Louis Armand
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Louis Armand was born in Cruseilles (Haute-Savoie) on January 17, 1905 and died on August 30, 1971 in Villers-sur-Mer. He was a French engineer who managed several public companies and had a significant role during the World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He is unrelated to the Australian poet who publishes under the same name.
[edit] Biography
- studied in Annecy and Lyon
- graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (promotion 1924) then joined the Corps des Mines and was major from Ecole des Mines
- married Genevieve Gazel in 1928
- joined the Compagnie du chemin de fer Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee (PLM) in 1934
- organized the Resistance group named "Resistance-fer" in February 1943
- arrested by the Gestapo on June 25, 1944, he was liberated from jail during Paris liberation. Was decorated (Croix de la Liberation)
- named General Manager of SNCF) in 1949
- creates the Société du tunnel sous la Manche in 1957
- from 1958 to 1959, manages the european atomic energy commission (Euratom)
- elected to the Académie française in 1953
[edit] Books
- 1961 : Plaidoyer pour l’avenir
- 1965 : De la Savoie au Val d’Aoste par le tunnel du Mont-Blanc
- 1968 : Simples propos
- 1969 : Propos ferroviaires
- 1970 : De la cybernétique à l’intéressement
- 1970 : L’entreprise de demain
- 1971 : Le pari européen (en collaboration avec Michel Drancourt)
- 1974 : Message pour ma patrie professionnelle
