Jean-Claude Pecker#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 43 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Jean-Claude Pecker passed away February 20, 2020.
Positions Held
- 1999 - 2001 President of the Association française pour l'information scientifique
- 1990 - 1996 Vice-President of the French UNESCO committee and thereafter permanent representative to UNESCO of the *International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)
- 1989 - 1992 Vice-President of the Academia Europaea
- 1988 Vice-chair of the Scientific committee of the Musées de France
- 1986 - 1988 President of the Comité National de culture scientifique et technique
- 1983 - 1985 President of the Comité d'Orientation du Musée de la Villette
- 1978 President of the French association for the advancement of science
- 1972 - 1979 Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Institute of Astrophysics
- 1964 - 1967 General Secretary of the IAU (International Astronomical Union)
- 1964 - 1967 General secretary of the Société astronomique de France and President thereafter until 1976
- 1963 - 1988 Professor of theoretical astrophysics at the Collège de France and honorary professor thereafter
- 1962 - 1969 Director of the Nice Observatory
- 1955 - 1962 Astronomer of the Paris Observatory
Fields of Scholarship
- Astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- Commander of the Légion d'Honneur
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France)
- Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 1966 Manley-Bendall Prize from the Academy of Bordeaux
- 1967 Jules-Janssen Prize, the highest award for Astronomy from the French Astronomical Society (SAF)
- 1967 Janssen Medal for significant advances in the field of astrophysics[6]
- 1969 Three Physicists Prize
- 1972 Medal from the University of Nice
- 1973 Prix Jean Perrin, for popularising science to the general public[21]
- 1977 Member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1981 Medaille de l’Adion of the Nice Observatory
- 1983 Rationalist Union prize
- 1984 Personalité de l'Année
- 1996 Stroobant Prize from the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
- 1996 Lodén Prize from the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
- 2005 International Humanist Award, for services to Humanism from the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)
- A minor planet (1629) is named in his honour, discovered by L. Boyer
