Cordonnier, Gerard Anatole F. (1907-)
Cordonnier, Gerard Anatole F. (1907-)
An engineer with the French Naval Construction Service who had an interest in parapsychology. He was born April 19, 1907, at Bailleul (Nord), France, and studied at the Ecole Poly-technique, Paris, the University of Lyons, and the Ecole Nationale Supèvieve du Génie Maritime. Honors for his work began in 1931 when he won the Arts, Sciences and Letters Silver Medal. He was presented the Chevalier, Légion d'Honneur at the end of World War I(1945). His distinguished scientific career included assignment to the National Center for Scientific Research in 1952. He began his service in the Documentation Center of the center in 1958. He has written on clairvoyance and mathematics, and on levitation in relation to gravity. His parapsychological interests included telepathy, clairvoyance, levitation, and psychokinesis.