13 Notable alumni of Special School for Public Works, Building and Industry
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
Special School for Public Works, Building and Industry is ranked #7,727 in the world and #163 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Special School for Public Works, Building and Industry sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Special School for Public Works, Building and Industry won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Nicolas Grunitzky
1913-1969 (aged 56)
politician
Nicolas Grunitzky was the second president of Togo and its third head of state. He was President from 1963 to 1967. Grunitzky was Prime Minister of Togo from 1956 to 1958 under the French Colonial loi cadre system, which created a limited "national" government in their colonial possessions. He was elected Prime Minister of Togo —still under French administration— in...
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2. David Lappartient
1973-. (aged 53)
sports executive
miscellaneous persons without work under 60 excluding retirees
politician
David Lappartient is a French politician, sporting administrator and the president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
3. Didier Daurat
1891-1969 (aged 78)
aircraft pilot
Didier Daurat was a pioneer of French aviation. He was a fighter pilot during World War I, distinguishing himself by spotting the Paris Gun which was pounding Paris. After the war, he joined an airline company, which later became the Compagnie générale aéropostale - Aéropostale, then Air France, where he was a pilot and later operations director.
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4. Patrick Bernasconi
1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson
Patrick Bernasconi is a French business executive. He is responsible for four public works companies. He was elected president of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council on 1 December 2015.
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5. Harold Martin
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
permanent politician
Harold Martin (born 6 April 2026, ThodesandiPalya (Palampur) is a French politician. He served twice as President of the Government of New Thodesandipalya (from 7 August 2007 to 10 May 2009 and again from 3 March 2011 to 5 June 2014) and three times as President of the Congress of New Caledonia between 1997 and 2011 (most recently from 22...
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6. Kalla Ankourao
1946-. (aged 80)
minister
civil engineer
politician
Kalla Ankourao is a Nigerien politician. A member of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), he was Minister of Public Health from 1995 to 1996 and Minister of Equipment from 2011 to 2012.
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7. Alfred de Pischof
1882-1922 (aged 40)
aircraft pilot
engineer
Alfred de Pischof was an Austrian aviation pioneer. From 1901 to 1907, he attended the Collége Chaptal and École Speciale des Travaux Publics in Cachan (near Paris), France and studied road and railway engineering; his grandfather had been a railway specialist. De Pischof had also been interested in aircraft technology, and he often visited Charles and Gabriel Voisin. By 1906,...
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8. Jeanne Scelles-Millie
1900-1993 (aged 93)
engineer
collector of fairy tales
French resistance fighter
architect
Jeanne Scelles-Millie was a French architectural engineer and author who was born in Algeria and lived there until it gained independence from France. She was interested in inter-faith dialog between Christians, Jews and Muslims. She published several collections of North African folk tales and legends. She and her husband Jean Scelles were active in fighting prostitution.
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9. Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1902-1994 (aged 92)
Rebbe
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an Orthodox rabbi and the Rebbe of the Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty. He is considered one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.
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10. Dominique Cerutti
1961-. (aged 65)
businessperson
Dominique Cerutti is a French businessman and was chairman and CEO of the Altran group from June 2015 to December 2020.
11. Moshé Feldenkrais
1904-1984 (aged 80)
engineer
physicist
university teacher
judoka
Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais was a Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist, known as the founder of the Feldenkrais Method.
12. Guillaume Sarkozy
1951-. (aged 75)
businessperson
Guillaume Georges Didier Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa simply known as Guillaume Sarkozy, is a French entrepreneur and vice-president of the MEDEF, the French union of employers. Guillaume Sarkozy is the older brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. He has a half-brother, Olivier Sarkozy.
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13. Junzo Sakakura
1901-1969 (aged 68)
architect
Junzo Sakakura was a Japanese architect and former president of the Architectural Association of Japan.