Background
Grootenhuis, Peter was born on July 31, 1924. Son of Johannes Christiaan and Anna Christina (van den Bergh) Grootenhuis.
Grootenhuis, Peter was born on July 31, 1924. Son of Johannes Christiaan and Anna Christina (van den Bergh) Grootenhuis.
Diploma, Imperial College, London. Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College, London. Doctor of Science in Engineering, Imperial College, London.
Apprentice to assistant project engineer Bristol (England) Aero Engine Company, 1944-1946. Lecturer in mechanical engineering Imperial College, 1946-1959, reader in mechanical engineering, 1959-1972, professor in mechanical engineering, since 1989, senior research fellow in mechanical engineering, since 1989. Founder, later technical director Derritron Electronics Ltd., since 1960.
Director Derriton Environmental Systems. Ltd., 1981-1984; partner Grootenhuis Allaway Associates (consultant engineers), 1969-1992. Consultant Binnie and Partners, 1962-1964, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, 1963-1964, Absorbit Ltd., 1964-1969, City of London Corporation, 1964-1991, Arup Associates, 1965-1967, Ministry of Defence, 1965-1984, Esso Chemicals Ltd., 1968, 71, Union Electrica Madrid, 1976-1981.
Member special advisory board in ergonomics University London, 1966-1989, British Standards Institution Committees, since 1967. Member joint Institute Mechanical Engineers/Dutch Working Proprietary on Education, 1979-1981. External examiner College of Technology Dublin, 1971-1979, University Lagos, Nigeria, 1972-1975, University Bristol, 1979-1981.
Freeman City of London, 1984. Fellow Institute Mechanical Engineers, Society Environmental Engineers (founding member, president 1964-1967), City of London, Guild of London Institute, Fellowship of Engineering, Royal Aeronautical Society (associate), Royal Academy Engineers. Member Institute of Metals, British Acoustical Society (now Institute Acoustics, member provisional council 1964-1966), Knightsbridge Branch Consultant Proprietary Association (chairman Imperial College wine committee 1975-1989), Old Centralians (president 1988-1989), Athenaeum.
Married Sara Joan Winchester, August 7, 1954. Children: Hugh John, Carol Felicity.