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, at the Lycée du Parc
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