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Leysen, Roger Joseph was born on May 22, 1935 in Schoten, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Roger Joseph Leysen
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Roger Joseph Leysen, Belgian Marketing manager. Registered agricultural engineer. Winner Laureate Interuniversal Competition, Belgium, 1959. Lieutenant Belgian Air Force, 1978-1986. Member American Oil Chemists' Society (chairman since 1977, Outstanding Paper award 1985), American Soybean Association, Association Franc Des Corps Gras. Flemish Engineers Association, Tennis Club Schoten (president 1978-1986).
Education
Engineer agricultural chemistry, U. Ghent, Belgium, 1958; D of Agricultural Chemistry, U. Ghent, Belgium, 1967.
Career
Research chemist, Labofina (Petrofina), Brussels, 1960-1965;
manager, Bayer N.V., Antwerp, 1965-1968;
director, DePauw & Stokoe, N.V., Antwerp, 1969-1974;
plant manager, Sarandi N.V., Antwerp, 1974-1977;
marketing manager, American Soybean Association, Brussels, since 1977. Consultant Uzbekistan government, 1994. Observer Transfair Survey E.V., 1995-1996.
Lecturer New Products Seminar Food Ingredients Europe, Paris, 1993.
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Membership
Lieutenant Belgian Air Force, 1978-1986. Member American Oil Chemists' Society (chairman since 1977, Outstanding Paper award 1985), American Soybean Association, Association Franc Des Corps Gras. Flemish Engineers Association, Tennis Club Schoten (president 1978-1986).
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Son of Constant Leysen and Catharina Heyboers. Widowed, 1986.
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Nationality
Belgian