Jean Dutertre, a French engineer, died July 24, 2014, after a long illness at the age of 72.
Born in France in 1941, he graduated in 1965 from the Arts et Métiers engineering school, then received a fellowship to Princeton and earned a master’s degree in civil engineering in 1966.
After moving to Montreal, Dutertre completed a Ph.D. at McGill University in 1972. He taught civil engineering at McGill for several years.
Later in the 1970s, he returned to France and was employed there by different international companies, as well as the French Institute of Petroleum.
On holidays and in retirement, he enjoyed offshore sailing on the Atlantic coast of France, where he had a house on Noirmoutier Island.
Dutertre is survived by his wife, Claudine; and two children, all living in France.
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