About Pierre Macq
Lived 1930 – 2013 (aged 83). Pierre Macq was a Belgian physicist.
Pierre Macq (8 July 1930 in Ganshoren – 17 September 2013) was a Belgian physicist who was the rector of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) from 1986 until 1995. In 1973, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences for his work on experimental nuclear physics.
In 1991, the Hoover Chair was founded by Pierre Macq, at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political sciences of the UCLouvain, thanks to a donation from the BAEF for university development.
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Who was Pierre Macq?
physicist (1930-2013)
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Pierre Macq was born on 8 July 1930 in Ganshoren.
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Pierre Macq died on 17 September 2013.
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Pierre Macq was a physicist.
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Pierre Macq was Belgian.
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