Background
Girod, Roger was born on March 24, 1921 in Geneva. Son of Gustave and Marianne (Tapponnier) Girod.
Girod, Roger was born on March 24, 1921 in Geneva. Son of Gustave and Marianne (Tapponnier) Girod.
Maturite Latine, Geneva College, 1940. Licence in society science, University Geneva, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, U Geneva, 1952.
Assistant, Young Men’s Christian Association Refugees Svc., Geneva, 1944-1945;
assistant, Young Men’s Christian Association prisoners Svc., Austria, 1945-1946;
free lance journalist, translator, Geneva, 1946-1949;
assistant, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Department Education, Paris, 1949-1951;
professor ad interim, U. Geneva, 1952-1953;
professor, U. Geneva, 1953-1991. Researcher Internat Bureau Education, Geneva, 1956-1960. Invited professional Columbia University, New York City, 1962, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967.
Associate professor of University Fribourg, Switzerland, 1961-1991. Honorary professor of University Geneva, since 1991.
Member International Sociological Association (executive secretary 1963-1967), Academy Europaea.
Married Michelle Gottret, April 12, 1945. Children: Francoise, Marie-Claude, Bernard.