Obituary: Professor Roger Nordmann.

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![Graphic][1] Professor Roger Nordmann, founder of the pioneering European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA), passed away on Friday, 24 January 2014. His tireless dedication to the organization calls for a testimony to a remarkable profile of achievement, devotion and action. Born on 24 May 1926 and raised in the city of Strasbourg, he attended high school at the Lycee Fustel de Coulanges, named after the historian Professor Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. Here, his extensive participation in the life of prestigious educational foundations began. Nordmann graduated Docteur en Medecine de l'Universite de Paris in 1954, having already a diploma from the Institut Pasteur (named after Louis Pasteur and known for its leading biological, anatomical and medical research). He won particular recognition for his thesis, which marked just the beginning of his steps in the study of alcoholism and cancer. At the young age of 28, after laboratory work as an assistant Biochemist, his talents led him to a rapid promotion as Head of Clinic at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris where he remained until 1955. … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif