Background
PICCARD, Jacques Ernest Jean was born on July 28, 1922 in Brussels, Belgium. Son of Auguste Piccard and Marianne (Denis) Piccard.
PICCARD, Jacques Ernest Jean was born on July 28, 1922 in Brussels, Belgium. Son of Auguste Piccard and Marianne (Denis) Piccard.
University of Geneva and Institute Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva.
Assistant Professor, of Economics, Geneva 1946-1948. Consultant scientist to several American organisations for deep sea research. Collaborated with father, Professor Auguste Piccard, in construction of bathyscaph Trieste.
Built first mesoscaph Auguste Piccard.
Has made more than 100 dives in Mediterranean and Pacific, one to 35,800 feet (deepest ever dive) in January 1960 and approximately 700 dives in European lakes with submersible Field Artillery-FOREL.
Chief Scientist, research submarine Ben Franklin for the Grumman-Piccard Gulf Stream Drift Mission, Summer 1969. Founder and President Foundation for the Study and Preservation of Seas and Lakes.
Built research submersible Field Artillery-FOREL 1978.
Visiting Professor, of Oceanic Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. Honorary Doctor of Science (American Institute College, and Hofstra University). Croix de guerre (France), United States Distinguished Public Service.
Married MarieClaude Maillard in 1953.