Editing Jacques Piccard (section)

==Influence and distinctions==
[[File:Jacques Piccard by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|thumb|Jacques Piccard; in the foreground a model of the mesoscaphe Ben Franklin]]
Ambient artists Matt Ruhlmann and [[Celer (group)|Celer]] collaboratively released an album called ''Mesoscaphe'' in 2008, dedicated to the voyage of the ''Ben Franklin''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spekk.net/catalog/mesoscaphe.html |title=Mesoscaphe |publisher=Spekk.net |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Howard N. Potts Medal]] in 1972.

In 1981, Piccard became a founding member of the [[World Cultural Council]].<ref>{{cite web | title = About Us | publisher = [[World Cultural Council]] | url = http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/about-us/ | access-date = 8 November 2016}}</ref>

On 1 February 2008, Piccard was honored ''[[Doctor honoris causa]]'' at the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uclouvain.be/122962.html | title =  Jacques Piccard, Docteur honoris causa 2008 | publisher =  Université Catholique de Louvain | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081203045028/http://www.uclouvain.be/122962.html | archive-date = 3 December 2008 }}</ref>