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12 Bernard Pouyaud

-    a member of the French National Committee of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) from 1956 and Vice-President in 1969; he was President of IAHS from 1971 to 1975, then Secretary General of the Association from 1975 to 1979;

-    a member of the Commission on Hydrometeorology of the World Meteorological Organization in 1961 and President of the Working Group on the Planning of the Networks for this Commission; he was Vice-President of the Commission of Hydrometeorology from 1968 to 1971.

Jean Rodier also collected the following decorations and awards: holder of the Military Cross 1939-1940; he became a graduate of the Academy of Sciences in 1960; Chevalier de PEtoile Noire of Benin; Chevalier du Merite Agricole Franęais in August 1964; Knight of the Legion of Honour in December 1964; Chevalier de 1’Ordre des Palmes Academiques in February 1973; and Officier de FOrdre National du Merite in July 1976.