Fernand Collin (
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, , 18 December 1897 – 11 December 1990), was a
Belgian businessman. He was president of the
Kredietbank from 1938 to 1973 and was also a professor at the
Catholic University of Leuven.
At the start of
World War II, Fernand Collin, together with
Alexandre Galopin
Alexandre Galopin (26 September 1879 – 28 February 1944) was a Belgian businessman notable for his role in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. Galopin was director of the Société Générale de Belgique, a major Belgian company, and ...
(
Société Générale de Belgique) and
Max-Léo Gérard (Banque de Bruxelles) were given a mandate to manage the Belgian economy during the war.
Paul-Henri Spaak told them in May 1940 ''Nous vous confions la Belgique'' (E: We trust you with Belgium).
He was CEO of the
pudding
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producing company ''Imperial Products'', which merged in 1968 with ' into ''Continental Foods'' (it was sold to
Campbell Soup in 1985). In 1962, he published an article in the
Yale Law Journal
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, where in a note on the ''Unit of Account'' he expanded on the idea of a
European currency in order to ''revitalize the international money markets''.
[The Unit of Account: Enforceability under American Law of Maintenance-of-Value Provisions in International Bonds, The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 71, No. 7 (June 1962), pp. 1294–1315]
Awards
* 1971: Joost van den Vondelprijs
See also
*
Fernand Collin Prize for Law The Fernand Collin Prize for Law (Dutch: Fernand Collin-prijs voor Recht) was named after Fernand Collin. It is awarded to a scientist who makes a significant Dutch-language contribution to law in Belgium. In 1972 it was awarded to an economist.
A ...
References
Sources
Fernand Collin* Vandeputte Robert, ''Fernand Collin en zijn tijd'', Tielt, Lannoo, 1985
1897 births
1990 deaths
20th-century Belgian businesspeople
Academic staff of KU Leuven
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