Jan Fokke Holtrop

Background

Holtrop, Jan Fokke was born on October 4, 1935 in Sungei Gerong, Sumatra, Indonesia. Son of Fokke Jan Holtrop and Mathilde Van Dijk. arrived in The Netherlands, 1939.

Education

Master of Science cum laude, Technology U., Delft, The Netherlands, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, Technology U., Delft, The Netherlands, 1962.

Career

Lieutenant cavalry, The Netherlands, 1962-1965; petroleum engineer, Brunei Shell, 1965-1967; operations manager, Brunei Shell, 1978-1980; petroleum engineer, Shell Pakistan, Bangladesh, 1967-1968; mining manager, Shell Delfstoffen, The Netherlands, 1968-1973; experimental manager, Shell Coal, Indonesia, 1974; operations manager, Sarawak Shell, East Malaysia, 1975-1978; with, Shell Control Office, The Netherlands, 1980-1986; research manager well technical, Shell Control Office, The Netherlands, 1986-1990; professor petroleum engineering, Technology U., Delft, 1982-1985; professor production technical, Technology U., Delft, since 1990; president, Horizontal Ventures Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1996.

Achievements

• January Fokke Holtrop has been listed as a noteworthy Petroleum engineering educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Petro Union, Evansville, Indiana, 1997. Member Society Petroleum Engineers.

Interests

• Avocation: biology.

Connections

Married Josepha Anthonia Hulsing, April 6, 1959 (divorced). Children: Marijke, Sefke Jan, Paul, Tjeerd. Married Dirkje Cornelia De Jong, January 5, 1983.

Father:

Fokke Jan Holtrop

Mother:

Mathilde Van Dijk

Spouse:

Josepha Anthonia Hulsing

Spouse:

Dirkje Cornelia De Jong

child:

Marijke Holtrop

child:

Tjeerd Holtrop

child:

Sefke Jan Holtrop

child:

Paul Holtrop