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Friday, September 06, 2002

Aw, come on now, this is neat even if you don't like the French--French Present Honorary Knighthood to AU Professor

AUBURN -- The French government has named Auburn University Professor F. Stephen Dobson as a Chevalier dans l'Order des Palmes Academiques for his outstanding contributions to the scientific culture of France.

The designation -- Knight in the Order of the Academic Palmes -- is the French equivalent of a knighthood and is one of the highest honors given by the French government.

The award was presented to Dobson during a ceremony in July at the University of Paris. He was presented with a medal, a certificate and a Chevalier pin.

Jacques Lang, the minister of culture under Francois Mitterrand, and the minister of national educations under Lionel Jospin, formalized the honor.

Dobson's major research is in behavioral ecology. For the past seven years, he has been collaboratively working on mammalian social behavior at the University of Paris, and on the behavior and genetics of marine birds and mammals in the French Antarctic territories with Pierre Jouventin of the National Scientific Research Center in Montpellier. [...]

posted by Terry at 3:18:00 PM

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