Born on 27 May 1929 In Strasbourg, France 

• Graduate in public and private law
• “Lauréat” of the Faculty of Law at Strasbourg
• “Auditeur” and holder of a scholarship at the International Law Academy, The Hague
• Appointed to the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, 1954
• Administrator and principal administrator in the Directorate of Human Rights
• Head of Division in the Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights
• Deputy Secretary of the Commission, 1961
• Deputy Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights, 1966-1968
• Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights, 1968-1994.