The founding father of today's EPFL turns 100 today!

Maurice Cosandey, who served as EPFL president from 1963 to 1978, celebrates his 100th birthday today. He is revered as the driving force behind EPFL's transformation into a federal institute - and he's still concerned about the future of our planet. The three presidents who followed in Maurice Cosandey's footsteps all agree that he was a "visionary." In fact, words of praise for the founder of today's EPFL are not lacking: generous, modest and extremely curious are among them (see our video homage). Cosandey, who headed the school from 1963 to 1978, turns 100 today. He may get around in a wheelchair nowadays, but his mind is ever agile. And he maintains strong ties to EPFL, never missing the school's Master's degree graduation ceremony. Despite suffering from macular degeneration, he continues to read voraciously with the aid of a reading device.
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