Willem van der Oord explained

Willem Johan van der Oord (27 September 1919 – 5 September 1985) was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. He was involved in setting up the Mekong Committee and served as its Executive agent from December 1969 until June 1980.[1] [2] He also worked for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.[3]

Van der Oord was born in Haarlemmermeer in September 1919.[4] He was elected a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.[5] He died in September 1985 at the age of 65.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Henriette Litta. Regimes in Southeast Asia: An Analysis of Environmental Cooperation. 1 November 2011. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-3-531-94276-6. 173.
  2. Book: Thayer Ted Scudder. The Future of Large Dams: "Dealing with Social, Environmental, Institutional and Political Costs". 27 April 2012. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-136-54775-1. 145–.
  3. Web site: Ian Stewart . For Asian Agronomists, Hope Lingers . The New York Times . 26 January 1975 . 14 September 2016.
  4. Book: D. J. van de Kaa. Kaa. Y. de Roo. De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. 19 December 2008. 320. Amsterdam University Press. 978-90-6984-552-4.
  5. Web site: Willem Johan van der Oord . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914212158/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/correspondents/4613 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 14 September 2016.
  6. https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBNRC01:000029890:mpeg21:p014 NRC Handelsblad, 9 September 1985

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