Sir Denis Eric Rooke, OM, CBE, FRS, FREng (born 2 April 1924) is a British industrialist and engineer. The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 History Founded in 1976, the Academy was initially known as the Fellowship of Engineering. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He was educated at Westminster City School, Addey and Stanhope School, and at University College London, from which he graduated in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering. Westminster City School is an all-boys Voluntary Aided Christian non-denominational school in Westminster, a borough of London. Addey and Stanhope School is a Voluntary-aided, co-educational school located in New Cross, London, UK. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London He served 1944 with REME in India and Britain, promoted to Major. The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ( REME; pronounced phonetically as "Reemee" is a Corps of the British Army that has
From 1949 he worked in the gas industry, first as an engineer, rising in 1976 to become Chairman of British Gas. British Gas plc was formerly the Monopoly gas supplier in the United Kingdom. In 1986 he oversaw the privatisation of the company, retiring in 1989. He was President of The Royal Academy of Engineering from 1986 to 1991, having been elected to the Academy in 1977. History Founded in 1976, the Academy was initially known as the Fellowship of Engineering. He was awarded a CBE in 1970 and knighted in 1977 for his service to the gas industry. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1978. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 In 1997 he was appointed to the Order of Merit. The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch. He was Chancellor of Loughborough University from 1989 to 2003. Loughborough University is a Campus university located in the Market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands
He has served on many national advisory committees on both energy policy and education. He has been Chairman of the Trustees of the Science Museum, Chairman of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the National Media Museum) in Bradford and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. For science museums in general check out Science museum. The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part The National Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography Film and Television) is a museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the international exhibition of 1851 officially called the Great Exhibition of the Works He is a Trustee of the National Gas Museum Trust.
| Preceded by Sir Arnold Hall |
Chancellor of Loughborough University 1989–2003 |
Succeeded by Sir John Jennings |
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