IPSA was founded in 1961 in Paris by Michel Cazin , the private secretary of Louis de Broglie and a teacher at the mechanical department of CNAM , Maurice Pradier and Paul Lefort .
IPSA was founded in 1961 in Paris by Michel Cazin ( private secretary to Louis de Broglie and teacher at the mechanical department of Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers ) , Maurice Pradier ( aerospace engineer ) and Paul Lefort ( engineer and professor of helicopter ) .