Ordre des Palmes Académiques
The medal of the officier of the order
Awarded by  France
Type	Order with 3 degrees: Commandeur Officier Chevalier
Awarded for	Distinguished contributions to education
Status	Active
Statistics
Established	decoration: 1808 order: 1955
Precedence
Next (higher)	Médaille de la Résistance
Next (lower)	Ordre du Mérite Agricole
Ribbon bar of the Order

The Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is an Order of Chivalry of France to academics and educators. The order was originally created by Napoleon to honour eminent members of the University of Paris. It was re-established on 4 October 1955 by President René Coty and is one of the world's oldest civil awards.

Originally, the palmes académiques were only given to teachers or professors. In 1866, the scope of the award was widened to include major contributions to French national education made by anyone including foreigners. It was also made available to French nationals outside of France who had made major contributions to the expansion of French culture in the rest of the world.

The Ordre des Palmes académiques has three grades:

• Commandeur (commander) — medallion worn on necklet
• Officier (officer) — medallion worn on ribbon with rosette on left breast
• Chevalier (knight) — medallion worn on ribbon on left breast

Decisions on nomination and promotion are made by the Minister of Education. For those not connected to state-sponsored public education or the Ministry of National Education, these decisions are made on January 1. For all others, they are made on July 14, which is Bastille Day.

Contents 1 Notable recipients 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Notable recipients

• Marie-Francoise Sapin-Crouch
• Myriam Wylie
• Dyane Adam
• Donald Adamson
• Monique Adolphe
• Philip Werner Amram
• Cahit Arf
• Pierre Arpaillange
• Guy Bennett
• Henri Brocard
• Colette Caillat
• Herrick Chapman
• Patrick Cousot
• Michael Crawford
• Louis Dewis
• Pierre B. Daprini
• Desa Dawson
• John Dunmore
• Edward Duyker
• Claire Gibault
• Charles Gonthier
• Sir Norman Hartnell
• Efraín Huerta
• James F. Jones
• Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
• Sotero Laurel (1986)^[1]
• Harlan Lane
• Carol Ann Bogash
• Patrick Louis
• John A. Lynn
• Thomas Matthew, Chief Cultural Officer, Grenada
• Jeffrey Mehlman
• Subrata K. Mitra
• Guido Nonveiller
• Marguerite Catherine Perey
• Roger Pearson
• Gilles Pigeon
• Itamar Rabinovich
• Pierre Louis Rouillard
• Mamadou Moustapha Sall Secretary General of Cams
• Roger Taillibert
• Josiane Tomko
• Thaddeus Weclew
• Marie-Pier Ysser
• Pavich Tongroach, Secretary General of Higher Education, Thailand
• Avrelija Cencič
• Emese Soos, Romance Languages Department, Tufts University
• Giselle Gault McGee
• Jean-Victor Mirvil
• Robin Sundick
• Shimon Waronker
• Aram Barlezizyan

[edit] See also

• Ribbons of the French military and civil awards
• Order (decoration)
• State decoration
• Education in France
• Légion d'honneur
• Ordre de la Libération
• Médaille militaire
• Ordre national du Mérite
• Médaille de la Résistance
• Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Mamadou moustapha sall (secretaire general du cames) Richard Guidry

[edit] References

This article incorporates information from the revision as of February 2009 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Association des Membres de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (French)
• www.medals.org.uk