The original administrators of the Foundation included Maurice Renand, a tax inspector who was the son of Georges--Eug*ne Renand, chairman of the la Semeuse de Paris, first manager of La Samaritaine, chair of the Cognac-Jay Foundation, director of the administrative services of the Presidency of the Council in 1942, and a close collaborator of Pierre Laval (1943-1944). _His_ son Georges succeeded Rene de Chambrun as head of the foundation. <sep>, Pronoun: His <sep>, A: Eug*ne Renand <sep>, B: Pierre Laval