Gaston Vande Walle

Background

Walle, Gaston Vande was born on June 25, 1923 in Ghent, E Flanders, Belgium. Son of August Regina and Maria Magdalena (De Wulf) Volkswagen.

Education

Certified primary school teacher, Normal School, Ghent, Belgium, 1942; cert secondary school science teacher, Normal School, Ghent, Belgium, 1944; licensed Commercial and Finance Sciences, U. Ghent, 1948; D in Economics Sciences, U. Ghent, 1963.

Career

Teacher primary school, Municipal Ghent, Belgium, 1944-1945; teacher French, Secondary School Province E. Flanders, Ghent, 1945-1948; teacher commercial science, Normal School, Ghent, 1946-1948; teacher commercial science, Higher Technology Schools, Ghent, Belgium, 1948-1957; assistant professor economics, U. Ghent, 1958-1964; lecturer, Higher Commercial School, Antwerp, Belgium, 1964-1965; lecturer, State University Center, Antwerp, 1965-1969; ordinary professor economics, State University Center, Antwerp, 1969-1988; lecturer, U. Ghent, 1969-1988; member college of censors, National Bank Belgium, Brussels, 1967-1992. Visiting professor National Institute Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Gaston Vande Walle has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Teachers Trade Union, Ghent, 1952-1958, Secretary Socialist Study Circle, Ghent, 1964-1972, president, 1972-1979. President Higher Council non-University HigherEdn., Brussels, 1977-1982.

Interests

• Avocations: bridge, swimming, walking.

Connections

Married Jeanne Claes, November 2, 1953. Children: Annick, Peter.

Father:

August Regina Volkswagen

Mother:

Maria Magdalena (De Wulf) Volkswagen

Spouse:

Jeanne Claes

child:

Peter Walle

child:

Annick Walle