Fondation Francqui-Stichting
Fondation d’Utilité Publique  Stichting van Openbaar Nut



C
eremony of the Francqui Prize by
His Majesty The King Baudouin
at the "Fondation Universitaire" on June 25, 1991

Curriculum Vitae - Report of the Jury


Jean-Marie André


Report of the Jury (April 6, 1991)

Considering that the Professor Jean-Marie ANDRE acquired an international reputation in the field of the electronic structure of polymers by means of the methods of quantum chemistry and that thus, it contributed to the radiation of science;

considering the international impact of its work materialized since its thesis of doctorate by a great number of publications in international periodicals of very high level;

also considering its constant worry to integrate various scientific disciplines thus showing the width of the culture as of its ideas, which are guarantors of the development of science;

considering that its work presents at the same time a character fundamental and applied giving place to developments in the field of physical chemistry like industrial techniques;

decide to award the Prize Francqui 1991 to Mr Jean-Marie ANDRE, Professor at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix-Namur.
 

Jury members :

Professor Fernand PELLERIN
Professor at the Faculté de Pharmacie
Univesité de Paris Sud
Chatenay-Malabry - France
                                                           
Chairman

and

Professor Anthony BAK
Professor at the Universität Bielefeld
Germany

Professor Manfred DEISTLER
Professor at the Technische Univesität Wien
Vienna - Austria

Professor Jean-Claude DUPLESSY
Directeur de Recherche au CNRS
Directeur du Centre des Faibles Radioactivités
Laboratoire Mixte CNRS/CEA
Gif-sur-Yvette - France

Professor James HIRSCHFELD
Professor at the University of Sussex
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Brighton - UK

Professor Luigi LUGIATO
Professor at the Universita degli Studi
Dipartimento di Fisica
Milano - Italy

Professor Roger PAIN
Professor at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Dept. of Biochemistry and Genetics
UK

Professor Jens ROSTRUP-NIELSEN
Director R & D, Haldor Topsoe A/S
Adjungated Professor at the Danish Technical University (DMK)
Chairman Danish, Council for Research Policy
Copenhagen - Denmark

Professor Jens WEITKAMP
Professor at the Universität Stuttgart
Institut für Technische Chemie I
Germany

Professor Rudolf ZAHRADNIK
Professor at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry
Prague - Czechoslovakia

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