Guy PIGNOLET
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     14 Chemin du Jardin, 97439 Sainte Rose, France
born on 28 March 1942, in France
     Paris Address  :
CNES Publications Dept.
2 Place Maurice Quentin
75039 Paris Cedex, France
e-mail : <pignolet@grandbassin.net>

Education and Military Service :
1959-1963 :  Louis Le Grand then  Ecole Polytechnique : Diplomed Engineer in 1963
1963-1964 : Hydrography Engineer in the French Navy : Field Missions in Western Africa
1970-1971 : BPA doctoral programme at Cornell University, USA : Organisational Behaviour

Professional Careers :

1972-1973 : Founder and Manager of CERCAV
    Réunion Center for Audio-Visual Communication
    * Pioneer of portable video arts
1973-1980 : Teaching in France
    Math and Physics teacher in Junior High Schools in Sainte Rose and Saint André (La Réunion)
    * 24 pupil Class won 1st Prize in national competition
       Paul-Emile Victor 1978 Contest (Long life to our forests)
    * President of SOFIOM (Regional Association of Engineers)
1981-1996 : French Space Agency CNES
   Writer of  'Perspectives' (Satellites, Moon) (1981-1983)
   Director of the Toulouse Documentation Center (1983)
   Youth and Education Engineer at Paris Headquarters (1984-1995)
       (organisation of national and international space activities for the Youth)
   In charge of Wireless Power Transportation Studies (1991-1996)
      Foreign Fellow Researcher at ISAS, Japan (1994)
   Publications Engineer (since 1996)
   * Astronaut Candidate in 1980 and 1985 for the French Space Agency
   * Co-editor of Astronaut Patrick Baudry's prize-winning film
       "7 days between Heaven and Earth " (13 minutes, 1985)
   * Co-Chairman of the Education Committee from 1990 to 1993 at the International Astronautical Federation
   * Secretary of the Astronautical Commission at Aero-Club de France since 1996
        French National Coordinator of Sputnik 40 Years school satellite project (1997)
   * Secretary of Societe Française de Transport d'Energie Sans Fil (since 1996)
   * Associate Researcher at the Engineeering Design Laboratory at Universite de La Reunion (since 1997)
   * Author of theme TV film "From Island to Planet" (52 minutes, 1994)

Languages :
   English and French : totally bilingual at a professional level
   Practical notions in German, Russian, Japanese and Brazilian

Sports and Leisure :
 Boat Sailing, Trekking, Diving, Aircraft Pilot, Parachutist
 * Founder of the regional Sport League of Orienteering in La Reunion
 * Founder, Secretary, then President of U3P association for solar sailing into the solar system
 * Winner of the inter-company writing competition "Objectif Plume" (1994)