Person

Piroué, Pierre

1931–2020

Piroué was born on Sept. 18, 1931, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He received his undergraduate degrees in chemistry and physics, as well as his doctorate in physics, from the University of Geneva. - Pierre Piroué, a pioneer in experiments on particle physics, died Feb. 12 at Princeton Medical Center, New Jersey. He was 88. Piroué was the Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He became a faculty member in 1961 and transferred to emeritus status in 2001.