Henri Laugier

Henri Laugier (born August 5, 1888 in Mane , † January 19, 1973 in Antibes ) was a French physiologist , politician and science organizer.

Life

Laugier initially studied medicine ( doctorate in 1912), founded an institute for occupational medicine and in 1930 became professor of occupational physiology at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers . In 1937 he succeeded his teacher Louis Lapicque (1866-1952) professor of physiology at the Sorbonne . In 1936 he was instrumental in founding the Palais de la Découverte . In 1939 he founded the CNRS Biometric Laboratory . In the same year he became the first director of the CNRS. He fled from the German occupation to Canada , where he supported the emigration of French exiles to North America as a professor in Montreal . In 1943 he followed a call from Charles de Gaulle , who made him rector of the University of Algiers , which had been liberated from the Vichy regime . He was also involved in the founding of the United Nations (UN) and in 1946 he was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for Social Affairs under Trygve Lie . He was involved in the founding of various UN organizations ( UNESCO , WHO ) and in the preparation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . In 1951 he gave up his position at the United Nations and was on the Executive Council of UNESCO from 1952 to 1958. In the Algerian war he supported Charles de Gaulle, actually a socialist, because he only hoped for a quick end to the war.

He moved among Parisian intellectual and artistic circles and donated 14 paintings by Pablo Picasso to the Musée National d'Art Moderne before his death .

personal data
SURNAME	Laugier, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French physiologist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 5, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mane
DATE OF DEATH	19th January 1973
Place of death	Antibes