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René Boël (1899-1990) was a

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industrialist and Director of the '' Usine Gustave Boël''. He was married to Yvonne Solvay (1896-1930), granddaughter of

Ernest Solvay Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay (; 16 April 1838 – 26 May 1922) was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist. Born in Rebecq, he was prevented by his acute pleurisy from going to university. He worked in his uncle's chemical fac ...

. They have two sons

Yves Boël Yves Boël (12 September 1927, Brussels – 19 June 2012) was a Belgian businessman.

and Pol Boël and one daughter Antoinette Boël (1925-1982).

Career

After his marriage, he became director at UCB and at

Solvay Solvay may refer to: Companies and organizations * Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Brussels, Belgium * Solvay Conference, founded by Ernest Solvay, deals with open questions in physics and chemistry * Solvay Indupa, an Argentin ...

. During his career he advised the Belgian government in exile during

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, and founded the

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. He was the first President of the

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, and chaired, between 1950 and 1981, the European League for Economic Cooperation, and was heavily involved in the

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Sources

The Diffusion of US Management Models and the Role of the University: the Case of Belgium (1945-1970)
- Kenneth Bertrams, July 2001 * Kenneth Bertrams, Converting Academic Expertize into Industrial Innovation: University-based Research at Solvay and Gevaert, 1900–1970, Enterprise and Society

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