Philip Frank Foreman

Background

Foreman, Philip Frank was born on March 16, 1923 in Exning, Suffolk, England. Son of Frank and Mary (Chapple) Foreman.

Education

DLC with honors, Loughborough College, England, 1943. Dynamics Technologies (honorary), Loughborough College, England, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1976.

DUniv, Open University, London, 1985.

Career

Senior science officer, Royal Naval Science Svc., London, 1943-1958; manager, Short Brothers & Harland, Belfast, 1958-1967; Chief Executive Officer, Short Brothers Plc, Belfast, 1967-1983; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Short Brothers Plc, Belfast, 1983-1988; construction engineering, Foreman Associations, Holywood, Northern Ireland, since 1988. Non-executive director Simon Engineering Plc., Stockport, England, 1987-1992, RicardoGroup Plc, Shoreham, England, 1988-1991, chairman, Hinckley, 1991-1997. Non-executive director British Standards Institution, 1986-1998, president 1991-1998.

Chairman Progressive Building Society, Belfast, since 1987.

Membership

Member senate Queen's University Belfast, 1992-2002. Deputy lieutenant City of Belfast, 1975-1998. Freeman City of London, 1980.

Fellow Institution of Mechanical Engineers (president 1985), Royal Aeronautical Society (honorary, Gold medal 1980), Royal Academy Engineering, Irish Academy Engineering.

Connections

Married Margaret Cooke, October 19, 1971. 1 child, Grahame Philip.

Father:

Frank Foreman

Mother:

Mary (Chapple) Foreman

Spouse:

Margaret Cooke

child:

Grahame Philip Foreman