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,J-M Rocard was born in Saïgon, Vietnam in 1930. He went to school in Paris, got his baccalauréat in 1949 and before completing his studies he went to Vietnam as a volunteer in the French Navy (1951-1953)
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J-M Rocard received his doctorate of Physics from the Sorbonne in 1957. He then went to the University of British Columbia as a Postdoctoral Fellow (1958-1959). For 2 years he was a Research Fellow at the TI Resarch Laboratory (1959-1961, Dallas) (working on Caesium ion engines) and for the next 4 years a senior research scientist at the Litton Space Laboratory (Beverly Hills) (working in the field of Plasma physics). From 1965 to 1990 J-M Rocard has taught physics at the Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Birth Place
Daïgon, Vietnam
Accomplishments
Docteur ès Sciences (Sorbonne) (cum laude 1957)
2 military medals (Saïgon Indochina 1953) =
- Croix de guerre T.O.E.
- Médaille "Extrème-Orient
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19 rue Paul Vidal 19 rue Paul Vidal
Toulouse 31000
France
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