Pasteur was also the Dean of the faculty of sciences at [[Lille]] University. He founded on June 4, 1887 the [[Pasteur Institute]], a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, a forefront of the battle against infectious disease. | Pasteur was also the Dean of the faculty of sciences at [[Lille]] University. He founded on June 4, 1887 the [[Pasteur Institute]], a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, a forefront of the battle against infectious disease. |