Aviation Pioneer: Albert Jean François Roper

zby Philip Marien, IFATCA Communications Coordinator

Albert Jean François Roper was born in Paris on 21 April 1891 and graduated from the Faculty of Law in Paris. He served in World War I, first in the infantry in 1914 but transferred to the Flying Corps in 1916. By the end of the war, he was a captain-pilot in command of a fighter squadron. He was awarded five citations and the Cross of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

Following the 1919 Peace Conference, Dr. Roper became the first and only Secretary General of the International Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN). He was among the first to defend the principles of world cooperation in civil aviation. He held this position for twenty-five years until ICAN was disbanded in 1947. He was Secretary General of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) from 1944 to 1947 and became the Secretary General of ICAO on 28 May 1947. He held that position until his retirement on 31 December 1951.

Dr. Albert Roper died on 2 May 1969 at the age of 78. y

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