I have just been informed that the former IAPN President, Jean-Paul DIVO died on February 13th. He was born on 8th August, 1937. He had been for a long time General Secretary of our Association, and then become its 9th President, being elected in 1997. He quit in 2001, and was then made Honorary President.

Among other accomplishments, Jean-Paul Divo was the author of the current standard work on the medals on Louis XIV, based largely on the famous 1702 Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand. He also wrote on Swiss talers, Napoleonic medals, modern German, Swiss and Greek coins, the medals of Louis XV and other subjects.