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1984: Dr Waheeb Rizk
Dr Waheeb Rizk (1921-2009)
99th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Rizk CBE was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1921 and was awarded a PhD in engineering at Cambridge University in 1948. In 1954 he moved to work for English Electric in Rugby where he lived with his wife Vivien and their three children.
Rizk was made chief engineer of the gas turbine division at Whetstone near Leicester in 1957, although he remained living in Rugby for the rest of his life. At English Electric he put together a world-class team of design engineers who made a number of major advances in the use of gas turbines and were responsible for establishing the company as the only substantial manufacturer outside America.
When the company merged with GEC Rizk was appointed managing director of the gas turbines division and went on to lead a workforce of around 2,000 employees. He felt passionately about his responsibilities to his workforce which he led for more than 25 years.
Rizk was involved in a number of national and international institutions and was chairman of the British Standards Institution (BSI) from 1982 to 1985.
He also received a number of awards including an OBE, CBE and the Freedom of the City of London.
At the time of his death in 2009, Dr Rizk was a consultant for WR Associates.
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