LEON LAPEYSSONNIE, French Diplomat, Official. Regional Adviser on Epidemiology, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization. Officer, Legion of Honor, Order of Merit, France. Fellow, Société de Pathologie Exotique, Paris; Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London; Society of Tropical Microbiology, Paris; Society of Tropical Medicine, Belgium; Academy des Sciences d’Outre Mer, Paris.
Education
University of Montpellier, 1941, Doctor of Medicine. Pasteur Institute, Institution, Paris, 1947-1948. Faculty Sei, University of Montpellier, 1958, Master of Science Biology.
Faculty Medicine, 1972, Doctorate Human Biology. Army School of Tropical Medicine, Marseille, 1959, Professor of Preventive Med. Spoken languages: French, English, Spanish.
Career
Regional Adviser on Epidemiology, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization since 1972. Head, French Med Mission, Afghanistan, 1971-1972. Deputy Director, French Armed Forces School of Tropical Medicine, France & Head, Technical Inspection for Tropical Pathology, 1968-1971.
Professor of Preventive Medicine, World Health Organization, Tunis, 1966-1968. Chief of Mission & World Health Organization Representative, Iran, 1963-1966. Professor of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene & Head, Research Laboratory, School of Tropical Medicine, France, 1958-1963.
Dean, Med School, Pondicherry, India, 1954-1957. Head, Army Laboratory, North Viet-Nam, 1953-1954. Chief Medical Officer, Dahomey, 1950-1952.
Head, Research Laboratory, Upper Volta, 1949-1950. Head,* Sleeping Sickness Scheme Mobile Units, Upper Volta & Togo, 4247.
Membership
Fellow, Société de Pathologie Exotique, Paris. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London. Society of Tropical Microbiology, Paris.
Society of Tropical Medicine, Belgium. Academy des Sciences d’Outre Mer, Paris.