computerization. He served once again as shadow councillor to his close acquaintances François Mitterrand and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; his friendship with the latter went back to the École Polytechnique. However, his initiative to create a centre for the promotion of information technology in France turned into a money pit and closed down in 1986. He then moved to Pittsburgh where he had his four sons (David, Émile, Franklin and Édouard) educated at Carnegie Mellon University, a leader in computer science. Servan-Schreiber directed the university's international relations. Returning to France, he continued to write, including two volumes of memoirs, until he was afflicted with an Alzheimer's-like degenerative disease. He died following a bronchitis attack in 2006. His eldest son, the psychiatrist and writer David Servan-Schreiber, died in July 2011 at the age of 50 of a brain tumor. References Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article, retrieved 11 April 2005, retranslated 31 July 2005 to incorporate major additions, slightly reoriented to an English-speaking readership, and expanded in parts. Madeleine Chapsal, who divorced Servan-Schreiber in 1960 but remained close, dedicated her book "L'homme de ma vie" (The Man of My Life) to him. In it she tells of her life with Servan-Schreiber, his second wife Sabine de Fouquières, and his mistress Françoise Giroud. L'Express ran an interview with Françoise Giroud on the occasion of issue #2500. Online Edition of Le Monde French Newspaper published on 7 November 2006 Bibliography Jean Bothorel, Celui qui voulait tout changer, Les années JJSS (The Man Who Wanted to Change It All: The JJSS Years), Paris, Robert Laffont, 2005. Madeleine Chapsal, L'homme de ma vie, Paris, Fayard, 2004 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Passions, Paris, Fixot, 1991 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Les fossoyeurs (The Gravediggers), Paris, Fixot, 1993 Alain Rustenholz and Sandrine Treiner, La Saga Servan-Schreiber, Paris, Seuil, 1993 Serge Siritsky and Françoise Roth, Le roman de L'Express (The Romance of L'Express), Paris, Julian, 1979 1924 births 2006 deaths Politicians from Paris Writers from Paris French people of German-Jewish descent French people of Polish-Jewish descent Radical Party (France) politicians Reformist Movement (France) politicians Government ministers of France Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French magazine founders French male non-fiction writers Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni École Polytechnique alumni French Army officers French military personnel of the Algerian War 20th-century French journalists