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'''Marcel Boiteux''' (9 May 1922 – 6 September 2023) was French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member.
'''Marcel Boiteux''' (9 May 1922 – 6 September 2023) was a French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member.


Boiteux joined the [[Électricité de France|EDF]] in 1949 as a student of [[Maurice Allais]], and remained there for the rest of his career. In 1959, Marcel Boiteux became the President of the Econometric Society. From 1967 through 1987, he was the director of EDF. He theorized and implemented the price of electricity at marginal cost, and was one of the architects of France's nuclear industry development.
Boiteux joined the [[Électricité de France|EDF]] in 1949 as a student of [[Maurice Allais]] and remained there for the rest of his career. In 1959, Marcel Boiteux became the President of the Econometric Society. From 1967 through 1987, he was the director of EDF. He theorized and implemented the price of electricity at marginal cost, and was one of the architects of France's nuclear industry development.


His journey illuminates a social environment (that of scientists and senior civil services), a research process (marginal cost), a large company and its strategy, public sector career and power mechanisms, State-public-company relations, and decision-making processes on important issues such as nuclear policy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boiteux|first=Marcel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa6ZAgAAQBAJ&dq=jules+joubert+normalien&pg=PT8|title=Haute Tension|date=1993-10-01|publisher=Odile Jacob|isbn=978-2-7381-7368-3|language=fr}}</ref>
His journey illuminates a social environment (that of scientists and senior civil services), a research process (marginal cost), a large company and its strategy, public sector career and power mechanisms, State-public-company relations, and decision-making processes on important issues such as nuclear policy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boiteux|first=Marcel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa6ZAgAAQBAJ&dq=jules+joubert+normalien&pg=PT8|title=Haute Tension|date=1993-10-01|publisher=Odile Jacob|isbn=978-2-7381-7368-3|language=fr}}</ref>
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His professional career began in 1946 when he entered the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|National Center for Scientific Research]] (CNRS), under the responsibility of [[Maurice Allais]] and having [[Gérard Debreu]] as a colleague. The latter would obtain a Rockefeller scholarship from Maurice Allais.
His professional career began in 1946 when he entered the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|National Center for Scientific Research]] (CNRS), under the responsibility of [[Maurice Allais]] and having [[Gérard Debreu]] as a colleague. The latter would obtain a Rockefeller scholarship from Maurice Allais.


Boiteux joined EDF on April <abbr>1</abbr>, 1949 as an engineer in the sales department on the recommendation of Maurice Allais.
Boiteux joined EDF on 1 April 1949 as an engineer in the sales department on the recommendation of Maurice Allais.


Boiteux [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on 9 May 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transitionsenergies.com/tribune-marcel-boiteux-a-100-ans/|title=Tribune: Marcel Boiteux a 100 ans|date=13 May 2022|publisher=transitionsenergies.com|accessdate=1 August 2022|language=fr}}</ref> and died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite news |title=Décès de l'ancien président d'EDF Marcel Boiteux à 101 ans |url=https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/deces-de-l-ancien-president-d-edf-marcel-boiteux-a-101-ans-6d540555b756b9b288e036cf72ce9226 |access-date=8 September 2023 |publisher=Boursorama |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
Boiteux [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on 9 May 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transitionsenergies.com/tribune-marcel-boiteux-a-100-ans/|title=Tribune: Marcel Boiteux a 100 ans|date=13 May 2022|publisher=transitionsenergies.com|accessdate=1 August 2022|language=fr}}</ref> and died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite news |title=Décès de l'ancien président d'EDF Marcel Boiteux à 101 ans |url=https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/deces-de-l-ancien-president-d-edf-marcel-boiteux-a-101-ans-6d540555b756b9b288e036cf72ce9226 |access-date=8 September 2023 |publisher=Boursorama |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
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[[Category:Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour]]
[[Category:Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)]]

Revision as of 10:13, 8 September 2023

Marcel Boiteux
Born(1922-05-09)9 May 1922
Niort, France
Died6 September 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 101)
NationalityFrench
Occupations
  • economist
  • mathematician
  • senior civil service

Marcel Boiteux (9 May 1922 – 6 September 2023) was a French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member.

Boiteux joined the EDF in 1949 as a student of Maurice Allais and remained there for the rest of his career. In 1959, Marcel Boiteux became the President of the Econometric Society. From 1967 through 1987, he was the director of EDF. He theorized and implemented the price of electricity at marginal cost, and was one of the architects of France's nuclear industry development.

His journey illuminates a social environment (that of scientists and senior civil services), a research process (marginal cost), a large company and its strategy, public sector career and power mechanisms, State-public-company relations, and decision-making processes on important issues such as nuclear policy.[1]

On 14 December 1992, he was elected to the chair left vacant by Émile James' death in the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.[2]

Biography

Marcel Boiteux was born in Niort on 9 May 1922. He graduated from the Ecole Normale in 1942 and received his mathematics aggregation in 1946. In 1947, he also graduated, in the economics section, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris where he was a classmate of Pierre Moussa.[2]

His professional career began in 1946 when he entered the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), under the responsibility of Maurice Allais and having Gérard Debreu as a colleague. The latter would obtain a Rockefeller scholarship from Maurice Allais.

Boiteux joined EDF on 1 April 1949 as an engineer in the sales department on the recommendation of Maurice Allais.

Boiteux turned 100 on 9 May 2022,[3] and died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 101.[4]

References

  1. ^ Boiteux, Marcel (1993-10-01). Haute Tension (in French). Odile Jacob. ISBN 978-2-7381-7368-3.
  2. ^ a b "Marcel Boiteux". Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (in French). 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "Tribune: Marcel Boiteux a 100 ans" (in French). transitionsenergies.com. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Décès de l'ancien président d'EDF Marcel Boiteux à 101 ans". Boursorama. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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