Georges Glasser

Georges Glasser was a French tennis player, corporate executive and president of the Tennis Club de Paris. As a player he was particularly successful in mixed doubles claiming several titles during his career. He was ranked the 8th among the top French players in 1932.

He was born in ParisAugust 1907, son of the general manager of the Compagnie Generale des Eaux, George Glasser graduated at the cole Polytechnique in 1926. In 1931 he became an engineer at the cole nationale des ponts et chausses. The same year he became the assistant to the Director General of the Prfecture des HautsdeSeine and also the member of Corps of Bridges and Roads. In 1948 he was elected the president of the National Society of Southwest aircraft constructions in 1948, while also acting as the vice president of French stateowned aircraft manufacturer Sud Aviation. He persuaded his devotion to tennis by being the president of the Tennis Club de Paris in 19511965, the club which he played for when he had been an active sportsman. In 1957 he was appointed president of the Society for the Study of jet Propulsion and finally chief executive of Alsthom between 19581975. Died in January 2002.

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