Jan Willem Maurits La Rivière

Background

Rivière, Jan Willem Maurits La was born on December 24, 1923 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Education

Student, Rotterdam and Delft U. Technology.

Career

Postdoctoral Rockefeller fellow, Stanford University member scientific staff microbiology department, Delft U. Technology, 1953-1963; professor environmental biology, deputy director, International Institute Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, 1963-1988; now professor emeritus, International Institute Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft. Visiting professor Harvard University, 1967-1968. Secretary-general International Council for Science, 1988-1993, chairman advising committee on environment, since 1989.

Member biological county Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences, numerous international and national committees. Delegate United Nations conferences, adviser, lecturer. Honorary member county International Cell Research Organisation.

Achievements

• January Willem Maurits Louisiana Rivière has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow World Academy Art and Science, Kentucky Order Lion of Netherlands.

Connections

M. Louise A. Kleijn, 1958. 3 children.