Raymond Daudel

Raymond Daudel (February 2, 1920 Paris - June 20, 2006 Ivry-sur-Seine) was a French theoretical and quantum chemist.

Trained as a physicist, he was an assistant to Irène Joliot-Curie at the Radium Institute. He spent almost all his career as professor at the Sorbonne and director of a laboratory of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He is quoted as saying that the latter "was much better because the CNRS was very rich". This allowed him to attract many co-workers from elsewhere in France and internationally.

He was an Officier de la Légion d'honneur and an Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. He was President of the European Academy of Arts Sciences and Humanities, Paris, France. He was a founding member and Honorary President of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

He has written several books including, with G. Leroy, D. Peeters and M. Sana, Quantum chemistry, published by Wiley in 1983. He was responsible for the organization of the first International Congresses in Quantum Chemistry, held in Menton, France in 1973.

External links

• His International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page
• An interview with Raymond Daudel
• Obituary by Jean Maruani