Honours and Awards
- Knight of the Ordre National du Mérite (1976)
- Knight of the Légion d'Honneur (1983)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987)
- Officer of the Légion d'Honneur (1988)
- Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1989)
- Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite (1993)
- Commander of the Légion d'Honneur (1996)
- Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (2001)
- Grand Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit of Romania (2004)
- ISA Medal for Science (2007)
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