Background
Castaing, Raimond Bernard was born on December 28, 1921 in Monaco. Son of Bernard François and Josèphe Renée (Mirot) Castaing.
Castaing, Raimond Bernard was born on December 28, 1921 in Monaco. Son of Bernard François and Josèphe Renée (Mirot) Castaing.
Lycee de Monaco, College de Condom, Gers, Lycee de Toulouse, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.
Lecturer, University of Toulouse 1952-1956, Sorbonne 1956-1959, Professor University of Paris Sud 1959-1987, Professor Emeritus since 1988. President Society Franyaise de Microscopie Electronique 1959-1960, President Society Francaise de Physique 1973. Honorary Doctor (University of Tubingen, Federation Republic of Germany) 1963.
Grand Officier Ordre National du Merite 1990, Commander, Legion d’Honneur 1986, Commander des Palmes academiques 1984. John Price Wetherill.
Administrator Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1984-1988. Member atomic energy committee Communications a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, 1982-1987, Committee National d'Evaluation, Paris, 1988-1998. Fellow Royal Microscopical Society (London, honorary).
Member Academy of Sciences (Paris), Royal Academy of Sciences (Sweden, foreign), Academy Leopoldina, International Academy Astronautics, French Physical Society, French Society Metallurgy (grand medal 1985).
Married Jeanne Louise Gadrat, July 7, 1947. Children: Bernard, Pierre, Claude.