Olivier, Henry (Personal Name)

His Irrigation and climate, 1961.

nuc89-104929: Lempberière, F. River control during ... 1984 (hdg. on WaWAE rept.: Olivier, Henry; usage: H. Olivier)

Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (C.M.G., M.Sc. (Eng.); Ph.D. (Eng.); M.I.C.E., F.ASCE., M.Soc. C.E. (France))

International conference, planning and development in Southern Africa, 1978?: page 125 (Dr. Henry Olivier, consulting engineer Johannesburg; contribution: Water resources : interdependence in Southern Africa)

Siviele ingenieurswese, Desember 1994, Tribute to Dr Henry Oliver, viewed online August 2, 2020: page 6 (Dr Henry Olivier, OMSG, CMG, DEng, DSc (Eng) hc; one of the most outstanding engineers South Africa has produced; associated with works in Africa, Asia and Europe; a consultant to the World Bank; born in 1914 in the Karoo town of Sutherland; in his youth taken by his parents to Rhodesia, where he was schooled; won the Beit Junior Engineering Scholarship to study at University of Cape Town; BSc (Civil Engineering) 1936; joined consulting firm in London, worked on designs for hydro-electric power generation in Scottish Highlands; worked for the War Office during World War II; worked in Iran and then Africa, supervised building of Owens Falls Dam, controlling outflow from Lake Victoria for benefit of Uganda, Sudan and Egypt; seconded to International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as project director of the Indus Basin Project; involved in other large dam projects, including in South Africa; in the early 1970s he returned to South Africa as chairman of the South African construction company responsible for part of the Orange-Fish Tunnel; engaged by Department of Water Affairs, including preliminary studies and drafting of treaty for the Lesotho Highlands Project; president of SAICE in 1976)

Who's who 2020 & who was who (UK), search snippet, viewed August 2, 2020 (Olivier, Henry, 25 Jan. 1914 - 6 Oct. 1994)