Joseph Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot (May 3, 1886—October 9, 1970) was born in Paris. Trained as a physician, in 1936 he was elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine, and in 1939 he started teaching at the faculty of Medicine in Paris. In 1944 Dr. Vallery-Radot was elected to the Académie Française, and after World War II he headed France's Department of Public Health. In 1960 De Gaulle conferred on him the Legion of Honor. Among his numerous books are Louis Pasteur; a great life in brief (1958).