Reeth, George Van
29 August 1924 (Herselt (BE)) - 08/2010Description Area
1952: Doctorate in Law (Catholic University of Louvain); 1953: Antwerp Bar; 1962: NATO legal expert; 1964: Head of the Contracts Department at ESTEC (European Space and Technology Centre); 1972: Administrative director of ELDO; 1975 to 1992: Director of Administration of ESA (overall responsibility for budget, procurement and industrial policy). Involved in all aspects of European space policy, he has taken a large part in defining the relations with other space organisations and conducted negotiations on international level. 1992 to 1994: President of the International Space University (ISU), Cambridge (Mass. USA) and Strasbourg (France). Publications on incentive contracting, industrial policy, space Insurance, etc. Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur; Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA); Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); 1988-1990: President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). 1987-1989: Vice-President of the Committee on Space Law - Business Section of the International Bar Association (IBA).
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Reeth, George Van
29 August 1924 (Herselt (BE)) - 08/2010Description Area
1952: Doctorate in Law (Catholic University of Louvain); 1953: Antwerp Bar; 1962: NATO legal expert; 1964: Head of the Contracts Department at ESTEC (European Space and Technology Centre); 1972: Administrative director of ELDO; 1975 to 1992: Director of Administration of ESA (overall responsibility for budget, procurement and industrial policy). Involved in all aspects of European space policy, he has taken a large part in defining the relations with other space organisations and conducted negotiations on international level. 1992 to 1994: President of the International Space University (ISU), Cambridge (Mass. USA) and Strasbourg (France). Publications on incentive contracting, industrial policy, space Insurance, etc. Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur; Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA); Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); 1988-1990: President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). 1987-1989: Vice-President of the Committee on Space Law - Business Section of the International Bar Association (IBA).