Otten Pieter Frans S.

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Biografie:
Pieter Frans S. Otten (1895-1969)
The Times for 6 January 1969 carried an obituary notice of the late Pieter Frans S. Otten, of Eindhoven, Holland. Mr Otten had recently submitted details of his climbing, with a view to obtaining membership of the A.C. He was already an Honorary Member of the Royal Netherlands Alpine Club and of the S.A.C. (Section Bern). He climbed in the Alps fairly regularly from 1919 to 1932, and, after the Second World War, he returned to the Alps and continued climbing till about 1951. In later years he made frequent ski tours. An engineer by profession, he built up the Philips Incandescent lamp works in Eindhoven between the wars, only to have it virtually destroyed during the Second War, he being out of Holland all those years. However, he built it up again to be one of the largest electrical and electronic concerns in any country. He was a man of great energy and determination, devoted to climbing and an ardent follower (and supporter very often) of climbing overseas, and it is a matter for genuine regret that his membership of the Alpine Club has been forestalled by death.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 74, 1969, Seite 395


Geboren am:
1895
Gestorben am:
06.01.1969