Background
Christensen, Hans Christian was born on July 26, 1915 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Haaken Christian and Reidunn (Kaasen) Christensen.
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Hans Christian Christensen
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Education
Engineering chemist, Institute de Chimie de University, Strasbourg, France, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute de Chimie de University, Strasbourg, France, 1943.
Career
Experimental officer, Armament Research Department/Ministry of Supply, London, 1944-1946; liaison officer, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, London, 1946-1947; research scientist, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway, 1947-1952; head of division, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway, 1952-1962; technical consultant to the director, United States Naval Ordinance Test Station, China Lake, California, 1962-1965; head of section, Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Oslo, 1965-1983. Consultant Norwegian Council for Scientifc and Industrial Research, Oslo, 1983-1992, Norwegian Computing Center, 1992-1993. Founder, member STEP Group/Studies in Technology, Innovation and Economics Policy, Oslo, 1994-1998.
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Membership
President Norwegian Astronaut. Society, 1954-1957, Diocesan Lay Council, Catholic Diocese of Oslo, 1969-1977. Major Norwegian High Command, 1944-1947, London, Oslo.
Member Norwegian Engineers Association (emeritus), Norwegian Polytechnic Association (emeritus), Sigma Xi.
Interests
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Married Veronica Amorenza Hough, December 2, 1944 (deceased June 2002). Children: Reidunn, Therese, Michael Johannes, Bernadette, Jeannette.
Education
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1943
Awards
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Grantee Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1959-1960. Decorated Knight of the French Order of Merit, President French Republican, Paris, 1982.Grantee Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1959-1960. Decorated Knight of the French Order of Merit, President French Republican, Paris, 1982.