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2010 Awardee V. Grignard
University of Lyon

  • Dr. Pierre Grignard's speech, June 21, 2012, translated by Arnaud Grignard
  • Grignard Family and Group Photo. (L to R) Jeffrey I. Seeman (Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society), Yves Chauvin (2005 Nobel Prize), Christophe Grignard (great grandson, son of Jean), Sylvie Grignard (wife of Pierre Grignard), Pierre Grignard (grandson), Juliette Grignard (great granddaughter, daughter of Pierre), Margot Grignard (great granddaughter, daughter of Pierre), Claude de Bellefon (Director Scientifique CPE Lyon), Germain Gillet (Vice President of Research of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), Gerard Pignault (Directeur de CPE Lyon), Jacques V. Grignard (eldest grandson), Jean-Marie Lehn (1987 Nobel Prize), Michel Thiers (former Vice President of the Conseil Général du Rhône, Arnaud Grignard (great grandson, son of Pierre). Victor Grignard had one son, Roger. Roger and his wife Colette Grignard had five children: Jacques, Françoise, Jean, Philippe and Pierre.
  • Unveiling the Grignard plaque. (L to R) Germain Gillet (Vice President of Research of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), Jacques V. Grignard, Pierre Grignard, Gerard Pignault (Directeur de CPE Lyon), Jeffrey I. Seeman (Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society).