Lagarrigue, André, 1924-1975.

Polytechnical School (L'Ecole Polytechnique)[E. P.], 1945-1947; Advanced School of Armament (L'Ecole Supérieure de l'Armament), 1947-1949; on-loan researcher, Laboratoire Leprince Ringuet [E. P.], 1949; doctoral thesis, 1952; experiments on cosmic rays, 1951-1954; research trip to United States (Berkeley), 1954-1955; construction at the E. P. of Bubble Chambers (B1 2, B1 3) and experiment at Saclay, 1955-1960; Bubble Chamber experiments at CERN, 1960-1968; named physics professor at Orsay, 1964 (promotes the construction of GARGAMELLE), 1964; director, Linear Accelerator Laboratory at Orsay (Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire à Orsay) [LAL] (succeeding M. Blanc Lapierre), 1969; president of the Commission in charge of renovating the teaching of physics ["Commission Lagarrigue"], 1971-1975; discovery of neutral currents at the CERN with GARGAMELLE, 1973; death in Paris, 1975.