Simon Nora, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simon Nora

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1921

Place of Birth: 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 05-Mar-2006

Profession: politician, official, business executive, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Simon Nora (21 February 1921 - 5 March 2006) was a French official who served in several French cabinets and was the Inspecteur-general in the Ministry of Finance.
He was asked by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to write on the impact of the new communications technology on France.
The report, The Computerization of Society appeared in 1978 and became a best-seller in France.
The report was one of the first to propose an information highway, one result of which was the Minitel program.