The boards of the KIVI Department of the History of Technology and the Histechnica Association are pleased to invite you to attend a lecture to be given by Mr Ir G.F. Boulogne entitled'The industrial development of the Veluwe; from copper mills to cooling machines' on Saturday 16 November next.

Programme:

10:30 a.m.: Walk-in with coffee and tea
11:00: Welcome and introduction

11:05 a.m.: Lecture by Mr Jerry Boulogne

12:00: Break
12:20: Continuation of lecture and closing discussion
12:45: End of meeting.

Summary of lecture:

Forty years ago, Jerry Boulogne got his hands on a book with the comment here's your family mentioned, maybe there's a story in it. It was only after retirement that he decided to research it and write a book about it. This titled "The Secret of the Blacksmith, the history of my Veluwe family", to be published in 2025.

The presentation will cover the industrial development of the area where the family lived and worked, covering the period from the 18th century to the mid-20th century.

In his talk, Jerry discusses the technical and business aspects of the companies in which they worked and the engines and machines, which they later developed, built and sold to companies in the Netherlands and abroad.

Information about the speaker:

Jerry Boulogne (1952) is a mathematical engineer (Delft, 1978) and trained as a mathematics teacher (Leiden, 2008). He graduated as Operations Research trainee at E.C.T. Rotterdam and then served as youngest naval service officer on minehunters of the Royal Netherlands Navy. After his service, he worked in the financial sector as a developer of IT infrastructures and products at a US company (NCR) and a Dutch bank (Rabobank Netherlands). At Shell, he did similar work until 1996, most recently as information manager at an Operating Company in Egypt.

In his period as interim manager and self-employed entrepreneur, he increasingly focused on education. This by, among other things, developing a programme to encourage immigrant Rotterdam youths to switch to a technical education. He also founded an association for the development of "Cloud" services for education and SMEs (ASP Forum Nederland) with four companies in the late 1990s.

In 2004, he made the switch to education and took a course at Leiden University to do so. He taught mathematics to mavo, havo and vwo students until mid-2020 and then coached a number of young people aged between 18 and 35.

Registration is required to attend this lecture:

- KIVI members should register via the KIVI website

- Members of Histechnica should register through the secretary hotzeboonstra@gmail.com

- Interested parties who are not members can also register through the above channels.
Please note: there will be a fee of 5 Euro p.p.

The lecture will be broadcast live; you should also register for this through the above channels. The link for participation will be sent by e-mail a few days in advance.

Upcoming activities in the Science Center Delft

  • Saturday 14 December 2024 at 11:00 lecture by Drs M.J.M. van der Meer: "Plans relating to the Science Centre"
  • Saturday 25 January 2025 at 11:00 a.m. lecture by Prof. D. Stapersma:"Opportunities and threats for the early maritime diesel engine"

On the occasion of KIVI's 175th anniversary in 2022, the History of Engineering Department has published a book highlighting the three founders of KIVI in the times in which they lived. The book will be available free of charge during the lecture for members of Histechnica and for members of the KIVI Department of History of Engineering.

On the occasion of Histechnica's 50th anniversary, a book "Uit Falen Vooruitgang Halen" was published on Saturday 20 April last. The book will be available free of charge during the lecture.