Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault
Born
Marcel Ferdinand Bloch

(1892-01-23)23 January 1892
Died17 April 1986(1986-04-17) (aged 94)
Resting placePassy Cemetery, Paris
EducationLycée Condorcet
Alma materBreguet School
Supaéro
Occupation(s)Engineer and industrialist
SpouseMadeleine Minckès
ChildrenClaude Dassault
Serge Dassault
RelativesDarius Paul Dassault (brother)
AwardsDaniel Guggenheim Medal (1976)

Marcel Dassault (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl daso]; born Marcel Ferdinand Bloch; 23 January 1892 – 17 April 1986) was a French engineer and industrialist who spent his career in aircraft manufacturing. He was also involved in politics, serving intermittently over more than three decades in both houses of the French Parliament from 1951 until his death in 1986.