H. M. "Dick" Vullinghs (born ca. 1936 in

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) is a Dutch

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, who worked at

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. He is known as co-founder of the International Project Management Association.

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and Sebastian Dworatschek (2005).
History of IPMA International Project Management Association (1965- 2005) and it’s National Associations. Selected events, data and photos on IPMA: Organization & Officers, National Associations, World Congresses, Symposia and Expert-Seminars&Workshops. Proceedings of the 19th IPMA World Congress on Project management, New Delhi 13-16.11.2005.
at ''ipma.world.'' Accessed 26-06-2017. Vullinghs was born and raised in

. He studied

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at the

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, where he obtained his propedeuse-degree in 1956, and some years later his engineer's degree. Vullinghs spend most of his career at the Dutch aircraft manufacturer

. At Fokker he was among the first to experiment with the use of early

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techniques.Association française pour la cybernétique économique et technique. ''Project management in the seventies: congress book...'' A.F.C.E.T., 1974. p. 5 In 1987 Vullinghs had left Fokker and was directeur of the Coöperatieve Inkoopvereniging COOPRA in Rotterdam. In 1964-65 Vullings co-founded the International Project Management Association with

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and Arnold Kaufmann from Germany, and

Yves Eugene Yves Eugene was a French engineer and manager at the French oil company Société nationale des pétroles d’Aquitaine (SNPA), later Elf Aquitaine. He is known as co-founder of the International Project Management Association.Klaus Pannenbaecker an ...

and

Pierre Koch Pierre Koch (18 September 1895 – 14 February 1978) Willi H. Hager. ''Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000 - Volume 2.'' p. 973. p. 973 was a French civil engineer, director of Water and Sanitation in Paris, and Professor of Hydrology at the École ...

from France. He also played a leading role in the start-up of the INTERNET Congresses of the new association.

Selected publications

* H.M. Vullinghs. "Netwerkplanning in de praktijk," ''Informatie,'' nr. 42 (1965) * Derksen, H. G. ''Introduction to project planning by network analysis.'' No. 1. Stadhouderskade 6, 1967.Derksen (1967) noted that his "...Chapter 5 "Introducing Network -planning in the enterprise", is practically identical with the text of an article by Mr. H. M. Vullinghs, based on experiences at Fokker Aircraft Plant." * Koens, H. J., T. P. M. Hendriks, and H. M. Vullinghs. "Balgengasmeters." ''Notes'' 107.8 (1987): 334-347.

References

1930s births Living people Dutch aerospace engineers Delft University of Technology alumni People from 's-Hertogenbosch {{Netherlands-engineer-stub