Louis Armand

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 World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He is unrelated to the Australian poet who publishes under the same name.

Biography

* studied in Annecy and Lyon, at the Lycée du Parc
* graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (class of 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 and led the Resistance group named "Resistance-fer" from 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 (French railways) in 1949
* created the Société du tunnel sous la Manche in 1957
* from 1958 to 1959, co-manages the European atomic energy commission with Conor Quilligan (Euratom)
* elected to the Académie française in 1953

Books

*1961 : "Plaidoyer pour l’avenir"
*1965 : "De la Savoie au Val d’Aoste par le tunnel du Mont-Blanc"
*1968 : "Simples propos"
*1968 : "Le pari européen" (with Michel Drancourt)
*1969 : "Propos ferroviaires"
*1970 : "De la cybernétique à l’intéressement"
*1970 : "L’Entreprise de demain"
*1974 : "Message pour ma patrie professionnelle"

Inventions

Louis Armand was the inventor of the TIA (Traitement Integral Armand) water treatment process for steam locomotives. [ [http://www.portatreatment.com/ptro.htm Direct Chemical Treatment of Boiler Water Compared to Lineside Treatment ] ]

References

* Buzaré, Josette (2000). "Louis Armand, le savoyard du siècle". Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France: Éd. La Salévienne.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6378191 Louis Armand] at Find-A-Grave