Background
ROUX, Abraham Johannes Andries was born on October 18, 1914 in Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Son of Abraham J. A. Roux and Anna S. Naude.
ROUX, Abraham Johannes Andries was born on October 18, 1914 in Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Son of Abraham J. A. Roux and Anna S. Naude.
University of the Witwatersrand.
Lecturer, Department, of Mechanical Engineering, Witwatersrand University 1939-1943. Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University 46. Principal Research Officer, National Building Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) 1946-1951, Officer in Charge Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Mechanics
Engineering Research Unit 1952.
Director National Physical Research Laboratory 1952-1955, National Mechanics Engineering Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1955-1957, Vice-President Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 69.
Participant-time Director Atomic Energy Research Programme 1957-1959, Director of Research, Atomic Energy Board 1959-1960, Director Atomic Energy Board 1960-1964, Director-General 1964-1967. Chairman 1967-1970, President 1971-1979.
Chairman National Institute for Metallurgy 1967-1976, UCOR since 1970.
Vice-Chairman South America Akademie vir Wetenskap en Runs 1961, Chairman 1963. Director Vaal Reefs Mining and Exploration Company since 1979. Professional Engineers 1968, Prime Minister’s Planning Advisory Committee 1974-1979, Committee on Energy Policy, Department, of Planning and the Environment since 1974.
Honorary.
Professional Society 1960, The First Reactor Installation of the Republic of South Africa 1962, South Africa’s Programme of Nuclear Research 1962, The Scope of Research and Development in the Field of Radioisotopes and Nuclear Radiation in South Africa 1964, Nuclear Engineering in South Africa 1964, Power Generation in South Africa with Special Reference to the Introduction of Nuclear Power (Company-author) 1966, Nuclear Energy in South Africa 1967, Energy for the Coming Century—Nuclear Energy 1969, Policy Aspects of the Introduction of Nuclear Power in South Africa (Coauthor) 1969, South Africa’s Position in the World Energy Picture 1973, Exploitation of South Africa’s Mineral Potential 1974, The South African Uranium Enrichment Project 1975, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Developments in South Africa 1976.
Board of directors Nuclear Fuels Corporation 1968-1977. Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Council 1962-1979, Universities Advisory Committee 1966-1974, since 1976, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1966-1979, South America Council of Professional Engineers 1968, Prime Minister’s Planning Advisory Committee 1974-1979, Committee on Energy Policy, Department, of Planning and the Environment since 1974. South America Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Married Ulrica Prinsloo in 1939.