M. Lechat Lechat

Mother:

Jacqueline H. (Greiner) Lechat

Spouse:

Edith G. Dasnoy

child:

Laurent Lechat

child:

Marie Lechat

child:

Sylvie Lechat