Walter Ralph Ruston

Background

Ruston, Walter Ralph was born on January 25, 1916 in Vienna, Austria. Came to Belgium, 1945. Son of Victor Charles and Elisabeth Marie (von Maltzan) Ruston.

Education

Diplom-Ingenieur, Technology University Vienna, 1943.

Career

Assistant Institute Inorganic Chemistry, Technology U. Vienna, 1943-1945; researcher, Coal Stratigraphy and Paleontology Association, Brussels, 1945-1946; researcher, Association pour les Etudes Texturales, Brussels, 1946-1955; manager, Society Applied Industrial Research, Brussels, 1955-1958; general manager, managing director, SERAI, Brussels, 1958-1969; president, managing director, Ruston Technology Services International, Brussels, since 1969. Director Professional Nuclear Industry Group, 1961-1969. Advisor metallurgy Nuclear Research Center, Belgium, 1963-1969.

Director Profl Nuclear Industry Group, 1961-1969, advisor metallurgy Nuclear Research Center, Belgium, 1965-1969. Advisor to United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 1974-1980.

Achievements

• Walter Ralph Ruston has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chemisches Apparatewesen Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology), Gesellschaft für Chemiewirtschaft, Societe Royale Belge des Ingenieurs des Industriels, British Nuclear Energy Society, Chemical Institute Canada, Iron and Steel Institute Japan, New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Edda Adeline Keinert, April 12, 1945. 1 child, Beatrix.

Father:

Victor Charles Ruston

Mother:

Elisabeth Marie (von Maltzan) Ruston

Spouse:

Edda Adeline Keinert

child:

Beatrix Ruston