Patrick Leo Jose Van Damme

Background

Damme, Patrick Leo Jose Van was born on January 28, 1956 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. Son of Arthur and Marie-Jose (van Wynsberghe) Van Damme.

Education

Master of Science in Agronomy, U. Gent, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy, U. Gent, 1989.

Career

Associate expert Food and Agricultural Organisation, United Nations, Senegal, 1980-1982; research assistant, U. Gent, 1982-1989; associate professor, U. Gent, 1989-1992; professor, U. Gent, since 1992. Consultant World Bank, Food and Agricultural Organisation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Belgian Government, European Commission, since 1984.

Achievements

• Patrick Leo Jose Van Damme has been listed as a noteworthy Agricultural studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Non-Governmental Orgns. for Development Promotion, Belgium, since 1983. Member Engineers Organisation Flanders (board directors since 1984).

Interests

• Avocations: soccer, tennis, volleyball, stamp collecting, succulent plants.

Connections

Married Margriet Judith Peters, December, 1979. Children: Liesbeth Maria, Machteld Liesbeth Maria.

Father:

Arthur Damme

Mother:

Marie-Jose (van Wynsberghe) Van Damme

Spouse:

Margriet Judith Peters

child:

Liesbeth Maria Damme

child:

Machteld Liesbeth Maria Damme