萨维尔·勒·皮雄1937—2025

他是法兰西公学院的教授。

生平

勒皮雄教授获得的是物理学博士学位。

1963年：以美国纽约哥伦比亚大学科学助理的身份开始科学研究生涯。

1969年：任法国布雷斯特布列塔尼海洋学中心海洋地质系主任。

1978年：任巴黎第六大学教授。

1984年：任巴黎高等师范学院地质系主任。

1986年：任法兰西公学院教授。

奖项和荣誉

1973年：获法国国家科学研究中心银奖。

1984年：获美国地球物理联合会颁莫里斯·尤英奖。

1985年：成为法国科学院院士，获颁荣誉军团勋章。

1990年：获日本国际奖，获颁法国国家荣誉勋章官佐勋章。

1991年：获伦敦地质学会颁沃拉斯顿奖章。

1995年：成为美国国家科学院外籍院士。

2002年：获巴尔赞奖。

Xavier Le Pichon (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje lə piʃɔ̃]; 18 June 1937 – 22 March 2025) was a French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he was known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics (1968), helping create the field of plate tectonics. In 1968, he combined the kinematic ideas of W. J. Morgan, D. McKenzie and R. L. Parker with the large data sets collected by Lamont, and especially with the respective magnetic profiles, show that Plate Tectonics could accurately describe the evolution of the major ocean basins. He was a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Geodynamics (1986–2008). He was a lifelong fervent Catholic and came to think of caring attention to others' weaknesses as an essential quality that allowed humanity to evolve. He lived with his wife and had six children and eleven grandchildren. He died in Sisteron on 22 March 2025, at the age of 87.

Timeline

Le Pichon held a doctorate in physics. Professional career:

1963: He began his scientific career as a scientific assistant at Columbia University, New York, United States.

In 1969, he became head of the marine geology department of the oceanology center of Brittany in Brest, France.

In 1978, he became professor at Université P. et M. Curie (University of Paris VI).

In 1984, he was head of the geology department at the École Normale Supérieure.

In 1986, he became a professor at the Collège de France.

Prizes and memberships of learned societies

In 1973, he won the CNRS Silver Medal.

• 1984: Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union
• 1985: member of the French Academy of Sciences; made knight of the Legion of Honour
• 1990: Japan Prize; made officer of the National Order of Merit
• 1991: Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London
• 1995: foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences
• 2002: Balzan Prize