User:Rho9998/Raymond Renard

Raymond Renard, born 9 March 2020 in Saint-Ghislain (Hainaut Province), died 19 March 2020 in Mons (Hainaut Province), is a Belgian linguist and writer. He became a Doctor of Philosophy and Literature at the Université libre de Bruxelles in1954.

Academic career

 * High school teacher (1945-1954).
 * Teacher at the l'Institut supérieur de commerce de la Province de Hainaut (1954-1965).
 * Lecturer, later course convener, at the Faculté polytechnique de Mons (1954-1990). Head of their Modern Languages Institute (1961-1974).
 * President and founder of the École d'interprètes internationaux - later the 'Faculté de traduction et d’interprétation' (FTI-EII) at the Université de Mons (1962-1969).
 * Teacher at the Faculté des sciences psycho-pédagogiques at the l'Université de Mons-Hainaut (head of phonetics department) (1966-1990). Head of faculty (1978-1984). Vice-chancellor of the University (1969-1973).
 * President of the Linguistics Department at the Université de Mons-Hainaut (1965-1971; 1984-1990).
 * Founder and Head of the journal Revue de Phonétique Appliquée (1965-1996).

Offices

 * Delegated manager of the Centre international de phonétique appliquée (CIPA) since 1965.
 * Consultant for UNESCO, the EU and the Organisation International de la Francophonie (OIF).
 * Representative of the French Community of Belgium at the OIF.