Introduction
In order to honor old links of friendship, to pursue and expand collaborative exchanges, and to promote convivial exchanges with other colleagues and with newcomers, we reproduce hereunder a few biographical sketches. All members, former members, and friends of the Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurosciences teams at Robert-Debré/Paris, at UCL-Belgium, and at MGH-HMS/Boston are invited to submit their biographical sketches or to give the web references of their web pages. We wish to welcome on this page, listed in the alphabetical order, all members, former members, and friends, senior and junior. These biographical sketches are not limited to pediatric neurologists. Clinicians and scientists in allied fields, and research excutive officers supporting developmental neurosciences are also most welcomed. 
The biographical sketch about Gilles LYON has been written by Philippe EVRARD for « The Founders of Child Neurology », a book edited by Stephen ASHWAL (Professor of Child Neurology at Loma Linda Medical School) and published by Norman Publishing Co. (Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc., Norman Publishing, Norman Galleries, 720 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-2502, USA ; fax : 415.781 55 07), in association with the Child Neurology Society [ http://www.umn.edu/cns/liaison.htm ], USA (San Francisco, 1990). The biographical sketch about Jean AICARDI has been written by Jean-Jacques CHEVRIE for the same book.
« The Founders of Child Neurology » is the first biographical study of important contributors to the field of child neurology with 124 biographical essays by over 100 physicians specializing in child neurology, pediatrics, neurology, and obstetrics. 952 pp. 187 illus. 6 '' x 9 ''. Cloth, dust jacket, acid-free paper. ISBN 0-930405-26-9. 1990. Norman Neurosciences Series, N°. 1. NP16165. $ 125. .
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The request for permission to reproduce here the biographical sketches about Jean Aicardi and Gilles Lyon has been submitted to Professor Stephen Ashwal, editor of « The Founders ». Copyright c 1990 by Norman Publishing and the Chilld Neurology Society. All rights reserved. No part of these two sketches may be reproduced by any means, without the prior written permission of the publishers, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
All other biographical sketches hereunder have been kindly provided, on our invitation, by their authors.

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